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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 - March 2003
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Girls can swing and play the field
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Ranger Cup Winner
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March 3, 2003 - Lincolnton's Shane Lineberger was recently awarded $500 for being the highest finishing Ranger Cup participant at the
Wal-mart Bass Fishing League Tournament at Keowee Lake. (Contributed photo)
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Search for head coach is on, Lady Mustangs outshoot Burns, 4-1
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East Lincoln Notebook
March 5, 2003 - DENVER — East Lincoln High School is still looking for a new head football coach to replace Jim Ruark.
Ruark recently accepted the head position at Charlotte’s Myers Park High School.
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East cranks up late to edge West
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March 5, 2003 - VALE — The East Lincoln team bus was late to Tuesday’s game at West Lincoln
because of a dead battery.
But a new battery was put in and the bus cranked up and made the trip.
The East Lincoln lineup was also dead early. In the first ten at bats, no one had a hit.
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East pitcher Michael Rue didn't allow an earned run in more than four innings of work Tuesday against West Lincoln. reliever Josh Hamby
came in and got the win. (LTN photo by Jenny Walling)
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East Optimist 9-10 Champs
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March 5, 2003 - The Duke Blue Devil Basketball team won the East Lincoln Op-timist 9-10 year old boys league championship. The team went
9-1.
The team members are left to right, (front row) Dylan Belles, Cody Hodges, Derek Hoyle, (middle row) Matthew Gwyn, Tucker Mozeley, Daniel Craig, Jake Carter, (back row) coaches, Pat Jolley and Glen Craig. (Contributed photo)
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Foard scores early to beat the Rebels
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March 5, 2003 - VALE — After losing eight senior starters from last years team, the West Lincoln Rebels
varsity baseball team got off to a shaky start in the 2003 season against the Fred T. Foard Tigers Monday
West gave up three runs in the first inning, and couldn’t recover, losing the game 6-2.
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LHS baseball falls but tennis team gets pay back
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March 5, 2003 - The visiting Maiden Blue Devils used a five-run second inning Tuesday to defeat the Lincolnton
Wolves 9-5.
After the Wolves put up three runs in the bottom half of the first to take a 3-1 lead, the Blue Devils scored five times in the second and two more in the
third to take a commanding 8-3 advantage.
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Rebels look to light up the diamond
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March 7, 2003 - VALE — Last year’s West Lincoln baseball team contended for the conference
crown and went into the third round of the state playoffs.
Jay Heafner, Chris Halubka, Josh Carpenter, David Wise, Matt Craig, Dustin Gee, Brandon Mosteller, Mitch Warlick, Justin Pearson and others are all
gone.
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East 6, Burns 2
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March 7, 2003 - East Lincoln's Krystle Kresge tries to get by a Burns defender in their game at East Lincoln Wednesday. East won 6-2.
Kresge contributed with a goal and an assist, Erin Smith had a pair of goals, while Kiki Reese, Sara Flemming and Kathy Jones each added a goal. Goalkeeper Kim Scercy made five saves. Coach Jason Dragoon
commended the play of defenders Mykel Gates, Julia Barker and Megan Hamilton. (LTN photo by Jenny Walling)
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Stull signs with Brevard
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March 7, 2003 - East Lincoln volleyball standout Clarissa Stull signed a letter of intent to attend and play volleyball at Brevard
college.
Stull selected Brevard over other colleges because of its small campus, volleyball program and art school. Brevard head coach Brenda Skeffington said she sees Stull as an "asset to the front row. She's a middle hitter and a strong blocker. She'll fit in well (at Brevard)." Brevard is a college of 750 students that competes in NAIA Appalachian Athletic Conference. Pictured left to right are Skeffington, East coach Tracey Dawes, Stull (seated) and her parents, Joe and Joyce. (Contributed photo))
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Briefs - March 7, 2003
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March 7, 2003 - LINCOLNTON — The South Point pitching staff led by starter Joe Springs held Lincolnton
hitters to only five hits in an 8-2 loss on Wednesday.
The Red Raiders scored four times in the top of the fourth inning to take a 5-0 lead, and that would be plenty for Springs and the South Point bullpen.
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ELAX is back, looking to make more history
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LINCOLN COUNTY’S ONLY LACROSSE TEAM
March 10, 2003 - The East Lincoln lacrosse club team (ELAX) is back again for another history-making season.
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East Lincoln midfielders Brian Barker (below, No. 15) and Jay Thompson (above, No. 9) together will play a key role in the team's success
this season. (LTN file photos)
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7th-9th Grade Champions
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March 19, 2003 - Bar-B-Que King won the regular season and the tournament titles in the Lincolnton Optimist 7th-9th Grade Division. The
team finished with an 9-1 record. The team members are (from left to right, front row) Jordan Smith, Andrew Harford, Brett Jarrett, Seth Wallace, (second row) Aaron Smith, Casey Gee, Ryan Floyd, Paul
Robinson and Micah Hawn. The coaches are Jimmy Smith and Ben Robinson. (Contributed photo)
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Briefs - March 10, 2003
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CHERRYVILLE — The West Lincoln baseball team went into Friday afternoon’s game at Cherryville looking for their
first win.
But the Ironmen denied the Rebels 6-2.
After a sloppy first inning by the Ironmen, who committed three errors, the Rebels took a 2-0 lead.
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East beats Rebels again
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East lashes out 14 hits in win to stay undefeated
March 12, 2003 - DENVER — The East Lincoln Mustangs rode a strong offensive performance along with quality pitching to prevail over
the Rebels 12-4 at East Lincoln Tuesday.
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West Lincoln baserunner Paul Finger (above) scored the first run in Tuesday's game. West's Brandon Jones (below) didn't have a
great day on the mound but he took a good cut at the plate. (LTN photos by Jenny Walling)
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Lincolnton Optimist Champs
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March 12, 2003 The Drug Store team won the Lincolnton Optimist Third-and-Fourth Grades league regular season and tournament championship.
The team members are (front row, left to right) Tyler Lawing, Krishna Rana, Taylor Lawing, Nolan Hallman, (back row) Steven White, Jalen Brooks and Kenan Ballard. Doug Ballard and Mitchell White are the coaches. (Contributed photo)
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East Lincoln Optimist Champs
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March 12, 2003
- The Celtics won the East Lincoln Optimist boys seventh and eighth grade basketball league regular season and tournament championship. The Celtics' players are (front row, left to right) Chance Martini, Michael Kenner, CJ Carroll, Casey Bartholemew, Josh Thompson, (second row) Chad Mietla, Robert House, Payton Brady, Lance Strickland and Joshua Hagar. On the back row are Coach Chris Brady and Coach Byron Hood. (Contributed photo))
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Lady Mustangs lose
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March 12, 2003 - DENVER — Just when it seemed East Lincoln girls softball team was going to roll to
another win, South Caldwell exploded for seven runs in the sixth to win the game 11-6 Monday.
South Caldwell put together an inning you just don’t see everyday in high school softball.
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Briefs - March 12, 2003
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West and LHS boys tennis both pull out victories
East Lincoln’s golf team and ELAX lacrosse club gets huge wins as well
VALE — The West Lincoln Rebels Tennis team faced East Gaston Tuesday afternoon, hoping to boost its record to 3-1.
The Rebels barely managed to squeak out a victory, winning five matches to four.
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South Point edges LHS
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Lincolnton's Andrea Stroup (right) slid into home to score on a wild pitch before South Point pitcher Stacey Hensley could make the tag
Thursday. The throw to LHS first baseman Ashlea Farley (far right) was too late to get South Point's Erin Hamilton out. (LTN photos by Jenny Walling)
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