December 9, 2005

Showdown: ASU takes on Paladins for second time

So far, Appalachian State has avenged all of its 2004 losses to Southern Conference teams. Saturday, the Mountaineers get a head start on avenging their lone 2005 league loss.

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QBs to lead shootout at Kidd Brewer

Saturday, when Richie Williams watches Appalachian State’s defense play, he’ll see it tested by one of the top quarterbacks in the Southern Conference.

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Vols hold off App State

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — It was a much better effort than they showed against Davidson just three days earlier. Yet Appalachian State didn’t go to Tennessee looking for a moral victory.

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Unicoi looks inside to trip up Pioneers

With Ike Weaver roaming unhindered under the Unicoi basket much of the night, the Blue Devils were able to pull away from Watauga’s boys’ basketball team Wednesday at Holiday Hoops at Holmes to win 60-53.

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Pioneers pin Avery

Watauga’s wrestling team got its usual victories from its usual wrestlers who never seem to lose.

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Watauga’s Pineda scores 20 in loss to Avery

Avery’s girls’ basketball team kept their early-season unbeaten streak alive with a 54-40 win at Watauga Tuesday night.

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December 7, 2005

Anna Lee Evans tops Watauga’s list

With new coaches taking the helm just days before the season began, Watauga’s tennis team swept the Northwestern 4-A Conference this season with the help of All-Conference players Anna Lee Evans and Briana Fleming. Hannah Cameron received honorable mention.

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Division I-AA Playoffs: Furman at ASU

There’s very little room for error when it comes to kicking. Either the ball goes through the goal posts or it doesn’t. Either the punt goes far, or it doesn’t.

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Jerry Moore earns Coach of the Year honor

Appalachian State head football coach Jerry Moore was named Coach of the Year for Division I-AA Region 2 by the American Football Coaches Association Monday.

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ASU center accepts new role

There is more than Doug McLaughlin-Williams’s hyphenated name that makes him unique at Appalachian.

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Hardee’s Holiday Hoops at Holmes

Once again, several local teams get a chance to play the palace.

Watauga’s boys team will play Unicoi County (Tenn.) Wednesday at 9 p.m., in the Hardee’s Holiday Hoops at Holmes tournament.

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December 5, 2005

Furman up next for App

RICHMOND, Va. — Furman’s opponent this Saturday has a familiar name. Ingle Martin passed for 249 yards and a touchdown, and Jerome Felton rushed for 92 yards and a pair of scores to propel nationally third-ranked Furman past 12th-ranked Richmond 24-20 in NCAA I-AA quarterfinal playoff round action Saturday at University of Richmond Stadium.

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ASU tames Salukis

This time around, Appalachian State owned the first half. And the Mountaineers didn’t play so bad in the second half either.

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Jennifer Callahan commits to UNCC

Two of Watauga’s greatest girls’ soccer players will finally get to play together on the scholastic level when Jennifer Callahan suits up for Charlotte next year.

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Davidson cruises past ASU

Appalachian State knew that Davidson would come into the Holmes Center battle tested. The Wildcats had already beaten St. Joseph’s and Massachusetts while falling to Charlotte in double overtime. Davidson had also played No. 1 Duke.

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Pioneers handle Huskies

Watauga’s boys’ basketball team is finally off the schneid.  It took a career day from Seth Moore, but Watauga beat Ashe County 57-51 Friday night in Lentz-Eggers Gym. Moore finished the night with 30 points and 11 rebounds.

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Ashe pulls away from WHS

With more energy bouncing off the walls of Lentz-Eggers Gym than Watauga’s girls’ basketball team had seen this season, the Pioneers got off to a good start against the visiting Ashe County Huskies, but fell apart in the second half to lose 53-37.

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