The Evergreen Courant's Sports Flashback for Sept. 13, 2021

Evergreen's Drew Davis.

13 YEARS AGO
SEPT. 11, 2008

JACKSON - Sparta Academy’s varsity football team improved to 3-0 with a 27-0 win over 1A Region 2 rival Jackson Academy here on Friday night.
Senior running back Mason Black led Sparta’s offense on the night, carrying the ball 15 times for 151 yards. He also caught two passes for 50 yards.
(Other standout Sparta players in that game included Justin Smith, Nick Andrews, Taylor Brown, Cody Baggett, Joey Bradley, Dalton Baggett, Steven Stuart, Alex Fleming, Dylan Davis, Perry Thompson, John McDonald, D.J. Buckhault, Devlin Crosby, Michael Morris, Neil Salter, Nick Hardin and Tyler Hamrac.)

JACKSON – Four turnovers spelled disaster for Hillcrest High School here Friday night as the Jags came up short in a 26-18 loss to 4A Region 1 rival, Jackson High School.
Quarterback Justin Nared led the offense with 174 total yards.
(Other outstanding Hillcrest players in that game included Terrence Thomas, Malcolm Rudolph, Destin Gross, Quenton Nettles, Malcolm Jackson, Jeremy Thomas, Antonio Jordan, Earnest Williams, Dexter Chatman, Alexander Nevlous and Vincent Randleson.)

Evergreen’s Drew Davis drops back to protect quarterback John Parker Wilson during the University of Alabama’s 20-6 win over Tulane Saturday night at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa.

33 YEARS AGO
SEPT. 8, 1988

The Sparta Academy Warriors crushed Springwood Academy 38-0 in Lanett Friday night for their second win of the young season.
Jeff Carrier scored first on a 14-yard run, and Bobby Johnson kicked the extra point. Lee Wild romped 24 yards for a score, and the kick was no good. Robbie Bolton hauled in passes of 35 yards and 50 yards from Kenny Bledsoe for the next two scores, and Jimmy Hart kicked the point after the last touchdown. Wild scored his second touchdown on an 18-yard run, and the extra point failed. Bolton rounded out the scoring by returning an intercepted pass 50 yards.
(Other standout Sparta players in that game included Jamie Atkins, Toby Baggett, Jeff Brundage, Chris Davis, Steven Gall, Ray Hall, Michael Riley and Lynn Salter.)

The Flag Corps will be performing with the Pride of Evergreen Band when the Evergreen High School Aggies host Opp High School Friday night. The kickoff at Brooks Stadium is set for 7:30 o’clock. Flag corps members are Beverly Jacobs, Patience Hanks, Cherry Hanks, Roslana Armstrong, Katrina Bradley and Sylvia Grace.

46 YEARS AGO
SEPT. 11, 1975

The Lyeffion High School Yellow Jackets edged the Conecuh County High Blue Devils 12 to 6 at Lyeffion Stadium, Friday night.
Steve Anthony paced the Jacket offense as he scored both touchdowns.
Lyeffion travels to Repton for a 7:30 game with the Repton High Bulldogs on Friday night.

The Sparta Academy Warriors turned back a scrappy but out-manned South Butler Academy Raider club 24-12 in Georgiana Friday night.
Sparta put two scores on the board in the opening quarter. Walker Scott plunged over from the three for the first marker with Jerry Peacock going in for the two-point conversion.
Gregg Still blocked a Raider punt minutes later and Freddie Sellers grabbed the ball and ran it in from the six to make it 14-0. The conversion attempt was stopped.
The Warriors put it out of reach in the third period and early minutes of the final frame. Peacock scored three times from the three, 12 and one. Scott added one two-point conversion.
Statistician Byron Warren Jr. had Scott with 97 yards, Peacock 53, Bobby Johnson 52, Larry Reid 16 and Joe Andrews 12 to pace the strong Sparta running game.
Warren’s tackle chart had Reid and Johnny Cook with three solos, George McKenzie with two solos and one assist and Andrews, Johnson and Buddy Carrier with two solos each.

From “The Colyum” by Bob Bozeman: Missouri 20, Alabama 7. And that is enough of that.

55 YEARS AGO
SEPT. 8, 1966

Aggies open ’66 season with Atmore tonight at 8: Hopeful of better days, the 1966 edition of the Evergreen High Aggies takes to the field tonight to open the season. Their traditional rivals, the Atmore Blue Devils, come to town for the eight o’clock kickoff in Brooks Stadium.
Coach Cliff Little and Assistant Coach Perry Outlaw have been working for about three weeks with a varsity squad of some 26 or 27 players readying for the season.
Quarterback Homer Faulkner is expected to be one of the better passers in this area with a year’s experience under his belt.
The team elected captains at a meeting this week. Harold Hamiter, guard and linebacker, was named captain. Co-captains are Faulkner and Glenn Bolton.
He (Coach Little) listed the following probably starting lineup: left end, Ed Smith, 150; left tackle, Forrest Simpson, 150; left guard, Bubba Mininger, 141; center, Rusty Price, 187; right guard, Harold Hamiter, 151; tackle, Larry Windham, 161; right end, Jack White, 147; quarterback, Homer Faulkner, 187; left halfback, Glenn Bolton, 164; right halfback, Jimmy Bell, 143; fullback, Elliott (Buck) Qualls, 157.
Defensive specialists are linebacker, George Stinson, 153; halfback, Don Montgomery, 143; and middle guard, Roger Waller, 161.

90 YEARS AGO
SEPT. 10, 1931

Conecuh High Team To Play Brooklyn Friday: Castleberry, Ala., Sept. 8 – The football team of Conecuh County High School will open its 1931 season next Fri., Sept. 18, at Brooklyn.
The schedule for the season has not been completed, only two other games being definitely booked. Beatrice will be played Oct. 9 and Brewton Oct. 16. Both are road games.
Repton and Lyeffion also will be played but definite dates have not been fixed.

Tarheel Winner At Second Terrapin Race: “Tarheel,” big home grown gopher owned and entered by Newton E. Johnson, nosed out as winner of first place in the second International Terrapin Race staged here Saturday by the Evergreen Lions Club. “Texaco,” another large gopher owned by O.C. McGehee, won second place; “Gumbo,” entrant for J.D. Jackson, third place; and “Soup,” owned by Lawton Kamplain and Walter Howell, secured fourth place. Prizes for the winners were as follows: first, $59.50; second, $35.70; third, $11.90; fourth, $11.90.
The prize for the most original name was awarded to “Prosperity,” owned by C.T. Ivey and Walter Howell. This prize was $5.
All told there were 119 entrants, ranging from a large logger head turtle entered by Greenville Lions Club to the smallest terrapins. All prizes were captured by the specie commonly known in this locality as the “Florida Gopher.”
The race is an annual event sponsored by the local Lions Club for the benefit of the Boy Scouts. It was witnessed by a large crowd including many persons from out of town. There were entrants from six different states and one foreign country.
In addition to the race as an attraction, the merchants of the city offered special trade day bargains for Saturday only.