NINE YEARS AGO
OCT. 9, 2008
Jags blow out W.S. Neal, 55-18: Hillcrest High School’s
football team shored up its chances for a playoff spot Friday night with its
biggest win ever over region rival, W.S. Neal of East Brewton.
The Jags whipped the Blue Eagles, 55-18, at Brooks Memorial
Stadium, allowing the Jags to move past Andalusia and Neal in the 4A Region 1
standings.
(Justin) Nared finished the night with 15 carries for 72
yards and nine completions for 166 yards. In all, he ran for a pair of scores
and threw two touchdown scores.
Malcolm Jackson led Hillcrest’s defense with six solo
tackles, four assists, two tackles for a loss and three pass deflections.
(Other standout Hillcrest players in that game included Destin
Gross, Quenton Nettles, Shannon Roach, Malcolm Rudolph, Shannon Salter,
Terrance Thomas and Justin Watson. Maurice Belser was Hillcrest’s head coach.)
Sparta Academy dropped to 5-2 on the season at Stuart-McGehee
Field in Evergreen Friday night when the Warriors suffered a 40-12 loss to the
AISA’s fifth-ranked team, South Choctaw Academy.
In Friday night’s game, Sparta Academy senior Cody Baggett
led the Warrior offense with 12 carries for 78 yards and a touchdown. Baggett’s
touchdown came on a 63-yard run, and he also caught a 35-yard pass to lead
Sparta’s receiving corps.
Neil Salter followed by scoring Sparta’s other touchdown.
His score came on a 19-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Taylor Brown.
34 YEARS AGO
OCT. 13, 1983
Sparta’s homecoming is tomorrow: Sparta Academy, the only
private school in Conecuh County, will observe its 14th annual
homecoming this Friday. The school was established in 1969 under the laws of
Alabama.
Pre-game activities will begin at 6:30 o’clock Friday
night at Stuart-McGehee Field. Miss Homecoming and Mr. and Miss Football will
be announced at this time.
The homecoming game has Fort Dale-South Butler Academy as
the opponent and kickoff is at 7 p.m.
Conecuh High homecoming: Mrs. Louise R. Bradley,
principal of Conecuh County High School, stated that activities at Conecuh
County High School were progressing on schedule in preparation for the Conecuh
County High School Blue Devil homecoming. The gala event will swing into full
action Fri., Oct. 14, when a homecoming parade will leave the main campus at
3:15 p.m. and proceed along a planned route through downtown Castleberry.
At 7:30 p.m., the Blue Devil football team will meet the
Frisco City Whippets of Frisco City.
Lyeffion’s homecoming is Saturday: The Lyeffion Yellow
Jackets will celebrate homecoming Saturday night, Oct. 15, at the school.
A tea honoring the alumni of 1963 and 1973 will be held
in the main classroom building at 6:30 p.m.
The Yellow Jackets will meet Southern Normal in a
gridiron contest at 7:30 p.m. the crowning of the homecoming queen and Miss
Football will take place prior to the kickoff.
59 YEARS AGO
OCT. 9, 1958
Neal Beats Aggies By 20-0 Count: The Evergreen Aggies
dropped their fourth game in a row last Friday night to W.S. Neal in Brewton by
20-0. The Aggies have yet to score this season.
Neal field a strong running ball club featuring three
scatbacks, Jones, Simmons and Dawkins. The Aggies were never about to generate
any steam after Neal scored their first TD.
Jimmy Bell was outstanding for the Aggies, even in defeat.
The plucky QB ran the ball 14 times and picked up 65 yards. The total Aggie
offense netted only 103 yards.
Neal netted 305 yards total offense and seemed to gain at
will all over the Aggie line. Timely tackles by Aggie linebacker H.W. Ward
prevented several more sure touchdown runs.
The Aggies are still suffering from injuries and were able
to muster only three of the original starting line-up for the Neal game.
Evergreen returns to home territory this week when they meet
Greenville at Brooks Stadium tomorrow night.
QB Club Bringing Wrestlers To Repton: The “grunt-and-groan”
artists are coming to Repton. The Repton Quarterback Club is sponsoring a
three-match program at the high school auditorium Wednesday night. The first
bout gets underway at eight o’clock.
Wrestlers featured in the Repton appearance are regulars on
the matches televised by a Mobile station.
Highlighting the bouts will be two popular women wrestlers
who will mix it up in the opening match. They are Millie Stafford and Ann
Luverne.
In the second match, two toughies, Bobby Fields and Rube
Wright, will go at each other. Both have been very popular wrestlers on TV and
in personal appearance bouts over this section.
The grand finale promises to be a really interesting match.
It will be a sort of “mixed doubles” with one of the gals teaming with one of
the men against a similar team in a tag team match.
Admission prices of 50 cents for students and $1 for adults
have been set for the program.
Mr. and Mrs. C.F. Camp and Philip attended the
Auburn-Chattanooga football game Saturday in Auburn.
Down The Halls of E.H.S.: The cheerleaders have been busy
keeping up the school spirit at recess and dinner every day.
Due to a faculty meeting, the students were given some free
time on Monday. The majority of the students spent this time at a pep rally on
the front lawn.
Though the Aggies were defeated again, the students returned
Monday morning with renewed spirit and enthusiasm.
84 YEARS AGO
OCT. 12, 1933
Opp Defeats Aggies By One Touchdown: Opp Bobcats came over
Friday afternoon doped to play the local football aggregation off their feet
and go home with a big one-sided score as trophy of the occasion. Even the most
optimistic of local enthusiasts predicted that the visitors would beat the
Aggies by at least three or four touchdowns. When the Bobcats arrived in town
they appeared such a husky bunch that their stock went even higher.
However, the old dope bucket was destined for an upset and
when the smoke of battle cleared away after one of the hardest fought games
ever witnessed on the local field, the Bobcats could only boast of one lone
touchdown. This marker was put over in the first few minutes of play, probably
on the fourth play of the game. After this, the Aggies settled down and played
such a game as perhaps they never had before. It is generally conceded that had
they fought from the first whistle as they did from this touchdown out, the
score would have been 0 to 0. Though the locals made about as many first downs
and gained nearly as much yardage after Opp scored, their gains were not
consistent enough to put over a score.
The team that played against Opp Friday was altogether
different in spirit and appearance from the one that defeated Excel the previous
week 7 to 0. Coach McInnis and his assistant, Mr. Howard, had smoothed out lots
of the rough, weak spots and the team was clicking far better. With continued
improvement, the Aggies should win nearly, if not all, of their games from here
out.
Friday afternoon they go up to the McKenzie Fair to meet the
Georgiana team.
134 YEARS AGO
OCT. 11, 1883
CONECUH-ESCAMBIA STAR
We understand that four or five barrels of fish were caught
at P.C. Walker’s mill last Saturday. The water was drained off for purpose of
repairing the mill, which left the finny tribes at the mercy of their captors.
It was fine sport.
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