29 YEARS AGO
DEC. 3, 1992
Senior Bryant Robinson will represent Sparta Academy in the AISA All Star football game to be played at Block Park in Selma Fri., Dec. 4. The game will start at 7 p.m. Bryant is the son of Wayne and Cathy Robinson of Evergreen.
It was a “clean
sweep” for Hillcrest High School on opening night of the 1992-93 basketball
season. Each of the school’s four teams posted a victory against W.S. Neal High
School in East Brewton Tuesday night.
The ninth graders
started the evening with a 46-32 win, followed by the B-team with a 47-44 win.
The Hillcrest girls picked up where they left off last year with a 52-48
victory over the Lady Eagles. The Jags varsity finished off the evening three
points shy of the century mark with a 97-67 victory over W.S. Neal’s top
players.
Conservation Officer Tommy Atkins along with hunter safety instructors Hoover Kynard and Garvey Gates, gave a lecture to students at Evergreen Junior High School. The lecture included requirements of becoming a conservation officer, laws and regulations, hunting accidents, night hunting and firearm safety.
40 YEARS AGO
DEC. 3, 1981
Greg McGraw was named the Most Valuable Player for the Conecuh County High School Tiny Mites football team for the 1981 season. He was named by head coach Gary Darby and assistant coaches Dewayne Godwin and Ricky Reeves. The selection was based on performance on offense and defense. Greg is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Allen McGraw of Castleberry.
Mike Mixon will be
Sparta Academy’s only representative on the South Team in the Alabama Private
School Association’s annual All-Star Football Game to be held at seven o’clock
Friday night in the Shug Jordan Stadium in Selma.
He was a standout on
both offense and defense this year, and his selection for this honor is loudly
applauded by his teammates, coaches and the school.
The Sparta Academy
boys varsity team defeated South Butler, 54-48, in the South Butler Tournament
held Nov. 23-25 in Georgiana.
(Connery) Salter hit
12; (Britt) McNeill, 11; (Vince) Watts, nine; (Scotty) Grace and (Joe)
McInvale, eight each; and Wes Brown, (Joey) Johnson and Russ Brown, two each in
the win over South Butler.
(Other standout
Sparta players in that game included Russ Raines and Mike Wilson.)
46 YEARS AGO
DEC. 4, 1975
Libby Pate of Evergreen: Mr. and Mrs. Randy Melton of Tuscaloosa and Darwin Covin attended the Alabama-Auburn football game at Legion Field in B’Ham on Saturday.
Deadline is set men’s basketball: Mon., Dec. 8, will be the deadline for entries in the Evergreen Men’s Basketball League. Anyone wishing to enter a team must be present at a meeting at 7 o’clock Monday night at the Courthouse. An entry fee of $100 for each team will be required at that time.
61 YEARS AGO
DEC. 1, 1960
Q.B. Club Honors
Aggie Grid Team At Banquet Tonite: The Evergreen Quarterback Club will honor
the members of the 1960 Evergreen High School Aggie football team at the annual
Football Banquet tonight at seven at the school cafeteria.
Auburn U. Backfield
Coach Buck Bradley will be the featured speaker of the program with QB
President John Raines as master of ceremonies.
Tickets will be on
sale until noon today and none will be sold at the door. Tickets may be
purchased from Henry Kinzer, Moreno White, C.W. Claybrook or Wendell Hart.
A highlight of the
program will be the awarding of the D.T. Stuart Sportsmanship Trophy. The award
is given each year by Stuart to encourage sportsmanship and give recognition to
outstanding leadership to the player chosen for the honor by his teammates.
Coach Wendell Hart
and Assistant Coach John Robinson will take part in the program and award
letters to the players who earned them this season.
Strong Earns Grid
Letter At Wooster: WOOSTER, Ohio – Ceylon Strong, a freshman at The College of
Wooster and a graduate of Evergreen High School, Evergreen, Ala. was one of 20
yearlings to earn class numerals on the Wooster football squad for the 1960
season.
He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. C.P. Strong, 105 Mimosa Ave. and was graduated from high school last
May.
In high school
football, he played one season as a halfback, one as a guard. At Wooster, he
was used at halfback, got into a couple games, played with Wooster’s reserves
against Ashland College and Akron University reserves.
Aggies, Lyeffion
Play Here Friday In Season-Opener: Coach John Law Robinson’s Evergreen High
Aggies go against Coach Dale Long’s Lyeffion Yellow Jackets here Friday night
in the season-opener for both basketball teams.
Both ‘B’ and varsity
games are scheduled with the Bees opening it up at seven o’clock in Memorial
Gymnasium at EHS. The varsity clash follows.
Coach Long isn’t
giving out too much information on his team these days, but the former Beatrice
and Troy State College star can be counted on to come up with a scrapping,
well-coached band of Jackets.
Robinson, back at
his Alma Mater once more, released a brief rundown on his club to The Courant
today. He said that he will use the Auburn shuffle with variations to be added
as the season progresses. Fast break will be used when the situation permits to
utilize better-than-average speed and compensate for lack of height.
Defense wise,
Robinson sums it up: “Defense will be planned and varied according to opponents
style of play. Equal time and emphasis is being given to offense and defense.
Will use zone or man-to-man.”
Robinson also
released this brief sketch of the individual players on the varsity:
Billy Bateman, Sr.,
5-8 veteran, good playmaker, fine outside shot, excellent ball handler,
hustler.
Billy Melton, Sr.,
6-0 veteran, rebounds well, good driver.
Conner Warren, Jr.,
5-8, fast, good playmaker, likes to play defense, good driver.
Bonner Ridgeway,
Jr., 6-0, fast, good eye on jump shots.
Tim Ward, Jr., 6-1,
rugged on boards, shows potential for find rebounder and driver.
Jerry Ellis, Sr.,
5-11, likes to scrap for ball, hustler, will improve with experience.
Jimmy Dunn, Sr.,
5-1, rugged under basket, good driver.
Frank Pugh, Jr.,
5-11, smart, needs experience, could develop into outstanding player, loaded
with desire.
David Hyde, Sr.,
5-9, thrives on defense, is improving offensively.
65 YEARS AGO
DEC. 6, 1956
E.H.S. Aggie Cagers
Open With T.R. Miller In Brewton Tues. Nite: Evergreen High’s Aggie Cagers open
their season with varsity and B team games in Brewton next Tuesday night with
the T.R. Miller Tigers.
Head coach Wendell
Hart has only two returning lettermen to rebuild this year’s squad from.
Hardest man to replace will be EHS’s All-Time center and basketball player,
towering Randy White. White led last year’s team to the best record in the
history of the school and to the State High School Basketball Tournament as he
broke every existing school record.
However, Coach Hart
expects to field another strong team building it around his two outstanding
returning lettermen, Wayne Frazier and Mickey Joyner. Both boys stand 6-3 and
have scoring and rebounding ability that should spell plenty of trouble to
Aggie opponents.
Frazier will
probably jump at center, but Bill Ivey and Bert Cook will both be used at the
pivot position with Frazier probably shifting to alternate forward with Joyner
while working the ball.
Working in the back
court at the guards will be Zeke Zukowski, Jimmy Moorer and Jack Harper, all
moving up from the B team. Jimmy Bell, Robbie Boykin, W.A. Pate and George Pugh
are all right in the thick of the battle for a starting position.
B team coach Ray
Owens said that he would have more to say about his squad after they saw a
little action as every position is still wide open.
Mr. and Mrs. D.T. Stuart and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sessions spent the weekend in Birmingham and attended the Auburn-Alabama football game.
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