The Evergreen Courant's Sports Flashback for May 3, 2021

Deatrich Wise of Evergreen.

19 YEARS AGO

MAY 2, 2002

Sparta Academy held their athletic banquet on Thurs., April 18, 2002, in the school gym. Coach Mike Gaylor presented the following awards in football: Perry Castleberry, Extra Effort Award; Rusty Salter, Best Back and Captain; Drew Davis, Best Lineman; and Derrick Williams, Captain.
Coach Russ Brown presented the following awards in basketball: Perry Castleberry, Hustle Award and Best Rebounder; Christopher Garner, Best Offensive Player, Best Defensive Player and Captain; and Wiley Cobb, Best Free-Throw Percentage.
Coach Russ Brown presented the following awards in (girls) basketball: Callie Ezell, Hustle Award; Laura Wiggins, Best Defensive Player; Mary Hamilton Robinson, Captain and Best Offensive Player; Ashton Garner, Best Rebounder; and Susan Ivey, Best Free-Throw Percentage.
Coach Mike Bledsoe presented the following awards in baseball: Jesse Kendrick, Best Batting Average and Captain; and Wiley Cobb, Best Defensive Player.

33 YEARS AGO
MAY 5, 1988

Wise is drafted by Seattle Seahawks: Deatrich Wendell Wise, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dero Wise of Rt. C, Evergreen, is an advance senior at Jackson State University, Jackson, Miss. with a major in physical education and a minor in biology. Wise is a dean’s list scholar with a GPA of 3.66.
He has received numerous honors and awards as a football player for the JSU Blue Bengal Tigers, the team that dominates the SWAC (South West Athletic Conference). He has been a first-round participant in the NCAA Division I-AA football championship in 1985, 1986 and 1987. In August of 1987, he traveled with the SWAC Football Press Tour Conference and was on TV Channels 12 and 8 speaking in behalf of this conference.
On April 26, he was in the NFL College Draft. Wise was the seventh pick in the ninth round for the Seattle Seahawks. He leaves on Sun., May 8, for the Seahawks predraft camp.

Carmen Salter will ride Spanish Smokey in the Evergreen Saddle Club’s free horse show Saturday at the Evergreen Municipal Park starting at 4 p.m. The concession booths will be manned by the 4-H Clubs. Everyone is invited to come enjoy the show and help support the 4-H Clubs.

51 YEARS AGO
MAY 7, 1970

The Men’s Softball League will meet on May 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the Courthouse. Men between the ages of 19 and 99 who want to play are asked to sign their name on one of the following lists: Taylor Auto Parts, Wild Brothers Hardware, Brior Auto Parts, B.C. Moore and Sons.

NEAL 6, AGGIES 3 – The Neal Eagles got their chance in the top of the fourth inning, and put the game away with a six-run outburst, as they downed the Aggies, 6-3. The Aggies got off to a flying start as they scored two runs in the top of the first inning. Eric Pugh walked and came home on a triple by Larry Peacock, who scored on a double by Richard Wilson. Not much happened until Neal wrapped it up in the fourth. Two Aggies errors and four Eagle hits provided the winning margin. Larry Peacock hit the first home run of the year for the Aggies to complete the scoring for the afternoon. Larry Peacock, Richard Wilson and Ronald Halford had hits for the Aggies.

These Cub Scouts of Den 3 Evergreen Pack 40 enjoyed the Ringling Bros. Circus in Montgomery last week. The boys are Robert Bozeman, Michael Nelson, Sonny Bradley, Rusty Brantley, Gene Owensby and Richard Tate; Danny Arzonico and Tommy Hutcheson; Den Mothers, Mrs. Bob Bozeman and Mrs. David Owensby, and Den Chief Jeb Barron. (Not shown is Artie Wright who was sick and unable to make the trip.)

72 YEARS AGO
MAY 5, 1949

Aggies Whip Castleberry 11-4 Take County Title: The Evergreen High Aggies downed the Castleberry Blue Devils, 11-4, on the Castleberry diamond Wednesday afternoon to take the county title for 1949. Coach Wendell Hart’s charges will enter the district playoffs, the date and site of which will be set later.
Complete details were not available late Wednesday afternoon, but a complete resume will appear in next week’s COURANT. James Ryan turned in a neat two-hit, six inning pitching performance for the Aggies with Pete Wells and Jack Cunningham pitching the last inning.

Junior League Team To Be Fielded Here This Summer: The Ford Motor Co. and its Ford dealers throughout the nation are preparing to help the American Legion make 1949 the greatest in 22 years of Junior Baseball history, company officials announced today.
Commander Wallace Ward of Post No. 50 of the American Legion and Mr. C.P. Deming, President of the Evergreen Motor Car Co., have completed negotiations to co-sponsor a team of boys who will not have attained their 17th birthday before Jan. 1, 1949 (a boy born prior to Jan. 1, 1932 is not eligible). Contact Mr. J.J. Finklea, principal, Evergreen High School, if you are interested in enrolling in this activity.
Evergreen Motor Car Co. has made available 15 uniforms for use by the local team, and through their cooperation the same uniforms are being used by the Evergreen High School team.
Also, from the national level, three movies have been produced to facilitate the promotion; namely, “Play Ball Son,” “All Out For Baseball,” and “It’s Your Team.” As a companion piece, the booklet “Play Ball Son,” has been made available and over two million copies have been distributed through Ford dealers.

96 YEARS AGO
MAY 6, 1925

FINE FISHING TACKLE: Do not forget that you can get everything you need in the way of fine fishing tackle right here. We only carry standard brands, so you can count on what you buy from us – Rods, Reels, Lines, Flies, Spinners and Minners, etc. – If you don’t see what you want in show window, ask for it. Wild Bros. Hardware Co.

Thadeus Ivey spent a few hours here Friday with his mother. Mr. Ivey, is a member of the Howard College baseball team and met the team on No. 1 for a southern tour.