11 YEARS AGO
FEB. 17, 2005
Sparta teams bow out at
sub-state: When a basketball team goes collectively cold from the field,
there’s very little that execution and strategy can do to overcome it. That
must have been the feeling Friday afternoon in Montgomery for Coach Russ Brown
and his Lady Warriors of Sparta.
On the other hand, the Sparta
boys fought and scraped until the end but the results were the same. The
Warriors boys also lost at the sub-state round to end the season for both
varsity teams. They were participating in the AISA 2A tournament with hopes of
traveling back to Montgomery this week for the Final Four.
Patrician 58, Lady Warriors
51 (OT): The Lady Warriors blistered the cords behind the hot shooting of Cody
Godwin to race out to a 16-point lead in the opening period. Godwin scored 12
of her game-high 18 points in the opening stanza as Sparta had its way with the
Saints from Butler.
(Other top Sparta girls
players in that game included Ashton Garner, Preethi Covin and Samantha
Seaman.)
South Choctaw 75, Warriors
63: The Sparta boys took the game into the latter stages of the fourth quarter
before falling to the Rebels out of Toxey.
Topping the scoring and
rebounding was Michael Campbell with a double double. He tallied 14 points and
pulled down 12 rebounds. Tony Raines was next in both categories with 13 points
and nine boards. Raines also claimed six steals.
(Other top Sparta players in
that game included Will Ivey, Eric Talbot, Carter Smith and Chris Cinereski.)
Hillcrest Jags sweep through
area tourney: The Hillcrest Jaguars have taken an important step toward heading
to Birmingham and to the State Final Four in 4A basketball. However, Coach
Tommy Dukes’ squad faces another important hurdle this Friday night in the
Jaguar gym.
After winning the regular
season 4A Area 2 title, the Jags swept through the area tournament with two
convincing wins over Opp and Andalusia. That propels them into a sub-region
showdown game with Daleville Friday night at 7 p.m.
Jags 76, Opp 26: It’s hard to
believe that a team that stayed within 15 points of Hillcrest just a few days
ago could fall so far apart in less than two weeks. That’s exactly what
happened Friday in the Jaguar gym in the first round of the 4A Area 2 tournament.
The scoring distribution
reflected the night for Hillcrest. Frank Williams bagged 14 points that
included two three-point shots. Chris Hines matched his totals exactly, 14
points and hit two from behind the three-point arc.
(Other standout Hillcrest players
in that game included Maurice Bradley, Nick Lovelace, Cleveland Knight and P.K.
Riley.)
Jags 68, Andalusia 40: (In
the area championship game) Williams and Hines again tied for the scoring
leadership with 20 points apiece. Jerry Jackson netted 11 points and had a
team-high 10 rebounds. Hines snatched off nine boards for the Jags.
Andalusia 48, Lady Jags 45:
The Lady Jags were eliminated on the first night of the girls tournament that
was held in Geneva. Host and top-seeded Geneva’s girls also knocked Opp out of
the tournament on Thursday night.
In the area finals it was
Geneva defeating the Lady Bulldogs, 48-30, to advance to the sub-region round
of the 4A playoffs.
All teams are shooting for a
berth in next week’s Region Final Four that will be held for all six classes on
the campus at Troy. The winners out of Troy will join the elite teams in
Alabama the following week in Birmingham for the state Final Four in each
classification.
26 YEARS AGO
FEB. 15, 1990
Little League registration is
set for Feb. 17 and Feb. 24 at the Evergreen Municipal Park. Little League
includes children ages six through 12 with the cut-off birthday being Aug. 1,
1990.
Anyone wishing to play Babe
Ruth Baseball this season should come to the Municipal Park Saturday between 9
a.m. and 1 p.m. to sign up. Babe Ruth baseball is for boys born after July 31,
1974 and before Aug. 1, 1977.
41 YEARS AGO
FEB. 20, 1975
The Castleberry Blue Devils
visited the Georgiana Panthers Tuesday night, Feb. 11, and left amidst a hail
of brick bats, the winner by a score of 63-61.
The victory came in the last
nine seconds of the game when Sam McCreary hit a 25-foot jump shot to give the
Devils the go-ahead points.
Castleberry had five men in
double figures with Bubba Moncrease and Larry Blackmon sharing top honors with
15 points apiece. They were followed closely by Melvin Moncrease with 13, and
Sam McCreary and Kenny Gross with 10 apiece.
The Castleberry Blue Devils
traveled to T.R. Miller Tiger Country on Feb. 4 to play its annual rivalry with
the Miller Tigers. The Devils managed to defeat a scrappy Miller Five by the
score of 61-51.
The Regional I, Area II,
Class A Basketball Tournament will be held in Castleberry this year. The
tournament will begin on Feb. 25 and run the 27th and 28th.
Conecuh County High School
and Lyeffion will be the only two county teams bidding for the championship of
this area and the right to meet the number one team of Area One for the chance
to go to the state championships held in Tuscaloosa on March 5-8. Castleberry
will carry a 17-8 record into the tournament while Lyeffion has an 8-11 record.
56 YEARS AGO
FEB. 18, 1960
Aggies Slip by Repton: The
Aggies overcame a 20-point, last quarter, deficit with a torrid scoring streak
to slide by Repton, 44-43. Windham scored the winning point with seven seconds
left to play. Bateman paced the Evergreen attack with 13 points. Sims led the
Repton cagers with 17 points. At the end of the game, there were only two of
the Repton quints left on the court. Evergreen swept the night, winning the Bee
game, 41-27, and the Junior game, 27-7.
Evergreen vs. Georgiana:
Evergreen met the Panther five Friday night in an exciting game of skill. The
Aggies trailed in scoring from early in the first quarter. When the final horn
blew Georgiana took home the win by a score of 50-39. Bateman led the Aggies in
scoring with 16 points. Mixon was high-point man for the Georgiana Panthers
with 22 points.
Evergreen vs. W.S. Neal:
Tuesday night the Aggies played W.S. Neal. The “B” team played hard and did
their best but the W.S. Neal team was just too much for the baby Aggies. The
Aggies were beaten 49-16.
In the second game, the “A”
team started as if they meant business. But as time went on, the more
experienced and taller W.S. Neal team proved too much for the Aggies. The
Aggies came back in the fourth quarter by scoring 29 points. But the 29 points
was not enough to beat W.S. Neal. The final score was 66-44 in favor of W.S.
Neal.
86 YEARS AGO
FEB. 20, 1930
Castleberry Trims Miller High
Cagers: Castleberry, Ala., Feb. 17 – Outscoring their opponents in every
quarter, Castleberry’s high school basketball team defeated Miller High of
Brewton on the local court Friday, 36-14.
The Castleberry team tucked
the game safely away in the first half by scoring 19 points to Brewton’s four.
The visitors made their best showing in the last quarter when they counted six
times to Castleberry’s nine.
Skinner led the local attack,
scoring 21 of his team’s 36 points. Matthews, the other forward, scored 10,
while Weaver, Day and Howington, the remaining regulars, also played in fine
style.
The victory of the locals
Friday evened the count with Miller High for the season, the latter having
previously defeated the locals, 33-18, at Brewton.
Dr. H.C. Fountain attended the
Winter Fox Hunt in Mobile last week, where he acted as one of the judges.
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