April 21, 2006
Linnville earns Brown scholarship
Mark Linnville, a freshman at Watauga High School, is the first winner of a statewide scholarship established in the name of a young soccer player.
Read More...
Tracy leaps into NWC
There are a number of athletes that make Watauga’s girls’ track and field team a favorite to win the Northwestern 4-A Conference championship meet this season. Of that number, many are underclassmen.
Read More...
ASU begins tourney
CHARLESTON, S.C. – The No. 7 seeded Appalachian State men’s tennis team plays its first match in the 2006 Southern Conference Tournament, Thursday against No. 10 seeded UNC Greensboro at noon at the City of Charleston Farmfield Courts.
Read More...
ASU outslugs Aggies
The hits kept coming, and it was a good thing they did. With a slow start on the mound, it was all the more important for Appalachian State’s baseball team to continue their hitting streak in a 16-11 win over North Carolina A&T Tuesday at Red Lackey Field.
Read More...
April 19, 2006
Fields could expand in four sports
Didn’t get into the playoffs last year? Feel jilted by the selection process? Teams in the same position may have better luck next year.
Read More...
Commentary: Playoff fields do not need to expand
I’ve always preferred to earn my keep. Maybe that’s the main problem I’ve always had with playoffs in North Carolina. Each scholastic season of each year I’ve been here, I’ve looked up and down playoff brackets and seen teams that have not earned playoff eligibility and some that had no business being mentioned in the same breath as those at the top of the bracket.
Read More...
Pioneers blank E. Wayne
KINSTON — The best thing about Watauga’s 3-0 victory over Eastern Wayne in the George Whitfield Invitational Easter Tournament wasn’t the win itself, though it stopped a two-game losing skid.
Read More...
Offense carries App into game
For a while, especially early in the season, Appalachian State struggled to score runs and at one point, went scoreless for 30 straight innings.
Read More...
April 17, 2006
 Getting it in
Savannah Haas throws to second baseman Martha Wood as left fielder Jackie Newell looks on during Thursday's game. Photo by Bill Cain |
Watauga dumps Cavs, claims NWC title
After losing it to Freedom for the first time in a long time last season, Watauga’s boys’ tennis team reclaimed the Northwestern 4-A Conference championship Thursday. Last time Watauga played East Burke, it was tight early before the Pioneers pulled away to victory. In Thursday’s rematch at the Carroll Complex, they pulled away early and won 6-3.
Read More...
WHS vaulter adds to resume
CHARLOTTE — With part of their team taking off for spring break, Watauga’s track and field team still turned in a good performance at the Queen City Relays in Charlotte Saturday.
Read More...
Watauga blanks Titans
In their last game before spring break, Watauga’s girls’ soccer team came out strong and finished the same in a 6-0 win over McDowell at Kidd Brewer Stadium Thursday afternoon.
Read More...
MHS stops Pioneers
After one inning, Watauga looked strong enough to keep its winning streak rolling against visiting McDowell, but then the game got away from them and they lost 5-3 Thursday.
Read More...
Watauga falls to Titans, Falcons
Watauga’s baseball team lost 11-4 to South Central Saturday in the first round of the Kinston Invitational Tournament. The loss came on the heels of a 6-2 Northwestern 4-A Conference setback Thursday to McDowell at Watauga’s field.
Read More...
ASU takes two from Wofford
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Appalachian State won its first Southern Conference series of the season, taking two out of three from Wofford this past weekend.
Read More...
Softball team sweeps UNCG
Kasey Motsinger had a big afternoon at the plate, breaking a school record with two home runs and tying the record for RBIs in a game with six in ASU’s 10-4 victory over UNC Greensboro Saturday afternoon at the Carroll Complex.
Read More... |
