The Evergreen Courant's Sports Flashback for Dec. 21, 2020

Clint Jackson

13 YEARS AGO
DEC. 20, 2007

Sparta Academy’s varsity boys basketball team captured third place in Monroe Academy Christmas Tournament by beating Escambia Academy, 70-39, in Monroeville.
In the win over Escambia, Chris Cinereski, a six-foot-four senior, led Sparta with 17 points.
(Other players on Sparta’s team that year included Mason Black, J.R. Williams, D.J. Buckhault, Drayton Rodgers, Brannon Jordan, Justin Webb, Myles Wiggins, Matt Johnson, Nicholas Hardin, Michael Cook and Michael Morris.)

Hillcrest High School’s varsity boys whipped perennial 1A powerhouse J.F. Shields, 51-40, in Evergreen.

Hillcrest High School’s Lady Jags beat previously undefeated J.F. Shields, 44-34, on Tuesday of last week in Evergreen. Catorica Floyd led Hillcrest with 12 points.
(Other players on Hillcrest’s team included Kemara Bawlson and Kawanis Thomas.)

Sparta Academy’s girls basketball team improved its record to 11-2 overall Saturday by whipping Escambia Academy, 60-44, in the Monroe Academy Christmas Tournament in Monroeville.
BreAnna Pate, a five-foot-three junior, scored 20 points to lead the Lady Warriors, who entered the tournament ranked No. 4 in the AISA.
(Other players on Sparta’s girls team included Susan Ann Cook, Erica Palmer, Christin Booker, Camarena Godwin, Morgan Harden, Ashton Raines, Savannah Brown and Mallory Kendrick.)

28 YEARS AGO
DEC. 17, 1992

Four Sparta Academy Warriors scored in double figures last Monday night as the Warriors triumphed over Greenville Academy, 65-59.
Sr. Bryant Robinson and junior Britt Ward led the scoring with 19 and 18 points, respectively. Senior Terry Conway and junior McPherson Cook also scored in the double figure range, each with 10 points. Also scoring during the contest were Chip Gibson with six points and Casey Grant with two.

Competitors and fans at the Division 2 eight-mile Firestone-TNN E.T. Racing Tournament Finals in Atlanta saw a prime specimen from drag racing’s early days in Aubrey Padgett’s Big Iron C/Gas ’50 Chevy; its appearance has remained unchanged for nearly four decades.
Padgett, of Evergreen, Ala., has raced the car since 1959. He and former partner Dennis Bailey campaigned it as a class-legal C/Gasser until 1965, when they put the car in mothballs.
Padgett and son, Allen, 28, brought out the car a couple of years ago and now compete regularly in Atmore Dragway’s Pro class and at various nostalgia events across the South.

43 YEARS AGO
DEC. 15, 1977

The Lyeffion High School Yellow Jackets picked up their seventh and eighth wins by defeating Repton in a come from behind win, 72-64, and by whipping J.U. Blacksher of Uriah, 61-28.
Adrian Woods led scoring (against Repton) with 32 points, followed by Willie Hunter with 22, Eric Finklea with 12, Harold Kyser with four, Ricardo Hall with two.
Adrian Woods had 12 rebounds and topped scoring with 26 points (against Blacksher).
(Other players on Lyeffion’s team included Ricky Johnson, Jerry Johnson and Kenny Nevlous.)

Bouncing back from their first loss of the season Thursday night, the Sparta Academy Warriors eased past the South Butler Academy Raiders by a 72-66 count here Friday night in the Sparta Gymnatorium.
Terry Peacock was the top gunner with 22 points as Sparta had three players in the double figure bracket. Gray Stevens had 19; Bobby Padgett, 10; Johnny Ralls, seven; Steve Dubose and Tony Raines, six each; and John Hall, two. Padgett pulled in 14 rebounds and Dubose 12 to lead the boardwork for the Warriors.

Evergreen’s Olympian Boxer Clint Jackson will lead his six-man team into matches at the Pensacola Boxing Club this Saturday. Clint is a deputy sheriff of the Davidson County Sheriff’s Department, which sponsors the team. Davidson County includes Nashville, Tenn.

58 YEARS AGO
DEC. 20, 1962

Two Monroe County high schools meet tonight in the finals of the first annual Evergreen Holiday basketball tournament. Frisco City and Blacksher High of Uriah are the finalists.
Frisco City advanced into the finals after edging Greenville 52 to 49 in a semi-finals match Tuesday night.
In the nightcap, Uriah eked out a 41-40 decision over the host Evergreen High Aggies in a real thriller. Jimmy Raines fired 13 points and Joe Sasser 10 to pace the Aggies. Larry Ellis had six; Sid Lambert, five; Ronnie Jackson, three; Scott Cook, two; and Donnie Jones, one.

Tall Atmore Trips Aggie Cagers 62-37: The Evergreen Aggies suffered their first basketball loss of the season Friday night at the hands of the taller Atmore Blue Devils. Ronnie Jackson led the Aggies with 11 markers.

73 YEARS AGO
DEC. 18, 1947

Coach Harry Engle’s Lyeffion Yellow Jackets grabbed their first win of the current cage campaign by edging past a fast-breaking Excel 25 to 21 last Friday night.
Hamp Hardee, Lyeffion center, played an outstanding game both defensively and offensively and led the scoring with 11 points. Heywood Jones, team captain, followed with seven points.

Coach Wendell Hart’s Evergreen High Aggies opened the 1947-48 cage season here last Friday night by marking down a 36 to 19 win over the W.S. Neal five of East Brewton.
Gillis “Crip” Jones played an outstanding game under the baskets constantly grabbing the rebounds. Jones, the Evergreen lay-up ace, tossed in five field goals and two free throws to pace the scorers with 12 points.

The fast-breaking Aggies of Evergreen High racked up win number two here Tuesday night downing the Georgiana Panthers by a 59 to 23 score.
Mickey Logue paced the high scoring Aggies with 15 points for the night. Brown, Evergreen center, put on a fancy exhibition of faking and passing and bagged 14 points for runner-up honors. Benton Carpenter poured 13 points through the hoop and Jones, nine.