16 YEARS AGO
FEB. 8, 2007
The Sparta Academy Warriors were named the 2A Region 1 Area 1 basketball champions at the area tournament held last weekend at Sparta Academy. Members of the team named to the All Tournament team are Michael Campbell, Chris Cinereski and J.R. Williams. The Warriors will play Marengo Academy in the AISA Regional Basketball Tournament this Thursday at 6 p.m. at Faulkner University. The winner of that game will compete in the AISA 2007 Final Four Basketball Tournament at Huntingdon College next week. Members of the team are D.J. Buckhault, Nicholas Hardin, Justin Webb, Drayton Rodgers, Ethan Johnson, Mason Black, Coach Russ Brown, Myles Wiggins, Chris Cinereski, Michael Campbell, Chase Brown, Michael Morris and J.R. Williams.
Hillcrest High
School’s varsity boys concluded the regular season last Friday in a big way
with a 60-44 win on the road against Class 4A, Area 1 rival Jackson High School
in Jackson.
Hillcrest used a
balanced attack to key the win over Jackson, getting double-figure scoring from
Cleveland Knight, Justin Holder, Clarence Jackson and Blake Bryant.
Knight led the
foursome with 18 points, converting eight of 10 free throws. Holder followed
with 14 points, a team-high 11 rebounds and four blocked shots.
Jackson had 12
points, four assists and three steals and converted three of four free throws.
Bryant put 10 points in the scorebook and grabbed eight rebounds.
32 YEARS AGO
FEB. 14, 1991
Warriors get three
recent wins: The Sparta Academy Warriors out-shot the Catherine Colts, 70-65,
in Catherine in a varsity game Feb. 7th. Tim Salter led Sparta with 26 points.
Wayne Cook hit 19 points; Steven Gall, 12; Mark Watts, nine; and Scott Brown,
four.
Four Warriors had
double figures as Sparta rippled Escambia Academy, 79-61, in Evergreen on Feb.
1st. Salter had 22 points; Watts, 18; Gall, 16; Cook, 12; Brown, eight; and
Sandy Salo, three.
Sparta Sports
Information Director Byron Warren Jr. announced that the Sparta Warriors hit the
century mark to defeat Hooper Academy, 100-80, in Hope Hull on Jan. 26. Salter
had the hot hand with 39 points. Cook hit 21 points; Watts, 12; Richard Weaver,
11; Gall, eight; Brown, six; and McPherson Cook, three.
The Sparta Academy basketball team will host the 1A West Region AISA basketball tournament on Mon., Feb. 18th, and Tues., Feb. 19th. The Warrior final regular season game will be Friday night at Sparta. The Warriors will host Wilcox Academy. The Warriors record so far this year is 17-3.
48 YEARS AGO
FEB. 13, 1975
The Sparta Academy
Warriors pulled a major upset here Friday night when they took a 72-67 decision
over the Wilcox Academy Wildcats in overtime. Wilcox was ranked No. 1 among
state’s private schools. The win ran Sparta’s season record to 9 and 5.
Eddie Hooks led all
scorers as he burned the nets for 34 points. Ronnie Pugh netted 13 points;
Bobby Johnson, 11; Jerry Peacock, eight; Walker Scott, four; and Danny Joyner,
two.
Johnson sent the
game into overtime as he hit two crucial free throws to tie the score after
time had run out in the regulation game. Hooks tossed in eight points, Peacock,
two, and Pugh, one, in the overtime period to bring in the big win.
Ronnie Kent of
Atmore won first place in the last Jackpot Rodeo at B&S Arena. Don Widdon
of Greenville and Eddie Reeves of Evergreen tied for second place.
The rodeos are held
each first and third Sunday of the month, rain or shine, starting at 2 p.m. The
arena is located on Stacey’s Farm, 18 miles north of Evergreen on Highway 83.
The public is invited to the next rodeo which will be held on Feb. 16.
63 YEARS AGO
FEB. 11, 1960
Robert H. Moorer is shown holding a 40-pound Bobcat that he trapped Friday morning behind the Jay-Villa Plantation, near Evergreen. Moorer, a local beautician, told The Courant that the ‘cat’ had been killing chickens and turkeys.
From “Sports
Roundup” by Oscar D. Tucker – Eagles Dump Atmore, 63-53: The Eagles
accomplished what might be termed the supreme feat Thursday night when they
dealt Escambia County Training School a 63-53 licking. The supreme feat? Well,
when you beat Atmore more once, that’s something, but two times in one season,
that’s colossal.
The Eagles simply
out-hustled a fine Atmore quintet. The two teams were equally talented, equal
in height, and both squads had been well drilled in the fundamentals of
basketball. The big difference was desire, it boiled down to which one of the
two squads was hungriest. CCTS proved even more than hungry. They were simply
starved and went on to prove it.
CCTS broke the game
wide open from the beginning by out-scoring Atmore, 16-4, in the first quarter.
This assault was led by Marvin Jones, who gained six of the first quarter’s
points. Marvin Jones went on to capture scoring honors with 24 points. The Eagles
continued to pour it on and led halftime, 32-19.
At one point, Atmore
(Eagles incidentally) came within points, but that was as close as they came to
overhauling the scrappy Eagles. The final score, 63-53.
Douglas Evans and
Marvin Jones were tremendous on the boards, both offensively and defensively.
Leon Jones played his usual consistent game, thrilling fans with his famed high
arching one-handed push shot.
The backcourt
combination of Randerson and Martin was terrific. Randerson didn’t take a shot
either from the field or the free throw line, but his playmaking and ball
handling was something to behold. He and Martin collaborated on eight steals
that resulted in 12 points.
Eagles Smother
Southern Normal: Two scoring records were broken Friday night as the CCTS
Eagles slaughtered Southern Normal, 110-49. No accurate record has been kept,
but according to reliable old timers, 110 points is the highest point total
ever gathered by a basketball team in the history of the CCTS gym. Douglas
Evans shattered the individual scoring records by scoring 59 points, however
without the feeding from his teammates, especially playmakers Randerson and
Martin and forward Leon Jones, his point total wouldn’t have even remotely
approached the record.
Strangely it was a
small crowd that witnessed the Eagles’ greatest moment – thus far. I say thus
far because these boys have not yet reached their fullest potential.
72 YEARS AGO
FEB. 8, 1951
Aggies Rip Greenville by 38 to 18: Led by Gwyn Daniels and Jeff Moorer, a fast-moving Aggie quint completely outclassed Greenville’s Tigers in Memorial Gym Tuesday night. Daniels dropped 12 markers while Moorer rammed home nine in the low scoring conflict.
Andalusia And
Monroeville Are On Week’s Cage Slate: The Evergreen Aggies will meet two of
their old foes during the coming week as they move into the final games of
their cage slate. Tomorrow (Friday) night, the Evergreens encounter the
Andalusia Bulldogs in Andalusia. This is the first time that the Aggies have
played the Bulldogs this season, but a good hard-fought game is always typical
of Evergreen and Andalusia rivalry. The Aggies edged the Bulldogs in a 13-12
thriller on the gridiron the past football season and doubtless the Bulldogs
will have revenge in their hearts when they take the floor against the Aggies
Friday night.
On Tuesday night the
Aggies will attempt to do what only one team this season has done and that’s
defeat the Monroeville Tigers. The lone mar on an otherwise perfect season was
a three-point loss handed the Tigers in Mobile by UMS. Monroeville ranks high
in state cage circles having defeated such formidable foes as Selma and T.R.
Miller, the latter’s only loss of the season. The game promises to be a crowd
pleaser because of the keen rivalry that has always existed between Evergreen
and Monroeville. This is the first time that Monroeville has played in
Evergreen since the football game played here in the fall of 1947.
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