Monday, January 30, 2023

The Evergreen Courant's Sports Flashback for Jan. 30, 2023

20 YEARS AGO
JAN. 23, 2003

Warriors sweep Greenville ‘Nadoes: The Sparta Academy Warriors traveled to Greenville on Tues., Jan. 14, to take on the Greenville Academy Tornadoes.
Warriors 86, Greenville 66: Chris Garner led the scoring for the Warriors with 26 points. Also scoring in double digits were Wiley Cobb with 22 points and Drew Davis with 15 points. Also putting points on the board were Perry Castleberry with eight points; Eric Talbot and Paul Castleberry with four points each; Cody Lowery with three points; and Jeremy Anderson and Patrick Cumagun with two points each.
Lady Warriors 61, Greenville 58: Katie Etheridge led the scoring for the Lady Warriors with 21 points. Also scoring in double digits were Ava Pate and Lacy Vargas with 12 points each. Rounding out the scoring for the Lady Warriors were Ashton Garner with six points; Jessica Armuelles and Meagan Johnson with four points each; and Cody Godwin with two points.
JV Warriors 61, Greenville 28: Adam Vargas led the scoring for the JV Warriors with 24 points. Also scoring in double figures was Tony Raines with 15 points. Also putting points on the board were Eric Talbot and Josh Pugh with six points each; Michael Campbell with four points; Carter Smith and Myles Wiggins with two points each; and Chase Brown and Chris Cinereski with one point each.
JV Lady Warriors 35, Greenville 15: Ashton Garner led the scoring for the JV Lady Warriors with 12 points. Also scoring were Erin Brock with seven points; Ava Pate with six points; Deanna Covin and Susan Ann Cook with four points each; and Whitley Roberts with two points.

45 YEARS AGO
JAN. 26, 1978

Evergreen cops Conecuh title: The Evergreen High Aggies edged the Lyeffion High Yellow Jackets, 44-41, in the finals Friday night to win the Conecuh County Basketball Tournament’s Varsity Championship.
The Aggies went into a “freeze” with a one-point lead and over two minutes showing on the clock and held up under the pressure to edge the Jackets. The fans were kept on their feet by the excellent ball handling of the Aggies until the final whistle.
Earnest Williams drilled in 18 points to lead the scoring for EHS. Michael Floyd had 11 points; Terry Floyd, nine; and Tony Rogers, six. The Floyds controlled the boards for the Aggies with Michael raking in 14 rebounds and Terry eight.
The Aggies advanced to the finals by defeating the Repton High Bulldogs 53-43 on Wednesday night of last week in the tournament hosted by Lyeffion. Terry Floyd hit 17 points, and Michael Floyd 16 to lead Aggie scoring. Earnest Williams had seven; Willis Williams, four; Tony Rogers, three; and Joe Mitchell, Perona Rankins and Sanford Moye, two each.
Dominating the boards for Coach Charles Branum’s club were Michael Floyd with 13 rebounds; Terry Floyd, nine; and Tony Rogers, eight.

Warriors whip Ft. Deposit: The Sparta Academy Warriors downed Fort Deposit Academy, 55-45, to rack up their ninth win of the season against five losses.
Gray Stevens with 14 points and Steve Dubose with 10 led the Warriors. Terry Peacock, Tony Raines and John Hall had eight points each; Johnny Ralls, six; and Ronny McKenzie, one. Dubose pulled in 13 rebounds and Raines 10.

70 YEARS AGO
JAN. 22, 1953

The game scheduled last Friday night between the (Evergreen High School) Aggies and Pineapple was not played because of a mix-up in schedules.
To keep the fans happy, the Junior Aggies played an inter-squad game, the Varsity gave the B team 25 points and played them.
There were no other games during the week due to semester exams.

Greenville Tigers Top Evergreen Aggies 60-51: The Greenville Tigers outscored Coach Wendell Hart’s Evergreen Aggies 60 to 51 Tuesday night in Greenville in spite of Evergreen’s Shirley Frazier bagging 28 points, an individual high for the season for Evergreen. Bobby Terrell dropped 20 points to pace the Tigers.

County Cage Tournament Opens Here Tonight At Eight O’clock: The first Conecuh County Basketball Tournament to be held in recent years gets underway tonight (Thursday) at seven o’clock in Evergreen High School’s spacious Memorial Gymnasium. All four of the county’s high schools, Castleberry, Lyeffion, Repton and Evergreen, have teams entered. Opening round games at seven and eight, and the finals are scheduled for next Thursday, also in Memorial Gym.
The tournament is sponsored by the Evergreen Kiwanis Club for the benefit of the March of Dimes and the Crippled Children’s Clinic.
Coach Ray Owens’ County High Blue Devils of Castleberry and Coach Charlie Pouncey’s Repton Bulldogs share the favorite’s role. The two teams have met once this season with the Bulldogs taking a close decision on the Repton court. Castleberry has wins over both Lyeffion and Evergreen.

95 YEARS AGO
JAN. 26, 1928

NEWS FROM THE SCHOOL ON THE HILL: The boys team from the school on the hill journeyed to Jones Mill and captured a close basketball game from the Millers. Those who saw our boys in action were fully impressed by the fact that Coach Robinson has rounded out a very smooth-running quintet. There attack was varied and furious while their defense was air tight. Watch our boys as they run over McKenzie next Friday.

The Boys Athletic Club is an organization formed by Coach Robinson and the boys who participate in athletics. The meetings are held weekly. The programs consist of discussions of everything relating to athletics. The boys are taught how to train for athletics and the proper kind of food for an athlete to eat. They discuss the different teams of the country and their prospects.
Coach Robinson is the Honorary President of the Club. The officers elected were Raymond Holman, President; Claude Murphy, Vice President; Joe Hagood, Secretary-Treasurer.
The boys are deriving much benefit from this club. It is in every way a top-notch organization. They are learning many details that they would be ignorant of if they didn’t belong to this organization. Every question concerning athletics that a member of this organization and is answered intelligently. The club is increasing its members interests in sports and it is becoming very popular throughout the entire school.

FOR SALE: Three dogs, one bird dog and two hounds, well trained for any hunting, day or night, as good as State can afford. – T.L. Salter, Rte. B, Evergreen, Ala.

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