The Evergreen Courant's Sports Flashback for Feb. 6, 2023

12 YEARS AGO
FEB. 3, 2011

Evergreen’s Chris Hines blocked a team-best three shots as the University of Alabama’s men’s basketball team demolished SEC rival, LSU, Saturday in Tuscaloosa.
Alabama won, 70-46, in front of a sellout crowd at Coleman Coliseum, improving to 13-7 overall and to 5-1 in conference play.
In addition to three blocked shots, Hines also grabbed seven rebounds and scored seven points. He also had two assists and a steal.

Sparta Academy’s varsity girls basketball team, ranked No. 6 in the AISA, improved to 15-4 overall and to 5-1 in area play last week after wins over Escambia Academy and South Choctaw Academy.
On Tuesday of last week, the Lady Warriors beat Escambia, 59-42, in Evergreen. On Friday, Sparta downed South Choctaw, 48-32, in Toxey.
(Top players for Sparta in those games included Madelyn Black, Emily Booker, Savannah Brown, Jessica Coleman, Drew Ann Lambert, Stephanie Martin, Grace Matlock, April Palmer and Ashton Raines.)

Three local high school football players were honored by the Mobile Press-Register earlier this week when the newspaper named the trio to its All-Region Football Team.
Sports writers and editors at the state’s oldest daily newspaper selected Davin Dixon, John Perry Johnson and Justin Nared to its annual All-Region Football Team, which was announced Sunday and Monday.
Dixon and Nared, who both started at Hillcrest High School in Evergreen, were named as honorable mention members of the Press-Register’s 4A-6A All-Region team. Johnson, a standout player at Sparta Academy, was named an honorable mention member of the AISA-3A All-Region Team.

37 YEARS AGO
FEB. 6, 1986

Evergreen High hosts area meets: The Evergreen High School basketball teams, boys and girls, are preparing for the area tournament to be played in the local gymnasium Thursday and Friday, Feb. 13-14.
T.R. Miller and Alba will play in the first round of the girls tournament on Feb. 13, with Evergreen automatically advancing to the finals on Friday night.
T.R. Miller will play Alba and Evergreen will play UMS in the first round of the boys tournament on Feb. 13. The winners will meet in the finals Friday night.
The admission for the tournament will be $2 per session with a session each night. The coaches and players of the Aggie teams appreciate the support the community shown during the season.

Lady Warriors finish second: The Sparta Academy Lady Warriors finished second in the APSA District Basketball Tournament played Jan. 30, 31 and Feb. 1 at Monroe Academy in Monroeville. The Warrior boys were eliminated in the opening round. Leah Carrier and Tracy Holmes and Thad Ellis and Scott Salter were named to the All-Tournament teams, according to Byron Warren Jr., Sparta Sports Information Director.
Wilcox edged the Sparta girls, 44-41, in the tournament finals. Escambia Academy beat the Warrior boys, 69-59.
(Other Sparta players in those games included Brian Bybee, Shawn Hammonds, Julie Johnson, Carol Kendrick, Mark Rigsby, Brandon Salter, Susan Ward and Jason West.)

63 YEARS AGO
FEB. 4, 1960

New Baseball Loop To Be Organized At Meeting Monday: A meeting has been called for Monday night at 7:30 in the auditorium of the new addition to the courthouse to organize a Pony Baseball League.
This league is for boys from the ages of 13 to 16. It provides wholesome recreation for the boys after they graduate from Junior League play.
All parents of boys in this age group are asked to attend the meeting Monday night and help organize this new league.

Eagles Claw Camden: Last Tuesday evening, the Conecuh County Training School Eagles turned back Camden Academy to the tune of 70-60. The Eagles used a combination of shooting and rebounding by Marvin Jones and Douglas Evans, and the playmaking of Eley Randerson and Robert Martin. Randerson and Martin were particularly effective with their passing and general ball handling skills. Marvin Jones gained the scoring honors with 22 points. Evans was second with 19 valuable points, but an even more important contribution of Evans and Jones was their rebounding on the offensive and defensive backboards.

Eagles Trounce Georgiana: Eley Randerson scored only six points Friday evening, but his passing and ball-handling led to many other scores as he led his Eagle teammates to a 58-36 victory over Georgiana.
The game was a toss-up for the first two periods with each team matching each other point for point. The half ended with the score even, 25-25.
The Eagles broke the game wide open in the third quarter as they scored 24 points to Georgiana’s five with Randerson getting more than half the assists, his favorite target being center Douglas Evans who collected 12 points in that quarter.

87 YEARS AGO
FEB. 6, 1936

The boys and girls teams of the Conecuh County Training School journeyed to Monroe County Training School at Beatrice, Ala., Sat., Feb. 1, to engage in the first of a series of basketball games between the schools.
The girls team proved that recent victory over Southern Normal was not accidental when they refused to accept a defeat by the undefeated Monroe County Training School girls. The game went an extra five minutes and remained in a 6-6 deadlock.
The boys inspired by the coordination and precision displayed by the girls started with plenty of action and grabbed a lead that they commanded through the game. The defensive work of Aaron and Simpson at guard and the brilliant shooting of Welch and Matthews enabled the CCTS five to trim the MCTS basketeers by a score of 25-17.

An increasing interest is being manifested in the weekly Tuesday night boxing matches, held at the City School in Evergreen. About a score of fighters of all weights are being trained daily for the weekly matches.
The feature match last Tuesday was a four-round bout between two heavyweights, Quates of Evergreen and McNeil of Fairview. McNeil, having an advantage of weight and strength, was not able to stand up under the punches and hooks of his more skillful opponent.
The fights are held every Tuesday night and the public is cordially invited.

A recreation project for Evergreen City School children is underway. This project is put on by the Works Progress Administration and is sponsored by the Department of Public Welfare.