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LINCOLNTON – Tyshaun Harris had the biggest rushing game in Lincolnton High football history on Friday night, and Lincolnton need every one of those yards to hold off North Lincoln in a South Fork 2A game.
Harris ran 25 times for 318 yards and scored four times as the Wolves outlasted the Knights 56-41. He was not in the starting lineup due to disciplinary reasons, The Gaston Gazette reported.
LINCOLNTON 56
NORTH LINCOLN 41
Once on the field, Harris ran for TDs of 64, 36, 3 and 34 yards as the Wolves (5-5, 4-2) reached .500 and they’re in fourth place in the conference.
Harris’ big night broke a single-game rushing record for Lincolnton – and also for Lincoln County – that was previously held by the Wolves’ Brandon Wilson, The Gazette reported. Wilson had 302 yards in 2010 when Lincolnton beat Polk County in a third-round state playoff game.
Lincolnton gained a lead over North Lincoln (2-8, 1-5) at 21-12 on Harris’ 36-yard TD run and stayed in front the rest of the way.
Running back Clayton Cribb’s 8-yard TD run got the Knights within eight points once and quarterback Reed McRorie later had a 1-yard run that got North Lincoln within eight points for a second time.
Lincolnton closed it out, though, when Terrell McClain scored on a 15-yard run in the final 30 seconds.
The Wolves were up only 28-26 at halftime, then widened their lead to 16 points via 1-yard TD runs by McClain and Caden Wyatt in the third quarter.
McRorie threw for 304 yards in the loss, completing 20 of 30 attempts that included nine throws to DaeKwon Camp for 214 yards.
Wyatt had 95 yards rushing for the Wolves in a game that had a combined 943 yards of total offense (Lincolnton 531, North Lincoln 412).
The victory gives Lincolnton 17 straight years of winning at least five games and improved the Wolves’ chances of getting to the state playoffs for the 17th consecutive season.
Lincolnton’s regular season finale is Friday at 7:30 p.m. at home against unbeaten Maiden.
North Lincoln travels to Bandys on Friday at 7:30 p.m., also for a South Fork 2A game.