Lincolnton fullback Dee Littlejohn heads to the bench after scoring one of his three TDs against Maiden in the 1st quarter. (Photo by Ron McCann).

By Ron McCann

Lincolnton- Everyone in the overflow crowd Friday night was expecting a free-for-all rematch between the Blue Devils of Maiden and the Wolves of Lincolnton. With Lincolnton up by 21-0 by the end of the 1st quarter, great expectations of another classic rematch began to fade.

Scoring:

Lincolnton 38 (D. Littlejohn 3 TDs, Miller kick), B. Wilson (TD run, Miller kick), J. Gidney (TD pass, Miller kick), Miller-FG

Maiden 7 (H. Cox pass, Oliver kick)

Game photos have been posted to www.SportPixNC.com.

Stephone Anthony, LB, Anson HS, Wadesboro, N.C.

DeAnthony Arnett, WR, Saginaw (Mich) High School

Pauley Asiata, OL, St. Louis School, Honolulu

Deion Barnes, DL Northeast HS, Philadelphia

Todd Barr, DL, Lakewood (Calif.) High School

South Pointe defensive end #7 Jadeveon Clowney reacts to a Northwestern pass play. Photo by Ron McCann.

By Ron McCann

Rock Hill, SC-This past weekend, the ESPN RISE High School Football Kickoff televised 16 teams from 7 states in eight high school football match-ups. Three of the teams that competed this past Saturday are from SC: South Pointe, Byrnes and Northwestern.

The weekend-long event preceded all high school, college and pro-football regular fall season football programming.

The double header on Saturday was played in Rock Hill SC, at Northwestern Stadium. The first game had the Byrnes Rebels (Duncan, SC) facing the Bucs of Hoover, Alabama. The Bucs were 14-1 last season and won the Alabama Class 6A state final. The second game (a "little" cross-town rivalry) had the Stallions of South Pointe (Rock Hill) playing the Trojans of Northwestern (Rock Hill).

Game scores:

Hoover 14, Byrnes 0
Northwestern 42, South Pointe 20

Photos of both games can be found at www.sportpixnc.com under the "Featured Galleries" Section. Click "read more" below, to see the remaining photos with this article

Photo: Newton-Conover running back Jamal Coates flies into the end zone to help secure the second half comeback win for the Red Devils (photo by Ron McCann)

By Ron McCann

Newton- Although trailing at half time 14-7, the Red Devils were able to rally in the second half with three touchdowns to secure the win this past Friday night over the Mustangs of East Lincoln. Newton-Conover brought in senior QB Adonis Hewitt after first half problems with fumbles.

Game photos have been posted to www.sportpixnc.com.

Photo: Rebel Devyn Travis #11 looks for yardage after taking hand-off from QB Caleb Beal #12

By Ron McCann

Vale- West Lincoln's new head coach Tom Sain came away with a 21-7 over West Wilkes in his debut game on Friday night.

Rebel running back Devyn Travis rushed for 183 yards and two touchdowns, while teammate running back Kyle Arias had a 95 yard kickoff return and a 52 yard pass reception/touchdown from Rebel QB Caleb Beal.

The Rebels will travel to North Wilkes this coming Friday.

Game photos have been posted to www.sportpixnc.com and www.maxpreps.com

Other area scores: Bunker Hill 31 - Cherryville 26, Lincolnton 52 - East Rutherford 20, Maiden 40 - North Lincoln 13

Lincoln County--September 10th starts Women's Tennis matches for the Lincoln County and the 2A Southern Piedmont Conference!

For girls' tennis action, here are the locations of known conference matches:

9-10: Cherryville at West Lincoln
9-10: East Lincoln at North Lincoln
9-10: Highland Tech at Draughn

(South Iredell and Lincolnton match dates unknown.)

Currently the North Carolina High School Tennis Coaches Association reports the West Lincoln Lady Rebels with a 2008 Season of 3-2 (non-conference) with #1 seed Laura Baker undefeated in singles after 5 matches. Miss Baker, a Junior at WLHS, is the defending Conference Singles Champion.

For more information, contact Coach Ken Hilderbran, WLHS, 704-736-9453

By Beth Saine

VALE, NC – West Lincoln High School Principal, Matt Stover introduced the school’s new head football coach, Mark Latham to the interested parents, students and staff in attendance at 6:00 pm on Thursday evening at the school gymnasium. It did not take long to realize that Coach Latham brought with him a lot of “positive energy” to the school well before the first snap will ever take place.

Of course, whenever there is a “new kid on the block” so to speak, there are concerns among the staff, parents and the students. When asked about his plans, Coach Latham replied, “As head coach, I have been given the flexibility to hire the staff. Everyone that was here before me will certainly be given the opportunity to stay. No announcements will be made until the process has been completed and all nine staff members have been selected.”

Coach Latham may be new to the school but is not a newcomer to the area.

by Jason Saine

DENVER – Adrian Forney had a career-high 25 points on Friday night in the Mustangs NC 2-A sectional final victory over Central Davidson, 75-48.

Forney, who was the hot hand all night, had seven 3-pointers. At point, he hit five straight 3-pointers.

The victory was big for the Mustangs and Forney helped lead the way by having 20 points before halftime. Forney almost single-handedly took Central Davidson fans out of the game. Forney made 9 of 15 field goal attempts, including 7 of 10 attempts at 3-pointers. His success was due in part by Central Davidson double and triple teaming Alex Newsom and Keith Rendleman.

East Lincoln was ahead at the half 49-21 which was the second highest scoring half for the Mustangs all season.

Aside from outscoring the Spartans, East Lincoln out rebounded Central Davidson 51-24 overall and 15-3 on offensive rebounds.

VALE - West Lincoln High School hosted the Midwest 2A Regional Wrestling Tournament on Friday and Saturday. The following results are for the Championship Semi-finals, Consolation Finals, and Championship Finals.

RESULTS:

103:
Championship Semi-Finals
Ray Farnsworth (Bandys) pin John Bention (Monroe) 4:55
Justin Jones (North Surry) pin Logan Nixon (Starmount) 2:48
Consolation Finals
John Bention (Monroe) dec. Logan Nixon (Starmount) 5-4
Championship Finals
Justin Jones (North Surry) pin Ray Farnsworth (Bandys) 0:57

112:
Championship Semi-Finals
Johnny Lefevers (Hibriten) maj. dec. Todd Thompson (South Stanly) 9-1
Ryan Spivey (West Lincoln) dec. Chad Billings (North Wilkes) 7-3
Consolation Finals
Todd Thompson (South Stanly) maj. dec. Austin Setzer (Newton Conover) 11-2
Championship Finals
Ryan Spivey (West Lincoln) dec. Johnny Lefevers (Hibriten) 7-4

EAST LINCOLN 62, WEST LINCOLN 26

East Lincoln 12 19 18 13 -- 62
West LIncoln 11 2 5 8 -- 26

EAST LINCOLN 62 -- Stewart 2, Creed 7, Glover 2, Keith Randleman 14, Alex Newsome 23, Forney 3, Spear 4, Davis 3, DeCaro 2, Carroll 2.

WEST LINCOLN 26 -- Short 2, Cook 3, Carpenter 6, Floyd 3, Perkins 4, Huss 4, Watts.

Records: EL 15-5, 9-1, WL 2-18, 0-10.

More Scores:

LINCOLNTON - The Lady Wolves beat North Lincoln on Friday night for another victory.

Lady Wolves 50
North Lincoln38

LINCOLNTON - The men's and women's Lincolnton High School basketball teams were in action again on Wednesday and both won their respective games.

Scores:

Women's
Lady Wolves 44
Bessemer City 33

Men's
Lincolnton 60
Bessemer City 57

LINCOLNTON -

Basketball Scores - Ladies
Lincolnton Lady Wolves 34
South Iredell 25

Basketball Scores - Men
Lincolnton 69
South Iredell 41

LINCOLN COUNTY - The following area high school teams were in action on Friday night, January 25, 2008:

LINCOLN CHARTER: 59
COVENANT CLASSICAL: 84

Lincoln Charter: 10 17 17 19 -- 59
Cov. Clscl 19 19 25 21 -- 84

LINCOLN 59 -- Brandon Dishman 14, Nolen Peterson 16, Cronin 8, Splain 4, Scruggs 2, McLauhoran 2, Campbell 7, Cook 2, Seeger 4, Sadler 3.

COVENANT CLASSICAL 84 -- Blake Brilhante 19, Graham Jewell 15, Jedd Balbuena 14, Alex Crouch 10, Barna 4, Cocrane 8, George 8, Ratcliffe 2, Dorsett 4.

Records: CC 6-13, LC 8-10.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

PUMPKIN CENTER - The North Lincoln Knights boys late surge was not enough to make up the deficit from earlier periods on Friday night when the Knights faced Bessemer City.

Despite a fourth period advantage, the previous three periods left the Knights in such a deficit that they could not overcome it.

Bess. City 16 16 19 17 -- 68
N. Lincoln 11 12 9 19 -- 47

BESSEMER CITY 68 -- Dawkins 1, Donald Wade 20, Carpenter 6, Moore 4, Scotty Gettys 10, Jeremiah Lowery 10, Stanly 2, Johnathan Sellers 10, Floyd 2, Williams 3.

N. LINCOLN 47 -- Sipe 5, Martinez 8, Little 2, David Ward 14, Smith 1, McCrary 2, Wilson 1, Hayes Brotherton 14.

By Jason Saine

DENVER - The East Lincoln Mustangs boy's basketball team face conference rival Cherryville Friday night at home and dominated the Ironmen for the win. East Lincoln outscored Cherryville in each period and won by a 14 point margin, 84-70.

E. Lincoln 16 15 25 28 -- 84
Cherryville 14 14 17 25 -- 70

EAST LINCOLN 84 -- Wes Glover 15, Keith Rendleman 22, Alex Newsome 14, Adrian Forney 17, Breon Jones 8, Drew Spear 4, C.J. Carroll 4.

CHERRYVILLE 70 -- Darius Howell 5, Tyler Johnson 0, Thomas Bess 8, Tyler Buff 8, Cameron Lovelace 23, Spencer Lockridge 5, Terry Whisnant 2, Justin Johnson 15, Phillip Johnson 4.

VALE - West Lincoln traveled to R.S. Central Tuesday night to take on R.S. Central and Kings Mountain. Below you will find the match summaries for both of these matches.

The Rebels will travel to South Iredell on Friday night to finish out their conference season. On Saturday, February 2, they will host the Conference Tournament beginning at 10:00.

West Lincoln 74 Kings Mountain 3

103: Chad Stamey (WL) won by forfeit
112: Ryan Spivey (WL) pin Steven Byrd (KM) 1:00
119: John Lighthill (WL) pin Matt Boheler (KM) 1:06
125: Taylor Barber (WL) tech Tyler Bumgardner (KM) 17-2
130: Tyler Smith (WL) pin Wesley Bell (KM) 1:47
135: Jonathan Keener (WL) won by forfeit
140: John Navey (WL) pin TJ Crawford (KM) 1:18

VALE - The West Lincoln High School Wrestling Team improved their record to 29-6 on Friday when they defeated Lincolnton, 68-6.

West Lincoln began their conference schedule last Friday in the second match of a tri-meet they hosted. They are currently 29-6 on the season and 3-0 for the conference.

The Rebels will travel to Cherryville to take on the Ironmen on Thursday at 7:00 pm.

Below are several recent match summaries:

January 11, 2008
West Lincoln 68 Lincolnton 6

103: Chad Stamey (WL) pin Matt Carpenter (L) 1:12
112: Ryan Spivey (WL) won by forfeit
119: Tyler Colvard (WL) pin Josh Carpenter (L) 5:05
125: Taylor Barber (WL) won by forfeit
130: Tyler Smith (WL) pin Phillip Wallace (L) 1:14
135: Chavis Avery (L) dec. Jonathan Keener (WL) 4-2
140: Pablo Ruiz (L) dec. John Navey (WL) 9-4
145: Brad Owens (WL) dec. Gene Goodson (L) 7-4
152: Wesley Nale (WL) pin Andrew Ball (L) 5:00
160: Glen Self (WL) won by forfeit
171: Jesse Navey (WL) tech fall Matt Clark (L) 18-3
189: Ethan Peterson (WL) won by forfeit
215: Terry Neal (WL) pin Brandon Carpenter (L) 0:28
285: Clay Heafner (WL) pin Matt Hoover (L) 0:24

West Lincoln's Record: 29-6

BOYS BASKETBALL

EAST LINCOLN 86, NORTH LINCOLN 41

E. Lincoln 17 24 22 23 - 86
N. Lincoln 9 11 7 14 - 41

East Lincoln 86 – Wes Glover 17, Keith Rendleman 24, Alex Newsom 22, Forney 2, Jones 6, Stewart 2, Creed 4, Carrol 1, Davis 7, Spry 1.

North Lincoln 41 – Sipe 2, Martinez 2, Little 2, McCrary 5, Montreal Wilson 11, Claxton 4, Keener 9, Brotherton 6.

Records: EL 9-5, 3-1 SP1A/2A; NL 3-9, 0-5.

NORTHSIDE CHRISTIAN 73, SOUTHLAKE CHRISTIAN 61

Northside 11 19 18 22 - 73
Southlake 14 9 21 17 - 61

NORTHSIDE 73 – Akers 2, David Garber 10, Lee 4, Roseboro 2, Jamal Mitchell 11, Travis Liner 27, Gary Pollard 21.

SOUTHLAKE 61 – Jones 3, Arthur 6, Seegars 8, Johnston 5, Dougherty 9, Derek Santiago 22, McCabe 8.

Record:
NORTHSIDE CHRISTIAN: 4-6
SOUTHLAKE CHRISTIAN: 3-12

MORGANTON CHRISTIAN 87, LINCOLN CHARTER 63

Morganton 20 22 20 25 - 87
Lincoln 15 15 19 14 - 63

Lincolnton High School Wolves are the only team in the Western half of the state to win tonight. For details on the Lincolnton - South Columbus game and all of today's other championship games, click on "Read More".

East Lincoln 13, Lincolnton, 21

LINCOLNTON - The Lincolnton High School Wolves beat the East Lincoln Mustangs in the cross county show down tonight to see who would advance to the state championship game to be held next Saturday in Raleigh at Carter-Finley Stadium at 3 pm.

The contest was a great match up with excitement on both sides of the stadium.

Lincoln County Schools Superintendent, Dr. David Martin, presented both teams with plaques at the end of the game.

Lincolnton - at the half; East Lincoln 13; Lincolnton 21

Division 1A Sectional
Perquimans 7-6 #7 at Roanoke 9-4 #7
Jones 9-4 #4 at Plymouth 13-0 #1
South Stanly 6-7 #10 at Lakewood 9-4 #3
East Wilkes 3-7 #13 at North Duplin 10-0 #1

Division 1AA Sectional
East Bladen 10-2 #3 at James Kenan 13-0 #2
Pender 9-4 #4 at Louisburg 12-1 #1
Jordan Matthews 10-2-1 #10 at W Montgomery 11-2 #6
Albemarle 9-4 #4 at Mt. Airy 13-0 #1

A.C. Reynolds 21 - Purnell Swett 22
Ardrey Kell 28 - Ashbrook 41
Athens Dr. 7 - New Bern 48
Atkins 38 - Wilkes Central 41
Ayden Grifton 0 - Pender 28
Bunn 0 - S. Columbus 36
Camden County 8 - Louisburg 16
Cedar Ridge 12 - Reidsvile 54
Central Cabarrus 36 - Watauga 52
Charlotte Catholic 19 - A.L. Brown 14
Charlotte Latin 48 - Charlotte Christian 14
Crest 14 - Mt. Tabor 40
Cummings 42 - West Bladen 39
Dudley 18 - NE Guilford 13
East Duplin 35 - N. Brunswick 20
East Lincoln 39 - West Davidson 16
East Mecklenburg 13 - Richmond Sr. 19
East Surry 7 - Albemarle 24
East Wilkes 28 - N. Stokes 27
Franklin 17 - Anson County 24
Fuquay Varina 7 - Southern Durham 20
Glenn 15 - Hickory 30
Grimsley 14 - West Charlotte 22
Hertford 10 - Western Alamance 37
Hibriten 20 - Mt. Pleasant 42
Hunt 20 - Nash Central 53
Independence 20 - Butler 7
J.H. Rose 30 - Hilside 42
Jack Britt 23 - South View 34
Jordan Matthews 33 - Thomasville 21

LINCOLN COUNTY - Three area high schools will be in action on the road tonight in playoff games.

(6) North Lincoln (9-3) will be at (3) Salisbury (9-3)

(10) East Lincoln (8-4) will be at (2) West Davidson (9-3)

(5) Lincolnton (8-4) will be at (4) Brevard (8-4)