November 23-25, 2005

Postseason begins

The showdown looks clear: Can Appalachian State’s explosive offense score on Lafayette’s stingy defense?

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ASU QB earns top honor

SPARTANBURG, S.C.— When it came to choosing an All-Southern Conference Offensive Player of the Year, the league’s coaches made a unanimous decision. The coaches selected Appalachian State quarterback Richie Williams as their unanimous choice for the award.

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ASU faces tough task at Wake

Appalachian State has enjoyed its two games at the Holmes Center.
Neither victory, a 51-47 win over Virginia Commonwealth nor its 75-65 win over Arkansas-Little Rock came easily.

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WHS returns strong team

With a strong returning core, the Watauga swim team takes to the pool Saturday for their first official meet of the regular season in a dual meet at Isothermal Community College, starting at 9:30 a.m.

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Holmes still good to ASU

A snoozing first half turned into a classic finish at the Holmes Center Monday night. Appalachian State, which struggled to get anything going offensively in a poor first half, rallied in the second and held off Virginia Commonwealth in taking a 51-47 victory in front of 1,787 fans.

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Winning is good

It’s very likely that they could have played elsewhere and seen more playing time. But Watauga’s two Appalachian State Mountaineers would not trade where they are for anything right now.

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November 21, 2005

Lafayette, Appalachian is here

Appalachian State started the 2005 season unranked and still smarting from a rough 2004 campaign. Eleven games later, Appalachian State can call itself the undisputed Southern Conference champion and the No. 2 seed in the Division I-AA playoffs.

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Any Questions?

ELON — For a playoff warm-up, it went exactly as planned. Appalachian State, which found out Sunday it would host Lafayette in the first round of the Division I-AA playoffs, turned up for the game by overwhelming Elon 52-14 in front of 6,472 at Rhodes Stadium.

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Pioneers trip up Warriors

LENOIR — Despite an ugly stretch or two of basketball, Watauga’s girls’ team was able to overcome their troubles in their season opener to beat West Caldwell 42-27 Friday.

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Warriors roll past Watauga

LENOIR — West Caldwell High School will have a low power bill throughout the winter if their boys’ basketball team keeps shooting the lights out a couple nights each week. The Warriors beat Watauga 63-42 Friday night in the season opener for both teams. West Caldwell (1-0) shot over 50 percent from the field and over 50 percent from beyond the 3-point arc.

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ASU pulls away to win

It’s not surprising that Appalachian State men’s basketball coach Houston Fancher was nervous before the Mountaineers’ season opener Friday night. It might be somewhat surprising that his point guard, a three-year starter, felt the same way.

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Pioneers take 2nd in tourney

More impressive performances from the lower weights and some improvement from other members of Watauga’s wrestling team earned them second place in the third annual Old Appalachian Invitational tournament Saturday.

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