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| Sparta's Lanse Robbins in 2014. |
THREE YEARS AGO
SEPT. 11, 2014
Sparta Academy’s varsity football team improved to 2-0 on
the season Friday night with a 28-25 win over Crenshaw Christian at
Stuart-McGehee Field in Evergreen.
The win came after an unusually long rain delay in which
officials prevented both teams from taking the field due to lightning, thunder
and rain in the area. The game kicked off around 9 p.m. and ended shortly
before midnight.
Quarterback Ethan Roberts led the Warriors on offense with
eight pass completions for 140 yards and two touchdowns. Roberts also ran the
ball five times for 35 yards.
(Other outstanding Sparta players in that game included Tristan
Crutchfield, Tyler Davis, Dalton Draper, Tyler Hanks, Zane Lambert, Todd Mayo,
Stone Riley, Lanse Robbins, Dakota Stokes, Ethan Tyree and Griffin Weaver.)
Hillcrest High School’s varsity football team saw its record
drop to 1-1 on the season Friday night after falling to 3A Region 1 opponent
Opp, 34-32, at Brooks Memorial Stadium in Evergreen.
Evergreen’s Justin Nared threw for over 200 yards and a pair
of touchdowns during Tuskegee University’s season opener Saturday afternoon, a
30-17 loss to Alabama A&M in Tuskegee.
Nared, Tuskegee’s senior signal caller, completed 12 of 30
passes for 217 yards and two touchdowns, including an 87-yarder with 5:27 left
in the first quarter. His second touchdown pass was a 16-yarder with 12:49 left
in the game.
28 YEARS AGO
SEPT. 14, 1989
The Hillcrest Jaguars won the battle of the cats last Friday
night when the Jaguars defeated the Opp Bobcats by the score of 9-0.
Offensively on the night the Jaguars were led by Derrick
Richardson with 18 carries for 103 yards. On the other side of the ball, they
were led by middle linebackers Tyrone Sigler with eight solos and two assists,
and Russell Meeks with four solos and two assists.
(Other top Hillcrest players in that game included Marvin
Cunningham, Derek Gessner, Gerald Grace, John Gulley, Frank Lee, Richard
Melton, Spencer Mixon, Keith Richardson and Dewayne Rogers.)
The Sparta Academy Warriors picked up their third straight
win of the young season Friday night defeating the South Montgomery Academy
Raiders 22-12 in Grady.
The Warriors rode to victory Friday night on the strong arm
of quarterback Tim Salter who completed eight of 15 passes for 152 yards and
two touchdowns and was intercepted once. Steven Gall missed on four attempts.
Salter hooked up with Brian Waters for 35 yards and the
first score and Craig Blackburn ran for two points. Salter went back to Waters
for 53 yards and the second score and pass for two was incomplete. Richard
Weaver ran in the final touchdown from seven yards out, and Salter passed to
Gall for two.
(Other top Sparta players in that game included Jeff
Brundage, Jason Baker, Bryant Robinson, Terry Conway and Chris Lum.)
53 YEARS AGO
SEPT. 10, 1964
Aggies meet Atmore here Friday: The Evergreen High Aggies
pry off the lid of the 1964 season here Friday night against their traditional
foe, the Atmore Blue Devils. Kickoff will be at 8 p.m. in Brooks Stadium.
Coach John Law Robinson and line coach Henry Allman were not
happy over the results of the jamboree here Friday night when the Aggies lost
both of their segments. However, in reviewing the game films they did find
quite a few bright spots.
The Aggies were heavily scouted by both Atmore and
Andalusia, their first two opponents, and Robinson kept them “under wraps.”
Only four offensive plays were used and a “goal line” defensive alignment.
(Players for Evergreen that season included Scott Cook, Paul
Deason, Alvin Dees, Mike Fields, Kenny Harper, Tommy Hartley, Ronnie Hayes,
Johnny Huggins, Mike Moorer, Truett Sims, Calvin Smith, Bob Tanner, Brent
Thornley, Wayne Tolbert and Jimmy Warren.)
Lyeffion Jackets open in Excel: The Lyeffion High School
Yellow Jackets will open their 1964 football season Saturday night playing
Excel in Excel. The kickoff is set for 8 p.m.
The Jackets should have an improved team this year as a
large number of lettermen and starters from the 1963 club are back for more
play.
Lyeffion’s new coach Rollin Moseley and his assistant
DeWayne Adams have been drilling their charges at a fast pace to get ready for
the opener. The game last year ended in a 7-7 tie.
78 YEARS AGO
SEPT. 14, 1939
Interstate League Series Tied Up: The Interstate League
series which is being fought out between the local team and Flomaton is tied up
with each team having won a victory. The final game is scheduled to be played
next Sunday afternoon at Brewton at 3:30 o’clock. Brewton was selected as
centrally located between the two opposing teams. All fans are urged to attend
this game and help the locals win the championship cup.
In the first game of this series which was played here last
Thursday Flomaton won by the score of 10 to 5. Evergreen won the second game at
Flomaton by the score of 3 to 2. Watson has won three games out of four starts
in the series. He will pitch again at Brewton next Sunday. The feature of
Sunday’s game was a homerun by James Lane.
128 YEARS AGO
SEPT. 12, 1889
THE EVERGREEN STAR
Baseball: According to announcement the Brewton and
Evergreen baseball clubs crossed bats on the latter’s diamond on Thursday last
and waged a contest that was not only exceedingly interesting but somewhat
remarkable in results. At the end of the ninth inning, the score showed a tie
and so a tenth inning had to be played. The Brewtons going first to the bat
were not allowed to proceed to the first base before retiring; the Evergreens
scoring one with one man out, were awarded the victory by a score of 15 to 14.
Though the score shows the game to be a poor one, there was perhaps some as
fine playing as was ever made by amateurs. The home battery played faultlessly
and were supported by some excellent fielding. Left fielder C.R. Taliaferro
made two running catches that would do credit to any professional.
As the visiting club was composed mostly of strangers we
were unable to learn their names, but certain it is, that their pitcher has no
superiors among amateurs, and few in the baseball world.
The telegraph informs us that they defeated the Greenville
club the next day by a score of 16 to 9.
The match game of baseball which had been announced to be
played by the Brewton and Evergreen clubs on Thursday last ought to have been
announced as “Evergreen against the State,” since the visiting club was
composed of players from various other cities and communities and really
contained but three of their own members. It is said that one of the visiting
players was from another state, the correctness of which we have no doubt.
To have been victorious with such an advantage, would have
been no credit to any club, but to suffer defeat under such circumstances is
little short of ignoble.
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