Feb. 4, 2005:

Pioneers want to disrupt conference race

Watauga’s boys’ and girls’ basketball teams are both out of the hunt for the fourth and final playoff berth from the Northwestern 4-A Conference, but they are still both technically alive for the postseason.

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Life at the Citadel: Nathan Winkler waits

for playing time with Bulldogs

Of all people, it was the Mountaineer Maniacs who reminded Watauga native Nathan Winkler where he was Thursday night.

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Mountaineers cruise past Bulldogs 84-66

The worst-kept secret in the Southern Conference is that Appalachian State likes to shoot 3-pointers. What hasn’t been known, at least until lately, is that the Mountaineers are starting to get big performances from their big players.

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Feb. 2, 2005:

Rockets’ defense sinks Pioneers

ASHEVILLE — In the two halves of boys’ basketball Tuesday night between Watauga and A.C. Reynolds, the Pioneers handled the Reynolds’ press very differently.

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Pool sharks: Edwards duo

carries on swimming tradition

In the Edwards family, the kids must be born with gills.

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ASU shreds Lancers

FARMVILLE, Va. — When Appalachian State’s shooters are hot, it’s tough for most teams to stop them. For Longwood, a team that has won just one game all season, it was impossible.

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ASU tries to shake off rust;

Longwood up next for App men

Longwood is finding out that there is a definite downside to play a Division I schedule. Playing their first year of Division I, Longwood scheduled several games against solid competition, including No. 1 Illinois at Champaign, Ill.,  and No. 17 Cincinnati in the Las Vegas Classic. The Lancers have also faced Old Dominion, Northern Iowa and San Francisco, having lost to all three.

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Big, bad McDowell

Watauga’s girls’ basketball team tried to make McDowell play a type of game they aren’t used to playing in Friday night’s Northwestern 4-A Conference game at Lentz-Eggers Gym. The Pioneers were successful for about a quarter before the Titans ran off with a 65-24 win.

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Pioneers lose heartbreaker

In a few short seconds at the end of Watauga’s boys’ basketball game Friday night against McDowell, the mood went from relief to a mixture of disappointment and a feeling of being cheated, as McDowell took home a 56-55 victory at Lentz-Eggers Gym.

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Watauga makes progress

BLACKSBURG, Va. — In their last chance to qualify for the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Indoor Track State Championship, Watauga didn’t qualify anyone new at the Virginia Tech Invitational Saturday, but the progress they made will help them entering their upcoming spring season.

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