The Evergreen Courant's Sports Flashback for June 6, 2022

Jerry Peacock

16 YEARS AGO
JUNE 1, 2006

Pro football coming to Evergreen: Some 30 men, weighing anywhere from 190 pounds to over 300 pounds, are working hard in Evergreen to bring minor league professional football to the city.
“It’s hard for these guys to juggle their jobs with practice, but they’re willing to pay the price,” said Victor Calhoun, who doubles as the Evergreen Jaguars’ head coach and team owner.
Calhoun, who played professional football for the St. Louis Cardinals, has worked even harder to build a foundation for this program.
Evergreen, a team consisting of players from Evergreen, Castleberry, Brewton, Flomaton, Andalusia, Bratt, Fla. and Century, Fla., will play the Port City Monarchs at 7:30 p.m. in Mobile June 17 to kick off the preseason.
A month later, on July 15, Evergreen will play its regular season against the Bayou Vipers at Hillcrest High School in Evergreen at 7:30 p.m.
Calhoun had 21 players at Tuesday’s practice and said he is looking to add more.

Holder is named to AHSAA all-star basketball team: Hillcrest High School’s 6-5 forward Justin Holder and 59 other outstanding junior basketball players from all over the state have been named to the North-South all-star teams.
Holder and his South teammates will compete in the 10^th Annual All-Star Sports Week competition in Huntsville July 10-14.
Holder helped guide the Jaguars to the Class 4A state championship in March under the direction of head coach Tommy Dukes.

41 YEARS AGO
JUNE 4, 1981

Jeff Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Johnson, Route D, Evergreen, won the coveted Jerry Peacock Memorial Trophy which was presented to him at the annual Sparta Academy All Sports Award Banquet held recently. The trophy is awarded annually by vote of the players in memory of Jerry Peacock, an outstanding athlete and popular student at Sparta who died in a tragic drowning shortly after graduating.

Junior Baseball opening day is set Saturday: The Evergreen Junior Baseball League Opening Day Ceremonies will begin at 8:30 a.m. this Saturday, June 6, at the Evergreen Recreational Park. All team members will play an inning to start the best season yet for the league. At 9 a.m., on Field 3, the T-ball Athletics will take on the Tigers, then the Tigers will oppose the Rangers, followed by the Rangers versus the Athletics.
At the same time on Field 2, the Minor League Orioles take on the Mets, followed by the Mets versus the Red Sox, then the Red Sox versus the Orioles.
Field 1 presents the Little League Dodgers versus the Giants, after which the Giants take on the Yankees, followed by the Yankees against the Dodgers.
The girls softball league will take the field immediately following the T-ball games on Diamond 3. The Wildcats will take on the Tomboys, then the Tomboys will go against the Angels, followed by the Angels versus the Wildcats.

66 YEARS AGO
JUNE 7, 1956

Gaston, Red Level Hand Lyeffion First Loss: George Gaston pitched Red Level into undisputed position of first place Sunday afternoon as Red Level won their third straight in taking Lyeffion. Lyeffion suffered its first loss in losing.
Two home runs were slammed during the affray, one by Lloyd Rodgers, Red Level manager, for Red Level with none on in the first inning, a sixth inning round-tripper by the Lyeffion manager, Chester Martin, with one on.
Gaston’s effective pitching held down the heretofore mighty bats of Lyeffion to four hits, while his teammates were slamming out nine. J.B. McClain led the Red Level team with three for five, followed closely by Lloyd Roberts with two for four. Robert Dees was tagged with the loss.

Buck Creek Takes Flat Rock Sunday Afternoon: Flat Rock jumped off Sunday to a three-run advantage in the first inning but could not put out a fire in the fifth inning that allowed five Buck Creek runners to score, and lost, 8-4.
Flat Rock countered with one more run in the fifth, but gave out of gas, as Buck Creek won going away in scoring two more in the eighth.

Garland Stops Paul 8-5 In C.A.L. Play Sunday: Garland ended its two-game losing streak with an 8-5 victory over undefeated Paul at Garland Sunday afternoon.
Winston Blackburn, Garland starter, gave up five hits and three runs, and was relieved in the fourth by Petty, who gave up two hits and two runs. Petty was credited with the win and Godwin was tagged with the loss.

91 YEARS AGO
JUNE 4, 1931

Three Gators Killed At Country Club: Herbert Robinson during the past week has killed three alligators at the Country Club lake. The first of these was killed on Tuesday night and measured four and one half feet. The other two were killed Thursday night. They measured five feet, eight inches and 10 feet, two inches respectively.
A .410 gauge shotgun was used to killed the smaller one and a .44 caliber Winchester rifle was used for the last ones.
Robinson states that there are a number of these reptiles in the lake, and he expects to kill others soon.

Married Men’s Team Defeat Single Men: The first baseball game of the season played between the married men and the single men of the town resulted in a 7 to 2 victory for the married men Thursday afternoon at three o’clock on the local field.
The game played under the directions of Mr. Paul Fisher was the initial attempt to organize a local team for the summer. Plans are being made to have one game a week on Thursday afternoon at home throughout the summer.
Batteries for Thursday: Married men, Hyde and Page; single men, F. Hagood and J. Hagood.
Line-up: Married men: McReynolds, shortstop; Murphy, left field; Miller, first base; Jones, second base; Horn, third base; Suddith, right field; Golson, center field; Page, catcher; Hyde, pitcher.
Single men: Ivey, center field; Finklea, third base; Hagood, catcher; Hagood, pitcher; Northcutt, shortstop; Millsap, second base; Kelly, first base; Salter, left field; Stevens, right field.