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Sports - April 2002

LHS Softball tops Lady Rebels

April 29, 2002 - The Lincolnton-West Lincoln rivalry can get intense even in softball.

A couple of West seniors shed some tears after falling to Lincolnton 6-1 Friday at Betty G. Ross Park.

West Lincoln pitcher Kelsey Barrett was rebounded well after going against Newton-Conover.

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Bar H Rodeo starts next week in Boiling Springs

April 29, 2002 - The rustic old west will be in Boiling Springs, N.C. at the Bar H Arena on May 10 and 11. The only sport originating in the United States, rodeo will appear at this time.

 The 15th annual Bar H Championship Rodeo and County Festival will provide some of the best family entertainment available today.

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Newton’s late rally edge’s LHS

April 29, 2002 - NEWTON — Newton-Conover took advantage of three Lincolnton errors to beat the Wolves 5-3 Friday.

The Wolves outhit their opponent (8 to 6) but the errors allowed four runs to come home. Meanwhile the Devils did not commit an error in the game.

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Warren is still good choice for West

April 29, 2002 - West Lincoln principal Debra Morris is expected to name a new head football coach sometime next week.

The school received more than 80 applications for the job, and Morris is said to have interviewed between 15 and 20 candidates.

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East baseball beats Huss

April 29, 2002 - East Starter David Rue struck out nine and scattered eight hits as East Lincoln (9-10 , 4-4 in conference play) defeated Huss Friday.

Michael Rue, Matt McIntosh and Josh Cardoso each had to hits and combined for four RBI in the win.

West girls track win Midwest title

Lincolnton's William Lineberger (left) battles Bandys and East Rutherford runners in the 100-meter dash Thursday in the Midwest 2A Conference track meet. He came in the second.

Lindsay Houser of West Lincoln competes in the 100-meter hurdles. She came in sixth and helped the Lady Rebels win the conference title.

Luis Soto held onto the lead as he ran the first leg for the Lincolnton 4-x 800 relay team. Jared Webb, Jordan Link and Perrell Bess followed him and never surrendered the lead. West Lincoln, which was in fifth at the time, rallied to take third.

April 26, 2002 - CATAWBA — The West Lincoln track girls did it again.

For the second year in a row, they are conference champs.

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East teams place in Big South meet

April 26, 2002 - BELMONT — East Lincoln boys ad girls didn’t make the top three in the Big South 3A Conference Track Meet at South point high School Tuesday and Wednesday but they both had their moments.

The Lady Mustangs came in fifth with 61 points while the Mustangs were sixth.

Meghan Sehorn of East Lincoln had a personal best in the high jump to win the Big South 3A Champion.

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East wins ugly vs. Ironmen

CHERRYVILLE — You can makeup, eyeliner, blush, and even wear something from Victoria’s Secret.

It still was an ugly baseball game.

There were 16 errors in Thursday’s East Lincoln-Cherryville game. There was at least that much in walks.

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Lincolnton golf comes in third

April 26, 2002 - Lincolnton shot 311 as a team to place second in a Midwest 2A golf match at Rockbarn Country Club.

Shelby won the event with a 300. Tripp Reynolds and Ben Goforth went 1-2 in the event for Shelby.

Lance High of Lincolnton was third with a 74 just four shots shy of Reynolds.

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Zach's on Track

April 24, 2002 - West Lincoln's Zach Franklin competed in the long jump last week.  Franklin and the rest of the Rebels track teams will compete with Lincolnton and others in the Midwest 2A Conference Championship meet Thursday at Bandys. Meanwhile, East Lincoln's teams are in the second day of the Bog South 3-A Conference meet at North Gaston today.

Briefs - April 24, 2002

LHS tennis tops Rebels for 2nd place; WL, EL baseball, LHS softball win

LINCOLNTON — The Lincoln boys tennis team defeated rival West Lincoln 9-0 in the battle of second place in the Midwest 2A Conference.

Both teams entered the contest 3-1 in league play behind league leader Shelby.

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West softball fall to Newton

April 24, 2002 - VALE — “This was the ugliest game we played all season. We wasn’t mentally ready to play.”

That’s what West Lincoln softball coach Allen Hoyle said about his team’s 19-6 loss to Newton-Conover Tuesday.

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Tough Break! East Rutherford gets 10 in first to defeat Wolves

April 24, 2002 - LINCOLNTON — Things happen.

When you’re playing well, it usually works for you. When you’re not doing well, it mainly goes against you.

Lincolnton really needed to beat East Rutherford which is one of the top teams in the Midwest 2A Conference Tuesday.

April 24, 2002 - Lincolnton first baseman Keith Richard holds East Rutherford baserunner Matt McCraw close to first.

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County teams still in the hunt

April 22, 2002 - This is the current status of the three local baseball teams.

West Lincoln is rebounding, East Lincoln is starting to make noise and Lincolnton is struggling at the plate.

After losing a big game to Kris Harvey and Bandys Tuesday night, West didn’t return to its usual self against Shelby Friday but did win 4-3.

West Lincoln's Josh Carpenter (here running the bases) is one reason why the Rebels are still ranked in the state.

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Rebels baseball finds a way to beat Shelby

April 22, 2002 - VALE — Good teams find ways to win, even if it takes another team helping them.

West Lincoln, the state’s fourth ranked team, had bases loaded with two outs and the game tied 3-3 Friday.

Chris Halubka dribbled a grounder to second. The Shelby second baseman flipped the ball to the short stop covering second base.

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Big Little Leaguer

April 22, 2002 - Thornburg Machine's Paul Robinson pitched Saturday in the Lincolnton Optimist league.

West girls win meet, break records

West takes second

April 19, 2002 - VALE — West Lincoln High School made the most of hosting a track meet Thursday — for the first time two years.

The Lady Rebels tallied 95 points to win their meet over Shelby (69), Newton-Conover (69) and Lincolnton (21).

Stephanie Atkins

West Lincoln's Owen Poole (left) came in second with a high jump of 5 foot-6 inches in Thursday's track meet at West. Poole came in third in the 800 meter run.Brittany Beeker (middle) ran the 3,200 meter run in 16:13.47 to win. Beeker also had a third-place finish in the 1,600.

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All Star Winners

April 19, 2002 - Lincolnton Optimist All Stars finished in first place in he Lincoln County Second-Fourth Grades All Star Tournament with a 4-0 record. Other teams in the tournament were Boger City Boosters, East Lincoln Optimist, West Lincoln Optimist and Lincolnton Recreation. The team members are: (front row, left to right) Coach Jeff Paysour, Gabe Allran, Dylan Lawing, Kevin Miller, John Sullivan, Shaquille Wilson, Coach Gary Lawing, Coach Ronnie Lawing, (second row) Alex Paysour, Zach Lawing, Kendall Bethea, Jared Smith, and Dustin Richardson. The team members are: (front row, left to right) Austin Harris, Dylan Lawing, John Sullivan, Nolan Hallman, (back row) Coach Ronnie Lawing, Nicholas Goodson, Jared Smith, Zach Lawing, Gabe Allran and Coach Gary Lawing.

Briefs - April 19, 2002

Lincoln County Bassmasters recent tournament

The Lincoln County Bassmasters held their April tournament April 13 on Lake Hartwell in South Carolina.

 Aaron Dixon won the tournament with a catch of 7 lbs. 5 oz. Dixon also caught the tournament’s big fish, a 4 lbs. 8 oz. bass.

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Undefeated Champions

April 19, 2002 - Lincolnton Paint & Glass finished in first place in the Second-Fourth Grades Lincolnton Optimist basketball league with a 6-0 record. The team also won their tournament to complete their perfect season.  The team members are: (front row, left to right) Austin Harris, Dylan Lawing, John Sullivan, Nolan Hallman, (back row) Coach Ronnie Lawing, Nicholas Goodson, Jared Smith, Zach Lawing, Gabe Allran and Coach Gary Lawing.

West’s Heafner just misses no-hitter in a win over Lincolnton

VALE — Oh, so, so close.

April 15, 2002 - West Lincoln pitcher Jay Heafner came close to throwing a no-hitter against Lincolnton Saturday.

After a rough start, where Lincolnton got three runs off of errors. He settled down and threw five perfect innings in the game that was moved after it rained on Friday.

West Lincoln pitcher Jay Heafner (here in recent action) almost had a no-hitter in West's win over Lincolnton Saturday.

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MIDDLE SCHOOL COUNTY TRACK MEET

April 15, 2000 -

Boys Scores: East Lincoln 89.5, Pumpkin Center, Lincolnton 39.5, West Lincoln 36.25

Event (finish, name, school, time),:

3,200 Relay 1. Brad Popple (EL) 11:45; 2. Logan Scronce (WL) 13:26; 3. Rusty Welch (EL) 13:54.

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FLY, SIR, FLY

April 12, 2002 - Lincolnton's Sir Hodges gets some serious air in his long jump in Thursday track meet. He jumped 18 feet 11 inches for second place.  Lincolnton boys defeated Bandys, Chase, Newton Conover and Highland Tech in the meet. LHS's Junior Bailey led the way by winning three events (long jump, 100 meters and 110 high hurdles). He ran the hurdles in 14.20, which tops the Associated Press best reported time in the state. Other winners were Derrick
Nixon (triple, high jumps),  Clarence Curry (discus), Jared Webb (1,600), Perrell Bess (800). The girls team came in fifth. Stephanie Atkins (1,600) had the only victory.

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