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| Neil "Dick" McGowen |
34 YEARS AGO
NOV. 28, 1985
Nell Stuart of Evergreen
along with team members Claire Kyzar, Brenda Moyers and Judy Jefferies, all of
Montgomery, placed third in the American Cancer Society’s National Golf Championship
recently at Doral Country Club in Miami, Fla.
The Sparta Academy basketball
team opened its 1985-86 season with a 69-55 win over Fort Deposit Academy in
Fort Dale on Nov. 19. Sparta’s girls also raced to a 49-34 win.
Sparta’s varsity boys were
led by Scott Salter with 13 points and Jason West with 10 as 11 Warriors got in
on the scoring. Tim Brantley had eight points; Danny Reed and Mark Rigsby,
seven each; Brian Bybee, Brandon Salter and Glynn Ralls, six each; and John
Weaver, Brad Watts and Lynn Ralls, two each.
Kim Searcy led the Sparta
ladies with 14 points, 16 rebounds and two steals. Julie Johnson had 11 points,
six rebounds and one steal. Carol Kendrick had eight points, four rebounds and
seven steals. Tracy Holmes, seven points, five rebounds and six steals; Susan
Ward, six points, 12 rebounds and four steals; and Leah Carrier, two points,
three rebounds and two steals.
(Players on Sparta’s junior
varsity boys team included Craig Blackburn, Ted Robbins, Baxter Stinson, Chris
Weaver, Richard Melton and Jerry Cotten.)
49 YEARS AGO
NOV. 26, 1970
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Ryland
visited Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Padgett in Auburn Saturday and while there attended
the football game.
One of the newcomers Coach
Neal Posey is counting on for help as he shoots for his 200th
victory as mentor of the Huntingdon College Hawks this basketball season is a
sharpshooter from Repton.
Scott Dyess, six foot, four
inches, comes to the Hawks from North Florida Junior College where he was an
outstanding performer for two years. He played forward for the Florida club.
During his prep years at
Repton High School, Scott was one of the top players in South Alabama. He is an
outstanding rebounder and excellent shooter.
Big things are in store for
basketball fans of Evergreen High School. This season gets under way with a
Thanksgiving tournament on Nov. 26, 27 and 28.
(Evergreen’s regular season
opponents that season included Monroeville, Excel, Greenville, W.S. Neal,
Atmore, Frisco City, J.U. Blacksher, Repton, Castleberry, Bay Minette,
Andalusia and Lyeffion.)
64 YEARS AGO
NOV. 24, 1955
The Evergreen Aggies overcame
a 13-point deficit Friday night and took sweet revenge over the Georgiana
Panthers by a 20-13 score, sending a capacity crowd of homecoming fans home
deliriously happy.
The Evergreen Quarterback
Club will stage a banquet Thursday night in honor of the graduating seniors on
the Evergreen High School football squad.
Letters will be awarded to
members of the team earning them that night by Coach Wendell Hart. High spot in
the evening will be the awarding of the D.T. Stuart trophy for the outstanding
player of the year.
Speaker for the evening will
be Dick McGowen, freshman coach and chief scout for the Auburn Tigers.
The following are seniors on
the 1955 squad: Eugene ‘Pee Wee’ Hyde, Walter Carrier, Wendell Tolbert, Ronnie
Edson, Buck Lewis, Eddie Kelly, Milton Moorer, Neil Hyde, Murray Johnson, Randy
White, Timmy Boykin, Robert Mason, Ernest Tolbert and Tommy Watts.
The China Junior High School
Athletic Club was organized Fri., Nov. 18. The following officers were elected:
President, Evelyn Lee; Vice President, Maxine Sumpter; Secretary, Willie Mae
Sumpter; Secretary, Willie Mae Jones; Assistant Secretary, Alva Jean Jacobs;
Treasurer, Lafarick Jacobs; and Advisor, John Floyd.
79 YEARS AGO
NOV. 28, 1940
Mrs. L.T. Rutland and Miss
Louise Rutland spent the weekend in Birmingham and attended the Alabama-Vanderbilt
football game.
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