The Evergreen Courant's Sports Flashback for Aug. 9, 2021

Evergreen boxer Clint Jackson

16 YEARS AGO
AUG. 11, 2005

Rusty Salter would like to thank his sponsors for all of their support during the racing season. He will be competing in the Hobby Class this Sat., Aug. 13, 2005, at the Butler County Motorsports Park in Greenville. He participated in this past Saturday’s race as well, but the races were cancelled due to rain.

Sparta Academy junior high girls basketball coach Richard Brown will be inducted into the Florida Community College Athletics Association Hall of Fame on Nov. 18.
During his 38 years in the Florida coaching ranks, he had 35 winning seasons and his players had a 96 percent graduation rate.

Hillcrest High School head football coach Arlton Hudson said the Jaguars roster has ballooned from the 52 players he had Monday of last week to 75. He said 74 of those are in grades 9-11.

Sparta Academy head coach Don Hand said he’s excited to have senior Will Ivey back at quarterback this summer.
(Other players at Sparta that season included Tony Raines and Chase Brown.)

23 YEARS AGO
AUG. 13, 1998

The Sparta Academy Lady Warriors recently participated in basketball camps at Huntingdon College and Troy State University. At Huntingdon, they competed against primarily AISA schools, and they finished 13-0. At Troy State, they competed mainly against public schools from Alabama, Florida and Georgia. They finished 10-3 and won Troy State’s Camp Championship. The Lady Warriors are shown above after winning the Troy State Camp Championship: Russ Brown, Athletic Director; Shelly Bell, senior; Sally Hartley, junior; Jill Pate, sophomore; Ashley Hammonds, sophomore; Andrea Ward, sophomore; and Jennifer Coker, sophomore; Mary Robinson, freshman; Callie Ezell, eight grade; Monica Morrison, junior; Laura Wiggins, freshman; and Coley Vaughn, freshman. Not pictured, head coach Richard Brown.

Sparta Academy Varsity Cheerleader, Gina Harper, was selected as a UCA All-Star when her squad attended cheerleader clinic at Huntingdon College July 20-23.
In order to obtain this honor, Gina, along with 80 other girls, had to do a jump, a cheer and perform a dance selected by the Universal Cheerleader Association.
Gina is the daughter of Danny and Sue Harper and is a senior this year. This is her fourth year as a varsity cheerleader and she was also voted captain of this year’s squad.

32 YEARS AGO
AUG. 10, 1989

Hillcrest High Jaguars, 1989 Football Season, Support the Jaguars, Buy Your Season Tickets Early and Save! Season Tickets $10 General Admission, Four Home Games, Or You May Prefer Season Reserved Ticket (50-yard line section) For All Home Games $25, With Each Two Reserved Tickets Purchased – Receive One Reserved Parking Pass FREE, Enter at North Parking Lot off of Highway 31 North, Buy Your Tickets at the Following Locations, Hillcrest High School – Principal’s Office, Evergreen Grocery – East Front Street, Sears Catalog Store – 408 Belleville.

Boy Scouts Will Cook, Shannon Pugh, Brent Salter and Clint Hyde of Evergreen Troop 40, and Chris Lanier and Glen Lanier of Castleberry Troop 225 and Troop 40 Scoutmaster Pat Poole are shown as they prepared to leave for the National Boy Scout Jamboree at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia. Poole was chosen as one of the Scoutmasters of the contingent of 75 Scouts from the Gulf Coast Council who are attending the jamboree. Gulf Coast Council stretches from Panama City to Pensacola and includes Conecuh, Escambia and Monroe counties, Alabama. Jamborees are held every four years and 35,000 Boy Scouts and 3,000 adult leaders are attending.

REPTON QB’S MEET: There will be a meeting of the Repton Quarterback Club Aug. 14 at 7 p.m. at the school. Order of business includes Pee Wee and Tiny Mite registration and electing new officers.

SPARTA ACADEMY, 1989 Football Schedule: Aug. 25, at Escambia; Sept. 1, v. Springwood; Sept. 8, at SMCA; Sept. 15, v. Lee-Scott; Sept. 22, at Ashford; Sept. 29, v. Crenshaw; Oct. 6, v. Stokes (HC); Oct. 13, at Lakeside; Oct. 20, at Abbeville; Oct. 27, v. Greenville.

HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOL, 1989 Football Schedule: Aug. 25, v. W.S. Neal; Sept. 1, at Daleville; Sept. 8, at Opp; Sept. 15, at Andalusia; Sept. 22, v. UMS-Wright; Sept. 29, OPEN; Oct. 6, at Clarke County; Oct. 13, v. T.R. Miller; Oct. 20, v. Charles Henderson; Oct. 27, v. Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa.

County Coroner Danny Garnett congratulates Jeff Armstrong, 25, whose prompt action saved a youngster’s life at the Carver Recreation Center Swimming Pool on July 14. Armstrong was the lifeguard on duty at the pool when his cousin, Trey Barlow, 5, had a seizure. Armstrong pulled the youngster from the pool, got the water out of his lungs and got him breathing again. The victim was taken to Evergreen Hospital and then transferred to a Montgomery hospital in critical condition, but is doing okay now. Garnett credits Armstrong’s prompt action and trained procedures with saving the youngster’s life.

47 YEARS AGO
AUG. 8, 1974

The Lyeffion Stars softball team won third place in the Brewton Invitational Tournament on July 27. The Stars are manager James R. Johnson, Jimmy Lambert, Eugene Powell, Sid Lambert and Jerry Johnson and David Daniels, Donnie Brewton, Doug Williams, Tommy Johnson, Ed Smith, Forrest Simpson. Buddy Monroe was not present for the picture.

Tickets on sale reserved seats Warrior games: Season tickets for reserved seats for all five Sparta Academy Warriors home games are now on sale. Tickets are $15 each and guarantee the purchaser a seat between the 40-yard line on the home side of the field.
You may purchase season tickets for reserved seats by making out your check to Sparta Academy Quarterback Club and mailing it to P.O. Box 391, Evergreen, Ala. 36401. Aug. 20 is the final date reserved seat tickets may be purchased.
Home games and dates are: Sept. 6, South Butler; Sept. 26, Monroe Academy; Oct. 11, Escambia Academy; Oct. 25, Thomasville; and Nov. 8, Grove Hill Academy.

Clinton Jackson represents U.S. in world boxing: Clinton Jackson, welter-weight from Evergreen, has been chosen to represent the United States in the World Amateur Boxing Championships in Havana, Cuba Aug. 12-31. He recently won the U.S. Championship in this weight class.

54 YEARS AGO
AUG. 10, 1967

U.S. Air Force Major Samuel W. Hanks, son of Mrs. Opal L. Hanks of 2054 S. Bucker Road, Mobile and formerly of Conecuh County, has been decorated with the Bronze Star Medal at Bien Hoa AB, Vietnam, for meritorious service while engaged in military operations against Viet Cong.
Major Hanks is a graduate of Evergreen High School. Major Hanks was an outstanding athlete at Evergreen High School and earned all-state honors in 1948, the first from the school to be honored. He also served as captain of the team his senior year, playing tackle. He went on to Auburn where he played three years and was a starting defensive tackle.

Hart sounds call for Aggie troops to report Monday: A call to battle was issued to would-be Aggies by Head Coach Wendell Hart today. Evergreen High’s most successful-ever coacher is back at home after six years absence. He asks all candidates for the Aggie football team to report to Memorial Gymnasium at six o’clock Monday afternoon for the opening of pre-season drills.
There is one group excepted from this call. Coach Harts asks that seventh graders wait until school starts.
The Aggies will spend next week working out in shorts in conditioning drills. They will be issued pads and equipment on Fri., Aug. 18, with ‘knocking’ scheduled to begin the following Monday.
The work will be serious and at a fast pace from the start with a season-opening battle in Atmore on Friday night, Sept. 8, coming up fast.
Coach Hart said that he has been well pleased with the enthusiasm already shown by the boys, a number of whom have been working out on their own, running, throwing, etc. to get in shape before practice begins. He hopes this enthusiasm will continue when the group begins work Monday.
Assistant Coach Billy Madison will not be on hand until Aug. 17. He is completing work on his BS degree at Livingston State College.
Coach Hart said that right now every position on the team is wide open. ‘We are going to play the boys who show us that they want to play badly enough to pay the price,’ he said. ‘Natural ability is fine, but I’ve always had fondness for the boy who was willing to work and go all-out all the time. If he happens to have natural ability too, then that is just that much better.’
1967 SCHEDULE: Sept. 8, at Atmore; Sept. 15, v. Monroeville; Sept. 22, v. Flomaton; Sept. 29, v. W.S. Neal; Oct. 6, at Greenville; Oct. 13, at Thomaston; Oct. 20, at Frisco City; Oct. 27, at Red Level; Nov. 3, v. T.R. Miller; Nov. 10, v. Georgiana.

Local golfers set club tournament: The Evergreen Golf Club’s annual club tournament will begin Sunday afternoon at one o’clock, according to tournament chairman Brown Boykin. Qualifying rounds will be played at that time. Entries should be turned in to Boykin by Saturday which is the deadline.
The tournament is limited to local club members and will be played in two successive Sundays with the final rounds scheduled for Sun., Aug. 20.
Mike Moorer is the defending champion, but the hottest golfer on the local scene at the moment is Bill Ivey, former club champ and star Howard (Samford U.) College golfer. Ivey set a new course record with a five-under par 31 in June, then repeated the feat a few weeks later. He has fired a number of 32’s in recent weeks.
Long-hitting Hugh Ellington and the veteran Bill McGehee are also expected to make strong bids.