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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 - February 2003
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Big weekend for LHS basket ball
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February 3, 2003 - What a weekend for Lincolnton basketball teams!
The boys and girls came out with two big conference wins (Friday against West Lincoln and Saturday versus Newton-Conover).
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Lincolnton's Brittany Ebert (above with ball) looks for an open teammate while West's Tamika Werts (no. 25), Sara Elmore (top) and Jada
Bowers (no. 31) go after the ball in Friday's JV girls game. LHS JV player Cal Snyder (below, No. 22) and West's Gene Arp (no. 10) and others battle for the rebound. (LTN photos by Jenny Walling)
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West wrestlers win conference title
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February 3, 2003 - VALE — It was another banner for the West Lincoln wrestling program.
Saturday the Rebels won another conference wrestling tournament.
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West wrestlers lose in playoffs
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February 5, 2003 - VALE — West Lincoln wrestling team defeated West Montgomery 62-9 in the
first round of the state dual matches at West Lincoln Middle School School. Tuesday.
The Rebels, however, were edged by Mt. Pleasant 37-33 in the second round which was played right after the first round.
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West's Jeremy Pearson (above) pins West Montgomery's Michael Williams in Tuesday's first round of the state playoffs at West Middle.
West's Steele Barber throws Larry Young down. barber won by major decision, 13-2. (LTN photos by Jenny Walling)
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West boys beat Bandys in OT, girls fall
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February 5, 2003 - VALE — The West Lincoln boys basketball team allowed Bandys to score 20
straight points in the Tuesday night.
But the Rebels hung on.
Center Ty Curtis playing with four fouls, grabbed a rebound after a missed shot and put it back in with 22 seconds left in overtime to beat Bandys,
74-73.
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1,000 POINTS CLUB of 2003
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Lincolnton Darren Wilson (no. 22, right) is on target to be the next 1,000 point club member of 2003. Zach Franklin (no. 14 with ball,
far right) reached 1,000 last week against Lincolnton. (LTN photos by Jenny Walling)
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February 7, 2003 - Scoring 1,000 points in a high school basketball career is quite an achievement.
It requires the player to be a major scoring leader right away in his or her sophomore year or get a lot of playing time and points as a freshman.
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Swim Meet
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February 10, 2003 - East Lincoln's Adam Fier gets ready to start the 100-yard freestyle in the West 3-A Regionals Friday in Huntersville.
Fier led the East boys to a 10th place finish at the regionals while the young Lady Mustangs came in 21st. (LTN photo by Jenny Walling)
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LMS girls get two wins
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February 10, 2003 - The Lincolnton Middle School Lady Wildcats basketball team defeated Kings Mountain Thursday 32-29 for their second straight victory.
The leading scorers were Brittany Jones (14) Jessie Cline (6) Shara Quiron (4) Ingrid Bonilla (3) Ashley Broadway (3) and Caitlin Clark (2).
The Lady Wildcats beat Burns 26-23 on Wednesday.
The top scorers were Brittany Jones (12) Jessie Cline (4) Ashley Broadway (4) Shara Quiron (4) and Keelie Steward (2).
Next game is Monday at home against Burns.
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Mustangs beats Wolves; LHS girls win
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February 10, 2003 - It has been a long season of tough and close losses for the East Lincoln boys
basketball team.
But Saturday, things picked up for the Mustangs.
After trailing 31-19 to Lincolnton, East dominated the third quarter 22-2 to go on to shock Lincolnton 54-47.
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East Lincoln swimmers tear up the lanes in Huntersville
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East girls come back to win; boys fall
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Briefs - February 12, 2003
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East Middle girls, PCMS boys win in basketball
PUMPKIN CENTER — East Middle girls, PCMS boys won Monday.
In the girls game, East won 48-40.
The scorers for Pumpkin Center were Kayleigh Brown (8 points), Lauren Opstad (9), Kayla Alexander (6),
Aleia Hovis, (4) Kathryn Thorne (4), Chastity Morgan (3), Erika Taylor (2), Kathryn Kingsbury (1) and Janna Bourbeau (1)
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West Middle girls and boys teams win league titles
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February 14, 2003 - VALE — Thursday was a red-letter day for West Lincoln Middle School.
The boys and girls basketball teams both won their conference and county championships.
They did it by beating Lincolnton Middle.
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Lincolnton Middle's Ashley Broadway dribbles toward the basket as West's Hannah Miller defends her in Thursday's basketball game at West
Middle. (LTN photo by Jenny Walling)
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North Lincoln picks its first football coach
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Southern Nash offensive coordinator to lead the Knights in their inaugural season
February 14, 2003 - North Lincoln High School has named Southern Nash’s Alonzo “Lonnie” Custer IV as its first football head coach.
The Lincoln County Board of Education approved the hire of Custer Wednesday.
North Lincoln Athletic Director Scott Sekal said this is the man the school wanted to start its football program.
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West boys, girls lose in season finale
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February 17, 2003 - VALE — The Shelby boys and girls basketball teams both played swarming
defense to defeat both West Lincoln teams Friday night.
The Lady Golden Lions roared early and cruised the rest of the way to a 55-31 win.
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West Lincoln jayvee player Nicole Davis (above) dribbles out of trouble while several Newton-Conover girls surround her Friday night.
Teammate Sara Elmore looks on. West's Adam Owens (below) misses a deep pass thrown to him while a defender covers him. (LTN photos by Jenny Walling)
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LHS advances in conference tourney
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West and LHS wrestlers advance to state finals
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February 19, 2003 - HENDERSONVILLE — West Lincoln’s wrestling team won the Midwest Regional in the state individual playoffs for the first time ever
Saturday.
West Lincoln finished with seven state qualifiers. They are listed with their weight class and how they placed in the Region:
103: Matt Avery, second place; 112: Jeremy Pearson, fourth; 130: Brent Gates, third; 135: Josh Hullette, fourth; 140: Steele Barber, fourth; 215: Antonio Rojo,
first; heavyweight: Aaron Terry, first.
Lincolnton also had one state qualifier. That was Jason Hammonds at heavyweight placing fourth.
The top four teams in order were: West Lincoln, Mt. Pleasant, Bandys and Newton-Conover.
The state championships will be Friday and Saturday in Winston Salem at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
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February 19, 2003 - NEWTON — The West Lincoln boys basketball team had a | |
