The East Lincoln Lady Mustangs saw their hopes at a run in the State 2AA Soccer playoffs come to an end with a second -round loss to Newton-Conover. After jumping out to a lead after the Lady Mustangs took the ball down field with a seven pass that ended with Tatum Auvil delivering a cross [...]
The East Lincoln Mustangs and the Lady Mustangs won the Southern Piedmont Conference championship last week. North Lincoln finished second in both girls and boys events. East Lincoln’s Will Krehnbrink was named Runner of the Year and North Lincoln’s Allie Castro was named Runner of the Year. ELHS Jesse Earnhardt won the Field Event MVP [...]
Lady Mustangs track star Ashlee Frazier is “committed to excellence,” according to her coach Melvin Morrison. And if you want to find her, she’s most likely at home, in the weight room at the gym or out on the track perfecting her skill. And that hard work is paying off. A senior at East Lincoln [...]
The Lincoln County Track Championship was held at East Lincoln High School last week. The Mustangs earned bragging rights for this year’s meet by winning both the men’s and women’s division. In the men’s division, East Lincoln won with 128 points. North Lincoln was second with 93 points. In the women’s division, East Lincoln won [...]
East Lincoln picked up three key wins last week including their first conference baseball win of the season with a 2-0 win over Lake Norman Charter. “It’s always great to start conference play in the win column,” said Coach Chris Matile. “We got a strong performance by our three senior pitchers and our defense was [...]
East Lincoln High School will host the sixth annual Andy Kosmala Memorial Tournament this weekend at ELHS. Games are scheduled for 5 and 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday (3/8 and 3/9). Participants for the soccer tournament will be East Lincoln, West Iredell, South Iredell and Pine Lake Prep. This has become a premier soccer [...]
It was a big week in sports for area schools. Lincoln Charter and North Lincoln both had state championship appearances and East Lincoln honored its long-time basketball coach. Lincoln Charter swim team culminated its season with an appearance in the 1A/2A state finals with the women placing third and the men placing eleventh overall. Christina [...]
The East Lincoln Mustangs claimed second place in the Southern Piedmont Conference standings after the victory over Bessemer City Yellowjackets earlier this week. The Mustangs outscored the Yellowjackets 45-29 in the first half and held the lead for the victory despite being on the road at Bessemer City. The Jackets had beaten the Mustangs earlier [...]
The East Lincoln Mustangs hosted the North Lincoln Knights on the basketball courts last week, and when the final buzzers sounded, it was the Mustangs boys over the Knights and the Lady Knights over the Lady Mustangs. For the boys, the Mustangs went on a 18-3 run in the first quarter and outscored the Knights [...]
Old newspaper ads shed new light on runaway Lincoln County slaves
There was once gold in them thar Lincoln County hills
The Election of 1892: Tough words and even a shooting in Lincoln County
Graham Round Barn added to county’s historic properties
Rock Springs High School – a consolidation of many small, area schools
State report in 1922 resulted in major changes to Lincoln County education
