Pioneers play young, tough East Forsyth Pete Hardee has a message for his Watauga baseball team: Don’t let the age level of East Forsyth create any false sense of security. Photo by Rob Moore
Garinger no match for WHS depth The plan, drawn up by Watauga baseball coach Pete Hardee, was in place. Just score some early runs against Garinger in the first round of the state 4-A playoffs, get some pitchers some work, and win the game, preferably in five innings.
Photo by Rob Moore
Taylor Cook captures state pole vault title GREENSBORO — Taylor Cook made sure Watauga’s stranglehold on girls’ pole vaulting was as strong as ever. Eagles fly past WHS KERNERSVILLE — Watauga had lost to East Forsyth by just one goal earlier in the season. Yet Watauga coach Doug Kidd felt his team played an even better game in their 5-1 loss Friday night to the Eagles in the second round of the state 4-A playoffs. ASU sweeps Paladins It’s mathmatically impossible for Appalachian State to win the Southern Conference baseball championship. However, the Mountaineers made winning the SoCon much more difficult for Furman by sweeping the Paladins over the weekend. UTC buries ASU MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. — Appalachian State closed a tough 2008 softball season Friday with a 9-2 loss to No. 1 seed Chattanooga in the consolation round of the Southern Conference Tournament. Bobcats’ cycling team wins national title
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Lees-McRae’s lone Division I team captured a national championship.