18 YEARS AGO
AUG. 15, 2002
Chris Rigby, 13, of
Castleberry and his squirrel dog, Bell, will be competing in September for
their fourth NKC title. If they win their fourth competition, Bell will become
a NKC Grand Squirrel Champion. She is currently a NKC and UKC Squirrel
Champion.
43 YEARS AGO
AUG. 18, 1977
Eddie’s Barber Shop won first
place this summer in the Evergreen Men’s Softball League with a record of 19
wins and two losses. Manager Arlton Hudson is presented the championship
trophy, donated by Natural Decorations, Inc., by Sheriff Edwin Booker, league
president.
Sparta Academy’s cheerleaders
returned Friday from the Alabama Private Schools Association Cheerleading
Clinic at Huntingdon College, Montgomery, with a number of superior and spirit
awards. The girls are still working hard to get ready to try and cheer their
Warriors on to victory in the opening game with Greenville Academy here
Saturday night, Aug. 27, at eight o’clock. The lovely “holler gals” are Sharon
Johnson, Susan Snowden, Captain Sandra Ward, Melinda Carrier, Leigh Daniels,
Lesa Ralls and Lisa Bowers.
“Yard Apes whip Bay City
26-16” by Jim Andrews: Evergreen’s Original Yard Ape Rugby Club closed out a
most successful season last Saturday, defeating Mobile’s Bay City Bombers,
26-16. This win brought Greentown’s record to 9-3-1.
Wonderful Walker Scott and
Jumping Jeb Barron led the Apes with two scores each. Barron’s last score was a
dramatic 75-yard run after which he was accused of having run out of bounds (by
the opposition). This charge proved to be totally false.
Granite Greg Still also
scored as he fell on a loose ball in the end zone. However, the real heroes of
the day were Terry Chapman and Jim Andrews. Their combined cussing abilities
served to motivate the somewhat listless Apes into real fire eaters.
To sum up this season, one
could say that it has been quite magnificent. Having lost only three games by
the slim margins of three, four and five points is outstanding. According to
Greentown’s Sports Information Director Bruce Hutcheson, the Apes outscored
their opponents 206-84. For posterity’s sake, here is the Apes’ lineup: Joe
Andrews, prop; Greg Still, hooker; Stanley Johnson, prop; Jeb Barron, prop;
Homer Holland, prop; Darwin Cook, flyhalf; Bruce Hutcheson, incenter; Walker
Scott, center; Jay Phillippi, wing; Don Owens, center; James Holland, fullback;
and Jim Andrews, founder, organizer, worker of great works, beer buyer, coach,
general manager, butt kicker and scrumhalf!
Jimmy Stanton hit .554 to win
the batting championship of the Evergreen Men’s Softball League and is
presented his trophy, donated by Ivey Chevrolet Co., by the smiling sheriff.
LTP Southern won second place
with a record of 17-4 in the Evergreen Men’s Softball League. Manager Tom
Davenport and team members accept the trophy donated by Brior Auto Parts.
68 YEARS AGO
AUG. 21, 1952
Loree Dollies Edge
Centerville 11-9: The Loree Dollies edge the Centerville Rookies, 11-9, in a
Conecuh Amateur League game played on the Loree diamond Sunday afternoon. The
Dollies bunched their hits for six runs in the first inning and were ahead all
the way. They pounded out 16 hits, nine of them in the first two innings, to
gain the win.
Roger Kearley pitched for the
winners with Carroll Powell catching. Kearly gave up 11 hits, struck out five
batters and walked eight. Joe McClain pitched the first two innings for the
Rookies giving up nine hits, striking out two and walking none. Homer Riley
took over for the last seven innings giving up seven hits, striking out six
batters and walking one. Clint Ward was the catcher.
E. Powell with three for
five, Roger Kearley with three for four and Carroll and Bernard Powell with two
for four each led the hitting for the winners. Hosea King had three for five,
Clint Ward two for four, Gillis Jones and Robert King one for three for
Centerville.
Centerville will meet
Starlington in a doubleheader next Sunday in Brooks Stadium at Evergreen High
School.
Coach Wendell Hart has
sounded the call for the Evergreen High Aggies to return to the gridiron wars.
Preseason practice will begin Monday afternoon for the first practice. Players
should bring a pair of shorts to work out in. Practice until Sept. 1 will be
limited to conditioning and non-contact drills.
93 YEARS AGO
AUG. 18, 1927
Hunter Ellis, Stanley
Fountain and Joe Shoemaker left Wednesday for Gulf Beach, where they will spend
a week camping.
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