The Evergreen Courant's Sports Flashback for Jan. 11, 2021

Wayne Frazier of Evergreen

FOUR YEARS AGO
JAN. 12, 2017

Hillcrest High School’s girls basketball team, ranked No. 8 in Class 3A, improved to 11-0 on the season last Thursday night by beating Escambia County High School, 79-24, in Atmore.
“This was a good win,” Hillcrest girls basketball coach Tammie Patrick said. “The girls are playing better every game.”
Tyesha Rudolph led the Lady Jags with a team-high 21 points.
(Other standout Hillcrest players in that game included Trinyia Boykin, Tomorrow Dixon, Shanaya Grace, Niyana Littlejohn, Audreonna Lopez, Tykeria Merrills, Cassie Riley, Shanecia Salvatore, Destiny Simpson and Arial Young.)

Sparta Warriors win two games: Sparta Academy’s varsity boys basketball team picked up two wins during the past week beating Lowndes Academy and South Montgomery County Academy on the road.
On Tuesday of last week, the Warriors beat Lowndes, 70-50, in Lowndesboro, and on last Thursday Sparta opened area play by beating Class A, Region 1, Area 2 opponent, SMCA, 58-45, in Grady.
Stone Riley led the Warriors (against Lowndes) with a double double, scoring a team-high 27 points and grabbing 15 rebounds. He also had one assist. Griffin Weaver followed with 20 points, three rebounds, a steal and a team-best four assists.
Weaver led the Warriors (against SMCA) with a team-high 22 points, four rebounds and four steals.

29 YEARS AGO
JAN. 9, 1992

Sparta Academy senior Steven Gall proudly displays the Most Valuable Player Award he was presented during the recent Alabama Independent School Association All-Star game in Selma. Gall was chosen most valuable player for the West Squad. During the game, Gall caught four passes for 65 yards, scored his team’s only touchdown and completed one pass.

54 YEARS AGO
JAN. 12, 1967

Evergreen has high interest in Super Bowl: Local residents have perhaps more than normal interest for a small Southern town in the Super Bowl in Los Angeles this Sunday. The game matches the champions of the NFL with the AFL champions.
Evergreen and Conecuh folks have special interest in the contest because one of the stars of the AFL Champion Kansas City Chiefs is Wayne Frazier, former star at Evergreen High School and Auburn. Frazier is offensive center for the Chiefs and wears No. 66.
Hugh Ellington, manager of WBLO, called Wayne on Tuesday night and found the big fellow in good spirits. He said that he and his teammates feel they have a good chance of upsetting the favored Green Bay Packers. The Chiefs are getting reading in Long Beach, Calif.
Wayne is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Frazier and is married to the former Ann Coker. They expect to be home soon.
Tuesday night, Benny Marshall, sports editor of the Birmingham News, had this to say about Wayne: “Frazier is from Evergreen, making big at last after several struggling pro years when he couldn’t keep healthy.” He then quoted Hal Herring, former Auburn line coach and now with the Atlanta Falcons, as being “an admirer of hard-nosed Wayne Frazier practically since the first day he saw him scrimmage at Auburn.”
Wayne told Hugh that he felt that he had had a good season and that he and Ann both like Kansas City. He said the people have been mighty good to them and he is looking forward to next year.
And success is paying off handsomely for Wayne now that he is with a top club. He’s already picked up over $5,000 as his share from the AFL championship game and stands to pick up some $15,000 if the Chiefs can win Sunday.

Blue Devils set blistering pace, rip Munson, 102-70: Coach Wayne Pope’s high-scoring Conecuh County High School Blue Devils mauled Munson, Fla., 102-70, in Castleberry Tuesday night. In gunning down the usually strong Munson team, the Blue Devils topped the century mark for the second times this season.
Ronald Reaves poured in 27 points, and Gary Oliver 21 for the Blue Devils. Wayne Foster hit 25 for Munson.
The Castleberry Bees won the opener, 62-30.

Repton Bulldogs win fourth straight, rip Beatrice, 53-39: Led by high-scoring Scott Dyess, Coach Don Hand’s Repton Bulldogs racked up their fourth straight win Tuesday night, blasting Beatrice, 53-39. The game was played in the Repton gym.
Dyess stripped the nets for 29 points to lead the Bulldog scoring attack. He was backed up by Greg Salter with 12 points. Lee Brown paced Beatrice with 14.
The Repton Bees also won the preliminary tilt by a 44-37 score.

79 YEARS AGO
JAN. 8, 1942

Two Ft. Payne men, trolling in Mud Creek, backwaters of the Tennessee River above Scottsboro, caught 28 fine striped bass. Pictures prove the catch.