Thursday, January 5, 2012

The Evergreen Courant's Sports Flashback for Jan. 5, 2012

EIGHT YEARS AGO
JAN. 1, 2004

“Lady Warriors pull off win against Escambia: Sparta Academy traveled to Canoe Friday, Dec. 19, to take on the Escambia Academy Cougars.
“Lady Warriors 39, Escambia 37: Ashton Garner was the lead scorer for this game with 13 points. Also scoring in the double digits was Ginger May with 10 points. Rounding out the scoring were Ava Pate with six points, Lacy Vargas and Cody Godwin with four points each and Samantha Seaman with two points.
“Escambia 26, JV Lady Warriors 19: Erica Palmer, Mallory Kendrick and Susan Ann Cook were all lead scorers this game with four points respectively. Also putting points on the board were Kimber Godwin, Morgan Harden and Cayla Bennett with two points each and Hayden Armuelles with one point.
“Escambia 80, Warriors 43: Drew Davis led the scoring with 15 points. Also putting points on the board were Perry Castleberry with eight points, Kyle Salter with five points, Patrick Cumagen and Will Ivey with four points each, Brandon Burleson with three points and Paul Castleberry and Tony Raines with two points each.
“Escambia 45, JV Warriors 8: Michael Campbell and Josh Pugh led the scoring this game with six points each. Rounding out the scoring were Carter Smith with three points, Chris Cinereski with two points and Lee Brown with one point.”

23 YEARS AGO
JAN. 5, 1989

“Superintendent Steve Coker announced today that Marshall Middle School has been awarded a grant from ‘Sports Illustrated’ magazine. The grant proposal, written by Mrs. Patricia Cassady, names each sixth grade student and all special education pupils at Marshall as recipients of a year’s subscription to the new periodical ‘Sports Illustrated for Kids.’ Editors of the widely-circulated sports magazine, believing that educators will find the new children’s publication useful in various curriculum areas, have selected schools (sixth-graders) throughout the nation to pilot the magazine in 1989. ‘We’re enthusiastic about receiving ‘Sports Illustrated for Kids,’ Superintendent Coker stated. ‘Not only do students enjoy reading about sports celebrities, but children are more likely to learn to analyze and graph sports statistics than, saying average yearly rainfall.’ According to Principal Jim Burden at Marshall, students should receive the first issue of the new magazine in early Januray.”

38 YEARS AGO
JAN. 3, 1974

“Joe Ross and his son-in-law, Jack White, bagged these ‘twin’ gobblers during the holidays. Each turkey had a seven-inch beard.”

From “The Colyum” by Bob Bozeman – “1973 wound up on a sour note for me and other loyal Alabama Crimson Tide fans. The Tide played well but fell short in its bid for a fourth national championship.
“Notre Dame put one point too many on the scoreboard. Even tho’ it didn’t turn out right, I do believe it was one of the most thrilling and best games I’ve ever watched.
“As Maurice pointed out, there was one good thing about it, we didn’t have to drive home from New Orleans.
“Actually, the Southeastern Conference had one of its poorest performances ever in bowl play. Only Georgia in the Peach Bowl managed to win.
“Fred Stevens said he should have known it was going to be a bad night for Alabama. He stopped by Andy Physentzides to watch the first half with him. Just before the kickoff a bolt of lightning struck Andy’s set and knocked it out. That was some storm, wasn’t it.”

68 YEARS AGO
JAN. 6, 1944

“Pvt. Charles Barlow in a recent letter to his father told of going hunting with a friend on which they killed 23 geese and three wild chickens. He said he killed 15 of the geese and two of the chickens. Charlie is in Alaska.”

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