Lincolnton High School is a

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located in

Lincolnton, North Carolina Lincolnton is a city in Lincoln County, North Carolina, United States, within the Charlotte metropolitan area. The population was 10,486 at the 2010 census. Lincolnton is northwest of Charlotte, on the South Fork of the Catawba River. The city i ...

. Its school colors are black and gold.

ACC Barnstorming Tour

In 2011, Lincolnton High School hosted the ACC Barnstorming Tour, in which seniors from Duke, UNC, and NC State play against local area high school basketball players.

Athletics

The school's team name are the Wolves.

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(NCHSAA) team state championships include: * 2A Football 2007 * 2A Baseball 1995 * 2A Football 1993

Notable alumni

Dennis Byrd Dennis DeWayne Byrd (October 5, 1966 – October 15, 2016) was an American football defensive end and defensive tackle for the New York Jets of the National Football League. He attended college at the University of Tulsa in Tulsa, Oklahoma. ...

, former NFL defensive tackle and 2010

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inductee *

Drew Droege Andrew Gerhardt Droege (pronounced ) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and director best known for his online impressions of Chloë Sevigny. Early life and education Droege attended and graduated from Lincolnton High School in Lincolnto ...

, actor, comedian, writer, and director * Charles R. Jonas,

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from

North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and So ...

for ten terms (1953–1973) *

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coach *

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, NFL wide receiver *

C. J. Wilson Christopher John Wilson (born November 18, 1980) is an American auto racing team owner and former professional baseball pitcher. Wilson pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers from 2005 to 2011 and the Los Angeles Angel ...

, former NFL cornerback"C.J. Wilson Statistics"
Pro Football Reference. Retrieved 1 December 2018.

References

*https://web.archive.org/web/20111005001131/http://www.lincolntimesnews.com/default.asp/?Section=61&VA=24362 *https://web.archive.org/web/20110930214256/http://www.gastongazette.com/sports/lincolnton-56554-acc-stars.html *http://www.varsitync.com/articles/lincolnton-4296-prevail-thriller.html

External links

* * http://www.maxpreps.com/local/team/photo/thumbnails.aspx?gendersport=boys,football&photogalleryid=58c9ba95-7055-4ddd-ae60-5c2c0294b9f2&schoolid=4deb40b3-7af2-4a20-bbca-a7186fda0e8b# Public high schools in North Carolina Schools in Lincoln County, North Carolina {{NorthCarolina-school-stub