North Lincoln High Sports

  • WESTERN FOOTHILLS 3A FOOTBALL PREVIEW: North Lincoln Knights - NORTH LINCOLN KNIGHTS   Conference: Western Foothills 3A Head coach: Nick Bazzle (155-94-0, 20 years; 26-9 at N. Lincoln 3 years) Assistant coaches: Charlie Goss, B-backs; Alex Pederson, A-backs; Gill Martin, OL; Dan Brown, WRs; Paul Regan, DC; Mark Ludwig, DL; Mike Sullivan, OLBs; Bryan Wilbur, ILBs Last season’s records: 4-3 overall; 3-3 South Fork 2A, fourth place Last season’s ...
  • HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Mangum leaving W. Caldwell to coach N. Lincoln girls - Former head coach at Fred T. Foard, Alexander Central taking a new job   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com LINCOLNTON – Brad Mangum’s fourth stop as a girls’ varsity basketball head coach will be at North Lincoln High. On Wednesday, Mangum — head coach the last three seasons at West Caldwell — posted on Twitter he’s leaving the Warriors to become ...
  • SOUTH FORK 2A ROUNDUP: North Lincoln pounds N-C, remains tied for first place - Ly kicks two field goals, one as time expires, as Maiden nips East Lincoln   Editor’s note: A story on the Bandys at West Lincoln game — and game summary — are posted separately on the website. HobbsDailyReport.com LINCOLNTON – North Lincoln High broke open a close game with a big second half on Friday night, pounding visiting Newton-Conover 47-19 ...
  • SOUTH FORK 2A ROUNDUP: Cribb-led Knights beat Maiden for first time - West Lincoln nips Lincolnton, will battle league-leading Bandys next at West Lincoln   Editor’s note: A story on the other South Fork 2A game – East Lincoln at Bandys – is posted separately. HobbsDailyReport.com MAIDEN – Three touchdown runs by running back Clayton Cribb on Friday night sparked North Lincoln High’s first victory over Maiden in varsity football, keeping the ...
  • SOUTH FORK 2A: Soorus, Cribb run for 380 yards as North Lincoln rips Lake Norman Charter - HobbsDailyReport.com HUNTERSVILLE – North Lincoln High’s 1-2 punch in the backfield knocked out Lake Norman Charter on Friday night in South Fork 2A football. With running backs Clayton Cribb and Jake Sorrus rushing for nearly 400 yards together, visiting North Lincoln steamrolled Lake Norman Charter 49-14 to share first place in the conference with Bandys and East Lincoln. Cribb ran ...
  • SOUTH FORK 2A: Soorus runs 99 yards for Knights’ only TD in win over Rebels - HobbsDailyReport.com LINCOLNTON – Running back Jake Soorus scored on a 99-yard run in the first quarter, and North Lincoln High made that score and PAT enough on Friday night to surprise previously unbeaten West Lincoln 7-6 at North Lincoln. The South Fork 2A victory improved the Knights to 3-2 overall and 1-0 in the league and left the Rebels at ...
  • HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: With first North Lincoln win in hand, Bazzle to battle old school next - Knights prepare to face Alex Central after sending Foard to 0-3 start HobbsDailyReport.com NEWTON – After staying unbeaten in games against Fred T. Foard in his career as a high school head football coach on Friday night, North Lincoln’s Nick Bazzle has a game coming next that will likely tug at his heart a bit. Bazzle’s Knights won 22-9 at ...
  • SOUTH FORK 2A FOOTBALL PREVIEW: North Lincoln Knights - By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com NORTH LINCOLN KNIGHTS Conference: South Fork 2A. Head coach: Nick Bazzle (129-85, 17 years; first year at N. Lincoln) Last season’s records: 2-9 overall; 1-6 South Fork 2A; seventh place. Last season’s results: Carolina Wildcats, W 47-6; Foard, L 26-40; at Alexander Central, L 36-40; at Bessemer City, L 27-32; at W. LINCOLN, L 49-56; at ...
  • BREAKING NEWS: Report says Bazzle is next head football coach at North Lincoln - HobbsDailyReport.com LINCOLNTON – Nick Bazzle, who won 129 games as a high school head football coach at Newton-Conover and Alexander Central, will be the next head coach at North Lincoln, The Lincoln Times-News is reporting. In an online post late Tuesday night, the Times-News reported Bazzle will replace Steven Pack, who resigned after one season as the Knights’ head coach ...
  • ALL-SOUTH FORK 2A BASEBALL: North Lincoln leads with 5 selections, Offensive Player of Year - HobbsDailyReport.com North Lincoln High, which reached the West 2A best-of-3 title series after winning a regular season and conference tournament title in the South Fork 2A, leads the all-conference baseball team with five selections. Tyler McPeak of the Knights (25-4) was voted Offensive Player of the Year while Defensive Player of the Year went to T.J. Rasar of Bandys and ...
  • HS BASEBALL PLAYOFFS: N. Lincoln plays Saturday at 3 p.m.; other pairings - HobbsDailyReport.com STATE BASEBALL PLAYOFF PAIRINGS (South Fork 2A, Northwestern Foothills 2A, Northwestern 3A-4A teams in all caps) Note: To view complete state pairings, visit https://www.nchsaa.org/ Fourth round pairings (must be played by Friday) WEST 2A Friday No. 4 Smoky Mountain (18-11) at No. 1 N. LINCOLN (24-2), ppd., Saturday, 3 p.m. No. 10 Ledford (25-3) at No. 3 N. Davidson ...
  • HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD: North Lincoln wins both South Fork 2A championships - HobbsDailyReport.com LINCOLNTON – North Lincoln High swept the track and field championships on Tuesday in the South Fork 2A on its own track. The Knights’ boys had 177 ½ points, sparked by Jake Soorus, to edge second-place Bandys (150 ½), while the North Lincoln girls scored 151 points to beat Lake Norman Charter by one point. Sorrus won the discus ...