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Lincoln
Times-News
P.O. Box 40
119 W. Water Street
Lincolnton, NC 28092
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(704) 735-3031 Office
(704) 735-3037 Fax
(704) 735-3996 Fax (News)
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Sports - October 2001
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The Midwest 2A Conference awards and standings
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I bring Soul food, no candy, helps Mustangs win on Halloween
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Nov. 2 - On Halloween night the East Lincoln football team killed their fumble ghosts and interception
goblins.
"We exercised our turnover demons,” said East coach Jim Ruark.
Maybe it had something to do what the Mustangs had for a pregame meal.
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Mustangs run in State Meet
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Nov.2 - DENVER — A funny thing happened to the East
Lincoln cross country boys last week at the 3A regional in Hendersonville.
They qualified for the state meet.
"We were surprised," said East coach Carla Townsend. "We had a really good meet. Four of our top five runners had personal bests. I knew we had the capability. We stepped it
up a notch. We're very honored to go."
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Making a Statement
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Oct. 31 - RALEIGH — Lincolnton doubles team of Andrea Stroup and Caitlin Andrews had an
impressive showing in the 2-A state tennis individual tournament at the N.C. State Varsity Courts.
Stroup-Andrews won the first round match 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 over Greene Central’s Amy Beaman-Sarah Moore.
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Bandys rallies past West Lincoln
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Oct. 21 - CATAWBA — There was a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde act in Catawba County Friday night, as the West Lincoln
Rebels went into the locker room at the half leading 17-8, but left 24 minutes of playing time later with a 58-24 loss.
The Bandy Trojans played host to the shootout game against the Rebels.
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Player Of The Week - Oct. 31
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Lincoln Times-News
Player Of The Week
East Lincoln quarterback
A. J. Hunter
…Hunter ran for 96 yards while leading his team to a 12-6 win over Hunter Huss.
Coaches’ Choice Players of the Week
East Lincoln - The Defense
Lincolnton - Derrick Nixon
West Lincoln - Justin Pearson
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Ashbrook tops EL JV
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Oct. 31 - GASTONIA — Dogs may be man’s best friend. But turnovers are a football coach’s worst enemy.
East Lincoln junior varsity coach Scott Spohler had the enemy invading his team all night long especially in the second quarter against Ashbrook Tuesday.
The turnovers allowed the host Green Wave to score 34 points before halftime and coast to a 41-18 win.
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Briefs - Oct. 31
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East Lincoln Optimist teams take first and second in baseball
East Lincoln Optimist takes first and second places in the 9-10 year old boys North Mecklenburg Fall Baseball League.
A season that began with 20 teams from three different counties, ended with two East Lincoln teams playing for the championship.
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Bandys’ big rally beats WL
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Oct. 29 - CATAWBA — After West Lincoln built up a 17-0 lead early, Bandys roared back like a steam engine
and scored 36 unanswered points to beat the Rebels 58-24 Friday night.
The lost was the Rebels’ fifth straight. They are 4-5 and 0-5 in the Midwest 2A Conference. In four of the losses. The Rebels either led or were tied right
before halftime.
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Shelby beats Lincolnton again
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Oct. 29 - The tone for Friday night’s showdown between the Golden Lions of Shelby and the Lincolnton
Wolves was set on the first play of the game.
The Wolves returned the kickoff 37 yards but fumbled it over to Shelby at their own 42-yard line.
On Shelby’s first play from scrimmage, quarterback Shawn Haynes raced 42 yards down the left sideline untouched for a 7-0 lead in only 16 seconds into the game.
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Mustangs run wild to defeat Huss
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Oct. 29 - GASTONIA — The East Mustangs registered their second win of the season and kept themselves
alive in the playoff hunt with a 12-06 win over Hunter Huss Friday.
The Mustangs did it despite completing one pass on the night.
They didn’t have to pass. They had a field day running the ball.
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LHS Cross Country second in state
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EL soccer’s on the rise
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Oct. 26 - DENVER — There’s a construction site just behind where East Lincoln High School baseball field
is.
Day after day in practice this fall, new Mustang soccer coach Jason Dragoon is building a foundation for a great soccer program..
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Big test for tonite for LHS, EL and WL
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Oct. 26 - In 1967, the Green Bay Packers won Super Bowl I over the Kansas City Chiefs and
Lincolnton defeated Shelby.
It’s XXXIV Super Bowls later, and Shelby hasn’t been beat by the Wolves since.
Tonight, the two teams will give it a try again 8 p.m. at Von Ray Harris Stadium.
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Wolves make state meet, WL teams do well
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CROSS COUNTRY REGIONALS
Oct.24 - MORGANTON — The Lincolnton boys cross country team entered the season as the defending conference and regional
champions.
Two weeks ago, Bunker Hill nipped the Wolves to win the Midwest Conference crown.
Last Saturday, the Wolves beat Bunker Hill but it was North Henderson who edged them and won the regional championships. The Wolves came in second.
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NFL ref to speak at Lincoln Hall of Fame banquet
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Oct. 24 - The Lincoln County Sports Hall of Fame will induct its inaugural class November 10
at the Lincoln Citizens Center.
County sports legends such as retired Lincolnton football coach and athletics director Von Ray Harris and former major league pitcher Tony Cloninger will be the first to enter
the Hall of Fame.
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NC Wildlife hunting rules
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Oct. 24 - With hunting season under way, the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission would like to
remind hunters to be safe while in the woods.
Hunters should always identify their target from tip to tail and never shoot at a partial target, shape, noise, of movement.
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Lady Wolves tennis loses in playoffs
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Oct. 24 - SALISBURY — Lincolnton girls tennis team ran into a tough Salisbury team in the second round of the state 2A dual match
playoffs and lost 6-0 Tuesday.
Salisbury (15-2, the No. 1 team in the Central Carolina Conference) won all six singles matches.
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Briefs - Oct. 24
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Youth Basketball Registration
The Lincolnton-Lincoln County Parks and Recreation Department is now taking registration for the youth basketball leagues for boys and girls grades 2-12.
Register at the recreation office at Betty G. Ross Park, Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Thursday evenings from 6 until 9. Cost is $20. Pre-season instructional clinics will
begin on Saturday, Nov. 17.
For more information call the recreation office at 735-2671.
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Player Of The Week - Oct. 24
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Lincoln Times-News
Player Of The Week
Lincoln linebacker
Charlie Stroup
…He was in on 14 tackles against Newton-Conover.
Coaches’ Choice Players of the Week
West Lincoln…Cole Beehner
East Lincoln….Jonathan Tucker
Lincolnton….Derek Curl
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Lady Mustangs’ Magic is over
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Kings Mountain tops East Lincoln in 3 games
Oct. 24 - DENVER — The East Lincoln volleyball team’s magic carpet ride came to an end Tuesday.
The Lady Mustangs lost in three games (15-5, 15-1, 15-0) to Kings Mountain in the first round of the 3A state playoffs.
The East Lincoln squad was perhaps the best team the school ever had. .
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Mustangs can’t slow down N. Gaston
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Oct. 22 - DENVER — East Lincoln picked the wrong team to play for homecoming.
North Gaston rolled into David Clark Stadium Friday night with a five-game win streak, as well as the top-rated passer, rusher, receiver and total
offense in the Gaston-Lincoln area.
And the Mustangs could do nothing to slow down the momentum of the hottest team in the area, falling 33-0 in a Big South 3A Conference game played
before a good homecoming crowd.
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Shelby gives Rebels fourth loss in a row
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Oct. 22 - Shelby, the preseason favorite to win the Midwest Conference, beat West Lincoln 27-7 Friday
night. The Rebels dropped their fourth straight loss, all in league play.
Shelby's Tavares Hill and O'Brien Wilson both scored twice on short runs. Shelby led 27-0 in the third quarter. Shelby held West Lincoln to a little more than
two yards a carry.
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Briefs - Oct. 22
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EL volleyball team host match in playoffs Tuesday
East Lincoln volleyball is taking it to a higher level.
The Lady Mustangs will host the first round of the state 3-A playoffs at home Tuesday.
The opponent will be the South Western Foothills No. 2 team, which more than likely will be Kings Mountain.
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Wolves blow out N-C, Shelby’s up next
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Oct. 22 - NEWTON — Revenge is sweet.
Newton-Conover blew Lincolnton out in the second round of the playoffs last year. That was in the back of the Wolves' minds when the two teams played Friday
night.
Lincolnton got payback and more. The Wolves won their six game in a row Friday with a convincing 35-3 victory over Newton-Conover.
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Lady Wolves play in individual playoffs today
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Briefs - Oct. 19
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LHS JV football wins
Both Darren Wilson and Eric Wilson returned punts back for touchdowns to lead the JV Wolves to a 20-7 win over Newton-Conover at home Thursday.
Darren Wilson scored first on 60-yard run. Terrell Phelps had two interceptions and line-backers Pedro Fonseca and Brant Houser had solid games to help stop the Newton option offense.
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East Lincoln junior varsity
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LHS starts mean season; EL, WL still alive & needs upsets
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Oct. 19 - Call it the mean season.
The Lincolnton football team 5-2 (3-0) has the hardest part of its season coming up. The Wolves have Newton-Conover and
Shelby, Bandys and East Rutherford to round out the season.
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Winds and Wins work for Wolves
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Oct. 17 - You can call them the Windbreaker Wolves now.
The Lincolnton girls tennis team held off wind and McMichael High, 6-1, at home Tuesday to advance to the second round of the state 2-A playoffs.
The breezy win made it chilly for the players but most importantly it affected the ball. The wind made it difficult to return lobs and other high
shots.
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Briefs - Oct. 17
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Youth Basketball Registration
The Lincolnton-Lincoln County Parks and Recreation Department is now taking registration for the youth basketball leagues for boys and girl grades 2-12.
Register at the recreation office at Betty G. Ross Park, Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Thursday evenings from 6 until 9. Cost is $20. Pre-season
instructional clinics will begin on Saturday, Nov. 17.
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PCMS holds off ELMS
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Oct. 17 - DENVER —
Josh Belk ran for three touchdowns and lineman Justin Mintun scored the game’s only two-point conversion as Pumpkin Center Middle held on to beat rival East Lincoln 20-18 Monday at East Lincoln High’s Dave Clark Stadium.
It was the second time the two teams played this season.
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Lincoln Fall Rec League Champions
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Oct. 17 - Franklin Masonry won the Lincoln Fall Rec League Championship recently with a 24-10 victory over Heafner Tire. Mark Weaver and
John Neal both went 5-for-5 in the game for Franklin Masonry. Weaver and Buddy Shull also homered. Heafner tire was led by Jeff Hamilton who was 4-for-4. The Franklin Masonry players are Freddie Scronce,
Buddy Shull, Mark Weaver, Todd Sain, Jimmy Wentz, John Neal, Scott Childers, Shane Frankin, Shane Cook, Kyle Sismon, Chad Lowe, Frank Gilbert and Jerry Franklin.
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Co-Players Of The Week - Oct. 17
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Lincoln Times-News
Player Of The Week
East Lincoln's running back
Tyrone Rendleman
Rendleman ran for 157 yards, caught a
TD pass and ran for two others including the game-winner in overtime.
Lincolnton's Quarterback
William Lineberger
Lineberger ran for one TD, pass for two more. Had 65 yards rushing and 131 yards in the air on four completions. 204 yards passing and two touchdowns.
Coaches' Players of the Week
East Lincoln -A. J. Hunter
West Lincoln - Brian Wellman
Lincolnton - Clarence Curry
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Feisty Wolves devour Bunker Hill
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Oct. 15 - Homecoming night could not have been sweeter for the Lincolnton Wolves.
The Wolves used a quick-strike offense, a big-play kicking game and a smothering defense to beat Bunker Hill 51-7 in Midwest 2A Conference football action.
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Lincolnton's Junior Bailey zooms past Bunker Hill defenders. He scored twice in the Wolves huge win Friday night.
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Briefs - Oct. 15
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LHS girls tennis hosts playoffs match
Lincolnton will take on McMichael in the first round of the 2-A state dual team playoff Tuesday. Mcmichael is the No. 2 team out of the North state 2-A Conference. Match time is 3:30
p.m.
LHS, WL tennis players qualify for regional
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Dukes, Devils down WL
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Oct. 15 - It was another tough loss for West Lincoln Friday.
The Rebels led visiting Newton-Conover 14-7 in the second quarter before highly-touted Newton-Conover quarterback Curt Dukes broke three long touchdown runs as
the Red Devils rallied to beat the Rebels 28-14.
The loss dropped the Rebels to 0-3 in the Midwest Conference and 4-3 overall.
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Celebration: East wins first game
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Oct. 15 - BESSEMER CITY —Coaches were dancing, players were hugging each other and had helmets up in the
air. There were high fives all over. It was pandemonium.
East Lincoln had just won its first game of the season, a 33-26 overtime win over Bessemer City.
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Player Of The Week - Oct. 12
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Lincoln Times-News
Player Of The Week
East Lincoln’s QB
Dennis Hickman
…he had 204 yards passing and two touchdowns.
Coaches’ Choice Players of the Week
East Lincoln: The Offensive Line
Lincolnton: Junior Bailey
West Lincoln: Justin Pearson
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EL volleyball team is hard to beat
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Oct. 12 - Signs posted in East Lincoln High’s gym simply said the Lady Mustang volleyball
team wasn’t intending on losing Thursday.
“We’re undefeated, keep it that way” and “11-0, conquer the foe,” the signs read.
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East Lincoln's Samatha Raby warms up before the match with South Point Thursday. The Lady Mustangs took all three games.
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Briefs - Oct. 12
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LHS, WL tennis players qualify for regional
Lincolnton’s Fallon Heavner and Oksana Maksimiv and West Lincoln’s Alicia Harvey qualified for the 2-A West Regional after playing in the Midwest Conference tournament Tuesday and
Wednesday.
The Lady Wolves doubles teams of Andrea Stroup-Catlin Andrews and Shawn Kindley-Alicia Harrill also qualified.
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Bunker Hill takes Midwest Cross Country titles
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LHS’s Bess wins second boys title
Oct. 10 - Going into Tuesday’s first-ever Midwest 2-A Cross Country Boys Conference Championship Meet, one thing was
for certain.
Either Bunker Hill’s string of 15 straight conference titles or Lincolnton’s five straight was going to end.
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Briefs - Oct. 10
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Men’s Rec Basketball Organization Meetings
The Lincolnton-Lincoln County Parks and Recreation Department announces meeting for men’s basketball leagues.
Industrial teams will meet on Mon. Oct. 15 at 7:30 p.m. at the Lentz Recreation Center at Betty G. Ross Park. Open teams will meet on Thursday, Oct. 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the same location.
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Former 4-0 Rebels fall to 0-2 in Midwest
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Oct. 8 - CLAREMONT — Just a couple of weeks ago, West Lincoln’s football team was sitting
pretty. The team was 4-0 and had the week off.
But now with losses to Lincolnton and Bunker Hill 34-20 Friday, the Rebels are 0-2 where it really counts, in the Midwest Conference play.
After falling to Bunker Hill, West coach Harold Warren said his team had problems that allowed the Bears to take the win.
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Ow! The Wolves put the hurt on Chase, 55-3
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Oct. 8 - The Chase football team was supposed to give Lincolnton a test Friday night.
They’re going to have to throw that test out.
Lincolnton aced the test by whipping the Trojans 55-3 and moved into an elite class in the Midwest Conference.
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East plays well in loss
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Oct. 8 - GASTONIA — You could have forgiven East Lincoln if they were a little emotionally-fragile during Friday night's game with Forestview.
Let's face it. This team had been through trying times in the previous 10 days.
Travis Conrad, a backup quarterback for the Mustangs, was killed in a car accident after leaving football practice on Sept. 26. Plus, East Lincoln was 0-4, and hadn't played a
game in two weeks.
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Mustangs quarterback Dennis Hickman passed for 202 yards and two touchdowns in East's loss at Forestview Friday.
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Briefs - Oct. 5
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WLHS grad running in Chicago marathon
Edi Gillespie Perez is participating in the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon Sunday along with 35,000 runners from all over the world.
She is representing the American Lung Association of North Carolina.
Edi is a 1991 graduate of West Lincoln High School and resides in Raleigh.
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ELMS Falcons fly away with win over LMS
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Oct. 5 - Thomas Huntley ran for to touchdowns and teammate Ja’Melle Lowery threw for one
touchdown and ran for another to lead East Lincoln Middle School to a 32-6 win over Lincolnton Middle Wednesday at Von Ray Harris Field.
The Falcons jumped out early and led 16-0 before Lincolnton scored.
Huntley scampered in for a 10-yard TD run. On the two-point conversion, Grey Schram, pulled down a Lowery pass.
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Briefs - Oct. 3
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Lincolnton girls tennis victorious
The LHS girls tennis team cruised to a 9-0 win over East Rutherford.
Lincolnton winners in the singles matches were Andrea Stroup, Fallon Heavner, Caitlin Andrews, Oksana Maksimiv, Kristen Kinney, and Lauryn McCurry.
Winners of the doubles matches were Stroup-Andrews; Shawn Kindley-Heavner and A. Harrill-Maksimiv
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EL tennis cruises over East Gaston
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Oct. 3 - DENVER — East Lincoln girls tennis team kept its playoff chances alive with a 7-2
win over East Gaston Tuesday.
The Lady Mustangs won five of six singles matches and two of three doubles matches to up its record to 4-5 but more importantly to 3-2 in the Big
South Conference.
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Player Of The Week - Oct. 3
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Lincoln Times-News
Player Of The Week
Lincolnton’s
Damien Forney
…he ran for 263 yards and two touchdowns in the Wolves win over West Lincoln.
Coaches’ Choice Players of the Week
Lincolnton: The Defense
West Lincoln: Mark Chambers
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Briefs - Oct. 1
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East Lincoln Middle softball beats WLMS
East Lincoln Middle topped West Lincoln recently 13-11. For the Falcons, Jessica Glenn laced out two hits while teammates Miranda Lamberth, Laura
Estridge, Sarah Cooke, Peyton Presley, Courtney Feldon, Mariah Bell all had one hit.
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Forney leads Wolves to win over the Rebels
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Oct. 1 - We can say Lincolnton running back Damien Forney is no longer injured.
Forney was doubtful last week for the East Lincoln game. He did run the ball a couple of times in that game.
But Friday night against rival West Lincoln, it was Forney who made folks hurt.
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© 2001 Lincoln Times-News
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