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13 YEARS AGO
FEB. 24, 2005
Lady Warriors welcome new
coach to Sparta: Coach Fawn Sims is excited but a bit apprehensive about her
first girls softball team at Sparta Academy.
“We have worked hard but only
against each other so I’ll be anxious to see how we do against live competition
from an opponent.”
The Lady Warriors will get
that opportunity next Tuesday afternoon when they go up against Wilcox Academy
in Sparta.
(Players on Sparta’s softball
team that year included Nicole Bradley, Kelsey Cope, Deanna Covin, Kayla Daw,
Mary Frances Floyd, Ashton Garner, Frankie Gibson, Nicole Gilbert, Camerena
Godwin, Rebecca Ostrom, Ava Pate, Whitley Roberts, Anna Smith, Page Smith,
Sarah Smith, DeAmber Stamm and Hayden Talbot.)
The Hillcrest Jaguars coasted
through the 4A Area 2 tournament with decisive wins over area foes Geneva and
Andalusia. That set up a matchup with the Daleville Warhawks in the sub-region
round of the state playoff system.
Again, it was virtually no
contest as the Jags placed four players in double figures in the 73-52 win on
Friday night in Evergreen.
Hillcrest, now 25-5, faced
Southside-Selma last night at 8 p.m. in Troy in the Southeast Regional
tournament. Southside-Selma is 26-2 and ranked No. 1 in the Alabama
Sportswriters poll for Class 4A teams.
(Players on Hillcrest’s team
that season included Maurice Bradley, Willie Dixon, Chris Hines and Nick
Lovelace. Tommy Dukes was head coach.)
38 YEARS AGO
FEB. 28, 1980
Aggies end season 27-1; enter
tourney: Coach Charles Branum’s Evergreen High Aggies concluded one of the most
successful basketball seasons in the school’s history with an 85-43 romp over
W.S. Neal in East Brewton on Friday night. The win ran the Aggies’ record to
27-1.
Horace Smith and Perona Rankins
led all Aggie scorers with 23 points each. Other Aggies getting points were
Sanford Moye, 11; Anthony Williams, nine; David Floyd, eight; John Allen, four;
Michael Lampley, four; and Philander Rogers, three.
The Aggies now enter the
Region 1, Area 2, Class 3A Tournament seeded No. 1. They will play the winner
of the Neal-Wilcox County game tonight at 7:30 at Neal. If the Aggies win
tonight, they will play the victor of Greenville-Monroeville-T.R. Miller on
Friday night at seven o’clock at Neal for the championship.
The Area 2 champions will
play the Area 1 champion for the Region Championship on Saturday night at seven
o’clock and the right to go to the University of Alabama for the State
Tournament.
Sparta Academy’s basketball
teams ended the 1979-80 season last week. The Warrior girls made it to the
state tournament by finishing second in District III while the varsity and
junior varsity boys lost out in the district.
In the District III finals,
Sparta’s girls lost to Wilcox, 57-34. The games were played at Fort Dale
Academy in Greenville.
63 YEARS AGO
FEB. 24, 1955
The Evergreen Aggies broke a
school record Wednesday night of last week as they ran over the Castleberry
Blue Devils, 106-59, in Castleberry. It was the first time in school history as
far as The Courant knows that an Evergreen team has scored better than 100
points.
Big Randy White was again the
high man for Evergreen as he had his best night of the season, making 17 field
goals and 10 for 12 free throws for a total of 44 points, which is another
school record. Tommy Melton followed White with one of his best efforts of the
season as he made 21 points. Wayne Frazier, eight, Alexander, five, and Jimmy
Frazier and Wendell Tolbert, four each, to wind up the Aggie scoring.
Clarence and Charles Hart
were high men for Castleberry as they scored 24 points each. Oliver had four;
Weaver, three; and Warren and Aycock had two each.
District Tournament Begins
Next Thursday: Evergreen will again be host to the first district AA basketball
tournament beginning next Thursday night, March 3. There will be 16 teams
participating in the tournament and it looks like there will be some good
basketball if pre-tournament games are a good indication.
The following teams will be
in the tournament: Baker, Fairhope, McGill Institute, Bay Minette, Foley,
Monroeville, Butler, Grove Hill, Murphy, Evergreen, Jackson, Robertsdale,
Semmes, U.M.S., Vigor and W.S. Neal.
88 YEARS AGO
FEB. 27, 1930
Kelley Brothers On
All-District Team: The all-district team selected by the coaches of the schools
participated in the district tournament at Foley last week shows the Evergreen
Aggies with two places on the first team and one place on the second team.
Elmer Kelley, Aggie center, won a place on the first team as center and his
brother, Wilbur, tied with Beasley of Foley for one of the forward positions.
Allen Johnson was selected as forward on the second team. The Aggies won more
places on the two teams than any other organization.
First team: Shearer (Murphy),
W. Kelley (Evergreen) and Beasley (Foley), forwards; E. Kelley (Evergreen),
center; Hall (Bay Minette), Nihart (Bay Minette), guards.
Second team: Johnson
(Evergreen), Gallagher (Foley), forwards; Wynne (Murphy), center; Blount
(Murphy), Noeten (Robertsdale), guards.
Jay, Fla. To Play Georgiana
Here: The fast Jay, Fla. High School will meet the undefeated Georgiana
Athletic Club in Evergreen at 8:00 o’clock at the National Guard Armory. These
two teams are supposed to be the best in their sections. Georgiana holds victories
over Troy Normal, Dothan Athletic Club, Troy Town Team and many others. They
are undefeated this season and have played a number of games, running up high
scores in all games. Everyone knows what a good team Jay, Fla. has. If you saw
the game between Jay and the Evergreen Aggies, you know what a good team they
have. The Aggies defeated, 15-14. If you missed this game, ask someone who saw
it. Anyway, the same team will be back in Evergreen Saturday night. Many have
picked Jay to win over Georgiana. Make your plans to see this big game. Don’t
forget, at the Armory, 8:00 o’clock in Evergreen – Georgiana Athletic Club v.
Jay, Fla. Be there.
District Tournament Ends In
Wrangle: A wrangle among several teams participating in the District Tournament
at Foley last week as to the schedule arrangement brought about the necessity
for a decision by the district board to settle the matter. This decision was
reached at a meeting of the board at Bay Minette Monday night and as a result
of this decision, and events occurring since, it seems that this district will
be represented in the state tournament by Murphy High and Wright’s Military
Academy, both of Mobile.
Bay Minette and Evergreen
protested the schedule arrangement at the tournament and were upheld by the
board decision. However, the board ordered these teams to determine either by
playing or by drawing which should go to the state tournament. Bay Minette
waived its right to Evergreen, who in turn waived its right to Murphy High.
Thus, the matter was settled inasmuch as Wright’s had won its place by playing
in the tournament. Foley was declared ineligible by the board due to having
played Beasley, who was 21 years of age.
CONECUH-ESCAMBIA STAR
138 YEARS AGO
FEB. 28, 1880
Beale, of the Evergreen
Hotel, had a rock fish last Monday, taken from Murder Creek, which weighed 23
pounds and measured 36 inches in length.
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