January 6, 2006

Mountaineers’ rally not enough

It just seemed in the end that Marshall wanted it more than Appalachian State.

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Phoenix up next for ASU

It didn’t take long for Appalachian State to start thinking about Elon.

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Powerful McDowell crushes Watauga

Whoever that was wearing the Watauga girls’ basketball jerseys Tuesday lost big to visiting McDowell, 95-35.

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Titans hit the boards in win over Pioneers

There was a laundry list of reasons Watauga’s boys’ basketball team lost 79-52 to visiting McDowell Tuesday night, but the one at the top of the list was offensive rebounding.

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WHS swimmers settle for second

LENOIR — A lack of numbers led to the numbers that earned both Watauga’s boys’ and girls’ swim teams taking second at a meet in Lenoir Wednesday.

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Titans pin Pioneers 48-23

MARION — A couple of Watauga’s wrestlers showed up for their Northwestern 4-A Conference opener Tuesday, but not enough of them to beat McDowell.

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January 4, 2006

Mountaineers host Thundering Herd

Appalachian State head coach Houston Fancher saw what fan support can do for a team. He watched Appalachian State’s football team ride a wave of support all the way to a national championship.

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Furman dumps ASU

Appalachian State’s women’s basketball team dug itself too big of a hole in the first half and a late rally wasn’t enough to overtake Furman, which beat the Mountaineers 67-60 Monday night in front of 115 fans at the Holmes Center.

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January 2, 2006

ASU trips Dukes

PITTSBURGH, Pa. —  Appalachian State watched a 15-point lead erode before coming back in the final two minutes to down Duquesne 71-68 in the Duquesne Holiday Tournament consolation game.

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Pioneers eye chances to be league champions

Watauga wrestling coach JohnMark Bentley knows that his team can get much better results in tournaments than in dual meets, but he still expects some measure of success when they take on the Northwestern 4-A Conference this month.

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Roberson completes sweep

Watauga’s boys’ basketball team’s 72-59 loss to T.C. Roberson in Thursday’s championship game of the Pioneer Holiday Invitational was a product of an early mental breakdown on the part of the Pioneers.

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Nerves costly to Pioneers

A bad case of nerves cost the Watauga girls’ basketball team their championship game in the Pioneer Holiday Invitational against T.C. Roberson, as the Rams came away with a 59-46 win Thursday night.

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