13 YEARS AGO
JAN. 19, 2006
Calhoun
wants to field semi-pro team: Victor Calhoun, who moved to Evergreen recently
from Detroit, announced this week that a plan is in the works to field a minor
league football team that will compete in one of two established
semi-professional leagues.
He said the team, which will consist of players from
Conecuh, Monroe, Escambia, Butler, Covington and other surrounding counties,
will probably participate in the North American Football League (NAFL) or the
Southern States Football League (SSFL).
Calhoun said he is a native of Jacksonville, Fla. and
once played outside linebacker for the St. Louis Cardinals professional
football team. He said he helped organize and coach a minor league team in
Detroit.
Calhoun said negotiations are under way with Conecuh
County School Board officials to use the facilities at Hillcrest High School to
hold the games at Jaguar Stadium.
Calhoun said the team will be called the Evergreen
Jaguars and will play a 10-game schedule. He said games would be played each
Saturday at 7 p.m.
Calhoun added that the organization is non-profit the
players will not be paid, which would make them eligible to compete at the
college level if they’re given the chance.
Calhoun noted that both college and pro scouts attend
minor league football games on a regular basis, looking for players who they
think have a chance to play college or professional ball.
He said the team will hold a mini-camp in the next few
weeks.
39 YEARS AGO
JAN. 17, 1980
Edgar Tatum
is shown with his championship pointer “Bob.” The white and liver pointer won
first place in the Northwest Florida Pointer and Setter Club’s Field Trials
held Jan. 12-13 in Munson, Fla. “Bob” was braced against 45 other dogs and had
four perfect finds in winning first place.
Three
Warriors are named All-District: The Sparta Academy Warriors placed three
players on the Alabama Private Schools Association All-District III Football
Team. Ronny McKenzie, Terry Peacock and Greg Crabtree were all honored,
according to Sports Information Director Byron Warren Jr.
Aggie cagers
win a pair, are now 13-1: The Evergreen Aggies ran their record to 13-1 with
two victories this week. On Monday night they defeated 4A Atmore, 61-50. Aggie
scoring went as follows: Joe Mitchell, 17; Horace Smith, 12; Sanford Moye, 11;
Perona Rankins, 10; Johnny Allen, 10; and Philander Rodgers, one. Rankins led
the team in rebounds with 17 while Mitchell pulled down 14.
On Tuesday,
the Aggies traveled up to Greenville and captured a 73-51 victory. Horace Smith
led the team with 21 points while Johnny Allen threw in 13. Other scorers were
Perona Rankins, 12; Sanford Moye, eight; Philander Rodgers, eight; Joe
Mitchell, eight; Arturo Scott, two; Russell Bozeman, one. Allen grabbed 14
rebounds while Rankins followed with 10.
The Aggies
travel down to Brewton Friday night to take on the T.R. Miller Tigers. “B” game
starts at 6:30 with the “A” game to follow.
63 YEARS AGO
JAN. 19, 1956
Evergreen
Aggies Take Win Over Greenville, Lost To Georgiana: The Evergreen Aggies threw
the Greenville Tigers 59-48 for their first loss Friday night, and Georgiana
stopped the Aggies’ win streak Tuesday, 54-49.
The Aggies jumped to a quick lead in the game against
Greenville, and the score with about five minutes of the first quarter gone was
10-1. At the end of the first quarter, the Aggies led 18-4 and increased that
lead to 40-18 in the second period.
Randy White, big Evergreen center, couldn’t miss, as
he hit almost every shot, scoring 28 points in the first half. The ball was
worked in well, and it looked as if the Aggies could win the game by any score
they chose.
In the second half, the Tigers came roaring back, and
the Aggies seemed confused by the zone defense the Tigers threw up. The Aggies
could get only nine points in the third quarter, while the Tigers got 13. In
the fourth quarter, the Aggies fared little better, with the Tigers pulling
closer and closer, at one time narrowing the margin to five points. A late
spurt on the part of the Aggies enabled them to win by 11 points, however, and
the final score was Evergreen 59, Greenville 48.
Randy White scored more than 2/3 of the Aggies’
points, with an amazing total of 40 for the night. Eddie Kelly got eight, Robert
King got seven, and Carrier and Joyner, two each.
Georgiana stopped the Aggies win streak at eight
straight, winning Tuesday night, 54-49. Randy White was held to only 19 points,
for his lowest total of the season, by a tight defense that kept the Aggies
behind all the way.
White scored 19 for the Aggies, followed by Robert
King with nine, Eddie Kelly with eight, Wendell Tolbert with six and Mickey
Joyner with seven.
88 YEARS AGO
JAN. 15, 1931
Castleberry
Cagers Defeat Repton Teams: Castleberry, Ala., Jan. 9 – Conecuh County High
School took both games of a doubleheader basketball contest here today with
Repton High School. The girls won by a score of 19 to 11 and the boys by the
score of 20 to 9.
These games were Castleberry’s first matched games of
the season and were witnessed by a large crowd of interested persons.
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