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| Wayne Frazier |
EIGHT YEARS AGO
MAY 22, 2008
Sparta Academy’s J.R.
Williams signed a letter of intent last Thursday to play college football next
season at Huntingdon College in Montgomery.
During a signing ceremony
last Thursday morning in Sparta’s school library, Williams announced that he
will play at defensive back or wide receiver for the Hawks next season.
The 5-foot-11, 170-pound
Williams, who lives in Evergreen, was a three-year starter at Sparta, where he
was a standout on both sides of the ball, pulling duty at times as wide
receiver, cornerback, quarterback and running back.
Hillcrest High School whipped
Handley High School, 33-22, in spring football action Friday night at Wright Field
in Roanoke.
On the offensive side of the
ball, (Hillcrest head coach Maurice) Belser tipped his hat to running back
Derek Smith, wide receiver Malcolm Rudolph and quarterback Justin Nared.
Defensively, the Jags benefited from strong performances by defensive tackle
Jeremy Thomas, defensive end Antonio Jordan and inside linebacker Malcolm
Jackson.
With 4.7 seconds left in
Friday night’s spring football jamboree at Crenshaw Academy, Sparta Academy put
together some late game theatrics to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.
With less than a minute left
in the game, Sparta quarterback Taylor Brown led the Warriors deep into
opposition territory, where he connected with receiver Cody Baggett on a
28-yard touchdown pass with 4.7 seconds to go. The touchdown put the finishing
touches on a jamboree that the Warriors won, 19-15.
38 YEARS AGO
MAY 25, 1978
Tony Rogers, outstanding
quarterback for the Evergreen High School Aggies, signs a full grant-in-aid
scholarship to Livingston State University as his high school coach, Charles
Branum, looks on. Rogers was an outstanding passer and runner for the Aggies.
Sparta Academy athletes are
recognized: Girls and boy athletes of Sparta Academy were honored at the Sparta
Quarterback Club’s annual Athletic Banquet held in the school gymnatorium on
Thursday night.
Wayne Frazier, an
all-everything athlete at Evergreen High School and former star football player
for Auburn University and for the Kansas City Chiefs and San Diego Chargers of
the NFL, was the principal speaker. Wayne, who played in the Super Bowl with
the Chiefs, now lives in Brewton.
The Jerry Peacock Memorial
Trophy was presented for the first time at the banquet with the honor going to
Gray Stevens. The trophy is given by the Class of 1977 in memory of their late
classmate who was an outstanding athlete and student and drowned in a tragic
accident last year.
The Class of 1977 has
provided a big, handsome trophy which will remain at the school with the name
of the athlete winning the honor to be engraved on it each year. The Jerry
Peacock Memorial Trophy is awarded to a senior male athlete who has been
outstanding in football, basketball and baseball and is selected the most
outstanding by the votes of the athletes participating in those sports.
Athletes recognized in the
various sports were: Girls Basketball, Best Defensive Player, Sharon Johnson;
Best Offensive Player, Angie Driver; Best Free Throw Shooter, Michell Joyner;
and Most Valuable Player, Mary Claire Robinson.
Girls Softball: Hustler,
Rosemary Ralls; Best Batting Average, Missi Thacker; and Most Valuable Player,
Mary Claire Robinson.
Football: Best Offensive
Lineman, Harry Crabtree; Best Defensive Lineman, Greg Anthony; Best Offensive
Back, Ronny McKenzie; and Best Defensive Back, Johnny Ralls.
Basketball: Most Valuable
Player, Gray Stevens; Best Rebounder, Tony Raines; Best Scorer, Terry Peacock;
and Best Free Throw Percentage, Stevens.
Recognized for winning
All-District honors were: football, Harry Crabtree and David Sabino;
basketball, Gray Stevens; and baseball, Terry Peacock.
The girls track team was
honored for winning the District III championship. Members of the team who
qualified for the state finals and were recognized were: Cathy Johnson, Angie
Driver, Cheri Johnson, Lesa Ralls, Leigh Daniels, Missy Price and Melinda
Carrier.
53 YEARS AGO
MAY 23, 1963
Aggie Baseballers Given
Player Awards: The Evergreen Aggies have selected the winners of the baseball
team’s three awards for the 1963 season, Coach Henry Allmon announced this past
week.
Selected as the team’s Most
Valuable Player was Jimmy Weaver, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Weaver. The first
member of the Evergreen Baseball Hall of Fame is Donnie Jones, son of Mr. and
Mrs. E.L. Jones.
The winner of the Batting
Championship Trophy is Sid Lambert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Lambert, with an
average of .370. Lambert barely edged out Weaver, who hit .367. Weaver and
Jones were chosen by a vote by the team.
Jones is a senior and both
Lambert and Weaver are juniors.
Two Local Players In All-Star
Game: Jimmy Weaver, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Weaver, and Sid Lambert, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Lambert, participated in the 1963 East-West High School
All-Star Game on Thurs., May 16, at Patterson Field in Montgomery. Both are
juniors at Evergreen High School.
Lambert and Weaver played for
the West squad which emerged victorious, 5-2. Weaver pitched for the last three
innings, surrendering two runs and three hits. He doubled in his only
appearance at the plate.
Lambert caught for six
innings and batted twice but failed to get a hit.
Aggies End Season, Down Red
Level: The Evergreen Aggies wound up their baseball season in Red Level
Wednesday afternoon with an 11-5 victory over the host Tigers to give them an
8-5 record for the season. The game ended on a sour note however as Aggie right
fielder Donnie Jones ran into a light pole while chasing a fly ball and had to
be taken to the Conecuh County Hospital in Evergreen.
Jones’ twin brother, Ronnie
was the winning pitcher as he pitched a three-hitter until the fifth inning
when the game was called after Jones sustained the injury.
(Other players on Evergreen’s
team that season included Johnny Brown, Scott Cook, Paul Deason, Mike Fields,
Ronnie Jackson, Jimmy Raines and Willie Mack Pate.)
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