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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 - October 2002
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Lady Wolves capture the conference title
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October 2, 2002 - Lincolnton tennis player Kristen Kinney made her racket do tricks while winning her match 6-0, 6-0 to help the Lady
Wolves capture the conference title. (LTN photo by Jenny Walling)
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Briefs - October 2, 2002
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Lincolnton girls tennis win conference title
LHS Lady Wolves clinched their second Midwest Conference regular season title in the last three years.
They improved to 6-0 to go undefeated in league play. They did it with 9-0 wins over Bandys and East
Rutherford.
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LMS soccer wins back-to-back titles
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LMS Wildcats blank East Lincoln, 7-0, to win its 23rd straight soccer match
October 4, 2002 - They did it again.
For the second straight season the Lincolnton Middle School went undefeated in soccer. They are 23-0 in that span..
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That's how you get treated when you win a championship. Lincolnton Middle soccer players (above) give their coach, Greg Pituch, a Gatorade
ice shower after LMS won its second league title. The LMS Wildcats team photo (below). (LTN photos by Jenny Walling)
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Briefs - October 4, 2002
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LHS, West compete in United Way CC meet
Lincolnton and West Lincoln competed in the United Way cross country meet at Newton Wednesday against
21 boys teams (135 runners). East Rowan won the met and had three runners to make the top ten.
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Mustangs get big league win
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October 7, 2002 - DENVER — East Lincoln made big plays to beat a big boy in its conference.
The Mustangs ran back a kickoff, threw two TD passes and recovered two fumbles late to stun Forestview 35-21 Friday.
East Lincoln was picked to finish last in the league by conference coaches. Forestview was near the top.
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LHS gets a kick to win fourth in a row
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October 7, 2002 - After watching Roy Gomez kick in practice and in games, Lincolnton coach
Scott Cloninger knew the junior place-kicker’s strong right leg would win a game some day.
Well, Gomez’s chance for hero status came on Homecoming night in a do-or-die situation against the upset-minded Chase Trojans.
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Rebels drop a tough one to Bunker Hill
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October 7, 2002 - VALE — West Lincoln play Bunker Hill tough, but still couldn’t get the victory in a 17-8 loss.
Both teams went scoreless in the first quarter but the visiting Bears scored twice in the second quarter to lead 10-0.
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PLAYERS OF THE WEEK - October 9, 2002
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FOOTBALL
LHS - Bradley Dalrymple
WLHS - Rocky Hullette
ELHS - Doug Orndorff
TENNIS
ELHS - Kathryn Freeman
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Seniors lead West to a victory over E.R.
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October 9, 2002 - VALE — It was Senior Night for the West Lincoln volleyball team
Tuesday. The seniors were honored before the game. The seniors started the game.
They used their experience and leadership to help the Lady Rebels sweep East Rutherford in three games.
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Jessica Grigg taps one over the net in the West JV game. East Rutherford won in two matches. (LTN photo by Jenny Walling)
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Fall Rec Softball Champions
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October 9, 2002 - Buddy Shull, Harold Kester, Darren Williams and Wes Lovelace all lashed out three hits to lead Franklin Masonry to a
17-16 win over PTI-Amcor in the Lincolnton/Lincoln Recreation fall softball championship game last week. Alan and Wes Lovelace both hit homers in the game. PTI-Amcor's Dennie Hoover went 4-for-4
while Tracy Huss and Shane Frady both had three hits. in the game. Scott Furr and Jason Wood hit homers. To reach the championship game, PTI-Amcor defeated Dustin Ellis Logging 14-10. (LTN photos by Terrance Thomas)
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Briefs - October 9, 2002
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East Lincoln girls volleyball teams win
The East Lincoln varsity team defeated East Gaston 15-12, 2-15, 15-9 15-10. Clarissa Stull and Mallory Barrick led the way with 23 hits each.
East improved to 10-1 in conference play. The Lady Mustangs wil play at South Thursday.
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LHS tennis wins Midwest tournament; will host dual team playoffs Tuesday
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October 11, 2002 - The Lady Wolves Tennis team wins Midwest 2-A Conference Tournament, and
qualify all four entries to the West 2-A Regional Tournament.
Head coach Chris Hoffman was pleased about his team played.
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Kristen Kinney helped the Lincolnton tennis team win the Midwest 2-A Conference tournament. She qualified for the regionals in singles.
The Lady Wolves went unbeaten in regular season play also. The LHS team members are Andrea Stroup, Fallon Heavner, Caitlin Andrews, Shawn Kindley, Sarah Long, Kinney, Jessica Newton, Liz Rhine, Anna
Carpenter and Angela Graham and Mary Heather Lineberger. (LTN photos by Jenny Walling)
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Lincolnton man wins Wal-Mart tournament
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October 11, 2002 - Lincolnton's Shane Lineberger (right) Division competitors on Lake Murray over the weekend with a five-bass catch
weighing 10 pounds, 15 ounces.
He earned $5,742 and 300 points for the win at the Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League Carolina Division season finale. Lineberger pictured with Robert Young of Fletcher, N.C., (left) who won the Co-angler Division. The Wal-Mart BFL All-American, one of the most lucrative postseason tournaments in competitive angling. 2002 BFL awards could reach $7 million based on full fields. (Contributed photo)
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Chiefs of Cross Country
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October 14, 2002 - The West Lincoln Middle School girls cross country team won all of its seven meets and then captured the league's first
ever meet. The Lady Chiefs team members in the photo are (bottom row, left to right) Marie Gilbert, Anna Watson, Melissa Self, Kimberly Huffman, (middle row) Carla Weber, Kalin Hartman, Allyson Goins,
Joanna Heavner, Molly Richard, Latisha Robinson, (top row) Kelsea Brown, Kelly Pittman, and Casey Williams. (LTN photo by Terrance Thomas)
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Wolves trail 21-0, then blow houses down
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Newton-Conover football gives Rebels devil of a time
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October 14, 2002 - Newton-Conover compiled over 300 yards and five touchdowns of
offense to beat West Lincoln 34-7 Friday night.
Newton, considered one of the top teams in the Midwest Conference this season, didn’t waste anytime with the Rebels scoring with ease
jumped out to a 28-0 lead a to halftime and cruised to victory.
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West running back Lee Chapman (in recent action) picked up 74 yards and scored a touchdown against Newton-Conover. The Red
Devils won 34-7. (LTN photo by Jenny Walling)
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Lady Mustangs fall in Big South final
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Briefs - October 18, 2002
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Bolick hits a hole-in-one at Briarcreek
A Lincoln County man hit a hole in one on Sunday at Briarcreek Golf Club in Long Shoals.
It took Tim Bolick 40 years to get one but he finally did it at the Par 3 Hole No. 7. He did it with a seven iron.
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Newton use LHS tricks to outfox Wolves
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Tinsley, Mustangs run past North Gaston
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October 21, 2002 - Andre Tinsley rushed for 182 yards while Dennis Hickman threw for two touchdowns
passes and ran for another to lead East Lincoln to a 34-21 Big South Conference win over North Gaston Friday.
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LHS’ Stroup-Andrews doubles team wins regionals
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October 21, 2002 - BOILING SPRINGS — Several members of Lincolnton’s girls tennis team competed in the
State 2-A Individual Championship Tournament — West Regional at Gardner-Webb
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West’s errors give Shelby a big win
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October 21, 2002 - VALE — The scoreboard said Shelby 57, West Lincoln 0 when time ran out Friday night.
The real score was Shelby 23 plus West Lincoln mistakes 34, Rebels 0.
The Rebels shot themselves in the foot by making a slew of physical and mental errors.
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LHS boys, East girls win County Meet
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October 23, 2002 - VALE — The Lincolnton Boys Team for the sixth straight year won the
Lincoln County Meet, Caldwell Nixon Memorial Race at West Lincoln High School. LHS won with a score of with a score of 25, West 49, and East 60.
For the girls, the East Lincoln High School team won for the second straight year with a score of 34, West 38, and LHS 55.
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East Lincoln's Sarah Flemming (above) led her girls team to the win with a third-place showing. Chi Ming Lai (below) gets to the
finish line before West's John Harkey in the boys race. (LTN photos by Jenny Walling)
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LHS tennis falls in 2nd round
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October 23, 2002 - The Lincolnton High School girls’ tennis team lost in the second round at Wilkes
Central by a 8-1 score Tuesday.
LHS (11-4) is eliminated from the dual team state playoffs. Wilkes Central, 18-0 moves on to the Quarterfinals.
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West v-ball plays hard but falls in playoffs
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October 23, 2002 - STATESVILLE — Welcome to the big time West Lincoln.
The Lady Rebels volleyball traveled to face 30-0 West Iredell in the first round of the state 2-A playoffs Tuesday.
West Iredell is a team with big-time hitters.
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It’s LHS-Shelby time
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October 25, 2002 - It’s Lincolnton and Shelby time again. And, of course a lot is on the line.
Both teams are still in line for a conference title.
The winner of this game will stay alive.
LHS coach Scott Cloninger said this rivalry is still important.
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JV Wolves play well vs. Shelby but still fall
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October 25, 2002 - The Lincolnton junior varsity football team battled toe-to-toe with
Shelby, the conference leader, only to fall in the end.
The final score Thursday night at Lincolnton Memorial Stadium was 14-0.
Shelby scored in the second quarter on Patrick Tate’s sweep to go up 6-0.
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Lincolnton defenders Jacques Reeves (20) and Abner Ransel (55), above, catches up to Shelby running back Doug Scott during Thursday JV
game in Lincolnton. Richard Lynch, below, (No.15) tries to escape Shelby's Patrick Tate and stay in bounds. (LTN photos by Jenny Walling)
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Trojans defeat Rebels
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October 28, 2002 - The schedule did not favor West Lincoln on senior night.
The Rebels had the misfortune to play surging Bandys in the last hurrah for seventeen seniors Friday at Douglas Leonhardt Memorial Stadium.
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Briefs - October 28, 2002
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Basketball Sign-ups at East Lincoln Optimists
The East Lincoln Optimists will be having their basketball sign-ups at their clubhouse on Tuesday (Oct.
29), Nov. 5 and 7 from 6 p.m. till 8 p.m. and on Saturday (Nov. 2) and Nov. 9 from 9 a.m. until 12 noon.
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Shelby has Wolves’ number this time
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October 28, 2002 - SHELBY — The Shelby Hex against Lincolnton is back.
The Golden Lions got 100 yards rushing from Marquitt Jones and touchdowns from Tavarus Jolley and Zakee Briscoe to beat the Wolves 14-3 Friday night.
It was a cool, rainy night, that caused sloppy conditions. The play of both teams in the first half reflected the weather — sloppy.
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Mustangs run free in win over Huss
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October 28, 2002 - DENVER — Who were those Big South 3-A coaches who picked East Lincoln in
come in last in the conference?
Boy, were they wrong!
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(Above) East Lincoln's T.J. Smith (No. 22, with ball), who rushed for 84 yards Friday, takes advantage of a Trey Hamlin (left) block for a
big gainer. (Below) Devon Morrison runs past Huss defensive player. (LTN photos by Jenny Walling)
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East names new girls basketball coaches
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October 30, 2002 - DENVER — East Lincoln High School has named Nancy Little as the new girls varsity
basketball coach.
Little will take over right away and prepare the Lady Mustangs for the upcoming season.
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Lincoln Times-News All-County Teams
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October 30,2002 - The Lincoln Times-News All-County teams were picked Tuesday.
Each coach picked their players for the teams and the honorable mentions. The number of picks was determined by the success of the team.
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