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Sports - January 2002

Wolves huff and puff and blow down Chase

Jan. 30, 2002 - Lincolnton made sure it didn’t overlook Chase this time, as the Wolves blasted the Trojans 90-55.

Lincolnton forward Herman Lopez gets ready to make his move. He scored five points in the Wolves' blow out win over Chase Tuesday. 

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Forestview leave the Mustangs’ corral with a pair of wins

 Jan. 30, 2002 - DENVER — Those who attended the boys basketball game Tuesday night at East Lincoln may owe to school some money.

Those fans got more than their money’s worth.

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Newton’s Red Devils take two from Rebels

Jan. 30, 2002 - Led by freshman Julius Powell's 24 points and six blocked shots, Newton-Conover pulled away down the stretch for a 72-52 win over West Lincoln Tuesday night.

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Wolves drop another close conference game

Jan. 28, 2002 - NEWTON — Julius Powell scored eight points in the fourth period and Newton-Conover’s pressure defense help lift the host Red Devils to a 60-56 win over Lincolnton Friday.

Lincolnton's Lauren Bartholomew looks for an open teammate recent action. She had 10 points in the girls' win over Newton-Conover.

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Middle School Wrestling Results

Jan. 28, 2002 - The West Lincoln Middle School wrestling team competed in the Indian Classic wrestling tournament at St. Stephen’s on Jan. 26 . They had 17 individual place winners in the tournament.

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West teams enjoy weekend with wins

Jan. 28, 2002 - FOREST CITY — The West Lincoln varsity basketball teams Traveled to Chase Friday and came back with a pair of wins.

Jeremy Parker drained the nets for 19 point to lead the Rebels to a 81-57 whipping of Chase.

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Green Wave swallow Mustangs East girls get big win in OT

Jan. 28, 2002 - GASTONIA — The Ashbrook Green Wave proved it was the cream of the crop in the Big South 3A Conference with a convincing 73-44 in over East Lincoln Friday play.

Ashbrook (16-1, 7-0), did it with a balanced scoring attack to defeat the Mustangs (10-6, 3-4).

East Lincoln guard Corey Howard shoots over the Ashbrook defense in their last meeting. Ashbrook defeated East Friday.

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Julius Blum beats Timken to win the Industrial League

Jan. 25, 2002 - Lee Ward’s layup with 35 seconds left gave the Julius Blum the lead for good against Timken as Julius Blum went on to capture its first Lincoln Recreation Industrial League basketball championship Wednesday.

Julius Blum players, (left to right) Jeff Belcher, Marcus Farley, Brad Conner, Marco Arias, Mike Avery, Lee Ward, Chris Kendrick, are the champions of the Lincoln Recreation Industrial Basketball League.

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Briefs - Jan. 25, 2002

ELMS girls defeat LMS

The Lady Wildcats fall to East Lincoln 21-17 Tuesday.

Leading scorers for Lincolnton were Brittany Jones 9, Charlotte Clark 6, and Ashley Broadway 2.

Leading scorers for East Lincoln were Moore 12, Webb 4, Glenn 2, Feldon 2, McCorkler 1.

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Local teams begin second half of season tonight

Jan. 25, 2002 - The first half of the conference season is over. Some of the local teams are in position to jockey for a playoff spot.

Lincolnton lost its first five games of the before finally before it finally started getting things together.

Lincolnton needs Eric Wilson (15) to have a solid second half of the conference season.

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Wolves split with Cavaliers

Lincolnton 59,

East Rutherford 51

Jan. 23, 2002 - The inconsistency that has marked Lincolnton’s basketball season surfaced at the wrong time.

The Wolves went into a Tuesday night home game against East Rutherford with a three-game winning streak and an opportunity to be 5-2 at the midpoint of the Midwest 2A Conference race.

Lincolnton's Robbie Lewis drives by an East Rutherford player in Tuesday's game.

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Rebels drop at Bunker Hill

West Lincoln 69

Bunker Hill, 57

Jan. 23, 2002 - The Rebels closed the gap but they couldn’t get the win Tuesday night at Bunker Hill. West closed to within seven points in the fourth quarter in the 69-57 loss. Coach Jason Kingery pulled up two JV players to varsity: Cody Branton and Ben Bryant.

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East Lincoln boys beat South Point, Lady Mustangs fall

East Lincoln center Sarah Fleming inbounds the ball in recent action. The Lady Mustangs fell to South Point Tuesday.

East Lincoln 67

South Point, 62

Jan. 23, 2002 - BELMONT — The visiting Mustangs broke open a close contest with a strong fourth quarter, making 11 of 12 free throws with the game on the line to defeat the South Point Red Raiders 67-62 in Big South 3A Conference play.

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Briefs - Jan. 23, 2002

West wrestlers beat Shelby

West Lincoln defeated Shelby, 64-15 in their game on Friday.

Winner for West were (103 weight class wrestler) Jeremy Pearson with a pin; 112 Daniel Scronce, pin; 119 Steele Barber by forfeit; 125 Josh Hullette, pin; 130 Chris Godfrey, pin; 135 Brent Gates, pin; 140 Cory Norman, pin; 145 Eric Steele, 12-0 major decision; 152 Daniel Soto, pin; 171 Allen Fredell, pin; 189 Jacob Stephens, pin.

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Mustangs wrestlers steadily improving

Jan. 21, 2002 - The East Lincoln wrestling team is making a name for itself.

With new head coach Jim Prevost, the Mustangs as of last week have posted a 8-10 record.

 But that’s despite losing 16 wrestlers from the start of the season.

East Lincoln wrestler JoJo Dellinger (left with East coaches) shows he owns the school record. (Right) The Mustangs celebrate after a big showing in a recent tournament.

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Lincolnton boys beat Bunker Hill, girls fall

Jan. 21, 2002 - CLAREMONT —Lincolnton’s Eric Wilson poured in a game-high 20 points to propel the Wolves to a 62-53 win over Bunker Hill Friday.

In a game of runs, the Wolves made more of its opportunities to pull away slowly in the final quarter. The Wolves’ quickness and pressure defense were also key, especially in the

Lincolnton's Darren Wilson (22) looks for an open teammate in a recent game. He had 11 points as the Wolves defeated Bunker Hill Friday.

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East Lincoln teams lose close games to East Gaston

Jan. 21, 2002 - DENVER — The East Lincoln basketball team hosted the most feared team the Big South 3A Conference Friday.

East Gaston and  6 foot-9 inch center Tyler Berg came into the game as perhaps the best team in the conference.

East Lincoln guard Jennifer Henley dribbles past a defender in an earlier game. The Lady Mustangs lost in overtime to East Gaston Friday.

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Pumpkin Center teams wins over ELMS

Pumpkin Center's Jamie Manley (left) and Kayleigh Brown pressure ELMS's Whitney McCorkle in Thursday's game between the two rivals. PCMS won 34-25.

Jan. 18, 2002 - DENVER — The Pumpkin Center boys and girls basketball teams both beat their arch rival, Each Lincoln Middle Thursday.

Both games were hard fought.

In the boys game, Lance Friday hit the game-winning basket with 29 seconds left then he secured a missed shot by East.

Pumpkin Center player Demory Williams tries to score on a layup while Falcons' Kyle Smith defends.

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Briefs - Jan. 18, 2002

 “Choo Choo” Justice and others will be inducted into Saturday’s Cherryville Sports Hall of Fame

Former UNC running back, Charlie “Choo Choo” Justice will receive an honorary induction in the Cherryville Sports Hall of Fame Saturday night.

Justice, who also starred in the Washington Redskins’ backfield, has owned an insurance company here for years.

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Lincolnton ekes out a pair of  home wins over Shelby

Jan. 16, 2002 - Eric Wilson picked the perfect time to end his struggles at the free throw line.

The sophomore guard hit eight of nine free throws, including six straight in the final two minutes, as Lincolnton held on to beat Shelby 54-51 Tuesday night at home.

Lincolnton's Andrea Stroup looks for an open player in the Lady Wolves win over Shelby Tuesday.

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