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| Virgil Trucks |
32 YEARS AGO
FEB. 9, 1984
Sparta sweeps final three
games: The Sparta Academy basketball teams ended regular season play by
sweeping three games from Greenville Academy here Friday night.
The Warrior boys varsity
romped to a 91-46 win behind a balanced attack that had five players in double
figures and 10 in on the scoring. Russ Brown had 21 points; Connery Salter, 16;
Vince Watts, 15; Britt McNeill, 11; Al Etheridge, 10; Jim Wagstaff, seven;
Danny Reed, six; Thad Ellis and Jim Marino, two each; and Mark Rigsby, one.
The girls varsity took a
43-35 decision with Jan Coker scoring 13 points; Tammy Booker, 10; Carol
Kendrick, nine; Tina Bybee, seven; and Raye Ann Gall, six.
Brandon Salter scored 15
points to lead the boys junior varsity to a 46-33 victory. Jason West had nine
points; Lynn Ralls, six; Glynn Ralls, Jeff Walker and Brad Watts, four each;
and Tim Wilson and Brian Bybee, two each.
The Warrior varsity cagers
enjoyed a very successful season, according to Sparta Sports Information
Director Byron Warren Jr. The boys finished with 18 wins and five losses, and
the girls posted an identical mark. Over the past two years, the girls have won
35 games and lost 11 for a winning percentage of 76.1 percent. The boys have a
two-year record of 36 wins and 13 losses, a winning percentage of 73.7 percent.
47 YEARS AGO
FEB. 13, 1969
Tal Stuart Jr. was successful
last week in his current effort to trap wildcats on his farm at Belleville.
Here he and Jim Williams hold up a bobcat that weighed 23 pounds which was
caught Tuesday night of last week. Tal highly recommends the trap in the
background. It is made in two compartments separated by heavy hardware wire.
The trap is baited with a live rooster in the back compartment. When the cat
comes after the rooster, he trips the trigger and releases the heavy door,
trapping himself. Jim set the trap for the catch.
62 YEARS AGO
FEB. 11, 1954
The McKenzie High Tigers
scored a mild upset last Tuesday night when they upset the Conecuh County High
Blue Devils by a 46-38 score in a closely contested game played at McKenzie.
Bobby Daw with 12 and Wilbur
Heaton with 11 were the scoring leaders for the Blue Devils. Charles Hart and
Lamon Reaves tallied five points each; Lewis Heaton, four; and Leon Raines,
one.
Coach Albert Arnold’s
high-flying Repton Bulldog quintet racked up its 12th win in 13
starts Friday night downing Beatrice, 51-46, in a spirited contest.
Harry Giles, Paul Brantley
and Ray Blackwell were big guns in the Repton victory. Giles tallied 17;
Brantley, 16; and Blackwell, 15 points. Roger Kearley had two points and Eddie
Kelly, one.
The Evergreen High School
Aggies edged past Repton’s Bulldogs, 51-48, on the Repton court Tuesday night.
The game was closely contested from start to finish with both teams battling
for all they were worth.
Coach Wendell Hart’s Aggies
now hold a record of 11 wins and five losses. Tuesday’s defeat was the second
in 14 starts for Coach Albert Arnold’s fine Bulldog quintet that has won 12.
The Reptons suffered the loss of star center Harry Giles at halftime when he
became ill, and it is understood that he had an attack of appendicitis and may
be lost for the season.
Tall Randy White was the
mainspring in the Aggie win as he converted his mates’ passes into 26 points.
Ward Alexander Jr. pushed 15 points through the cords and Wayne Douglas dropped
in seven and continued his improved play. Jimmy Frazier had two and Hosea King
one.
Ray Blackwell and Paul
Brantley were ringleaders in Repton’s assault on the basket with 17 and 15
points, respectively. Billy Farrish had eight; Harry Giles and Roger Kearly,
four each.
The Evergreen Aggies fell
victim to sloppy ball handling and faulty passes in the second quarter as they
lost a heart-breaker 48-46 in Monroeville Friday night. The Evergreens
outscored the home Monroe County High team in every quarter but the second, but
lost so much ground during those eight minutes that they were never able to
recover.
Randy White bagged 16 points
with Monroeville players hanging on both arms throughout, netting seven field
goals and making good two of three free throw attempts to cop scoring honors.
Ward Alexander Jr. meshed 12 points; Wayne Douglas, nine; Hosea King, five; and
Jimmy Frazier, four.
Bobby White with 11 and
Johnny Finklea and Paul Fowler with 10 each paced Monroeville’s scorers. Cobb
and Stevens had six each.
77 YEAR AGO
FEB. 9, 1939
Dr. Pepper Cage Team Defeats
Green Hawks: In a game witnessed by the largest crowd in Evergreen basketball
history, Virgil Trucks’ Dr. Pepper team shaded the Green Hawks, 35-31, Tuesday
night.
Featuring the straight
shooting of Bill Fowler, the upstaters ran up a lead of 11 to 1 with about five
minutes of the first quarter gone. At this point, the locals stiffened and more
than held their own the rest of the way. At the end of the third period, they
were trailing by only one point, at 23-22.
All the Hawks deserve
commendation for their showing. However, the floor work of Harris and McLeod
and “Bear” Jones’ work in taking the ball off the backboard was outstanding.
In preliminary games, the up
and coming Evergreen High club defeated Monroeville, and the Junior One team
defeated Junior Two in an intra-mural game.
After the way the local fans
have shown that they will turn out for good basketball, the Hawks are busy
lining up another feature attraction. The Spring Hill College quintet will be
played in Evergreen at a date to be announced in next week’s issue.
The Aggies met a strong Red
Level team Thursday night on the latter’s court and came out on the short end
of a 39-24 score.
In a game played on the
Greenville court, the Greenville High School defeated the Evergreen quintet
last Friday night by a comfortable margin of 34-17.
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