The Evergreen Courant's Sports Flashback for Aug. 29, 2022

16 YEARS AGO
AUG. 24, 2006

Sparta Academy piled up 154 yards and allowed just 82 in a preseason scrimmage last Friday at Dixie Academy in Louisville.
Sparta and Dixie joined forces to take on teams from Randolph and Terrell, Ga. While the two Georgia teams outscored Sparta and Dixie, 30-14, Sparta’s defense only gave up 10 of those points and Sparta’s offense scored all 14 points for the Alabama teams.
(Players on Sparta’s team that season included Cody Baggett, Mason Black, Gaston Bozeman, Chase Brown, Taylor Brown, D.J. Buckhault, Callahan Bush, Michael Campbell, Chris Cinereski, Kyle Cinereski, Dylan Davis, Riley Davis, Chris Hall, Nicholas Hardin, Hunter Hutcheson, Dexter Laster, Logan Manus, Erik Morris, Michael Morris, Jonathan Pettis, Casey Pierce, Neil Salter, Zach Smith, Steven Stuart, Perry Thompson, Peyton Thompson, Myles Wiggins and J.R. Williams. Clint Floyd was Sparta’s head coach. Assistant coaches included Michael Sims and Craig Palmer.)

Hillcrest to take on No. 1-ranked Brantley: Hillcrest High’s new head coach Maurice Belser plans to play as many of the 49 players on his roster as possible Friday when the Jaguars play a preseason game in Brantley.
Friday’s kickoff against Class 1A’s No. 1-ranked Brantley Bulldogs is set for 7 p.m. Hillcrest is a Class 4A school.
(Top players on Hillcrest’s team that season included Dexter Chapman, Freddie Jackson, Jarvis Holder, Willie King, Edrikus Little, Justin Nared, Derrick Paige and William Robbins.)

41 YEARS AGO
AUG. 27, 1981

Lyeffion opens Football 1981 Friday night: Conecuh County’s first football game of the 1981 season will be played at Lyeffion High School’s Mabry Covin Field this Friday night when the Yellow Jackets host Hayneville with the kickoff set for 7:30.
Senior quarterback Donald Lee, an outstanding passer, heads up a talented backfield. Three brothers, Roosevelt, Joe and Jimmy Mixon, will man the halfbacks and fullback.
(Other players on Lyeffion’s team that season included Jeff Baggett, Willie Banks, Bobby Blount, Ray Brown, John Paul Deason, Jerry George, Anthony Gill, Lee Hamrac, John Johnson, Ezekiel King, Andra Maxwell, Andrew Maxwell, James Mims, Leodus Mims, Andy Pipkin, Robert Riley, Jeff Stallworth, John Stallworth, Eddie Ray Taylor and Freddie Taylor.)

The Sparta Academy Warriors will open the 1981 football season when they play the Greenville Academy Tornados here Saturday night. Kickoff is set for eight o’clock at Stuart-McGehee Field.
Head Coach Richard Brown and assistant coach Robert Cumbie said that they have been pleased with the hard work and enthusiasm of their players. Coach Brown said that the squad is small in numbers, as usual, and will be much smaller physically than Greenville which is expected to have one of the better private school teams in the state this year.
Coach Brown said he believed that his Warriors “will get after Greenville with everything they have.”
(Sparta’s cheerleaders that season included Mitzie Morrison, Donna Kendrick, Cheri Johnson, Missy Price and Lynn Hyde.)

66 YEARS AGO

AUG. 23, 1956

Barons Clinch Pennant In Senior League Race: The Barons “backed” into the number one position as they clinched the pennant in the Evergreen Senior Baseball League. The Chicks rocked them by a 5-1 count in their last game of the season Tuesday afternoon. The final game for the league will be played between the Bears and the Crackers this afternoon (Thursday).
The pennant winning Barons will play the league All Stars next Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 29, at 3:30 p.m. Probable starting lineups for the All Star tilt will be:
BARONS: Melton, catcher; Ivey, pitcher; Brown, first base; Burt, second base; Claybrook, shortstop; Beckett, third base; Boykin, center field; Jones, left field; and Price, right field.
ALL STARS: Grace, catcher; Tucker, pitcher; Wiggins, first base; Ansley, second base; Ellington, shortstop, Stinson, third base; Hagood, center field; Warren, left field; and Rigsby, right field.
Utility men for the All Stars are Stuart and Ward. Final season standings, except for today’s game, are: Barons, 6-4; Chicks, 5-4; Crackers, 4-5; Bears, 4-6.

Lyeffion High Plays Four Home Games This Year: “The Yellow Jackets of Lyeffion High School will play four home games this year,” Guy Kelly, principal, said in releasing the 1956 football schedule.
Home games will be played at Brooks Stadium on Thursday nights, so that Evergreen fans will be able to attend the games.
The complete schedule is as follows: Sept. 20, Goshen, here; Sept. 28, Beatrice, there; Oct. 4, Repton, here; Oct. 12, Coffeeville, there; Oct. 18, Uriah, there; Oct. 25, Dozier, here; Nov. 1, McKenzie, here; Nov. 9, Chumucla, Fla., there; and Nov. 23 Baker, Fla., there.

91 YEARS AGO
AUG. 27, 1931

Committees Rush Plans For International Terrapin Race: With a little over one week intervening before the staging of the International Terrapin Race here, various committees from the Lions Club are busy completing final details to insure that the event goes off in a satisfactory manner.
The committee on selecting a location has decided upon Gantt Field as the place. A number of local businessmen were anxious to have the race closer to the business section but on account of the space necessary, it was found impossible. The committee is of the opinion that having the race at Gantt Field will not prove a serious disadvantage.
It is already assured that five states and one foreign country will be represented among those entering.
Last year, there were 55 entrants. This year, it is already certain that more than that number will enter. The most conservative estimates place the number at 100, and it is believed by most that even that number will be exceeded.
The race will start promptly at three o’clock Saturday afternoon, Sept. 5.
The race shall be run as follows: A circle 200 feet in diameter shall be laid off at the racing place and shall be marked with chalk or lime. The entrants in the race shall be placed in a round wire cage in the center of the circle and at the time set for the start, the cage shall be lifted and all entrants released at the same time. The first racer to cross completely the outside line of the circle shall be the winner of the first prize; the second crossing, the second prize, etc.