THREE YEARS AGO
APRIL 27, 2017
Hillcrest soccer season ends:
Hillcrest High School saw the first soccer season in school history come to a
close on Tuesday of last week with a 10-0 loss to Andalusia High School at Brooks
Memorial Stadium in Evergreen.
Hillcrest head soccer coach
James Riley Jr. said on Monday that even though the Jags didn’t win a game this
season, he was proud of his team and noted that he saw steady improvement
throughout the season. Riley noted that most of his players had never played
soccer prior to early February and that they often faced teams with veteran
players from well-developed soccer programs who had been playing together for
years.
Sparta Warriors fall to
Eastwood: Sparta Academy’s varsity baseball team closed out the 2017 season
with a pair of losses to Eastwood Christian in the opening round of the AISA
Class A state playoffs.
On Friday in Montgomery,
Sparta opened the best-of-three playoff series by beating Eastwood, 12-8, but
Eastwood rebounded with a 7-0 victory over the Warriors that evened the series
at one game apiece. In Saturday’s tie-breaker, Eastwood beat Sparta, 15-1.
Saturday’s game was the final
high school baseball game for three veteran seniors on Sparta’s varsity roster:
Griffin Weaver, J.T. Baker and Stone Riley.
Sparta’s varsity baseball
team finished the season with a 7-17 overall record. They went 2-4 at home,
5-13 on the road, 3-5 against Class A, Region 1, Area 2 opponents and went 0-2
against ranked opponents.
28 YEARS AGO
APRIL 15, 1992
Sparta Academy head coach
Mike Bledsoe is pictured with the top award winners from the Sparta Academy
sports banquet. Pictured with Coach Bledsoe are Steven Gall, Mark Watts and
Richard Weaver. Gall, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ken Gall, received the Outstanding
Senior Athlete Award for athletics and academics. Watts, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Doug Watts, received the D.T. Stuart Sportsmanship Award. Weaver, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Tony Weaver, received the Jerry Peacock Award, presented to the senior
who excelled in football, basketball and baseball.
Bob Meeks Day is set for
Friday, May 1: A day honoring the accomplishments of a Conecuh County native is
planned for May 1. Bob Meeks Appreciation Day will be filled with activities
for area public school students, concluding with a reception open to the public
at Hillcrest High School.
Meeks is completing his final
year at Auburn University where he has been a standout on the Tiger football
team for the past four years. Bob is the son of Robert and Genetta Meeks of
Evergreen. He is majoring in distributive education.
Meeks began his football
career on the playing field for the Evergreen High School Aggies. He started
three years at offensive tackle and two years at defensive tackle. He was a 3A
all-state selection as an offensive lineman his senior year in high school.
Following a red shirt year in
1987, Meeks shifted from guard to center during spring drills. Here, he found a
home which should become a comfortable one following Sunday’s NFL draft.
53 YEARS AGO
APRIL 27, 1967
SCOUT CORNER: The Boy Scouts
of Troop 40, Evergreen, met Monday night at the Scout Hut. The meeting was
opened with the Scout Laws. After the business was discussed, the scouts played
soccer.
The meeting was closed with
the Indian Benediction. After the meeting was over, a board of review was held.
The board consisted of the following men: Mr. Leonard Price, Mr. Fred Stevens,
Mr. Walter Poole and Mr. Reuben Hyde. The boys meeting the board for Second
Class were Howard Fore Jr. and Len Price. Frank Bentley met the board for Star.
All the boys passed with flying colors. – Crawford King, Scribe.
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