May 29, 2002 - ENKA — At the end of the East Lincoln-Enka softball playoff game Tuesday, the East Lincoln players, coaches and fans were stunned.

With two outs and no score and runners on second and first in the bottom of the ninth, Enka’s Rebecca Gasperson lofted a short blooper into shallow left field. At first, it looked like the infielders had a chance but drifted a little farther and fell in.

East Lincoln pitcher Aleah Lane retired all 13 batters she faced during her outing against Enka. However, Enka got the big hit later.

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May 27, 2002 - Lincolnton’s softball season came to an end as Eastern Guilford blanked the Lady Wolves, 3-0, Friday at Betty G. Ross Park.

Eastern Guilford pitcher Emily Teague was tough on the Lady Wolves. She not only shut them out, she gave up just two hits all game long.

Lincolnton third baseman Andrea Stroup (right) fields a throw from catcher Lauren Bartholomew in efforts to get an Eastern Guilford runner. Senior Lynsey Cooper (left) was sharp in her last outing for the Wolves.

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May 24, 2002 - The Lincolnton-Lincoln County Chamber of Commerce held its Spring Membership Golf Outing on Wednesday, May 15, 2002 at Glen Oaks Country Club.

Eighty-five Chamber members and guests played in the Captain's Choice Outing.

Contributed photo The Lincoln County Chamber of Commerce held its Spring Golf Outing recently. The team of (from left to right) Thurman Anthony, Early Hinson, Gary Howze and Bill Maury took first place.

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May 24, 2002 - OAKBORO — After the first two innings, it appeared West Lincoln might make short work of West Stanly Thursday in the second round of the 2A playoffs.

But the Rebels could not build on an early 5-0 lead, and then they had to put down a rally in the bottom of the seventh to preserve a 5-3 victory.

West Lincoln's Jay Heafner (top) waits for an umpire's call after a pitch during the Rebels' playoff game at West Stanly. Rebels' second baseman Matt Craig just missed getting the double play. But he did put out West Stanly's sliding baserunner Chad Yow. 

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May 24, 2002 - In the sports banquets and awards ceremonies this week, each local high school named their male and female athletes of the year. West Lincoln honored Justin Pearson and Kaylon Carpenter (right), East Lincoln selected Jason Burgess and Amanda Garcia (bottom left) and Lincolnton chose Charlie Stroup and Lauren Bartholomew (bottom right). All of the athletes are seniors and had participated in at least two sports during the school year.

West advances to play at West Stanly in the second round Thursday

May 22, 2002 - VALE — It was a typical West Lincoln baseball game—low-scoring, well-played defensively and tight going into the late innings.

The Rebels will just keep hoping for the same outcome as Tuesday's 2-1 cliffhanger over Western Alamance in the first round of the state 2A playoffs.

West Lincoln pitcher (left) Chris Halubka was the mean man on the mound Tuesday. He tossed a three-hitter and struck out eight Western Alamance batters. Josh Carpenter (right) smacked a home run to give West the lead in the fourth inning. 

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May 22, 2002 --

EAST LINCOLN: YEAR ATHLETIC AWARDS

SPECIAL AWARDS:

Female Athletic of the Year: Amanda Garcia

Male Athletic of the Year: Jason Burgess

Nicole Bowman Memorial Scholarship: Sabrina Abraham

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May 22, 2002 -

WEST LINCOLN SPRING

ATHLETIC AWARDS BANQUET

SPECIAL AWARDS:

Female Athletic of the Year: Kaylon Carpenter

Male Athletic of the Year: Justin Pearson

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May 20, 2002 - Lincolnton’s Charlie Stroup has signed a letter of intent to play football for Guilford College.

Stroup was a key defender for the Wolves and helped them reach the 2A state semifinals this season.

Lincolnton's Charlie Stroup (center) will be attending and playing football for Guilford College. His parents, Patsy and Greg Stroup, are by his side. Standing (left to right) are LHS baseball coach Bobby Martin and football coaches Scott Cloninger and Ledford Gibson.

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May 20, 2002 - DENVER — East Lincoln basketball standout Jason Burgess will be playing college ball for nearby Belmont Abbey.

He recently signed a letter-of- intent to a play for the school.

“I’m excited to play after high school,” Burgess said.

East Lincoln's Jason Burgess (center) will play for Belmont Abbey next year. He's surrounded (left to right, seated) by his grandmother Gladys Houk, mother Barbara Crouse, father Darrell Burgess, (standing) Belmont Abbey coach Frank Lowery, East basketball coach Neil Hodges, and East athletic director Jim Prevost.

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May 20, 2002 -

Varsity Football

MVP: Damien Forney

Best Offensive Lineman: Richard Locklin
Best Offensive Back: Rafael Corrella
Best Defensive Lineman: Clarence Curry
Best Defensive Back: Charlie Stroup

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May 20, 2002 - East Lincoln Middle School shot a 321 to win the Tri-County Confer-ence golf match played at Meadowbrook Golf Course in Ruther-fordton, making ELMS the conference champion. East complete a perfect season, 20-0.

ELMS finished two shots ahead of R-S Middle. Lincolnton Middle (355) was fifth, Pumpkin Center (391) was 10th and West Lincoln (403) was 11th.

Top Lincoln County individual scorers were: Patrick Rada (EL) 75, Kenny Bethea (EL) 78, Reid Ketner (EL) 82, Morty Wadsworth (L) 85, Trey Gazdeck (L) 86, and Alex Willhite (EL) 86.
Match Medalist was Jayson Philbeck of Crest Middle with 73.
The team members pictured are (left to right, front row) Patrick Rada, Reid Ketner, Kenny Bethea, (top row) coach Mike Freeman, Carson King, Alex Coffee, Alex Willhite, Kendal Law and Will Robin-son.

May 17, 2002 - DENVER — East Lincoln’s Stephanie Horne was in a four-game hitting slump.

With the score tied, two outs in the seventh and a runner on first and second, the Big South 3A Softball tournament championship was on the line.

East Lincoln softball team (left) celebrates their Big South softball title while (right) Autumn Painter, left, and Brooke Michael remembering their former teammate No. 10 Nicole Bowman.

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May 17, 2002 - VALE — The Midwest 2A softball conference tournament was an old-fashioned pitchers’ duel at West Lincoln Optimist Park Thursday.

Lincolnton’s Lynsey Cooper and East Rutherford’s Lindsey Brooks went toe-to-toe.

Lynsey Cooper

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May 17, 2002 - BASS - Lance High shot a 78 on Monday and 79 on Tuesday to lead Lincolnton to a seventh place finish in the 2A state champion-ships at Woodlake Golf Course in Bass near Pinehurst. Central Davidson beat Charlotte Catholic by one stroke to win the state title. Lincolnton was just 32 shots shy of the champions in the 14-team field. The Wolves shot 664 in the two-day event.

Matt Eagle (80-87-167), Robbie Lewis (84-84-168), Mac Bell (86-91-177), Michael Wiseman (95-86-181) and Kyle Gazdeck (94-91-185) all had solid performances.

The team members pictured are (left to right, front row) Robbie Lewis, Kyle Gazdeck, (back row) coach Scott Cloninger, Lance high, Mac Bell, Michael Wiseman and  Matt Eagle .

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May 15, 2002 - Lincolnton’s softball team pulled out a close 2-0 win over rival West Lincoln at Betty G. Ross  Park Tuesday afternoon.

With the win, the Lady Wolves advance to the second round of the Midwest 2-A Conference Tournament.

West Lincoln's Lacey Parker (left) makes it back in time but LHS first baseman Ashlea Farley makes it close. West senior shortstop Kaylon Carpenter (right) played in her final high school game Tuesday.

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May 13, 2002 - Friday and Saturday were very special days for Lincolnton’s Junior Bailey and East Lincoln’s Meghan Seehorn.

Bailey, who won the 2A state championship in the 110-meter high hurdles last year, did it again on Friday.

Meghan Seehorn

Junior Bailey

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May 13, 2002 - Former East Lincoln athletic standout is now a standing out as a coach. Tonia Ballard, who was a three sports all-conference player for the Lady Mustangs during early 90’s, is now excelling as volleyball and softball head coach for East Rutherford High

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May 13, 2002 - Fans of Doug Herbert and drag racing turned out by the thousands to Cherryville this past weekend to see Herbert and his Snap-On dragsters at his Open House event at his garage. To the right, fans gather around to catch of glimpse of his cars.  At the bottom, Herbert signs an autograph for fan, Isaac Bell of Kings Mountain.

Wolves netters fall at regionals
May 13, 2002 - Lincolnton's Joseph Allender, here warming up before an early sea-son match, and several of his teammates missed qualifying for the state at the 2-A West Regionals in Hendersonville this weekend. Allender and the doubles team of Will Setzer-Jimmy Thackston all lost in the first round. John James won his first round match convincingly but lost in the second round. Doubles partners Patrick Fletcher and Devin High narrowly missed qualifying both lost in the second round The duo won their first one but lost 7-66-4 in the second round.

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May 10, 2002 - Lincolnton senior baseball players Luis Arce, Bradley Clark, Brandon Hurt, Keith Richard, Lee Woody and Charlie Stroup were all honored Thursday night before they played their last regular season at Jonathan Brookins Field.

The throw to Lincolnton senior first baseman Keith Richard is barely late to get Bandys baserunner Kyle Helderman Thursday.

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 West responds after  coach Allan Chapman challenged the team to become more aggressive against Bandys ace pitcher Kris Harvey.

May 8, 2002 - CATAWBA — West Lincoln didn’t have a problem with Bandys and Kris Harvey this time around.

After he beat West with a two-hitter by throwing 90 miles-per-hour fastballs in the first conference meeting, the Rebels became more aggressive Tuesday night and beat the Trojans 4-2.

West Lincoln's Josh Carpenter (in recent action) got a key two-out base hit in the third to help the Rebels defeat Bandys Tuesday.

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May 8, 2002 - Western Alamance boys tennis team won all three doubles matches to rally past Lincolnton in the first round of the state dual team playoffs Tuesday.

“Western Alamance is a perennial state contender,” said Wolves coach Chris Hoffman. “Western has a well-balanced team. We battled them toe-to-toe. In the end, our doubles blinked and Western took the match.”

Lincolnton's Will Setzer (here in recent action) and No. 2 doubles teammate Jimmy Thackston lost a match, 10-8 Tuesday.

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May 8, 2002 - VALE — West Lincoln’s Steven Peeler has recently signed a letter of intent to attend and play football for Lenoir-Rhyne College.

Peeler is excited about his opportunity to play football for the Bears this fall.

West Lincoln linebacker Steven Peeler  (middle) recently signed a letter of intent to play for Lenoir-Rhyne. Seated are his parents Ramey and Earl Peeler. Standing are coaches Harold Warren and Wayne Navey.

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May 8, 2002 - DENVER — East Lincoln softball team has won 17 games this season.

But now the Lady Mustangs are finding it hard to make the big plays to win.

On Monday, they lost 2-1 at Weddington after leaving runners on third base in four different innings..

East Lincoln's Jessica Towery doubled in a run in the Lady Mustangs' loss to Ashbrook Tuesday.

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Dazzling on the Diamond

May 8, 2002 - DENVER — The biggest news around the lake in softball is about the great play of the East Lincoln Lady Mustangs.

East has only two seniors, yet has been downright tough on opponents. The team is 17-2 and undefeated in the Big South 3A Conference.

Pitcher Courtney Ewing gets ready to connect on the other side of the mound.

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May 6, 2002 - VALE — West Lincoln senior pitcher Jay Heafner will be wearing red again next year.

He has recently signed a letter-of intent to play baseball for Davidson College.

“I’m pretty excited about it,” he said Friday. “It’s a great program and I’ll get a great education.

West Lincoln pitcher Jay Heafner (middle) has signed with Davidson. Seated are his parents, Walt and Ann Heafner, and Standing are baseball coach Allan Chapman (left) and Eric King.

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May 6, 2002 - The Lincolnton baseball team hadn’t been hitting the ball well of late.

But Friday, against rival West Lincoln, one swing was all it took.

Senior third baseman Bradley Clark smacked a grand slam as the Wolves stunned the No. 4 ranked Rebels 4-2.

Lincolnton pitcher Justin Keever held West Lincoln to just two runs in LHS's 4-2 win Friday.

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May 6, 2002 - Bobbi Baker reads to her granddaughters Rachel Lois Baker and Sarah Kate Baker during Sunday's West Lincoln Branch Library grand opening celebration. Baker was instrumental in bringing the branch to the community. County commissioners, school board members, library staff and community members turned out for the party honoring the library.

Parker, who has helped coached Maiden to a state title, plans to stay at West Lincoln

May 3, 2002 - VALE — West Lincoln named Maiden assistant coach Butch Parker as the new varsity head football coach Thursday.

Parker will take over for Harold Warren who was the head coach at the school for 12 years..

Butch Parker (left) has been named to take over as the new head football coach at West Lincoln. The former coach Harold Warren (right) held the job for 12 years before resigning.

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May 3, 2002 - Lincolnton Optimist All-Stars basketball team finished in first place girls Sixth-Ninth grade county Tournament with a 2-0 record. The tam members are: (front row, left to right)Kayla Alexander, Ale Arce, Amanda Lingerfelt, Melissa Avery, Katie Hendrick, (back row) Coach Jeff Story, Kristi Gatza, Ashley Broadway, Hanna Parker, Brittany Jones, Kristin Lovelace and coach David Johnson.

May 3, 2002 - The Hair Masters basketball team finished first in the girls Sixth-Ninth grade Lincolnton Optimist basketball league. They had a 7-0 record in the regular season and completed their tournament with a 2-0 record. The team members are: (front row, left to right) Kayla Alexander, Ale Arce, Melissa Avery, Katie Hendrick, Brittany Jones and coach David Johnson.

May 3, 2002 - A local Youth Basketball of America AAU team competed in a tour-nament at Chapel Hill recently and emerged as champions of the silver divisions. Against teams from the state and Georgia. The team is for 14-and under players who are standouts at Lincoln County's local middle schools. The team members are: (left to right, bottom row) Aaron Byrd (Lincolnton Middle School), Demory Williams (Pumpkin Center), Shane Faw (LMS), Taylor Woodie (West Lincoln), Gene Arp (WLMS), (top row) Lance Friday (PCMS), Zach Gibson (LMS) coach T.W. McKin-ney, Parker French (PCMS), Jesse Morton (LMS) and Ben Poole (WLMS).

May 1, 2002 - VALE — West Lincoln baseball player Josh Carpenter must love Newton-Conover ace Daniel Smith’s pitching.

In an earlier game at Newton, Carpenter went 4-for-4 against Smith.

West Lincoln's Jay Heafner did a little with his bat but a lot with his arm. He relieved starter Chris Halubka in the sixth and got the win.

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May 1, 2002 - Two Lincolnton High School athletes are getting a chance to play at the next level.

Both softball pitcher Lynsey Cooper and football lineman Derek Curl have signed letters-of intent to play in college.

Lynsey Cooper (left) signs a letter-of intent to play softball for Southern Wesleyan University in South Carolina. Her parents (right) and coaches surround her. Derek Curl (right) inks to play football at Lenoir-Rhyne. His parents (right) and coaches look on.

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May 1, 2002 - Lance High and Matt Eagle both shot a 76 to lead Lincolnton to a second-place finish behind Shelby in a conference match at Lincoln Country Club Monday.

West Lincoln golfers (first row, left to right) C. J. Deputy, David Cline, Jake Elmore (second row) Chad Poteat, Michael Nale and Clayton Mullis (all above) are improving. Lincolnton (left to right) Michael Wiseman, Kyle Gazdeck, Mac Bell, Matthew Eagle along with Lance High and Robbie Lewis are all going to the regionals.

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