April 29, 2005

White must overcome hamstring injury to win

The bad news for Appalachian State is that the Mountaineers may not see the best of Ronda White at the Southern Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Western Carolina Saturday.

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Smith ready to drop the hammer on rest of SoCon

Throwing things is important in the Bob Smith family.

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Reynolds stops WHS win streak

ASHEVILLE — At the end of an 11-game win streak Wednesday night in a 4-2 loss at A.C. Reynolds, Watauga girls’ soccer coach Doug Kidd thought his team may have had too high an opinion of their accomplishments.

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Pioneers trip Reynolds

ASHEVILLE — Tuesday’s three-inning portion of the Watauga’s softball game at A.C. Reynolds left the Pioneers a three-run lead, but the Pioneers could have left that lead on the bus and still won the game, as they extended their advantage and won 4-0 Wednesday.

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April 27, 2005

Justin Johnson shuts down Watauga offense 5-2

Watauga had seven innings to make up a 3-0 deficit. McDowell pitcher Justin Johnson would not allow it.

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App State signs forward

Appalachian men’s basketball coach Houston Fancher already secured two guards, a swing guard-forward and a center in a crowded recruiting class. Still, there was room for one more player.

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Pioneers win tune-up with Titans

If they had a little more luck on their chances early in the game, Watauga’s girls’ soccer team’s 7-0 win over McDowell Monday could have been even uglier.

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Rain shortens Ashe County meet

In less than ideal conditions Tuesday, Watauga’s track and field team got its last bit of regular season competition in a meet at Ashe County. With five events left to run, rain brought an abrupt end to the meet, but Watauga’s boys and girls teams were both in front at that point.

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Frehman rocks Titans

Blink and you missed it.  Watauga jumped out to as quick a lead as is possible in Monday’s 11-2 win over visiting McDowell when Nicole Reilly led off the bottom of the first with a solo home run. It felt so good she did it again. And then again.

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Watauga takes second in league

When one team is as strong as South Caldwell was this season in Northwestern 4-A Conference boys’ golf, the race is eventually for second place.

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April 25, 2005

ASU receiver agrees to deal with Colts

For Appalachian State receiver DaVon Fowlkes, it’s a chance not only to play in the NFL, but to play close to home.

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Titans invade Watauga in makeup from Friday

Watauga’s battles with the weather are becoming as important as the games the Pioneers play.

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Pioneers knock off W. Forsyth

With the temperature dropping like it had been swatted in the face with a lacrosse stick, Watauga’s girls’ club lacrosse team got their first real taste of home field advantage, served chilled.

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Bucs crush ASU pitching in DH

East Tennessee State proved to Appalachian State that the fact the Bucs have seven players hitting over .300 is no fluke.

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A little goes a long way

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Watauga’s girls’ track and field team has never really needed a lot of athletes at a meet in order to put up a lot of points. That held true Saturday at the Volunteer Classic in Knoxville Saturday, as three girls competed in three events and finished ninth as a team.

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