13 YEARS AGO
AUG. 25, 2005
“We looked as
though we came a long way from the first scrimmage with Lowndes,” said Hand,
who saw the Warriors suffer 21-0 and 14-0 losses to Lowndes and Macon-East last
week, respectively.
Sparta opens its
season Friday at home against a Fort Dale Academy team that feels it can
compete for the 3A East Region title this season. Sparta is a 2A team.
(Players on
Sparta’s team that year included Mason Black, Brian Bolton, Justin Booker,
Gaston Bozeman, Chase Brown, Taylor Brown, D.J. Buckhault, Jacob Burch, Michael
Campbell, Michael Chris Cinereski, Kyle Cinereski, Dylan Davis, Riley Davis, Damon
Godwin, Hunter Hutcheson, Jamie Mason, Eric Morris, Casey Pierce, Tony Raines,
Neil Salter, Will Ivey, Justin Sexton, Steven Stuart, Eric Talbot, Perry
Thompson, Peyton Thompson, Cory Waters, Justin Webb and Myles Wiggins. Assistant
coaches were Gary Watson, Daniel Wilson and Russ Brown.)
Hillcrest’s offense
churned up 245 yards rushing last Friday but came up short on the scoreboard in
a preseason game with W.S. Neal in Evergreen.
Neal’s Blue Eagles,
sporting a team that features 15 seniors and 13 returning starters, took a
27-18 win over Hillcrest’s young team.
Hillcrest opens its
regular season Friday in Evergreen against R.C. Hatch with kickoff set for 7
p.m. at Brooks Memorial Stadium.
38 YEARS AGO
AUG. 28, 1980
New head coach Danny Covin and his 1980 Evergreen High Aggie
football team will make their debut here Friday night at 7:30 in Brooks Stadium
with the visiting team being Wilcox County High School of Camden. Since this is
one of only three home games the Aggies have this year, fans are expected to
turn out in large numbers.
(Players on Evergreen’s team that year included Terry
Nettles, Curtis Williams, Philander Rogers, Mitch Crutchfield, David Floyd,
Harold Byrd, James Crosby, Michael Lampkins, Jeff Brock, Tracy Scott, Stefon
Bradley, James Thomas, Carlos Thomas, Don Grace, Gary Bowen, Talmus Philyaw,
Max Cassady, Russell Bozeman, Autoria Scott, Robert Johnston, James Lee, Bobby
Booker, Randy Higdon, Shannon Hall, Napoleon Brown, Darryl Stallworth, Randy
Millender, Tony Sims, Gary Weaver, Chris Blatz, Al Hendricks, Deatrich Wise,
Wayne Locke, Wayne Harrison, Mark Bell, Frank Likely, Guyton Rogers and Efrem
Stallworth. Assistant coaches that season were Harold A. Manley and Bobby
Pierson.)
The Sparta Academy Warriors will open their 1980 football
season when they play Greenville Academy’s Tornados in Greenville on Saturday
at 8 p.m.
The Warriors have six returning lettermen, all seniors,
around which to build the 1980 team: Scott Baggett, Jeff Johnson, Bobby Mason,
Terry Shipp, Richard Nix and Darwin Nix. (Richard Brown was head coach, and Bob
Parker was assistant coach.)
63 YEARS AGO
AUG. 25, 1955
Evergreen Aggies Are Busy Conditioning For Tough Schedule:
The 1955 edition of the Evergreen Aggies is busy preparing for its opening game
which is a little more than two weeks off with Bay Minette. The Aggies have
been limited mostly to conditioning, passing and kicking drills. Contact work
will begin Monday when the boys will be issued full equipment.
Walter Carrier, who has been working under center, will
probably handle the passing and he will be throwing to targets like Randy
White, Eddie Kelley, Neil Hyde, Ronnie Edson, Buck Lewis, Bert Tuggle and “Pee
Wee” Hyde. Eddie Kelly is a newcomer to the Aggies, having transferred from
Repton where he was a mainstay on the Bulldog eleven. Randy White, Walt Carrier
and Wayne Frazier are working on punting and Murray Johnson and Wayne Frazier
will do the kicking duties.
Coaches Hart and Robinson will probably use a T-formation
offense and they will be depending on veteran backs Carrier, Lewis Edson and
Hyde. The line will be built around such veterans as Randy White, Eddie Kelley,
Neil Hyde, Wayne Frazier, Murray Johnson, James Nelson, Milton Moorer, Robert
Mason, Timmy Boykin and Bert Cook.
This year’s team will probably be lighter and less
experienced than last year’s, but with experienced men in key positions and
lots of hard work the Aggies will deal misery to a tough schedule.
The 1955 schedule is as follows: Sept. 9, at Bay Minette;
Sept. 16, at Atmore; Sept. 23, v. Andalusia; Sept. 30, v. Monroeville; Oct. 7,
v. W.S. Neal; Oct. 14, at Greenville; Oct. 21, Open; Oct. 28, at Frisco City;
Nov. 4, v. Prattville; Nov. 11, v. T.R. Miller; Nov. 18, v. Georgiana.
88 YEARS AGO
AUG. 28, 1930
Tennis Players Make New Endurance Record: Two local tennis
players are believed to have broken the world’s endurance record for tennis
playing here Tuesday. The players are Claude Pritchett and Winston Hagood.
The playing was begun at five o’clock in the morning and
continued until seven in the evening. No time was taken out for any purpose.
The boys ate sandwiches and drank cold drinks, water, milk,
etc. while playing. Both were going strong when darkness forced them to stop
and no doubt they might have continued even longer had the day been longer.
Both players stated that they suffered more from tired feet than in any other
way.
The boys recently found a statement which disclosed that the
world’s record for continuous tennis playing was slightly over 13 hours. They
set out to break this record and succeeded in doing so.
Robert Conner Jr., professional golf player of Birmingham,
is spending the week here, promoting the Miniature Golf Tournament for the
Jeff-Led Golf Links.
113 YEARS AGO
AUG. 23, 1905
Brooklyn, Ala., Aug. 19 – The school boys defeated the
Roustabouts in a game of baseball by a score of 3 to 1. Batteries for school:
Stallworth and Johnson; for Roustabouts; Brewer and McCall. Struck out by
Stallworth, 12; by Brewer, 4. Hits on Stallworth, 2; on Brewer, 10.
Baseball Players and Foot Racers! Louis J. Kruger,
ex-champion long-distance foot racer of Germany and Holland, writes Oct. 27,
1901: “During my training of eight weeks’ foot races at Salt Lake City, in
April last, I used Ballard’s Snow Liniment to my greatest satisfaction.
Therefore, I highly recommend Snow Liniment to all who are troubled with
sprains, bruises or rheumatism.” 25 cents, 50 cents and $1. Sold by Reid’s Drug
Store.
Bermuda: Cotton picking is in progress and the boys won’t
have so much time to play ball. Belleville and Bermuda crossed bats last
Saturday evening, the score being 25 to 5, in favor of Bermuda. Come again,
boys. You are welcome. Some of us play “mumble peg.”
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