The Evergreen Courant's Sports Flashback for March 19, 2019

Kennesaw Mountain Landis

19 YEARS AGO

MARCH 16, 2000

Coaches James Brantley and Earnest Boykin will accompany the two Evergreen All-Star Basketball teams from the Evergreen Youth Basketball League to Pensacola Saturday for the Florida Youth All-Star Tournament. The 13-and-Under All-Star team is Brandon Lusane, Frank William, Bobby Mims, Gregory William, Jamarlin William, Alshuan Holder, Coco Spears, P.K. Riley, Terrell Sanders, Vernon Sanders, Willie Dixon, Clarence Jackson and Justin Williams.

The 14-and-Under All-Star team is Seneral Lee, Jason Ingram, Desty Taylor, B. Bryan Boykin, Demetric Tolliver, Derrick Cook, Jamie Simpson, Frank Tolbert, Larry Hudson, Roderick Dukes and Maurice Bradley.

Roberts to sing national anthem at Celtics game: Meg Roberts of West Barnet, Mass. will sing the national anthem at a Boston Celtics game on April 10. Roberts is the niece of Billie Golson of Evergreen.

This honor is especially gratifying for Roberts. She survived quite an ordeal several years ago after an incident that occurred while vacationing in Maine.

Roberts was severely injured after she jumped from a 35-foot cliff and landed on a rock.

The impact shattered both ankles and doctors were not sure that Roberts would ever walk again. She also suffered severe internal injuries, cardiac arrest, seizures and was in a coma for 24 hours. Roberts spent 18 days in intensive care.

44 YEARS AGO

MARCH 20, 1975

Evergreen High Quarterbacks meet Monday 7:30: The Evergreen High School Quarterback Club will meet Monday night at 7:30 in the school gymnasium.

Three important matters will be taken up: discuss plans for a junior football team; make plans for next season; and plan the annual banquet.

All members and supporters of the Aggie sports program are invited and urged to attend.

Men’s Softball: There will be an organizational meeting of the Evergreen Men’s Softball League at the Conecuh County Courthouse on Monday night at 7:30 o’clock.

All teams wishing to enter the league and take part in play this summer must be represented.

69 YEARS AGO

MARCH 16, 1950

Eagles Win Conference Cage Tournament Again: The high-flying Eagles of Conecuh County Training School trounced Snow Hill, 43-21, here last Saturday night to cop their second straight South Alabama Athletic Conference Basketball Tournament. The tournament was a one-day affair and played in the gym of the local colored high school.

The Eagles advanced into the finals with wins over Central High School of Mobile and Atmore. Evergreen was heavily favored to repeat as conference champs because of a fine 23 won, four lost record in regular season play.

Evergreen placed two on the all-tournament team. The team as selected by the coaches was as follows: (Richard) Price, Evergreen, and James Denuault, Snow Hill, forwards; Herbert Rankins, Evergreen, center; Ozell Jackson, Atmore, and James Pendleton, Grove Hill, guards.

Price topped the Eagle scorers with 40 points in the tournament. Rankins had 39; Louis Ingram, 35; Richard Rabb, 20; and Willie Fred Rabb, 12.

Rain Hampers Football Drills At Evergreen High: Thirty-four grid hopefuls were running through their paces in spring football drills at Evergreen High this week in spite of daily rains that kept the field soggy. The first week of practice ended yesterday (Wednesday) and Coach Wendell Hart and John Lockwood report that the squad has good spirit with all the boys trying hard to learn fundamentals.

Coaches Hart and Lockwood have a busy two weeks ahead before spring training ends Wed., March 29. The Evergreen squad suffered heavy losses by graduation and starters must be found at both ends, center and both halfbacks.

Coach Lockwood has 21 candidates for the seven line positions. Heading this group are four starters from last year, Capt. Jeff Moorer, 178, Max Pope, 186, Shelton Craig, 183, and Douglas Potts, 186. Pope and Craig have been moved to guard from tackle with Potts taking over one of the tackle posts. Capt. Moorer is at center. Ranking candidate for the other tackle post is Jack Robinson, a 200-pounder who played a starting tackle for Repton last year.

Lettermen Franklin Williamson heads the field of end candidates. Cleve Robinson is the only other candidate for end with any experience and he isn’t a letterman. Others battling for a terminal spot are Clinton Cobb, Autrey Palmore and Joe Stowers.

94 YEARS AGO

MARCH 18, 1925

Kennesaw Mountain Landis, baseball czar, will speak to the Montgomery post of the American Legion between April 1 and April 6. He will be in the south on a tour of big league training camps and will speak in behalf of the legion endowment campaign while there.