The Evergreen Courant's Sports Flashback for Nov. 15, 2021

12 YEARS AGO
NOV. 20, 2009

Hillcrest High School’s girls basketball team opened the 2008-2009 season with a 49-39 win over Monroe County High School Friday night in Monroeville.
Charlotte Maye led the Lady Jags with 16 points, and Brittany Smith followed with 12 points. Kiwanis Thomas finished the game with seven points, and Shatika Mims scored six points.
Hillcrest High School sophomore DeAndre Lyons scored 17 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead the Jags in their season opener Friday night in Monroeville.

Sparta Academy tipped off its 2008-2009 basketball season on Tuesday night when they took on Wilcox Academy at Richard Brown Gymnasium in Evergreen.
This season, Sparta’s varsity boys team looks to benefit from the play of four seniors. They are Mason Black, D.J. Buckhault, Michael Morris and Riley Davis.
Sparta’s varsity girls team features three seniors. They are BreAnna Pate, Mallory Kendrick and Morgan Harden.

T.K. Brantley, five-years-old, killed his first deer Saturday while hunting with his dad during the Youth Weekend. He is the son of Tim and Michelle Brantley.

32 YEARS AGO
NOV. 16, 1989

The Hillcrest High School Jaguars will open their season at 6:30 Friday night against Clarke County High School in Grove Hill. Their first home game will be Tuesday at 5 p.m. against W.S. Neal. Players are Laura Delaney, Tracey Dailey, LaRhonda Booker, Tracey Elliott, Nikki Likely, Katrina Bradley, Tammy Taylor, Sabrina Johnson, Kim January, Beronica Toliver, Coach Ronnie Williams, Rena White, Katina Cunningham, Shirley Bryant and Sandra Rogers.

Evergreen Tiny Mite Westside Team’s homecoming court and their escorts, honored in pre-game activities Oct. 14 were Raymond Taylor and fifth runner-up, Tamika Williams; Henry Scott and third runner-up, Lamika Rankin; Kevin Riley and first runner-up, Lawanda Hall; Miss Football Sherry Hines and Willie Likely; Miss Homecoming Crystal Boykin and Barry Grace; second runner-up Holly Hart and Lyle Bell; and fourth runner-up Casey Pugh and Carey Pugh.

Evergreen Pee Wee Westside Team’s homecoming court and their escorts honored in pre-game activities Oct. 14 were second runner-up Crystal Scott and Josh Scott; Miss Homecoming Shantell Scott and Donald Williams; Miss Football Aletha Perkins and Sedrick Williams; first runner-up Lakesha Womack and Reggie Boykin; and third runner-up Christina Grace and Ronald Riley.

43 YEARS AGO

NOV. 16, 1978

The Evergreen High School Aggies will open their 1978-79 basketball season here tonight against the Southern Normal Cyclones of Brewton.
Charles Branum will begin his tenth years as the Aggie Head Basketball Coach. He has one of the top basketball prep records in the state with 280 wins and 71 losses. He hopes by winning 20 games this season he can reach a milestone in his career with his 300th victory during this season.
Coach Branum states that his team for the coming season is one of the youngest varsity teams he has ever coached, with James Straugh, his only senior starting for the Aggies. At the other guard will be 6-2 sophomore, Horace Smith, Center spot will be Joseph Mitchell, a 6-5 junior. At forwards will be 6-4 Perona Rankins and 6-1 Sanford Moye. Other players that will see action on the varsity this season are Philander Rogers, Johnny Allen, David Crosby, Rydell Samuel, Anthony Williams, Troy Salter, Wendell Parker and David Floyd.

The Lyeffion Yellow Jackets open their 1978-79 basketball season at home Fri., Nov. 17, against area foe W.J. Jones High of Pineapple.
Starters include Adrian Woods 6-4 forward, center, Eric Finklea 6-0 forward guard and Ricky Hall 6-0 guard. Part-time starters from last year’s squad are Ricky Johnson 5-9 guard, James Riley 6-1 forward and Charles Watts 6-1 forward.
Players coming up from the ‘B’ team that are expected to see action are senior, Mike Brown, junior, Herman Mobley, sophomore Willie Nevlous and freshman Donald Lee.

75 YEARS AGO
NOV. 21, 1946

MAKING GOOD RECORD: OTTIS JOHNSON: TROY, Ala., Nov. 20 – Ottis Johnson of Evergreen will be completing his first year of football here Friday night when Troy State’s Red Wave completes its 1946 season.
Johnson, weighing 205 pounds, never played football before coming to Troy, but turned in such a wonderful performance in initial practice sessions this year that Wave mentor A.E. Choate quickly placed the Conecuh County youth on the varsity squad.
Johnson has made an impressive record on defensive play this year and should prove a valuable cog in next season’s machine.
He is a freshman and holds down a tackle position on the Wave second team.

Aggies Defeat Flomaton: The Evergreen Aggies handed Flomaton a very decisive defeat Friday night in Brooks Stadium. Led by halfback Glenn McIntyre, the Aggies rolled up 32 points while Flomaton could score only one touchdown.

Flomaton kicked off to the Aggie 15 and Ivey returned to the 45. Carpenter made 23 yards on a reverse and after a five-yard penalty was inflicted against the visitors, Carpenter made four and Ivey made two more for a first down. A pass to Benton Carpenter was incomplete and Flomaton was penalized five yards. Carpenter made seven yards for another first down. Ivey picked up two and Carpenter made three more. A pass from Logue to Ivey was good for a touchdown and Ivey made the yardage necessary for the extra point.

Flomaton made six points after a long pass set the touchdown up. The extra point was good.

The second Aggie touchdown came in the second period when McIntyre went over. The pass for the extra point was no good.

Carpenter raced 50 yards to set up the third marker in the second quarter. Ivey made four and Carpenter three. McIntyre lost two and a pass was incomplete; Carpenter lost three and McIntyre scored on a reverse. Ivey’s attempted conversion was no good.

The Aggies fourth score came when McIntyre ran for 30 yards and six more points. The extra point was good.

The final touchdown came when McIntyre scored on an end run. Ivey’s kick was wide.

This Thursday night, the Aggies close the season when they take on a strong Brundidge 11. The game will be played in Brooks Stadium and should be a thriller.

88 YEARS AGO
NOV. 16, 1933

Messrs. C.A. Jones, M.B. Binion, G.L. Heath and G.O. Dickey, Deming Jones and John Deming Jr. were weekend visitors to Auburn where they attended the Auburn-Oglethorpe game.

Jimmy Foxx, Philadelphia first baseman, voted the American League’s most valuable player for the last two years, was one of the first nimrods in the field at the opening of the hunting season in Pennsylvania. He was after small game and got it.

A shipment of bass and bream from the State Fish Hatchery was liberated in the streams of Conecuh County during the last few days. Many local sportsmen were present and assisted, the planting being under the direction of the district game warden and an assistant from the State Hatchery.
The fish were received from the State Fish Hatchery at 2 p.m. near L&N Railroad Station being brought in by truck. In addition to the two hatcheries operated by the State at Eastaboga and Aliceville, the Department of Game and Fisheries has control of Oxford Lake, from which it secures both bass and bream. A total of 750,000 fingerling were produced and distributed last year, these fish going into every county of Alabama, according to a statement by I.L. Quinn, Commissioner of Game and Fisheries of Alabama.
The following local sportsmen were present and assisted in the planting: W.D. Lewis, T.S. Bates, A.H. Lewis, A.L. Lewis, Hunter Hines.