15 YEARS AGO
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| Evergreen's Drew Davis playing at Alabama. |
APRIL 22, 2004
Drew Davis was the recipient
of the coveted Jerry Peacock Memorial Trophy at Sparta Academy’s Sports Banquet
held April 19, 2004 in the school gym. The Peacock Trophy is given each year to
the best all-around senior athlete who participates in football, basketball and
baseball. It is named for the late Jerry Peacock, who was a standout athlete in
Sparta Academy’s Class of 1977.
Cody Lowery was the recipient
of the D.T. Stuart Sportsmanship Trophy at Sparta Academy’s Sports Banquet held
April 19, 2004 in the school gym. The Stuart Trophy is presented each year to a
senior football player that best exemplifies the true spirit of sportsmanship
in games and also in practice. The players vote on the award.
Tabitha Gafford was the
recipient of the Wayne Peacock Sportsmanship Award at Sparta Academy’s Sports
Banquet held April 19, 2004 in the school gym. Wayne Peacock passed away on
Sept. 19, 2001 and his family established this award in his memory. Wayne was
very dedicated to the girls basketball program at Sparta. During the 1980s, he
was the girls basketball coach and as long as his health permitted, he
volunteered many hours at the school helping in any way that he could. This
award is given annually to a senior girls basketball player who demonstrates
qualities of sportsmanship, leadership and academic excellence.
Nathan Pipkin caught this
12-pound catfish recently while fishing at his MoMo’s pond. Nathan is the son
of Ricky and Melody Pipkin.
40 YEARS AGO
APRIL 26, 1979
Sparta Academy’s Baseball
Warriors are having a “so-so” season, mainly due to errors. However, these
players are giving it their best, in spite of their youth and inexperience:
Greg Crabtree, Andy Hammonds, Joe McInvale, Russ Raines and Tony Baggett; and
Jeff Johnson, Tommy Hutcheson, Bobby Padgett, Bobby Mason, Ronny McKenzie and
Terry Peacock. Richard Tate was not present when the picture was made.
Sparta wins one; but, loses
two: The Sparta Academy baseball team picked up a win, but lost two games
during the week. The Warriors are still suffering from errors, according to
Sports Publicity Information Director Byron Warren Jr.
Sparta lost a close one, 3-2,
to Fort Dale of Greenville in spite of an impressive pitching performance by
Terry Peacock, who had to take the credit for the loss in spite of giving up
only six hits, walking four and striking out 11.
Sparta put down Greenville
Academy’s Tornados, 5-2, behind a fine one-hitter thrown by Tommy Hutcheson.
Hutcheson struck out six batters, but walked 12 and had to depend on a good
defensive effort by his mates to chalk up the win.
Escambia Academy of Canoe
(Atmore) enjoyed the help of six Warrior errors as they edged Sparta, 9-6. The
Warriors pounded out 10 hits and found the loss hard to swallow, but could
blame nothing but their own errors.
65 YEARS AGO
APRIL 22, 1954
Local Baseball Team Will
Practice Sunday: An amateur baseball team to represent Evergreen is to be
organized and anyone interested in playing is asked to meet Sunday afternoon
for practice. The practice will be held at Brooks Stadium at 2:30 Sunday
afternoon.
Those who are working to
organize the team hope that a large number of players will turn out Sunday.
They urge everyone who is interested to come out for this first practice. The
team will also be organized at this time.
90 YEARS AGO
APRIL 25, 1929
1929 Football Schedule For
Aggies Announced: With 11 games already booked and another to be added, the
1929 football schedule of the Evergreen Aggies is virtually complete.
The schedule, as announced
this week by Coach “Abe” Robinson, shows that eight of the 11 games are
scheduled for Gantt Field. These eight games to be played in Evergreen include
both the Armistice Day and Thanksgiving contests.
The schedule, complete except
for the opening game on Sept. 20, is as follows:
Sept. 20 – Pending.
Sept. 27 – McKenzie in
Evergreen.
Oct. 4 – Opp in Evergreen.
Oct. 11 – Brewton in Brewton.
Oct. 18 – Monroeville in
Evergreen.
Oct. 25 – Greenville in
Greenville.
Nov. 1 – Frisco City in
Frisco City.
Nov. 8 – Georgiana in Evergreen.
Nov. 11 – (Armistice Day)
Rawls in Evergreen.
Nov. 15 – Straughn in
Evergreen.
No. 22 – Flomaton in
Evergreen.
Nov. 28 – Moore Academy in
Evergreen.
Beatrice Smothered In Aggies
Opener, 16-3: The Evergreen Aggies were making preparations this week for their
clash with Brewton Friday, following their easy victory over Beatrice at Gantt
Field last Friday.
The Aggies beat Beatrice,
16-3, rushing over six runs in the first inning and seven in the second to take
a lead that was never threatened.
Hyde and Stallworth twirled
for the Aggies, the former going five innings and the latter four.
Holman, Aggie catcher, led
the batting attack with three hits while Sanders got two. The Aggies got only
12 hits, most of their runs being made on Beatrice errors.
The Aggie line-up and batting
order was as follows:
McCreary, first base;
Sanders, third base; Holman, catcher; Stallworth, right field, pitcher; Mixon,
right field; Murphy, shortstop; Hyde, pitcher; Hagood, second; Kamplain, left
field; Stevens, left field; Feagin, center field.
Thomas and Rikard; Hyde,
Stallworth and Holman; umpires, Hagood and Cobb.
The Brewton game Friday is
expected to be a tougher assignment for the Aggies as this team already has
played five or six games this year and have shown some strength, winning about
as many as they have lost.
Camden will be in Evergreen
on the following Friday and Saturday, May 3 and 4, while Brewton will play here
Friday, May 10.
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