March 31, 2006
Getting in to the spring of things
Appalachian State backup quarterback Chase Laws goes back to pass during Wednesday’s scrimmage at Kidd Brewer Stadium. For more on the beginning of spring training, please link with the story below. Photo by Steve Behr
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Earp overcomes personal loss in nationals
Years from now, when Jacob Earp is reflecting back on his sophomore division National Championship at 130 pounds at the end of an undefeated season, his 53 wins will be unavoidably joined in that memory by one loss.
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Bulldogs rally past App State
In a game that lasted 13 innings and five weeks, Appalachian State’s baseball team defeated Gardner-Webb 7-4 Tuesday at Red Lackey field. The contest began on Feb. 21 in Boiling Springs and was called because of darkness in the 13th inning with the score tied 4-4.
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Watauga comes back to trip Cavs
ICARD — Watauga baseball coach Pete Hardee is no friend of East Burke’s baseball field. In fact, the first team he ever coached lost by 16 runs on that field.
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WHS picks up first NWC win
ICARD — They finally stand a snowball’s chance. Watauga’s softball team had been waiting for a Northwestern 4-A Conference win in the hopes that it would snowball into a successful season. They got that first conference win against East Burke when they held on to a 5-2 decision Tuesday night.
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Callahan’s four goals dump Cavs
ICARD — Tuesday night should be one Jennifer Callahan remembers for a while. Not only did Watauga’s girls’ soccer team beat East Burke 4-0 and not only did Callahan score all four goals, but she did so in one half.
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Coach Moore happy to work on kicking game
Finally, Appalachian State had spring weather to go with its spring workouts.
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March 29, 2006
Sherrill makes mark at ASU as freshman
It’s not like Garrett Sherrill did not have options when coming out of high school last year.
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WHS dumps cavs
ICARD — Once through the Northwestern 4-A Conference and the Watauga boys’ tennis team is undefeated.
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ASU sweeps HPU
The Appalachian State women’s tennis team earned its 10th win of the season in commanding fashion with a 7-0 sweep of High Point Monday at the ASU Stadium Tennis Courts.
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Reynolds denies upset bid
ASHEVILLE — Watauga’s baseball team isn’t looking for moral victories, but the Pioneers showed once again that they can hold their own against one of the top teams in North Carolina.
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Rockets beat Pioneers in eight
ASHEVILLE — Between strikeouts, Watauga and A.C. Reynolds managed to each scrounge together a pair of runs through seven innings of Monday’s softball game. It took a throwing error in the bottom of the eighth to push the Rockets over Watauga, 3-2.
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Swim team sets 25 new team records
HUNTERSVILLE — Breaking 25 team records and placing seven swimmers in 12 events, the Watauga Swim Team capped of the short-course season with a fifth-place finish by the boys and a sixth-place finish by their girls’ team in Huntersville March 19. “We had over 50 total swims in finals for Saturday and Sunday, and more than 30 of these swims were in the championship heat,” Watauga coach Stephen Andreades said. “This is a huge improvement to only one swimmer in one event in the top eight of a final session last year.”
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Pioneers slip to fourth place
MORGANTON — After pulling to within a stroke of South Caldwell with their win Thursday, Watauga’s boys’ golf team stumbled Monday, finishing fourth and dropping to third in the overall conference standings.
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March 27, 2006
 Seventh-inning scoring
Appalachian State's Rand Smith (right) and Adam Beasley (center) celebrate scoring runs in the seventh inning. For more, link to story below. Photo by Steve Behr |
Earp caps season with victory
PITTSBURGH – Three state champions wasn’t enough. Watauga’s wrestling team wanted more and they went to Pittsburgh to get it last week. After Friday’s finals at the High School Sophomore Nationals, Watauga can now boast a national champion. Jacob Earp won his four matches, finishing off with a 16-5 win over an opponent from Kentucky, to become a national champ and cap a 53-0 season.
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Complete collapse
ELON — Appalachian State went into its doubleheader Sunday with Elon looking to snap and six-game losing skid and a 24-inning scoreless streak.
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BEHR: The 2005 season ends at Holmes
They flocked to the Holmes Center Saturday night, all 700 of them, to honor the 2005 Division I-AA national champion Appalachian State Mountaineers.
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Pioneers settle for split
MORGANTON – Even though it was another split Watauga’s girls’ club lacrosse team turned in Saturday in Morganton, they are getting better each time out.
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Watauga rolls past Cougars
They had to gut out a couple matches, but Watauga’s boys’ tennis team swept singles play against Alexander Central and went on to win 6-3 Thursday afternoon at the Carroll Complex.
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Eggers earns medalist honor
MORGANTON – At a match at Quaker Meadows in Morganton, Watauga’s regular scorers on their boys’ golf team got by with a little help from their friends Thursday.
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