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September 1 , 2006
ASU players feel up to challenge of N.C. State
The championship rings have been delivered. Fall two-a-days are over.
Now it’s time to begin the 2006 college football season. long last, Appalachian State begins the defense of its Division I-AA national championship. The Mountaineers take on N.C. State Saturday looking to beat an ACC team for the first time since 2000 and the Wolfpack in last six tries. Appalachian State has not played N.C. State since 1992, when the Wolfpack won 35-10 in Raleigh.
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Trey Elder ready to take control of ASU offense
Appalachian State quarterback Trey Elder has started just two games in his college career. The result of both of those games have been Mountaineer victories.
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Watauga to host arch rival
Watauga coach Adrian Snow doesn’t necessarily check Appalachian State’s practices to make sure former Avery standout receiver Josh Johnson is really there. Nor does he go to Mars Hill to make sure former Vikings quarterback Ricky Spradling goes to class, or to Tusculum to make sure last year’s Avery signal caller Garrett Sutphen is still across the state line.
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Pioneers blast Avery
An energetic Watauga boys’ soccer team shut out Avery 6-0 Tuesday, in a win that was more or less over by halftime. scoring started within the first 10 minutes when Watauga striker Zach Green headed in a near perfect cross pass from Luke Robertson for the first goal of the game. It did not slow down until Pioneers coach Doug Kidd switched to a possession style offense at the beginning of the second half.
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Watauga netters cruise past McDowell 9-0
MARION — Watauga’s girls’ tennis team cruised to a 9-0 victory over McDowell Tuesday afternoon. Brianna Fleming, Sarah Blackwelder, Mary Clemens, Meredith Massey, Ariel Nicastro and Tatum Rees all posted singles victories for the Pioneers, who improved to 3-0 in the Northwestern 4-A Conference, 3-1 overall. Fleming and Blackwelder took the rest of the afternoon off as Clemens and Rees beat Taryn Brown and Megan Boone 8-1 at No. 1 doubles.
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August 30, 2006
Huge OL helps N.C. State’s running game
They are the guys few fans actually see on a football field, unless they are lucky enough to make a sack. While defensive ends are often in the spotlight, defensive tackles do much of the grunt work of a defense. Often, their assignment is to occupy two blockers so a linebacker can make the tackle on a running play.
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August 28, 2006
Watauga 2-0 for first time since 1999
LENOIR — It’s been a while since Watauga’s football team has been in this position — undefeated after two games.  Yet that’s precisely where the Pioneers are, following their 22-14 victory over Hibriten at Jeff Storie Memorial Stadium Friday night. Watauga has not been 2-0 since 1999, back in the Mike Propst era.
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Commentary: Countdown to season begins now
Let the final countdown begin. For the past month, Appalachian Nation has had to settle for scrimmages, newspaper clippings and the occasional rubber-chicken speech from Mountaineers head coach Jerry Moore or one of his players to get their Yosef football fix.
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Pioneers roll through H.C. Classic
Watauga’s volleyball team proved it is the bully of its neighbors during the High Country Classic this past weekend at Lentz-Eggers Gym. In two weeks, the Pioneers will see if they can be the bully of the Northwestern 4-A Conference. Watauga finished 3-0 in the round-robin event, beating Avery, Mitchell and Ashe three games to none. Watauga began the event Friday with a 25-21, 25-17, 25-14 pasting of Avery and followed Saturday morning with a 25-11, 25-16, 25-17 win over Mitchell.
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Appalachian wins Radford tournament
RADFORD, Va. — Appalachian men’s soccer team captured the Radford University Tournament championship with a 2-0 victory over host Radford Sunday afternoon. In addition, Sean Sassano earned tournament offensive MVP honors while Paul Pessina was named the defensive MVP.
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WHS netters trip Freedom
MORGANTON — Watauga’s girls’ tennis team beat Freedom 5-4 in Northwestern 4-A girls’ tennis Thursday afternoon.
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Appalachian settles for second
If Appalachian State volleyball coach Chad Callihan could bottle his team’s 3-0 thumping of a good Marshall team Friday night, he would. As things turned out in the Mast General Store Appalachian Classic, the Mountaineers couldn’t bottle that performance for the next night.
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‘Drive of death’ saves win
LENOIR — Of all the points scored in Watauga’s 22-14 victory over Hibriten at Jeff Storie Memorial Stadium Friday night, perhaps the biggest play of the game yielded no points.  Watauga, clinging to its 22-14 lead, had the ball, but was facing a fourth-and-one from its own 35-yard line. The Pioneers had a choice: go for the first down, or punt.
“When we went on that drive of death, and that’s what it was, it’s either death by me or death by them,” Pioneers coach Adrian Snow said, “if we don’t make it at the 34-yard line, they’re going to take it and it’s our death.”
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Panthers' javyvees trip Pioneers
Hibriten’s jayvee football team took an eight point halftime lead and never looked back in its 21-12 victory over Watauga at Jack Groce Stadium Thursday night.  Two Hibriten runners, freshman Tyler Harshaw and sophomore Jaran Suddreth, both ran for over 100 yards as the Panthers racked up 291 yards in total offense. Harshaw, playing running back, gained 131 yards on 19 carries, while Suddreth, playing quarterback, added 102 yards on 13 carries.
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