The Evergreen Courant's Sports Flashback for Aug. 1, 2022

Ottis Johnson

25 YEARS AGO
AUG. 7, 1997

Twenty-six girls and boys alike enjoyed a shooting field day last Thursday sponsored by the Extension Service. The kids were taught about gun safety and shown the proper way to handle firearms. The local Woodmen of the World also helped to sponsor the event.

49 YEARS AGO
AUG. 3, 1972

Cheerleaders from Lyeffion High School demonstrate one of many formations they worked on at the Alabama High School Athletic Association clinic held on the Troy State University campus during the week of July 23-28. Nearly 50 groups of cheerleaders from throughout the state gathered at Troy State to study and perfect cheering routines for the upcoming year. Pictured are Charlene Boykins, Debbie Taylor, Brenda Pipkin, Lynne Oakley, Susi Oakley, Kay Hawsey and Charlotte Pipkin.

These youngsters were in the beginners class of swimming taught by Miss Martha Wolff at the Murphy Club pool: Lisa Williamson, Melanie Riley, Vickie Harrelson, Amanda Hendricks, Leanne Petrey, Brad English, Greg Harrelson, Mary Janet Sasser, Michelle Mixson, Joe McInvale, Denise Smith, Jeena Simpson, Donna Kendrick, Bryan English, Ginger Blackmon, Edward Robinson and Sherry Johnson. Miss Wolff is a certified Red Cross Swimming and Life Saving Instructor.

Miss Martha Wolff taught swimming to these youngsters at the Murphy Club pool this summer. Advanced beginner swimmers are Al Hendricks, Martin Petrey, Bill Jeffries, Sarah Stevens, Michelle Street, Beth Dailey, Leanne Tanner, Donovan Blackburn, Gray Stevens. John Nielsen, Tom Nielsen and Beth Harper were in the lifesaving class.

75 YEARS AGO
AUG. 7, 1947

Greenies Continue Lead; Down Atmore, Flomaton: The Evergreen Greenies continued to set the pace in the Tri-County League race with double wins over Atmore and Flomaton last week. These four wins ran the locals’ winning streak to seven straight.
Manager Hart will take his league-leading team to Flomaton Thursday for a doubleheader with the league’s third place nine. Although Flomaton has yet to beat the Greenies, they are always hard to defeat on their own playing field. Carpenter, a southpaw who defeated Flomaton in the second game of Sunday’s twin bill, and Edsel Johnson (5-0) will probably be the starting moundsmen for the mid-week doubleheader. McCullough, a team that has always given the locals a good game, will be hosts for a single contest Sunday. Hart (13-3) will handle the mound duties for this affair.
Atmore lost their chance to take over the number one spot last week by dropping both ends of a doubleheader to the locals. After Hart had let them down with four hits in the opener, Edsel Johnson came back in the night cap with a seven hitter. The Greenies were never in danger in the initial battle which they won by a 9-1 margin. James Carpenter hammered out four singles in as many trips to the plate to take the batting honors for the locals. Horne, who made his debut with the Greenies in the second game, and Harper led the final contest with two hits each.
Flomaton gave the Greenies very little trouble in either game of Sunday’s twin bill which the locals took by score of 15-0 and 10-5. Manager Hart racked up his 13^th victory of the season in the opener and Carpenter notched his first triumph in the second game. Edsel Johnson, Bolton and Nobles led the batting in the first contest with two bingles apiece while Edsel Johnson drove out three hits in the last game to capture batting honors for the day.
Edsel Johnson continued to set the pace in the hitting department with an average of .433, followed by Ottis Johnson (.406) and Carpenter (.383). Johnson also took over the runs-batted-in lead with a high of 23 followed by Harper with 21 and stole his 11^th base of the season to pace the base runners in this department.

Table Tennis Tourney To Be Staged: It was announced this week by Mr. Cliff Harper that a table tennis tournament will be staged by the Recreation Group as a part of the Summer Program. Although final plans for the event will not be available for publication until next week, it was stated that the tournament will begin Aug. 22.
Entries will be accepted by Robert Bozeman at The Courant office and must be in by 5 p.m. the 18^th of Aug. As soon as all entries are registered, drawings for brackets will be made and published in the Aug. 21 issue of The Courant.
Plans now are for two or three brackets according to age and skill. A match will consist of two out of three sets. A set will be three out of five games. The finals in each bracket will be three out of five sets for the match.