You can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely East Lincoln's strategy against Lincolnton on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that the East Lincoln Mustangs blew the Lincolnton Wolves out of the water with a 52-14 final score. The match was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Mustangs had established a 31 point advantage.
Grant Lawless had an outrageously good game as he threw for 293 yards and five touchdowns while completing 77.3% of his passes, and also rushed for 50 yards. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in rushing yards. Jackson Beam was Lawless' top target, picking up 94 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Although Lincolnton took the loss, they still got scores from Trashad Lineberger and Richard ?RJ? Lynch.
The victory made it two in a row for East Lincoln and bumps their season record up to 2-0. As for Lincolnton, they are on a four-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-3.
East Lincoln will welcome Forestview at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. East Lincoln will be looking to keep their four-game home win streak dating back to last season alive. As for Lincolnton, they will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Bunker Hill at 7:30 p.m. on September 20th. Both are at an even 3-3 against one another since October of 2014.
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