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| Ralph "Shug" Jordan |
FIVE YEARS AGO
DEC. 5, 2013
Lady Warriors win tourney:
Sparta Academy’s varsity girls improved to 3-0 on the season last week and
brought home the championship trophy from this year’s Newton Rials Invitational
Tournament at South Montgomery County Academy in Grady.
In opening round action
Monday of last week, the Lady Warriors blasted Coosa Valley, 64-21, and then
went on to beat Chambers Academy in Tuesday of last week’s championship game,
58-28.
(Players on Sparta’s girl
team that year included Rachel Riley, Drew Ann Lambert, April Palmer, Reagan
Wild, Emily Deason, Roberta Hall, Lisa Smith, Ashley Riley, Emily Rodgers,
Jayden McKeough and Alex Etheridge.)
Hillcrest High School’s
varsity boys improved to 3-0 on the season with a win over J.F. Shields on Nov.
22 in Evergreen.
Chris Salter led Jags with 25
points, and Trae Lewis followed with 14 points. LaQuinton Prince finished the
night with 13 points.
Hillcrest High School’s girls
basketball team improved to 2-1 on the season with a 51-30 win over J.F.
Shields on Nov. 22 in Evergreen.
Destiny Simpson led Hillcrest
against Shields with 10 points and three steals. Brianna Rudolph and Deja Baker
followed with 10 points each.
(Other standout players on
Hillcrest’s girls team that year included Rae’Jean Hammond and Dominque
McCreary. Natalie Nelson was Hillcrest’s head girls coach that season.)
30 YEARS AGO
DEC. 1, 1988
Quarterback Kenny Bledsoe,
running backs Jamie Deason and Jeff Carrier and head coach Mike Bledsoe of the
Sparta Academy Warriors have been chosen to participate in the APSA’s All-Star
Classic Football Game at “Shug” Jordan Memorial Stadium in Selma at 7:30
Saturday night. Sparta completed its most successful season in history,
recording 12 wins and one loss and losing 14-10 to state champion Lee-Scott of
Auburn in the Class A championship game.
Four from Sparta in All-Star
tilt in Selma Saturday: Saturday night, Dec. 3, at “Shug” Jordan Memorial
Stadium in Selma, the elite of the APSA will compete in their annual all-star
classic. Game time will be 7:30 p.m. This year’s game will feature four Sparta
Warriors, three players and their coach. Representing Sparta will be Kenny
Bledsoe, Jeff Carrier, Jamie Deason and Coach Mike Bledsoe.
According to Coach Bledsoe,
“this is a great culmination to an outstanding year. Players are chosen from
all three classifications of the East and West regions. There will be 33
players on each team. It speaks well of our program to have three players
chosen to participate. This is also the first time a Sparta coach has been
chosen to coach this classic. We need all the support we can get from
Evergreen. We really appreciate the way our fans have supported us all year and
hope they will load up one more time and come to Selma Saturday night.”
55 YEARS AGO
DEC. 5, 1963
Aggie Cagers Open In Repton
Friday, Miller Here Saturday: The Evergreen Aggies open their 1963-64 basketball
season Friday night in Repton against the Repton Bulldogs.
The Aggies have six lettermen
returning from last year’s squad which posted a 9-9 record and got to the
second round in the Class A First District Tournament. The six are Scott Cook,
Larry Ellis, Ronnie Jackson, Sid Lambert, Joe Sasser and Jimmy Warren.
The Aggies will tackle
archrival T.R. Miller in Evergreen Saturday night and then play the Greenville
Tigers Tuesday night in Evergreen.
80 YEARS AGO
DEC. 1, 1938
Selections Announced For New
Year’s Bowl Games: Announcements were made this week of the teams scheduled to
play the principal New Years bowl games to be played on Jan. 2 because New
Years comes on Sunday next year.
The better box office draws
already have been selected.
The lineup for Jan. 2:
Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif. –
Duke, Southern conference champions, vs. Southern California, tied for Pacific
Coast conference title.
Sugar Bowl, New Orleans –
Texas Christian, Southwest conference titlist, vs. Carnegie Tech.
Cotton Bowl, Dallas – Texas
Tech vs. Villanova – if Villanova decides to accept.
Orange Bowl, Miami –
Tennessee, Southeastern conference champion, vs. Oklahoma, Big Six champion.
Among those attending the
Alabama-Vanderbilt football game in Birmingham Thursday were Miss Jeanette
Simmons, Sam McMillan of Frisco City, Miss Lorena Ivey and Jim McMillan of
Beatrice.
Morris Thornley attended the
Alabama-Vanderbilt football game last Thursday in Birmingham.
105 YEARS AGO
DEC. 4, 1913
THE CONECUH RECORD
We notice that Cecil Tisdale
is posted as a star player in Howard College’s baseball team.
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