The Evergreen Courant's Sports Flashback for Oct. 26, 2020

24 YEARS AGO
OCT. 24, 1996

Senior cheerleader Landra Padgett was named Miss Football 1996 during Sparta Academy’s homecoming activities Friday night, Oct. 11. Senior running back Michael Pate was named Mr. Football 1996.

Hillcrest High School held homecoming activities Friday night, Oct. 11. During pregame activities, the senior homecoming court was presented and Miss Homecoming and Miss Football were crowned. Members of the senior homecoming court are Sumetri McMillian, senior attendant; Lawanda Hall, first alternate to Miss Homecoming; Shakira Darden, Miss Homecoming 1996; Jennifer Batchen, Miss Football 1996; Courtney Cook, first alternate to Miss Football; and Casey Pugh, senior attendant.

The Opp Bobcats held off a late charge by the Hillcrest-Evergreen Jaguars to take a hard-fought 13-12 win in the Class 5A high school football thriller last Friday night at Brooks Stadium in Evergreen.
(Top Hillcrest players in that game included Charlie King, Don Ray Mixon and Demetrius Rudolph.)

The Sparta Academy Warriors went to Lakeside last Friday night and defeated the Lakeside Chiefs 42-0.
(Top Sparta players in that game included Lyle Bell, Justin Brown, Chris Kervin, Rod McIntyre, Seth McIntyre, Michael Pate, Stephen Salter, Drew Skipper and Charlie Ward.)

49 YEARS AGO
OCT. 28, 1971

Sparta Warriors whip Wesleyan: Dwight Watson rushed for 133 yards and Larry Tranum passed for another 147 yards to lead their Sparta Academy Warriors to a 34-0 victory over Wesleyan Christian Academy of Citronelle.
(Top Sparta players in that game included Robert Carleton, David Daniels, Tubby McInvale, Jeff Nichols, Joey Nix, Don Owens, Jerry Sasser, Sam Skipper and Mike Turner.)

The Evergreen Aggies suffered another defeat Friday night, this time a 46-18 drubbing at the hands of the Niceville Eagles of Niceville, Fla.
(Top Evergreen High School players in that game included Wavie Ausby, Billy Booker, Julius Booker and Frank McMillan.)

The Lyeffion High School Yellow Jackets take on one of the strongest teams on their schedule when they travel to Uriah tomorrow night. The J.U. Blacksher Bulldogs have an impressive record including the feat of handing powerful Excel its only defeat. The Jackets will be back at home for the final two games of the season. Nov. 5 they will observe homecoming with Highland Home furnishing the opposition. The season-ender is Nov. 12 with Red Level in the Lyeffion Stadium.

Sparta Warriors aim at .500 mark in trip to Silas: It’s another long, long trip for the Sparta Academy Warriors as they travel to Silas tomorrow night for a game with Silas Academy. Coach Mickey Goneke’s Warriors racked up their third win of their first season of varsity ball last Friday night.

56 YEARS AGO
OCT. 22, 1964

The Repton High Bulldogs came from behind to tie a strong Red Level team 12 to 12 Friday night and remain undefeated.
The Bulldogs came back strong in the third quarter and fullback Nickey Thompson drove over from the two-yard line to knot the score at 6-6. The Bulldogs went out in front early in the fourth quarter with Thompson scoring again, this time from the three.

The Evergreen High School Aggies rolled past Lyeffion 25 to 0 here Friday night for their fourth win of the season against one loss.
(Evergreen’s Paul Deason scored two touchdowns and Jimmy Warren and Brent Thornley scored one each. Ronnie Hayes handled the extra-point kicking duties, and Mike Fields had an interception.)
Warrant netted 103 yards on 18 carries to top the ground gainers. Deason struck for 77 on 10 carries, and (Truett) Sims for 28 on four for Evergreen. Don Jones collected 36 yards on nine attempts, and Mickey Fountain 14 on six to lead Lyeffion.
(Other standout players for Lyeffion that night included Larry Blackmon. John Robinson was Evergreen’s head coach.)

Paul Deason became the first Aggie to win the honor twice this year when he was chosen “Player of the Week” by the Evergreen Jaycees in the Evergreen-Lyeffion game. The big left halfback combines power with speed, is a good pass receiver and a threat every time he handles the ball.

74 YEARS AGO
OCT. 24, 1946

The Evergreen Aggies suffered their first defeat of the season Thursday night as W.S. Neal handed them a 19 to 6 defeat on Neal Field.
Little Rural Gibson paced the Neal attack with his running and kicking. The longest run of the game was an 80-yard run by Gibson.
The Aggies were trailing 13 to 0 at the half, but came back fighting the second half. Mickey Logue, the Aggie ace passer, threw some beautiful passes and Ivey caught one for a touchdown.
Ivey, Ryan and McIntyre stood out for the Aggies defensively. The Aggie running attack failed to click against Neal.

The Junior Aggies and the Evergreen Bees suffered their first defeats of the season at Greenville Saturday night.
The Junior Aggies lost a thriller 13 to 12 with Jones going over in the final seconds of play. The attempt for the extra point was stopped only inches from the goal.
The Bees held the Greenville team for the first half, but the Greenville lads pushed across two touchdowns and held the Aggies for the remainder of the game.

86 YEARS AGO
OCT. 25, 1934

Messrs. J.L. Kelly, R.G. Bozeman, Paul McMillan and J.E. Jones attended the Alabama-Tennessee football game in Birmingham Saturday.