Monday, October 17, 2022

The Evergreen Courant's Sports Flashback for Oct. 17, 2022

21 YEARS AGO
OCT. 18, 2001

The Hillcrest Jaguars made it two in a row with a 25-6 win over the Monroe County Tigers last Friday night in Evergreen.
Kelvin Fluker raced 52 yards for a score on the fifth day of the game, and Dominique Etheridge’s kick gave the Jags a 7-0 lead with 9:13 left in the first quarter.”
Chenson Griffin’s 72-yard touchdown run late in the first quarter made is 13-0 Hillcrest.
Fluker scored again on a 24-yard fumble return early in the third quarter giving Hillcrest a 19-0 lead.
Maurice Bradley’s long fourth-quarter punt return to the Monroe five set up the game’s final score, a one-yard sneak by Griffin, his second touchdown of the night.

The Sparta Academy Warriors lost to the Clarke Prep Gators 54-12 on Fri., Oct. 12, in Grove Hill.
Rusty Salter scored the first TD for the Warriors on a 22-yard run. Perry Castleberry scored the other TD for the Warriors on a 71-yard run.
Salter carried the ball 17 times for 84 yards and one TD. Castleberry had 82 yards on nine carries and one TD. McGinitie had 45 yards on 10 carries and Wiley Cobb had –5 yards on four carries.

The Sparta Academy JV Warrior lost 40-8 to the Greenville Academy JV ‘Nadoes on Mon., Oct. 15, in Evergreen.
Patrick Pate scored the only touchdown for the JV Warriors on a five-yard run.

36 YEARS AGO
OCT. 16, 1986

Friday night the Repton Bulldogs tamed the Tigers of McKenzie by a score of 42-0, giving the homecoming crowd another awesome display of both defense and offense.
Offensively, junior Carl Stanton led the team with 266 yards in 15 tries. He scored three touchdowns.
Senior John Thompson gained 162 yards in 18 carries. Russell Royster gained 22 yards in seven attempts. Keith Baggett carried for 28 yards in four carries.
Eddie Waters, senior QB, threw to Allen Nettles for 68 yards on one TD.
Linebacker Greg Rudolph led the charge with five solo tackles and six assists.
(Other standout Repton players in that game included Spencer Day, Chris Dukes, Ken Harter, Greg Mayo, James Montgomery and David Welch. Hugh Wilson was Repton’s head coach.)

The Sparta Academy Warriors blanked Crenshaw Academy 21-0 in Luverne Friday night.
Tim Wilson scored all three Sparta touchdowns, two on runs and one on a pass from Jeff Walker.
Wilson picked up 85 yards on 21 carries and scored twice. Lee Wild had 27 yards on nine carries, Jeff Carrier 24 on six, Kenny Bledsoe 16 on two, Robbie Bolton four and two and Walker three and four. Johnny Brock had two catches for 39 yards.
Lynn Ralls topped the tackle chart with seven solo hits and one assist.
(Other standout Sparta players in that game included Scott Adams, Jeff Brundage, Chris Davis, Shannon Kendall, Glynn Ralls and Chris Turner.)

51 YEARS AGO
OCT. 21, 1971

Brett Gearhart won second place in the district punt, pass and kick contest held Saturday in Atlanta. Earlier, Brett had won first place in the local contest and in the zone contest at Prattville in the 11-year-old division. The boy he lost out to in Atlanta was the national winner as a 10-year-old last year. Brett is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gearhart. The PP&K contest is sponsored locally by Warren Ford Co., Inc. and coordinated by the Evergreen Jaycees.

The Evergreen Aggies suffered a 36-0 drubbing at the hands of the Luverne Tigers here in Brooks Stadium on Friday night.
The absence of starting quarterback Harold Rogers and tackle Ronnie Robinson due to injuries and the awesome running attack combined to shutout the Aggies.
(Standout Evergreen players in that game included Wavie Ausby, Alvin Lee, Eddie McMillan, Frank McMillan and Willie Paige.)

From “Front Page, Upper Left Corner” by Bob Bozeman: Maurice, Robert and I spent the weekend in Birmingham with Mary, Mary Margaret and Gene Owensby. I thought I was not going to be able to see the (Alabama-Tennessee) game, but my brother Pace came through with two in the end zone Friday night, and Maurice and I were part of that stadium-packing crowd. Man, was it a hot afternoon, but enjoyable. It’s always a pleasure to see the Tide rack up the Big Orange.

66 YEARS AGO
OCT. 18, 1956

The Tigers from Greenville tallied three times in the first half and were held to six points in the last half as they took a grueling game from the Evergreen Aggies, 25-6.
The lone Aggie score came in the last quarter, climaxing a 90-yard drive. The Aggies got the ball on the kickoff after a Greenie score and returned it to the 10. On the first play, Robert Ellington burst through the line for seven yards, and then Robbie Boykin and Billy Grace each added two for the first down. In the next series, it seemed the drive was halted after two drives at the line netted one yard, but Grace drifted back and passed beautifully to Mickey Joyner for eight yards, and on fourth down, with only inches to go, Grace pushed forward for the first down.
The drive seemed stalled again, at the Evergreen 48, and Wayne Frazier dropped back to kick. Instead of kicking, he ran, hard and fast, around right end for 30 yards to the Greenville 22 for the Aggies’ longest run of the night. Grace then passed to Joyner for the TD, from 22 yards out.
In the last half, the Aggies tightened down, and held the highly touted Tigers to only six points, standing off one Tiger drive that carried to the 12. Wayne Frazier was a giant on defense, as well as running for the best Aggie gain of the night. Frazier was ably assisted by Nelson, Deason, Cook and Bolton. On the offensive, quarterback Billy Grace showed some good passing form, hitting for 58 yards to Joyner and Cook. Ellington was leading ground gainer with 48 yards on 11 carries, with Boykin added 17, Grace six, Harper five and Bell three.

81 YEARS AGO
OCT. 16, 1941

Hunting Season Opens On Squirrels Wednesday: The 1941-42 hunting season was ushered in Wednesday of this week when the ban was lifted on squirrels from Oct. 15 to Jan. 1, both dates inclusive. Those who went to the woods Wednesday report that there were plenty of nimrods on hand and a few squirrels. Bag limit on this specie of game is 10 per day.
The season on doves opens Dec. 1 and closes Jan. 11, bag limit 12. On quail, the season opens Dec. 1 and closes Feb. 20, bag limit 12. Season on deer for this area opens Nov. 20 and closes Jan. 1, bag limit one pronged antler buck per day, three a season. Turkeys, gobblers only, one a day, five a season, split season, Nov. 20 to Jan. 1; March 20 to April 15. Opossum and raccoon, no bag limit, Oct. 1 to Jan. 31; Rabbit, no bag limit, Oct. 1 to Feb. 20; Ducks, 10 a day in aggregate of all species including one wood duck, Nov. 2 to Dec. 31.
There are numerous other regulations which possibly have little importance to hunters of this area and are not published herewith, however, it would be well for those who are interested to investigate if they have any doubt as to any particular point.

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