December 23, 2005
Freedom downs Watauga 66-59
Clay Henson waited until the second quarter to start scoring, but eventually led Freedom to a 66-59 win over Watauga Tuesday night.
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Pioneer girls take 10-point loss
For nearly three quarters, Watauga’s and Freedom’s girls’ basketball teams were neck-and-neck, but then the Patriots ran off to a 59-49 win Tuesday night. Read More...
December 21, 2005
The perfect Christmas gift
Katie Schwebke of Bryson City, left, was among the hundreds of Mountaineer fans purchasing NCAA Division I-AA National Championship T-shirts and sweatshirts following the Mountaineer football team’s win over the University of Northern Iowa. Schwebke traveled to Chattanooga Tenn., last Friday to see what she called “the greatest game ever.” Schwebke, who graduated Dec. 10 with a sociology degree, and bookstore merchandise manager Lorraine Childers display two of the popular championship designs being sold. Appalachian photo by Jane Nicholson
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Pioneers clash with Avery in showdown
Thursday will mark part two of the 2005 edition of the Watauga-Avery basketball rivalry when the Pioneers travel to Newland for their rematch.
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App finds way to win
First place in the Southern Conference. That’s the claim Appalachian State’s women’s basketball team can make following its 66-63 overtime victory over Elon Monday night at the Holmes Center.
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December 19, 2005
Dream comes true for Richie Williams
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Heading into Friday’s Division I-AA national championship game against Northern Iowa, Appalachian State quarterback Richie Williams had achieved nearly all of his dreams.
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This win’s for Jerry Moore
‘CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Nobody was going to tell Jerry Moore just how long he was going to talk to the media at Finley Stadium about his first national championship. “It isn’t going to be brief, I’ll tell you that,” Moore said, drawing laughter from the press. “Seventeen years is worth waiting for.”
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Stadium goes wild for ASU
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Mountaineer head coach Jerry Moore was hoisted high by his players on their shoulders. Richie Williams was hounded and praised by fans and ESPN like he had just solved world hunger. A festival of hugs and smiles broke out across every inch of the field and never, never had I heard 20,000 people be so loud.
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ASU student won’t forget Dec. 16, 2005
Not every student can say that they attended a school that won a national championship. I wanted to make sure that I was there when it happened. My friends and I awoke early Friday morning and began the drive to Chattanooga, Tenn. All that was on our minds was the Division I-AA National Championship game.
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Defensive ends make play of the season
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — It was just what the Mountaineers needed.
In the fourth quarter, on a second-and-nine from the Northern Iowa 25-yard line, UNI quarterback Eric Sanders went back to pass. From Sanders’ left side, right defensive Marques Murrell rushed around his blocker and knocked the ball out of Sanders’ hands.
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Mr. Stokes goes to Hollywood
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Appalachian State special teams player Brian Stokes is going Hollywood.
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Mountaineers belt Marshall
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Mountaineers coach Houston Fancher has said in the past that for the Mountaineers to win, point guard D.J. Thompson must score plenty of points.
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ASU women cage Cougars
Maybe all Appalachian State’s women’s basketball team needed was to play a few games at home.
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South Caldwell shoots its way past Pioneers
SAWMILLS — Friday night’s Northwestern 4-A Conference opener in Sawmills was yet another reminder that the games aren’t played on paper.
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