In 1977 The Southeastern Times published a special edition that included 50 local Dixie Youth sports teams in the county. We are looking back at who was on the team, who was coaching and what local business sponsored the special edition.
Do you know where the players and coaches are now?
The names are listed as they were in the newspaper.
Lennon Cross Roads Dixie Minor
Billy Cook, Mikie Brown, Jamie Hinson, Ricky Bowen, Craig Davis, Joey Hinson, David Kinlaw, David Russ, Charles Lennon, Raybon Mayes, Stephen Evans, Larry Anderson, Anthony Hargrove, Coach Linwood Hedgepeth, Grant Hargrove, Lynn Hedgepeth, Michael Davis, Bryan Singletary, Coach Tommy Hinson, Joey Bowen, Danny Singletary, Charlotte Brown.
Lisbon
James Brown, Bobby McMillan, Michael Zizular, Anthony Davis, Stanley Carter, Alfonza Young, Richard Zizular, Lee Atkinson, Kenny McKoy (coaches were not identified)
St. James
Suzie Strickland, Marty Spaulding, Jerry Mitchell, Irwin Jacobs, Phillip Blanks, Carlton Graham, Curby Green, John Webb, Jimmy Webb, Wakita Spaulding, Janice Graham. (Coaches were not identified)
Elizabethtown Mets
Scott Hinson, Ricky Rhoda, Michael Lesane, Ralph Hammonds, Kenneth Carter, Gary Britt, Patrick Powell, Brad Haynes, Roger Paschal, Rodney Rhoda, Bobby Norris, Billy Babson, Jimmy Hill, Mark Garner, Coaches Billy Carter, Dewitt Powell, Jim Hill.
Elizabethtown Giants
Jeff Tyler, Wendell Newton, Terry Johnson, Rodney Mabe, Waddell Newton, Jeff Allen, Tony Gonda, Mike Nunnery, Ronald Lesane, Charles Allen, Raymond Smith, Tim O’Briant, David Guions, Coaches Elmer Tessenear, Tom Gonda.
Tar Heel Majors
Sterline Lesane, Franklin Crumb, Randall McCall, Mark Brisson, Max Fields, Coach Leon Martin, Ronnie Reaves, Mark Allen, Timmy Marshman, Ricky Cromartie, John Amos Bryan, Ronald Inman, Jerry Clark, Denny Johnson.
Pig ‘n Chick Dixie Youth Majors
Mike Lennon, Wayne Hester, Jeff Autry, Teddy Freeman, Craig Callihan, Mark Pait, Elbert Cain, James Marsh, James Blackwell, Billy Willoughby, Jody Bennett, Coaches Bud Freeman & George McKeithan.
Sponsors of the 1977 special edition of The Southeastern Times included:
Worsley Oil Company of Elizabethtown, Rocket Auto Parts of Elizabethtown, Taylor Furniture, Peanut Processors of Dublin.
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