Today is National signing day, would like to recognize four of our athletes in the 2025 class that joins the eight that signed their National letter of intent in the fall. We will have more commitment news coming soon and our spring signing celebration will be in March, big congrats to Sadie, Zachary, TJ and Chris. We are all very proud of you as you have not only made a commitment to your sport but also your academics. GO MUSTANGS
Each year the NCHSAA partners with our Governor in the Highway Safety Program Scholar Athlete Program. Our Fall and Winter sports did fantastic. I want to give a huge thank you to our parents, fans, teachers, admin, bus drivers, cafeteria workers, janitors, coaches and anyone else for not only promoting on the field success but also off the field success here at East Lincoln High School. I am a proud parent, coach and athletic director and want to personally thank all of you for everything you do for our kids and community.
Out of the 12 varsity sports we offer in the fall and winter 11 of them will be recognized by the NCHSAA for having an overall unweighted 3.1 TEAM GPA during their sports semester
Congratulations to these young ladies as they will participate in the 3A Swim State Championship on Friday 2/7 in Cary, NC. Good luck and GO MUSTANGS!
Congratulations to these young men as they will participate in the 3A Swim State Championship on Friday, 2/7 in Cary NC. Good luck and GO MUSTANGS
Congratulations to 2025 Evan Matile for being named the "Gamer of the Year" at the Greater Charlotte baseball Hot Stove for his efforts during his junior year. This award is given for on field talents as well as academic achievements. Public, private and charter school athletes from Lincoln County, Gaston County and Charlotte Mecklenburg are eligible to win. Evan joins EL alum Alec Burleson, Graham Smiley, Garrett Michel and Isaac Armstrong to win an award at this great event. Great job Evan, way to represent LCS and ELHS, well deserved young man. GO MUSTANGS
Are you a graduating senior planning to go into the Medical field??-- The Rise to Success Application is NOW OPEN
The application will close on March 1, 2025, at 11:59pm.
This link is specific to Lincoln County.
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EL athletics in action this week, hope to see you there, GO MUSTANGS
The ELHS Swim Team just wrapped up the 3A Western Regional Swim Championship meet and what a day!
We are waiting for final results to be posted on NCHSAA website to see exactly who will be going to the state championship next week.
At the end our Boys 400yd Freestyle Relay placed second in the region coming behind LKN Charter by fractions of a second!
Overall results:
Girls are 8th in the 3A Western Region
Boys are 4th in the 3A Western Region
Way to go Mustangs!
Wonderful trip to Greensboro with ELHS Beta. These students did an amazing job representing ELHS Beta. Abigail Alverez brought home 4th in instrumental. Everyone had a great time at the Beta Convention. So proud of these guys!
Funding a college education shouldn’t be a mystery. As part of Financial Aid Awareness
month, NCSEAA and CFNC bring you FAFSA February’s How to Pay for College webinar
series to help you make informed decisions about your future.
Our winter sports week 8 NC Farm Bureau athletes of the week have been announced, congratulations Grant and Taniyah, well deserved. GO MUSTANGS
Big shout out to Jack Francis, Bailey Farabaugh, Caitlin Kane, and Flavia Zacharauskas for representing ELHS in the Engineering competition at the state Beta Convention. Wish them luck as they compete.
Wishing Carah Elkins good luck in her interview for the Hannah Leitner Beta Scolarship. She did amazingly representing ELHS in the Divison II Speech competition. So proud of her.
📣 Attention High School Students! 🩺
Are you ready to kickstart your career in healthcare? The Lincoln County Schools Health Academy is NOW ACCEPTING applications for the 2025-2026 school year!
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✅ Earn college credits through Gaston College’s Lincoln Campus.
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📩 Contact your high school CDC Cassondra.pennington@lincoln.k12.nc.us to learn more and apply today! Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to jumpstart your future in healthcare! An info session will be also be held on ELHS campus February 6th but you need to email to sign up for more information.
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Big shout out to Abigail Alvarez for doing an amazing job representing ELHS Beta in the solo instrumental performance.
"All that and a bag of chips" Mrs. Middleswarth's AP Seminar students celebrate a successful Team Multimedia Presentation
After capturing another WFAC title this past week here are our men's regional qualifiers. They will compete in the 3A Western Regional championship this weekend in Charlotte. Best of luck, GO MUSTANGS
After a strong showing at the WFAC championship here are our Lady Mustang swimmers that will be participating in the 3A Western regional championship this Saturday in Charlotte, best of luck ladies, GO MUSTANGS
EL athletics in action this week, hope to see you there, GO MUSTANGS
Congratulations to the ELHS Girls and Boys Swim Team for their achievements at the WFAC Conference Championship Swim Meet!
At the swim meet the girls team placed 2nd overall with several swimmers winning their individual races and helping their relay teams perform well!
The boys team WON!!!!! They placed 1st overall with several individual 1st place finishes and swimmers setting their personal best records! This is the 4th time in a row that our Mustangs have won the conference title!
We would like to give a big shout out to Rider Warner who in the last 10 days has set two new school swimming records, one in the 500 Freestyle and in the 100 Backstroke.
We would also like to give a shout out to our Boys 400 Freestyle Relay team, Ayden Miller, Owen Pridmore, Dan Overbay and Rider Warner. They set a new school swimming record in the 400 Freestyle Relay event!
Way to go Mustangs!
