The Evergreen Courant's Sports Flashback for Aug. 2, 2021

Evergreen boxer Clint Jackson.

14 YEARS AGO
AUG. 2, 2007

Hillcrest adds new coaches: Hillcrest High School’s coaching staff has had growing pains over the summer with six new assistant coaches joining the Jaguars’ staff. The coaches are head coach Maurice Belser, James Thompson, Terry Gandy, Matt Blake, Clinton Smith, Jasen Craik, Jerrell Burns and Brandon Armstrong.

Sparta Academy opened its first fall football practice under the direction of new head coach Mike Sims Monday morning.
Sims was promoted from defensive coordinator to head coach in the middle of last season and led the Warriors through spring drills in May.
Twenty-six of the Warriors’ 27 players in grades 8-12 attended the first practice of the 2007 season.
Sims said that the team’s depth in the offensive and defensive lines has improved.
Linemen returning include the Cinereski brothers, Chris and Kyle. Both are seniors and Chris is the biggest at 6-5, 280. Kyle checks in at 6-feet, 260.

Expectations of improving on last year’s 0-10 season are running high but Hillcrest High School’s Jaguars are still a young team with just seven seniors on this year’s team.
Head coach Maurice Belser, who is starting his second season, said having been able to oversee the Jaguars’ program for a full year and through the summer workouts has been an advantage he did not have going into the 2006 season.

31 YEARS AGO
AUG. 2, 1990

The Paul Volunteer Fire Department will hold their annual Hunters Jamboree on Sat., Sept. 1, at Thomas Station in Paul. Events will start at 10 a.m. and will last until.
Last year’s Jamboree was a big success and this year’s will be even better. The main event will be a skeet shoot and turkey shoots will also be held during the day. Entertainment for the whole family will be provided.
A drawing for a Browning automatic rifle will also be held during the day.

Rocky Maxwell of Brewton won first place for his deer mount called Harmony at the National Taxidermy Association Convention and competition held recently in Biloxi, Miss.
Maxwell’s achievements in taxidermy competition will be of interest to residents of Evergreen. He has worked in the Evergreen area for over eight years as an employee of South Central Bell.

38 YEARS AGO
AUG. 4, 1983

Leah Carrier of Evergreen received the Ladies Softball Tournament’s Most Valuable Player Award on July 22. She played only two games for Monroeville Telephone during the tournament and pitched a great second game.

Sparta Warriors open fall practice: The Sparta Academy varsity football team began practice Aug. 1 for the 1983-84 season under new head coach Donnie Griggers and assistant coach Robert Cumbie. The Warriors are looking forward to a successful season.

Sparta’s 1983 football schedule was as follows – Aug. 26, v. Greenville; Sept. 2, at Crenshaw; Sept. 9, v. Monroe; Sept. 16, v. Fort Deposit; Sept. 23, at Escambia; Sept. 30, v. Wilcox; Oct. 8, at Edgewood; Oct. 14, v. Fort Dale (HC); Oct. 21, at Thomasville; Oct. 28, Open; Nov. 4, at Catherine.

Softball tourney set in Castleberry: A softball tournament sponsored by the Castleberry FFA will be held Aug. 13 with individual trophies to be given to members of the first place team.
Team trophies will be given for first, second and third places.

43 YEARS AGO
AUG. 3, 1978

Clint Jackson is now No. 1; on TV Saturday: Clint Jackson, Evergreen’s Olympic boxer, is now the No. 1 ranked amateur welterweight boxer in the United States. Clint won his top ranking in matches held in Colorado Springs, Colo. last weekend. The matches will be shown on ABC TV’s ‘Wide World of Sports’ this Saturday.
Clint went into last weekend’s bouts ranked as the No. 2 welterweight. He defeated Ed Green, ranked 3rd, and Roger Leonard, ranked 1st, to gain the top ranking.
Clint is working as a deputy sheriff in Nashville, Tenn. and directs a boxing program for youth. He still has his sights on representing Evergreen and the U.S. in the 1980 Olympics and winning a “Gold.”

EHS QB Club meets tonight: There will be a meeting of the Evergreen High School Quarterback Club tonight at 7 p.m. in the school lunchroom. This is a very important meeting and all members are urged to attend.

Lyeffion QB’s meet tonight: The Lyeffion High School Quarterback Club will meet tonight at 7 o’clock at the school. It is very important that all members attend this meeting.

Sparta QB Club: The Sparta Academy Quarterback Club will meet tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the school library. This is a very important meeting.

53 YEARS AGO
AUG. 1, 1968

Jimmy Davis, former two-time governor of Louisiana and popular gospel and country-western singer, will be the featured attraction along with 10 top gospel singing groups at an all-night singing in Brewton this Saturday night. The singing, sponsored by the Brewton Quarterback Club, begins at 8 p.m. at Memorial Football Stadium at T.R. Miller High School.

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