16 YEARS AGO
MARCH 3, 2005
City Manager Clayton Davis reported to the council that they have opened bids for lighting on the Babe Ruth field at the park for the second time, and the council received two bids. The council accepted the lower of the bids, $18,158 from Hughes Supply, a company that is a regular vendor with the city.
The (Sparta Academy) Warriors (baseball team) opened play
with a game against Wilcox Tuesday afternoon. Sparta should have a lighted field
ready for games as early as March 14.
(Players on Sparta’s baseball team that year included
Brandon Pipken, Will Ivey, Damon Godwin, Chris Cinereski, Blake Stanford, Jamie
Mason, J.T. Murphy, Tony Raines, Bracken Davis, Brian Bolton, Justin Sexton,
Justin Booker and Eric Talbot. Mike Bledsoe was head coach.)
Cold shooting in the third and fourth quarters spelled doom
for the state’s No. 9-ranked Hillcrest Jaguars last week in the 4A Southeast
Region tournament in Troy. They stayed with No. 1-ranked Southside-Selma until
the early minutes of the third period before succumbing 73-55.
Hillcrest placed only two players in double figures. Willie
Dixon netted 14 points while Chris Hines added 12 points and topped the
rebounding charts with 10 boards.
32 YEARS AGO
MARCH 2, 1989
These members of Andalusia’s Pee Wee All-Star Team competed in the District 8 Pee Wee Tournament in Andalusia Saturday and won second place. Nicholas Chapman is the son of Pam Dawson Chapman of Andalusia and formerly of Evergreen and the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Dawson and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Chapman of Evergreen. Other team members are Joey Ball, Quint Stallworth, Marcus Johnson and Martin Clifton; and Mooney Weeden, Kevin Hall, Eddie Parker, Daniel Wells, Tanner Goodson and Lance Johnson.
Spring Break Basketball: The Class of 1970 of Thurgood Marshall High School will sponsor a Spring Break Basketball Game Sat., March 11, beginning at 6 p.m. at the Evergreen High School gym. Games will feature the Andalusia All Stars vs. Johnsonville All Stars and the Evergreen All Stars vs. Big Surprise. Admission is $2.
46 YEARS AGO
MARCH 6, 1975
Sam Skipper, star halfback for the Sparta Academy Warriors,
has been named to the South Team for the annual Alabama Private Schools
Athletic Association All-Star Game. The game will be played Friday night, March
14, at Troy State University Stadium.
Skipper has compiled a remarkable record at Sparta. He has
been a starting halfback on both offense and defense for four years. This past
season he piled up 780 yards rushing, averaging 5.6 yards per carry.
Skipper is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Levaughn Skipper of
Garland.
64 YEARS AGO
MARCH 7, 1957
Managers for both the Junior League and the Minor League
were named at an officials meeting of the Evergreen Junior Baseball League last
week, according to Morris Thornley, secretary.
Two new teams were added to the Minor League and each of
the four Minor League teams will have working agreements with one of the Junior
League teams. The Yankees will remain under the managership they had last year
with Waynard Price and Randy Moorer at the helm. The Yankees farm club will be
the Orioles, a new addition to the Minor League, managed by John Horne and
Melvin Brooks.
The Dodgers, defending champs, have new managers this
year with John Briggs, last year’s League president, and Hubert Holcomb, who
assisted the Giants last year. The Chicks, under the managership of Robert
Glass and Ralph Crysell are the Dodgers’ farm club.
Oz Hansen will again manage the Red Sox with a new
assistant, Robert Key, aiding him. The Hawks, the other new Minor team, are the
Red Sox farm team, managed by Francis Williams and John Gibson.
J.W. Weaver, last year’s manager of the Giants, will be
assisted this year by John Nielsen. The Pelicans, managed by Morino White and
Carl Dyess, are the Giants’ farm club.
Committees appointed at the meeting are: Grounds and
Concession Stand, John Briggs, chairman, Howard Dees, Clint Ward, Bob Kendall,
Jack Frazier, J.W. Weaver. Signs: Byron Warren, chairman, Oz Hansen, Waynard
Price, Stanton Coker. Schedule: John Briggs and Ray Owens. Uniforms and
Equipment: Randy Moorer, chairman, Oz Hansen, Robert Glass and Ray Owens.
86 YEARS AGO
MARCH 7, 1935
Following is the schedule of games in the Conecuh County
Basketball Tournament to be held Thursday and Friday of this week in the
auditorium of S.S.A.S., Evergreen.
Thursday Night, March 7: Annex v. Evergreen (boys), seven
o’clock; Lyeffion v. Annex (girls), eight o’clock; Burnt Corn v. Lyeffion
(boys), nine o’clock.
Friday Afternoon, March 8: Brooklyn v. Repton (boys), two
o’clock; Evergreen v. Brooklyn (girls), 3:50 o’clock; Burnt Corn v. winner of
Lyeffion-Annex game (girls) 4:40 o’clock; winner of Annex-Evergreen game v.
winner of Lyeffion-Burnt Corn game, 5:25 o’clock.
Friday Night, March 8: Finals for boys and girls.
M.C. Thomasson, Coach of Conecuh High, will serve as
official referee and Wm. English as time keeper. Coaches of the teams will
select All-Conecuh teams. Admission charges are 15 and 25 cents for each group
of games. The eight boys and nine girls officially entered as players on each
team will have free passes to all games.
Vaughn Fountain is returning home today (Wednesday) from Mobile, where he attended Mardi Gras. He also took in the ball games at Spring Hill College last Friday, which in Mobile he was the guest of his brother, Stanley Fountain.
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