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| Sparta Academy's April Palmer. |
JAN. 24, 2014
Lady Warriors 2-0 in area
play: Sparta Academy’s sixth-ranked varsity girls basketball team improved to
14-4 on the season and to 2-0 in area play last week after big wins over
Jackson Academy and Wilcox Academy.
The Lady Warriors blasted
area rival Jackson Academy, 52-32, Tuesday of last week in Jackson and downed
Wilcox Academy, 70-50, Friday night in Evergreen.
April Palmer led Sparta
(against Jackson) with 16 points, two rebounds, five steals and four assists.
Palmer led the Lady Warriors (over Wilcox) with 23 points, three rebounds,
seven steals and two assists.
(Other top players on
Sparta’s team that season included Kayla Baggett, Jessica Coleman, Emily
Deason, Alex Etheridge, Drew Ann Lambert, Ashley Riley, Rachel Riley, Emily
Rodgers. Lisa Smith and Reagan Wild.)
Sparta Warriors down Jackson:
Sparta Academy’s varsity boys basketball team improved to 2-0 in area play
Tuesday of last week with a 21-point win over area rival Jackson Academy in
Jackson.
Allen Stuart led Sparta with
14 points, four rebounds, four steals and two assists. Jacob Hendrix followed
with 13 points, nine rebounds and two assists. Michael Brown finished the game
with 11 points, a team-high 10 rebounds and a block.
(Other top players at Sparta
that season included Taylor Chavers, Drew Hardin, Jackson Gorum, Chance House,
Austin Johnson, Nathan Pipkin and Michael Raines.)
33 YEARS AGO
JAN. 28, 1988
EHS FOOTBALL BANQUET: Evergreen High School Football Banquet will be held Friday night at 7 p.m. at the Evergreen Inn. Cost will be $5 per person. This does not apply to football players and cheerleaders.
Billy Hamilton got these (three) racks in a most unusual manner. He was in a tree stand using one of the new deer grunts when the 12-pointer and the 10-pointer both came up. Being a good sportsman, Billy knew he could kill only one of the two big deer. While he was trying to decide which one to kill, the deer fought and killed each other while Billy grunted. The deer bearing the eight-point rack came up while Billy was in a tree stand bowhunting and again using the new grunt. The buck got so frustrated because he couldn’t find what he thought was another deer grunting that he butted himself to death on the tree. And that’s the truth, according to Billy Hamilton.
Cougars sweep Sparta teams:
The Sparta Academy Cougar basketball teams swept four games from Sparta Academy
in games played here Jan. 22, according to Sparta Sports Information Director
Byron Warren Jr.
The Cougar varsity boys
outshot Sparta, 60-48. Toby Baggett with 15 points and Brad Watts with 11 led
the Warriors. Jeff Carrier had eight points; Robbie Bolton, seven; Craig
Blackburn, four; Jamie Atkins, two; and Chris Davis, one.
Escambia’s Lady Cougars edged
the Lady Warriors 42-40 in spite of a 20-point effort by Kim Searcy. Shawn
Hammonds had 14 points; Julie Johnson, four; and Abbie Till, two, for Sparta.
58 YEARS AGO
JAN. 24, 1963
Castleberry Cops 15th
Straight Win: The unbeaten Conecuh County High School Blue Devils captured
their 15th straight win of the season Tuesday night, turning back
T.R. Miller High’s Tigers, 54-39, in Brewton. The Castleberry team, coached by
Wayne Pope, has not been pressed all season.
The Blue Devils have two
tournament titles included in their victory strings. In December they walked
away with the Conecuh County Invitational Tournament and last week won the
Conecuh County Tournament.
Larry Janes bagged 19 points
and Henry Foster 16 to pace the win over Miller. Others scoring were Kast,
nine; Finley, seven; and Sims, three. Barrow led Miller with 14 points.
Blue Devils Retire Rotating
Trophy: When the Conecuh County High School Blue Devils won the Conecuh County
Tournament in Repton Saturday night, they also won permanent possession of the
rotating trophy awarded each year to the champion.
Boykin Jewelry, Evergreen,
presents the trophy with the stipulation that three consecutive wins by a team
retires the trophy. So, the Blue Devils captured their third straight
championship and retired the handsome prize to their trophy case.
The champion Blue Devils of Conecuh County High dominated the all-tournament team chosen at the end of the county meet held in Repton Friday and Saturday. Topping the vote-getters was center Henry Roster. Donnie Kast and Larry Janes were also named to the dream team. Evergreen filled the other two places with Jimmy Raines and Ronnie Jackson being named.
83 YEARS AGO
JAN. 27, 1938
Evergreen High School: The game with Opp Friday night was a close one. Our boys found themselves up against Opp’s town team with three former Kinston champions to hold down. The Evergreen boys were thought to have played their very best game, although the victory went to the opposing team by a score of 31-19.
Repton School News: Castleberry defeated the Repton boys in the basketball game Friday night by a score of 14 to 13. The boys are looking forward to the game Wednesday night when they will play Lyeffion High School at Lyeffion.
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