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LINCOLN
TIMES-NEWS
P.O. Box 40
119 W. Water Street
Lincolnton, NC 28092
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RECENT
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Recent Sports - September 2002
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Explosive Indians pours it on vs. LHS
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September 2, 2002 - BELMONT — “Joe Brown, Touchdown!”
Lincolnton heard that all night Friday during South Point’s huge 55-21 win over the Wolves.
The South Point fullback ran for four touchdowns and 130 yards before he came out early in the fourth quarter.
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Mustangs crush a Rebel army without key soldiers
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September 2, 2002 - DENVER — East Lincoln coach Jim Ruark could have used the revenge factor to
motivate his team for Friday's meeting with cross-county rival West Lincoln.
After all, the Rebels pounded the Mustangs 31-6 last year at West Lincoln.
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Mustangs cross country squad is optimistic
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September 2, 2002 - DENVER — If the East Lincoln Mustangs can make quantity
equate to quality, they may be a force to reckon with in cross country this year.
A turnout of 12 girls and 11 boys has both teams hoping for big things for the 2002 season.
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East Lincoln's Chris Haney closes in on Highland Tech's top runner in Thursday's meet. Haney posted the Mustangs' best time of
the meet. (LTN photo by Richard Beeker)
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McMurry hit birdies to win his 11th LCC Club title
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Lady Mustangs stand out in tennis
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Hope to be a force in the Big South Conference
September 4, 2002 - DENVER — The East Lincoln girls tennis team hopes to be a force in the Big South Conference this fall.
So far the Lady Mustangs are taking care of business. They defeated West Lincoln 7-2 and Newton-Conover 7-2 before losing to Lincolnton.
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Briefs - September 6, 2002
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LHS JV football and West Middle Chiefs win
LHS JV football wins
Lincolnton JV football team defeated North Gaston 26-14 Thursday at home.
Demory Williams was exceptional with two punt returns for touchdowns and he also scored on a 55-yard hitch pass from quarterback Edwin Barber.
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Wolves go Wildcat hunting
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September 6, 2002 - Lincolnton J.V. football player Demory Williams dives on top of a pile in LHS's 26-14 win over North Gaston Thursday.
Williams return two punts for touchdowns and had one TD catch to lead the Wolves. (LTN photo by Diane Turbyfill)
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Lady Mustangs top Lady Rebels in V-ball
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September 6, 2002 - VALE — The East Lincoln Mustangs broke open a very close match, by overwhelming West
the last two games, to take a five game match Wednesday.
East won 13-15, 15-13, 15-17, 15-3, 15-4.
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East Middle, PC football battle to a tie
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September 6, 2002 - DENVER — Who’s better? East Lincoln Middle football team or Pumpkin Center Middle’s
squad.
The two rival teams battled to a 20-20 double overtime tie Wednesday afternoon at east Lincoln High’s Dave Clark Stadium.
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East misses big opportunities against Burns
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September 6, 2002 - DENVER — The Burns soccer team bus was about an hour late arriving to East Lincoln
Thursday.
But whatever the Bulldogs did to stop East Lincoln from scoring was right on time..
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PLAYERS OF THE WEEK - September 6, 2002
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ELHS - Adrian McLean
WLHS - Cole Beemer
LHS - Darren Wilson
TENNIS
WLHS - Carrie Freeman
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Bessemer City shuts out Rebels
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September 9, 2002 - VALE — One small pin can take the air out of a big balloon.
Bessemer City led 12-0 at the half Friday night.
West Lincoln still had a chance to get its first win of the season..
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West Lincoln's Josh Pope prepares to punt in the Rebels' loss to Bessemer City Friday. (LTN photo by Diane Turbyfill)
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East rolls to a big win over Highland Tech
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September 9, 2002 - DENVER — East Lincoln’s confidence has to be sky high about now.
The Mustangs hammered Highland Tech 59-0 to register it second straight shutout.
The Mustangs racked up yards and points like a pinball machine.
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No court can change LHS' win over N. Gaston
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September 9, 2002 - DALLAS — Friday's North-Gaston Lincolnton football game offered further proof of the
old sports adage: The only numbers that really count are the ones on the scoreboard.
The host Wildcats piled up 474 yards of offense to only 281 for the Wolves, but all North Gaston had to show for those gaudy numbers was another loss.
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Pumpkin Center team plays first game ever
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September 9, 2002 - The Pumpkin Center Panthers midget team won the first game it played in its existence
on Saturday by a score of 14-6 over the Mooresville Cougars. Chad Arndt and Jordan Scott scored TDs and Trey Painter added a two-point conversion. Painter also made a game-saving tackle in the second half. Jeff
Holmes, Coty McCabe and Michael Nichols played well on defense. Nichols had a fumble recovery late that led to the winning score.
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LHS girls tennis team gets the best of West
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September 11, 2002 - Andrea Stroup won her match over Carrie Freeman 6-2, 7-5 to
propel the Lady Wolves to a 9-0 win over West Lincoln Tuesday at Lincolnton.
LHS players all won. No. 2 Fallon Heavner 6-2, 6-0 over Brittany Seagle, No. 3 Caitlin Andrews defeated Brittany Godfrey 6-1, 6-2.
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Lincolnton's No. 1 tennis player Andrea Stroup takes a practice swing. (LTN photo by Terrance Thomas)
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Briefs - September 11, 2002
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West Lincoln Volleyball
West Lincoln varsity and J.V. volleyball teams both beat Bandys Tuesday.
The varsity team swept the Lady Trojans 17-15, 15-5 and 15-13. In Game 2, Lauren Mosteller served 13 of the 15 points. At one point she had eight
consecutive points. She had four aces and two that wasn’t returned in that spurt.
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Strong offense, defense packs a two-fisted punch
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East Lincoln Mustang Football
September 11, 2002 - DENVER — The East Lincoln football team looks like its running well on all cylinders.
After a close 21-16 loss to a solid Bandys team in the opener, the Mustangs have crushed West Lincoln, 48-0 and Highland Tech 59-0.
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Webb, LHS boys to win; Beeker helps Lady Rebels finish second
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September 11, 2002 - Running 3.1 miles in almost 90 degree heat can drain you.
But Tuesday, Lincolnton and West Lincoln cross country squads both went the distance against teams from East Rutherford and Bandys in Lincolnton.
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TOUGH SHOT!
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September 13, 2002 - West Lincoln sophomore Brittany Seagle plays a valiant play on a ball Thursday during the Lady Rebels 7-2 win over
Bunker Hill. (LTN photo by Jenny Walling)
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JV Rebels’ defense contains Cherryville
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September 13, 2002 - CHERRYVILLE — The West Lincoln Junior Varsity defense came up with a couple of big
plays while the offense behind quarterback Brandon Auton capitalized on them as the Rebels defeated the Cherryville, 19-8 Thursday night.
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PLAYERS OF THE WEEK - September 13, 2002
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FOOTBALL
ELHS - Andre Tinsley
WLHS - Sege Hood
LHS - Roy Gomez
VOLLEYBALL
ELHS - Clarissa Stull
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Roy Gomez
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Rebels victorious over Cherryville
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Parker gets first win
September 16, 2002 - VALE — West Lincoln must have had an excellent week of practice.
How else to explain the Rebels’ complete turnaround Friday night in a 10-7 home win over bitter rival Cherryville.
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West Lincoln's Sege Hood (no. 1 above) tries to zoom by a Cherryville defender in West 10-7 win Friday. Rebels' head coach
Butch Parker (below) hugs a player while he enjoys his first win. (LTN photo by Jenny Walling)
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Briefs - September 16, 2002
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Volleyball Scores
East Lincoln: The Lady Mustangs improved to 5-0 in conference play by beating previously undefeated East Gaston Thursday.
They won in three games, 15-8, 15-4 and 16-14. The JV won as well, 15-4, 15-2. The JV is also 5-0.
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East roars back to win
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September 16, 2002 - HICKORY — East Lincoln was in danger of losing Friday night.
The host St. Stephens football team was up 14-0 at halftime. East didn’t play its first-team quarterback Dennis Hickman and its top running back Andre Tinsley
got hurt.
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Amy's House champions
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September 18, 2002 - A men's softball tournament was held at the Betty G. Ross Park in last weekend to benefit Amy's House, Lincoln
County's domestic violence shelter for women. Chapman Bail Bonds (above) from Morganton won the tournament. Alan "Skippy" Freeman won tournament MVP. Trophies were donated by Nick and Judy
Komas from House of Trophies. The Hit Men (below) finished second. New Vision took third pace. (Contributed photos)
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LHS v-ball gets a big league win
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September 18, 2002 - The Lincolnton volleyball team pulled out a big five-game match over East Rutherford
Tuesday.
LHS won 13-15, 15-13, 15-3, 14-16, 15-11.
It wasn’t easy. The Lady Wolves started off flat.
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Briefs - September 18, 2002
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Lincolnton tennis sweeps Bunker Hill
The Lady Wolves defeated conference foe Bunker Hill 9-0 Tuesday at home.
Lincolnton had absolutely no problem with the Lady Bears. All the singles players (Andrea Stroup,
Fallon Heavner, Caitlin Andrews, Shawn Kindley, Sarah Long, and Kristen Kinney all won 6-0, 6-0.
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Lady Mustangs, spike, block, & ace South Point
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September 18, 2002 - DENVER — It didn’t take long for East Lincoln volleyball
team to take care of South Point.
The Lady Mustangs won 15-8, 15-4, 15-3. Stephanie Horne started it all off. With South Point up 2-0 in the first game. Horne scored six
straight service points.
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Kassi Henry (No. 6, above) slaps the ball over the net during the East Lincoln junior varsity game. The Lady Mustangs won that
match and the varsity match as well. East's varsity player Mallory Barrick (No. 5, right) fires a ball past South Point's big blockers. (LTN photo by Jenny Walling)
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East-LHS JVs battle to a 26-26 5OT tie
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September 20, 2002 - DENVER — After Thursday night’s junior varsity football between Lincolnton and
East Lincoln, only one thing is definite.
Both teams are perfectly even.
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Chiefs are in charge with win
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September 20, 2002 - VALE — The West Middle Chiefs football team pounded East Rutherford
Wednesday.
It was a team effort for the Chiefs on offense and defense. But Taylor Woodie, Ben Poole and Chase Harbison had big individual games. That just
stood out.
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Taylor Woodie (above) breaks free against East Rutherford tacklers in Wednesday's 26-0 for the West Middle. The Chiefs (below) celebrate
their win. (LTN photos by Jenny Walling)
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LHS runs, passes to win over East Mustangs
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PLAYERS OF THE WEEK - September 25, 2002
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FOOTBALL
WLHS - Antonio Rojo
ELHS - T.J. Smith
VOLLEYBALL
LHS - Hollan Bradley
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ELMS girls enjoying a solid season
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September 25, 2002 - IRON STATION — The East Lincoln Middle School girls softball team is beating folks
and taking names this season.
The Lady Falcons are 7-1 and have scored a lot of runs so far, knocking in 21 runs against Lincolnton, 17 versus Burns, 13 on Pumpkin Center and 12 against
West Lincoln.
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Pumpkin Power
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September 25, 2002 - East Lincoln Middle softball player Sonny Marthers tries to beat out a hit against Pumpkin Center Tuesday. PCMS's
Lady Panthers defeated the Lady Falcons 6-5. (LTN photo by Jenny Walling)
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LHS tennis beats Shelby
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September 25, 2002 - SHELBY — Last year, the road to the Midwest 2-A girls tennis championship went
through Shelby.
On Tuesday, Lincolnton’s team went to Shelby and opened an 8-lane expressway back to Lincolnton.
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Times Top 12
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September 25, 2002 - Beginning this week, football
forecasters Mike Powell and David Keever will rank the top twelve high school football teams in our coverage area.
That area will include Lincoln, Catawba, Gaston, Cleveland and Rutherford counties. The poll is based on win-loss record, head to head games, strength of schedule, and how the team should do in its own classification. The poll will run each week, and should continue until the last area team has finished its season completely.
1. Crest (3A)
3-0 ...beat South Point 28-7
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PLAYERS OF THE WEEK - September 25, 2002
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PLAYERS OF THE WEEK - September 27, 2002
FOOTBALL
LHS - Randall Chambers
ELHS - Jadarious Roseboro
VOLLEYBALL
WLHS - Lily Tallent
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LHS V-ball gets a win over Bunker Hill
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September 27, 2002 - The Lincolnton girls volleyball team came out sluggish out
of the gate Thursday against Bunker Hill in three games to one win.
They couldn’t hit the ball with accuracy, had poor ply at the net and couldn’t get any points
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Lincolnton's Charlotte Clark knocks one over to Bunker Hill's side during the junior varsity match Thursday. LHS lost in two
games but the varsity won its in four matches. (LTN photo by Jenny Walling)
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County statistical leaders - September 27, 2002
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Rushing
(based on yardage)
Player TG Att Yds YPA
T.J. Smith, EL 5 61 400 6.6
Darren Wilson, L 4 57 388 6.8
Andre Tinsley, EL 5 48 352 7.3
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Wolves take county title with win vs. West
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September 30, 2002 - Future opponents of Lincolnton should beware.
The Wolves seem to be playing their best football in the second quarter of games.
It happened again Friday night in the Midwestern 2A Conference opener against West Lincoln. The Wolves put 20 points on the scoreboard in the
second quarter on their way to a 40-12 victory on a wet field at Lincolnton Memorial Stadium.
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Ashbrook shuts out Mustangs
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September 30, 2002 - East Lincoln dropped its first Big South 3-A Conference game of the year 21-0 to
Ashbrook Friday.
The key of the game was the running games.
Ashbrook ran for 371 total yards in the game to the Mustangs’ 85.
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Briefs - September 30, 2002
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Lincolnton Middle soccer team won twice
LMS defeated Kings Mountain 5-4 recently. The Wildcats got goals from Angelo Quesada (2), Eliecer
Martinez, Pablo Esquival, and Julian Calo. John Gilleland had two assists.
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