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Sports - March 2002

West Middle wrestler to represent school, state

March 29, 2002 - VALE — While his classmates will be at the beach or the mountains this weekend relaxing, West Lincoln Middle School student Jamey Goodman will be taking on perhaps the challenge of his life.

Goodman, who wrestled as a heavyweight for the school’s team, will compete in the Future Champions National Challenge Cup.

West Lincoln Middle School wrestler will compete against wrestlers from six other states at the Future Champions national Challenge Cup today and Saturday in Tennessee.

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West Lincoln baseball has an off night but hangs on to win

March 29, 2002 - VALE —The West Lincoln baseball squad didn’t look like a No. 5 team in the state against Bunker Hill Wednesday.

But the Rebels did what top teams do: Win.

West Lincoln survived an off night but beat the Bears 5-3 to improve to 9-0 on the season.

Food Country won the West Lincoln Optimist Fourth, Fifth, Sixth Grade division tournament championship. The team's players are: (front row, left to right) Jerome Thomas, Josh Love, Garrett Car-michael, Pressley Short, Nicolas Brewer, Jacob Tallent, Jordan Leonhardt, Daniel Kirby, (back row, left to right) Ed Carmichael, Alex Sheahan, Kyle Stallings, Brad Baxter, Jake Watts, Matt Baxter and Jeff Leonhardt.

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Briefs - March 29, 2002

East Lincoln baseball beats Hunter Huss

David Rue tossed a five-hitter and had a two-run single in the seventh to lead East Lincoln to a 6-4 win at Hunter Huss Wednesday.

In a game that was a pitchers’ duel for six innings, East scored five runs in the seventh and held off Huss.

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LHS boys and East girls win at County Meet

Girl Power: East Lincoln's 4 x 200 relay team (left to right, Toree Roseboro, Tiffany Finandis, Shelley Thompson and Allison Castle) cruised in its event and helped the Lady Mustangs win the meet.

Lincolnton's 4 X 100 relay team (Left to right, William Lineberger, Derrick Nixon, Sam Lawrence and Junior Bailey) was victorious in the County Meet Monday.

March 27, 2000 - Lincolnton boys and east Lincoln girls were crowned the kings and queens of Lincoln County track and field Monday.

The Wolves won the boys county meet with 98 points, East had 41 and West, 34.

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Second Annual Peoples Bank Easter Baseball Tourney at Lincolnton HS

March 27, 2002 - Lincolnton High school will host the second annual Peoples Bank Easter Tournament, Monday (April 1) and Tuesday (April 2).

West Lincoln will take on Maiden in the first game at 5 p.m. and Lincolnton plays Bandys at 7 p.m. on Monday.

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Briefs - March 27, 2002

East outslugs Cherryville

East Lincoln baseball team scored 13 runs in the first three innings to beat Cherryville 13-11 Monday.

Tyler Burleson got the win for the Mustangs while Ironmen’s Steven Justice took the loss.

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Lady Wolves softball shuts down Lady Rebels

March 25, 2002 - VALE — Lincolnton was able to beat both county rival West Lincoln and the cold afternoon Friday.

Third baseman Andrea Stroup banged out four hits and senior pitcher Lynsey Cooper tossed a two-hitter as the Lady Wolves blanked the Lady Rebels 10-0.

It started as a pitcher’s duel between Coopers and Lady Rebels starter Kelsey Barrett.

West Lincoln shortstop Kaylon Carpenter's tag is too late to get Lincolnton's Lindsay Sain in Friday's softball action.

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HISTORIC: ELAX wins first lacrosse match in county

March 25, 2002 - DENVER — History was made on Lincoln County soil Saturday.

What is believed to be Lincoln’s first ever lacrosse match was played on East Middle School fields.

A team primarily made up of East Lincoln students called ELAX (East Lacrosse) played Charlotte area Butler High School.

East Lacrosse attacker Jay Thompson (in white with ball in net) makes a move against Butler Saturday. Thompson had two goals  in the ELAX 4-3 triple overtime game.

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East Lincoln baseball teams falls; West wins

March 25, 2002 - North Gaston scored four runs in the seventh inning to beat East Lincoln 8-5 Friday.

Danny O’Brien, JoJo Dellinger both went 2-for-4 while Josh Cardoso smacked a two-run homer.

East will host Cherryville today at 5 p.m. and travel to Hunter Huss Tuesday at 7 p.m.

West Lincoln defeated Shelby Friday. West is now 8-0.

Armed and dangerous Rebels off to hot start

March 22, 2002 - VALE — Don’t mess with the West Lincoln baseball team about now.

The Rebels are 7-0, ranked in the state, and taking names.

They’re hot and finding ways to win close games and yet have to power to blow you out.

West Lincoln's Mitch Warlick (at bat) is one of the Rebels who are doing little things to help the team win.

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Lail Electric

March 22, 2002 - Lail Electric finished in first place in the Fifth-Sixth Grade Lincolnton Optimist basketball league with a 9-0 record. The team also won their tournament to complete their perfect season. The team mem-bers are: (front row, left to right) Jonathan Johnson, Jeremy Wom-ble, Garrett McCrary, Seth Seagle, Caleb Lail, (back row, left to right) Coach Clint Floyd, Ryan Floyd, Coach Jerry Womble, Wesley Gwinn and Coach Jeff McCrary.

E. L. Optimist Lakers

March 22, 2002 - The East Lincoln Optimist Lakers won the regular season championship in the Fifth-Sixth Grade Division with a 5-2-1 record. The Lakers are: (front row, left to right) Chris Rosenbalm, Sean McClain, Eddie Holmes, Travis McGuit  Michael Rosenbalm, (second row, left to right) Jimmy Morrison, Addison Hardy, Matt McIntosh, Jacob Plaxco, Tyler Timms and coaches Harold Abernathy and Sam Rosenbalm.

Briefs - March 22, 2002

Foard edges LHS tennis

The Lincolnton boys tennis team lost a tough 5-4 home match to Fred T. Foard Thursday.

LHS won four singles matches but lost three doubles. In the doubles, Foard won two of the them, 9-7 and 8-6.

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West Lincoln tennis player Michael Anthony

March 20, 2002 - West Lincoln tennis player Michael Anthony serves in the Rebels 6-3 win over East Lincoln Thursday.

New Life Baptist girls finish third at Nationals

March 20, 2002 - Lincolnton’s New Life Baptist Academy girls basketball team recently finished third in the National Association of Christian Athletes National Division III tournament.

The team competed in the NACA event March 13 through 15 in Dayton, Tenn.

NLBA won their first game of the tournament before falling to the eventual champion in the second round. They did win their final round to place third.

((Contributed photo ) New Life Baptist Academy girls team members are (standing, left to right) Rebecca Dellinger, Rachel Brown, Carrie parker, Lauren Rorie, Coach Stephen Parker, Lindsey Goodson, Cindy Pate and (kneeling, left to right) Megan Caldwell, Hannah Reynolds, Haley Greene ad Jenni Moore.

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No Net Gain

March 20, 2002 - Lincolnton's Jimmy Thackston warms up before Tuesday's match with Statesville. Thackston and Devin High got the only singles wins for LHS which lost 5-2. Two singles matches were tie breakers. The match ended quick because half the lights went out during doubles. 

LHS softball tops Newton

March 20, 2002 - The Lincolnton softball team won their conference opener by beating Newton-Conover 5-2 Tuesday.

Lynsey Cooper hurled a four-hitter, struck out six while walking four to get the win.

Lauren Bartholomew went 2-for-3 while driving in three runs.

Reylinda Trevino, Keisha Duncan, Lindsey Cooper, Lindsey Sain all had hits.

The Lady Wolves play at West Lincoln Friday at 4 p.m.

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Bandys rocks Wolves, 11-0

March 20, 2002 - CATAWBA — The Lincolnton baseball team ran into a Bandys buzz saw Tuesday.

The Trojans’ pitching ace Chris Harvey struck out eight while tossing a four-hit shutout. Harvey joined in on the Bandys bat party too. He had three hits to lead Bandys to a 11-0 win.

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Baseball America/NCHS Baseball Coaches Association Poll

March 20, 2002

North Carolina IHIGH

CLASS 2-A Rank, Record Pts.

1. Greene Central, (1) 6-0 100

2. Western Guilford, (3) 5-0 88

West Lincoln's Dustin Gee is one of the reasons why the Rebels' base-ball team is undefeated and one of the best 2-A teams in the state.

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Mustangs get first baseball win by edging LHS

March 18, 2002 - DENVER — The East Lincoln Mustangs did al the thing they haven’t been doing to capture their first win of the season.

The hard luck Mustangs got the breaks they needed and beat county-rival Lincoln 4-3 Friday.

East Lincoln David Rue (pictured) and twin brother Michael Rue pitched well to beat Lincolnton 4-3 Friday.

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Briefs - March 18 2002

LHS TRACK RESULTS

Lincolnton boys and girls hosted a track meet against conference teams, Chase, Shelby and Bunker Hill last Thursday.

LHS boys won their meet while the girls came in fourth..

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Rebels baseball bombs Cherryville 

March 18, 2002 - CHERRYVILLE — It’s a rare night when a storied baseball program like Cherryville takes a drubbing at home.

To make matters worse, this old-fashioned whipping came at the hands of arch-rival West Lincoln.

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Briefs - March 15, 2002

East track teams place

East Lincoln girls defeated East Gaston and Ashbrook last week.

Sabrina Abraham won both the 100-meter hurdles and the 300M hurdles. Crissy Tinsley captured both the triple and long jumps. Tiffany Finandis and Toree Roseboro won the 100M dash and the 200M run respectively, then combined to lead the 400M relay to victory. The 1,600M relay team also won.