19 YEARS AGO
JAN. 23, 2003
Warriors sweep Greenville ‘Nadoes: The Sparta Academy
Warriors traveled to Greenville on Tues., Jan. 14, to take on the Greenville
Academy Tornadoes.
Warriors 86, Greenville 66: Chris Garner led the scoring
for the Warriors with 26 points. Also scoring in double digits were Wiley Cobb
with 22 points and Drew Davis with 15 points. Also putting points on the board
were Perry Castleberry with eight points; Eric Talbot and Paul Castleberry with
four points each; Cody Lowery with three points; and Jeremy Anderson and
Patrick Cumagun with two points each.
Lady Warriors 61, Greenville 58: Katie Etheridge led the
scoring for the Lady Warriors with 21 points. Also scoring in double digits were
Ava Pate and Lacy Vargas with 12 points each. Rounding out the scoring for the
Lady Warriors were Ashton Garner with six points; Jessica Armuelles and Meagan
Johnson with four points each; and Cody Godwin with two points.
JV Warriors 61, Greenville 28: Adam Vargas led the
scoring for the JV Warriors with 24 points. Also scoring in double figures was
Tony Raines with 15 points. Also putting points on the board were Eric Talbot
and Josh Pugh with six points each; Michael Campbell with four points; Carter
Smith and Myles Wiggins with two points each; and Chase Brown and Chris
Cinereski with one point each.
JV Lady Warriors 35, Greenville 15: Ashton Garner led the
scoring for the JV Lady Warriors with 12 points. Also scoring were Erin Brock
with seven points; Ava Pate with six points; Deanna Covin and Susan Ann Cook
with four points each; and Whitley Roberts with two points.
44 YEARS AGO
JAN. 26, 1978
Evergreen cops Conecuh title: The Evergreen High Aggies
edged the Lyeffion High Yellow Jackets, 44-41, in the finals Friday night to
win the Conecuh County Basketball Tournament’s Varsity Championship.
The Aggies went into a “freeze” with a one-point lead and
over two minutes showing on the clock and held up under the pressure to edge
the Jackets. The fans were kept on their feet by the excellent ball handling of
the Aggies until the final whistle.
Earnest Williams drilled in 18 points to lead the scoring
for EHS. Michael Floyd had 11 points; Terry Floyd, nine; and Tony Rogers, six.
The Floyds controlled the boards for the Aggies with Michael raking in 14
rebounds and Terry eight.
The Aggies advanced to the finals by defeating the Repton
High Bulldogs 53-43 on Wednesday night of last week in the tournament hosted by
Lyeffion. Terry Floyd hit 17 points, and Michael Floyd 16 to lead Aggie
scoring. Earnest Williams had seven; Willis Williams, four; Tony Rogers, three;
and Joe Mitchell, Perona Rankins and Sanford Moye, two each.
Dominating the boards for Coach Charles Branum’s club were
Michael Floyd with 13 rebounds; Terry Floyd, nine; and Tony Rogers, eight.
Warriors whip Ft. Deposit: The Sparta Academy Warriors
downed Fort Deposit Academy, 55-45, to rack up their ninth win of the season
against five losses.
Gray Stevens with 14 points and Steve Dubose with 10 led the
Warriors. Terry Peacock, Tony Raines and John Hall had eight points each;
Johnny Ralls, six; and Ronny McKenzie, one. Dubose pulled in 13 rebounds and
Raines 10.
69 YEARS AGO
JAN. 22, 1953
The game scheduled last Friday night
between the (Evergreen High School) Aggies and Pineapple was not played because
of a mix-up in schedules.
To keep the fans
happy, the Junior Aggies played an inter-squad game, the Varsity gave the B
team 25 points and played them.
There were no other
games during the week due to semester exams.
Greenville Tigers Top Evergreen Aggies 60-51: The Greenville Tigers outscored Coach Wendell Hart’s Evergreen Aggies 60 to 51 Tuesday night in Greenville in spite of Evergreen’s Shirley Frazier bagging 28 points, an individual high for the season for Evergreen. Bobby Terrell dropped 20 points to pace the Tigers.
County Cage
Tournament Opens Here Tonight At Eight O’clock: The first Conecuh County
Basketball Tournament to be held in recent years gets underway tonight
(Thursday) at seven o’clock in Evergreen High School’s spacious Memorial
Gymnasium. All four of the county’s high schools, Castleberry, Lyeffion, Repton
and Evergreen, have teams entered. Opening round games at seven and eight, and
the finals are scheduled for next Thursday, also in Memorial Gym.
The tournament is
sponsored by the Evergreen Kiwanis Club for the benefit of the March of Dimes
and the Crippled Children’s Clinic.
Coach Ray Owens’
County High Blue Devils of Castleberry and Coach Charlie Pouncey’s Repton Bulldogs
share the favorite’s role. The two teams have met once this season with the
Bulldogs taking a close decision on the Repton court. Castleberry has wins over
both Lyeffion and Evergreen.
94 YEARS AGO
JAN. 26, 1928
NEWS FROM THE SCHOOL ON THE HILL: The boys team from the school on the hill journeyed to Jones Mill and captured a close basketball game from the Millers. Those who saw our boys in action were fully impressed by the fact that Coach Robinson has rounded out a very smooth-running quintet. There attack was varied and furious while their defense was air tight. Watch our boys as they run over McKenzie next Friday.
The Boys Athletic Club is an organization formed by Coach
Robinson and the boys who participate in athletics. The meetings are held
weekly. The programs consist of discussions of everything relating to
athletics. The boys are taught how to train for athletics and the proper kind
of food for an athlete to eat. They discuss the different teams of the country
and their prospects.
Coach Robinson is the Honorary President of the Club. The
officers elected were Raymond Holman, President; Claude Murphy, Vice President;
Joe Hagood, Secretary-Treasurer.
The boys are deriving much benefit from this club. It is in
every way a top-notch organization. They are learning many details that they
would be ignorant of if they didn’t belong to this organization. Every question
concerning athletics that a member of this organization and is answered
intelligently. The club is increasing its members interests in sports and it is
becoming very popular throughout the entire school.
FOR SALE: Three dogs, one bird dog and two hounds, well trained for any hunting, day or night, as good as State can afford. – T.L. Salter, Rte. B, Evergreen, Ala.
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