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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 - September 2002
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Explosive Indians pours it on vs. LHS
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September 2, 2002 - BELMONT — “Joe Brown, Touchdown!”
Lincolnton heard that all night Friday during South Point’s huge 55-21 win over the Wolves.
The South Point fullback ran for four touchdowns and 130 yards before he came out early in the fourth quarter.
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Mustangs crush a Rebel army without key soldiers
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September 2, 2002 - DENVER — East Lincoln coach Jim Ruark could have used the revenge factor to
motivate his team for Friday's meeting with cross-county rival West Lincoln.
After all, the Rebels pounded the Mustangs 31-6 last year at West Lincoln.
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Mustangs cross country squad is optimistic
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September 2, 2002 - DENVER — If the East Lincoln Mustangs can make quantity
equate to quality, they may be a force to reckon with in cross country this year.
A turnout of 12 girls and 11 boys has both teams hoping for big things for the 2002 season.
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East Lincoln's Chris Haney closes in on Highland Tech's top runner in Thursday's meet. Haney posted the Mustangs' best time of
the meet. (LTN photo by Richard Beeker)
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McMurry hit birdies to win his 11th LCC Club title
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Lady Mustangs stand out in tennis
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Hope to be a force in the Big South Conference
September 4, 2002 - DENVER — The East Lincoln girls tennis team hopes to be a force in the Big South Conference this fall.
So far the Lady Mustangs are taking care of business. They defeated West Lincoln 7-2 and Newton-Conover 7-2 before losing to Lincolnton.
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Briefs - September 6, 2002
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LHS JV football and West Middle Chiefs win
LHS JV football wins
Lincolnton JV football team defeated North Gaston 26-14 Thursday at home.
Demory Williams was exceptional with two punt returns for touchdowns and he also scored on a 55-yard hitch pass from quarterback Edwin Barber.
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Wolves go Wildcat hunting
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September 6, 2002 - Lincolnton J.V. football player Demory Williams dives on top of a pile in LHS's 26-14 win over North Gaston Thursday.
Williams return two punts for touchdowns and had one TD catch to lead the Wolves. (LTN photo by Diane Turbyfill)
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Lady Mustangs top Lady Rebels in V-ball
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September 6, 2002 - VALE — The East Lincoln Mustangs broke open a very close match, by overwhelming West
the last two games, to take a five game match Wednesday.
East won 13-15, 15-13, 15-17, 15-3, 15-4.
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East Middle, PC football battle to a tie
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September 6, 2002 - DENVER — Who’s better? East Lincoln Middle football team or Pumpkin Center Middle’s
squad.
The two rival teams battled to a 20-20 double overtime tie Wednesday afternoon at east Lincoln High’s Dave Clark Stadium.
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East misses big opportunities against Burns
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September 6, 2002 - DENVER — The Burns soccer team bus was about an hour late arriving to East Lincoln
Thursday.
But whatever the Bulldogs did to stop East Lincoln from scoring was right on time..
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PLAYERS OF THE WEEK - September 6, 2002
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ELHS - Adrian McLean
WLHS - Cole Beemer
LHS - Darren Wilson
TENNIS
WLHS - Carrie Freeman
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Bessemer City shuts out Rebels
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September 9, 2002 - VALE — One small pin can take the air out of a big balloon.
Bessemer City led 12-0 at the half Friday night.
West Lincoln still had a chance to get its first win of the season..
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West Lincoln's Josh Pope prepares to punt in the Rebels' loss to Bessemer City Friday. (LTN photo by Diane Turbyfill)
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East rolls to a big win over Highland Tech
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September 9, 2002 - DENVER — East Lincoln’s confidence has to be sky high about now.
The Mustangs hammered Highland Tech 59-0 to register it second straight shutout.
The Mustangs racked up yards and points like a pinball machine.
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No court can change LHS' win over N. Gaston
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September 9, 2002 - DALLAS — Friday's North-Gaston Lincolnton football game offered further proof of the
old sports adage: The only numbers that really count are the ones on the scoreboard.
The host Wildcats piled up 474 yards of offense to only 281 for the Wolves, but all North Gaston had to show for those gaudy numbers was another loss.
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Pumpkin Center team plays first game ever
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September 9, 2002 - The Pumpkin Center Panthers midget team won the first game it played in its existence
on Saturday by a score of 14-6 over the Mooresville Cougars. Chad Arndt and Jordan Scott scored TDs and Trey Painter added a two-point conversion. Painter also made a game-saving tackle in the second half. Jeff
Holmes, Coty McCabe and Michael Nichols played well on defense. Nichols had a fumble recovery late that led to the winning score.
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LHS girls tennis team gets the best of West
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September 11, 2002 - Andrea Stroup won her match over Carrie Freeman 6-2, 7-5 to
propel the Lady Wolves to a 9-0 win over West Lincoln Tuesday at Lincolnton.
LHS players all won. No. 2 Fallon Heavner 6-2, 6-0 over Brittany Seagle, No. 3 Caitlin Andrews defeated Brittany Godfrey 6-1, 6-2.
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Lincolnton's No. 1 tennis player Andrea Stroup takes a practice swing. (LTN photo by Terrance Thomas)
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Briefs - September 11, 2002
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West Lincoln Volleyball
West Lincoln varsity and J.V. volleyball teams both beat Bandys Tuesday.
The varsity team swept the Lady Trojans 17-15, 15-5 and 15-13. In Game 2, Lauren Mosteller served 13 of the 15 points. At one point she had eight
consecutive points. She had four aces and two that wasn’t returned in that spurt.
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Strong offense, defense packs a two-fisted punch
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East Lincoln Mustang Football
September 11, 2002 - DENVER — The East Lincoln football team looks like its running well on all cylinders.
After a close 21-16 loss to a solid Bandys team in the opener, the Mustangs have crushed West Lincoln, 48-0 and Highland Tech 59-0.
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Webb, LHS boys to win; Beeker helps Lady Rebels finish second
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September 11, 2002 - Running 3.1 miles in almost 90 degree heat can drain you.
But Tuesday, Lincolnton and West Lincoln cross country squads both went the distance against teams from East Rutherford and Bandys in Lincolnton.
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TOUGH SHOT!
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September 13, 2002 - West Lincoln sophomore Brittany Seagle plays a valiant play on a ball Thursday during the Lady Rebels 7-2 win over
Bunker Hill. (LTN photo by Jenny Walling)
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JV Rebels’ defense contains Cherryville
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September 13, 2002 - CHERRYVILLE — The West Lincoln Junior Varsity defense came up with a couple of big
plays while the offense behind quarterback Brandon Auton capitalized on them as the Rebels defeated the Cherryville, 19-8 Thursday night.
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PLAYERS OF THE WEEK - September 13, 2002
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FOOTBALL
ELHS - Andre Tinsley
WLHS - Sege Hood
LHS - Roy Gomez
VOLLEYBALL
ELHS - Clarissa Stull
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Roy Gomez
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Rebels victorious over Cherryville
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Parker gets first win
September 16, 2002 - VALE — West Lincoln must have had an excellent week of practice.
How else to explain the Rebels’ complete turnaround Friday night in a 10-7 home win over bitter rival Cherryville.
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West Lincoln's Sege Hood (no. 1 above) tries to zoom by a Cherryville defender in West 10-7 win Friday. Rebels' head coach
Butch Parker (below) hugs a player while he enjoys his first win. (LTN photo by Jenny Walling)
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