The Evergreen Courant's Sports Flashback for Aug. 16, 2021

Evergreen boxer Clint Jackson.

15 YEARS AGO
AUG. 17, 2006

Sparta Academy head coach Clint Floyd is preparing the Warriors for their first-ever Saturday night season opener.
Sparta is scheduled to play East Memorial Christian Academy Aug. 26 at 7 p.m. in Prattville. Floyd said the game will be played at Prattville High School’s stadium on artificial turf.
Last Thursday’s scrimmage with Dixie Academy in Evergreen left Floyd feeling good about the defense and concerned about the offensive line play.
Floyd said Myles Wiggins did a good job running the offense in the scrimmage at quarterback, but he may play some running back too. J.R. Williams and Taylor Brown are also still working at quarterback.
Floyd said senior halfback Chase Brown, who broke the first play for 35 yards, had a good scrimmage last Thursday.

Hillcrest opened the second full week of summer practice with 52 players dressed out.
(Hillcrest head coach Maurice Belser) said eighth-grade quarterback Justin Nared has had a good summer along with halfbacks Derrick Page and Jarvis Holder as well as receivers Conrad Atkins and Blake Bryant.
Defensive standouts this summer include John Dees, Derrick Smith, Roderick Rudolph and Neal Presley.
“John is our middle linebacker and our leader and motivator on defense,” said Belser.

32 YEARS AGO
AUG. 17, 1989

In 1986, students of the late Coach Wendell Hart promoted a fundraising campaign designed to offer a scholarship in his memory to Conecuh County students.
The purpose of this scholarship is to honor a great teacher and an outstanding coach. Coach Hart touched the lives of many students through his caring attitude.
The scholarship committee is proud to announce that the first scholarship will be awarded at the end of the 1989-1990 school year.

Clinton Jackson has been sentenced to serve a life sentence in the state penitentiary in the kidnapping of Evergreen bank executive Tom Salo. Circuit Judge Sam Welch of Monroeville handed down the sentence.
Jackson, a native of Evergreen, was something of a local hero when he qualified for the U.S. Olympic boxing team in the late 1970s.
A Conecuh County Circuit Court jury found Jackson guilty of kidnapping, first degree, on June 29 after one of the longest trials ever held here. The trial began on a Monday and continued through Thursday.

48 YEARS AGO

AUG. 16, 1973

Jeff Kimbro holds the trophy he won as Most Valuable Player in the American League of the Evergreen Jr. Baseball League. Jeff, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kimbro, was elected by the players for this honor.

Ronald Williams receives degree: Ronald E. Williams of Brewton is a summer graduate of the University of West Florida, Pensacola with a BS degree and a major in physical education.

Williams is a graduate of Conecuh County High School where he earned several honors in basketball. He has been employed by the Conecuh County Board of Education as assistant football coach and varsity basketball coach at Lyeffion High School.

Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Baggett and Angie have moved to Tallassee, Ala. where he has accepted a position as coach of Tallassee High School.

These players were chosen from the Chicks and Pelicans to form an All-Star Team which played the champion Orioles in the American League All-Star Game Friday night. The game concluded the season.

These Orioles were champions of the American League of the Evergreen Jr. Baseball League this summer. They played an All-Star Team in a game Friday night to conclude the season.

63 YEARS AGO
AUG. 21, 1958

Aggies Open Drills; Play Atmore Sept. 12: The Evergreen Aggies started fall football practice this morning at five o’clock. Twenty-five boys reported for the first session under Coaches Wendell Hart and Jeff Moorer. The Aggies will have two practices daily until school starts. Early morning practices will begin at five and afternoon sessions will start at five.
Eight lettermen are back from last year’s team and will form the nucleus for this year’s 11. Lettermen are Robert Ellington, Robbie Boykin, Jimmy Bell, Elvin Higgins, Ken Tucker, Wayne Peacock, George Bolton, Byron Warren and Paul Pace.
Other Aggies reporting for duty were Billy Melton, Leon McKenzie, Leon Stinson, Ceylon Strong, Bobby Smith, Shannon Griggers, H.W. Ward, Connie Rigsby, Wayne Stinson, Cleveland Brown, Paul Hardin, Bonner Ridgeway, Brown Boykin, Robert Brooks, David Hyde, Duncan Roberts and Billy Hammonds. Several more boys will report after school starts on Sept. 4.
Practices will be limited to calisthenics and light work until the boys are conditioned. They will don pads for heavy work and scrimmages after school begins.
Fans will have the opportunity of seeing the Aggies in action Sept. 12 when they tackle the Atmore Blue Devils at Brooks Stadium: The schedule is as follows: Sept. 12, v. Atmore; Sept. 19, at Andalusia; Sept. 26, at Monroeville; Oct. 3, at W.S. Neal; Oct. 10, v. Greenville; Oct. 17, v. McKenzie; Oct. 24, v. Opp; Oct. 31, Open; Nov. 7, at T.R. Miller; Nov. 14, at Georgiana; Nov. 20, v. Dozier.

The Evergreen Golf Club’s annual Handicap Tournament is slated to get underway soon, according to Brown Boykin, chairman of the tourney.
Boykin says that the entrance fee is $1.50 and urges local golfers to contact him immediately so that play may begin as soon as possible.
The tournament will be a match play affair. Herman Bolden is the defending champion.

The swimming classes at the Evergreen Swimming Pool ended their summer instruction with a swimming and diving contest Tuesday.

Phillip Camp and Knud Nielsen tied for first place in the diving contest. The Short Distance Swimming race was won by Larry Yeargan and Larry tied with Sally Anderson for first place in the long-distance swimming match.

The final event was a relay affair and the team headed by Sally Anderson won the first-place honor. The other members of the team were Phillip Camp, Elinor Stallworth, Larry Griffin and Bobbie Helen Herlong.

The swimming classes were under the direction of Recreation Director Jeff Moorer and about 50 youngsters received instruction during the summer.

77 YEARS AGO

AUG. 17, 1944

Dove and Duck Hunters Given Longer Seasons: Montgomery, Ala. – The 1944-45 migratory bird hunting regulations, promulgated by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Ira N. Gabrielson, approved by Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes and enacted into law by signature of President Roosevelt, will give Alabama dove and duck hunters longer shooting periods, it was announced by Conservation Director Ben C. Morgan. Dove bag limits will remain the same as last year – 10 per day or in possession – but duck bag limits have been liberalized in what Dr. Gabrielson explained “as a temporary expedient.”

A shooting period of 55 days – 15 more than last year – will be given dove hunters in the form of a split season, Sept. 16-Oct. 15 and Dec. 25-Jan. 20, with shooting being permitted all over the state.

Ten days have been added to the migratory waterfowl season – which includes ducks, geese, brant and coots or poule d’eaux – opening Nov. 2 and closing Jan. 20. The additional days in January will permit hunters a better opportunity to bring home a normal bag of ducks, the latter being down in great numbers during that time. November shooting, because of warm weather and lack of ducks, has always been looked upon with disfavor. The Department of Conservation has, for some years, sought extension of the duck season to its present closing date.

The daily bag limit for ducks will remain at 10, but an additional bag of five mallards, pintails and widgeons, singly or in the aggregate, will be permitted.