October 21, 2005

Watauga girls win conference meet

MORGANTON — Watauga’s girls’ cross country team came into Wednesday’s Northwestern 4-A Conference championship meet held together with athletic tape and shoe laces, but still held off a charging Freedom team to win the conference title.

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ASU set for Wofford

Appalachian State better get used to playing for first place. As long as the No. 16 Mountaineers keep winning, they’ll keep playing big games. Once again, the Mountaineers play to stay in first place Saturday when they travel to Wofford.

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Playoffs on line for WHS

The actual state football playoffs don’t start for another three weeks, but Northwestern 4-A Conference fans will get a sneak peak at today’s game between Watauga and East Burke in Connelly Springs.

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Pioneers’ playoff future in doubt

Watauga’s boys’ soccer team’s playoff future is now only partially in their own hands following a 2-1 loss to East Burke Wednesday night.

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Watauga golfers focused on regional

After a final tune-up match Thursday in Sparta, three Watauga girls will have nothing but Monday’s Western Regional on their minds.

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Pioneers cruise past Patriots in first round

Watauga’s first round of dual team girls’ tennis playoffs felt more like a conference match as the Pioneers took on playoff wild-card Freedom and beat them 5-1 Tuesday.

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October 19, 2005

Not a second time

For the Watauga boys’ soccer team, payback against A.C. Reynolds was as easy as 1, 2, 3 ... 4? A 4-0 win over the Rockets at Jack Groce Stadium Monday not only avenged their previous 4-1 loss in Asheville, but moved the Pioneers one step closer to the playoffs, now one win away from a berth.

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App State to retire Hackett’s number

Last spring, Dexter Coakley became just the second Appalachian State football player to have his number retired. Dino Hackett, who played at Appalachian State from 1982-85, will have his number retired at the Appalachian State-Chattanooga game Oct. 29. Hackett is the third football player to receive the honor. Coakley and running back John Settle are the others.

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ASU back honored

For the second time this year, Appalachian State running back Kevin Richardson was named the Southern Conference’s Offensive Player of the Week.

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Pioneers prepare for golf regional

MORGANTON — In Watauga’s final Northwestern 4-A Conference match Monday at Mimosa Hills Country Club, the Pioneers took the opportunity to play the back nine as if they were a practice round in order to prepare for the Western Regional to be held there next Monday.

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October 17, 2005

Rockin’ at The Rock
It’s rare when somebody beats Georgia Southern at its own game. Teams don’t run for more yards than the Eagles very often.

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O-line earns redemption from last year
Appalachian State’s offensive line had a year to remember what happened in Statesboro, Ga., last season. A young group that had three freshman starters took on a Georgia Southern defensive line that had four seniors. Predictably, the Eagles overwhelmed Appalachian State’s young line and helped produce a 54-7 Southern victory.

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Back on the sideline
Will Davis could only take so much of Stuart Scott. So after enduring 18 excruciatingly boring days of sitting in bed watching SportsCenter, Davis returned to his Pioneer brethren last week and could be seen at Friday’s game against A.C. Reynolds cheering for his teammates.

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Reynolds rolls past Watauga
A.C. Reynolds continued its bid for a Northwest 4-A Conference title Friday night as the Rockets defeated Watauga 42-15. Reynolds (6-2, 4-0), led by running back Willie Harper, has almost assured itself a title.

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Pioneers cruise into regionals
MORGANTON — For the first time in a few years, Watauga’s tennis team was able to get in and out of the Northwestern 4-A Conference tournament relatively quickly. All six Pioneers qualified for the Western Regional after winning their first match.

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Pioneers fall twice in home tri-match
Two of the top teams in the state dropped by Lentz-Eggers Gym to play a tri-match with Watauga’s volleyball team Saturday, with Northwest Guilford beating both the Pioneers and Chapel Hill. Chapel Hill beat Watauga in the final match of the day, but took five games to do it.

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