October 6, 2006
Cornerbacks have score to settle with UTC
 Justin Woazeah and Jerome Touchstone have mixed feelings about Chattanooga’s Finley Stadium. The two Appalachian State cornerbacks celebrated their 19-16 victory over Northern Iowa in the Division I-AA championship game last Dec. 16. They also remember taking most of the heat for a complete defensive collapse in a 59-56 loss to a Chattanooga team that finished 2-9 that year.
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ASU faces tough Mocs
Most Appalachian State fans remember the last time the Mountaineers went to Chattanooga, Tenn. want to forget the time before.
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Apps sweep ‘Dogs
The Appalachian State women’s volleyball team cruised to a 3-0 non-conference win over Gardner-Webb on Tuesday night at the Holmes Center. The win over Gardner-Webb (8-12) makes four in a row for the Mountaineers.
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Two Pioneers score hat tricks in 8-0 victory
SAWMILLS — Chris Brubaker and Zach Greene each scored three goals as Watauga’s boys’ soccer team rolled to an 8-0 victory Wednesday night over South Caldwell.
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Pioneers eye chance at 8-0
 When No. 10 Watauga — that’s right, the No. 10 Watauga Pioneers — take on McDowell Friday night, it will almost be like they are taking on themselves.
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Pioneers cage Cougars 8-1
Watauga’s No. 1 seeded tennis player Brianna Fleming didn’t get the complete shutout she wanted Tuesday afternoon, but she’ll take a straight-set win any day. Fleming not only wanted to beat Alexander Central’s Kayla Fox 6-0, 6-0 like she did, but she did not want to lose a point. That plan was foiled in the first set, but her victory helped Fleming celebrate Senior Night in style.
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October 4, 2006
Tharrington grows into job as right defensive end
After the sacks Appalachian State defensive end Gary Tharrington got against Mars Hill and Gardner-Webb, after all the tackles and quarterback hurries he got against Elon last Saturday, the one thing that Mountaineers defensive line coach Mark Speir noticed the most was what Tharrington did not do.
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Edwards named Frosh of the Week
Appalachian State quarterback Armanti Edwards was named the Freshman of the Week by the Southern Conference Monday afternoon.
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Pioneers offensive line provides room to run
They are the life of any offense. Without them, the best quarterbacks or running backs can’t operate. They’re the offensive linemen and at Watauga, it’s no different than any place else. The Pioneers’ line is anonymous, yet it blocks for a running back, Eric Breitenstein, who is making a name for himself as the 2006 season continues to unfold.
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Around the area
Avalanche teams play last weekend: Under-11 Girls Challenge 2, HSA Storm 2 . The Storm took a 2-0 first-half lead, but Madi Critcher scored to bring the Lady Avalanche to within 2-1 at halftime. In the second half, Critcher scored on a rebound off a shot from Tori Derrick.
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October 2, 2006
Freedom fighters
Watauga High School’s Caleb Martin (3) and Tyler Hite (7) make the tackle on Freedom High School’s Kele Beam in football action Friday night. Watauga took Freedom 14-7. For more on the game, please link with the article below.
Photo by Marie Freeman
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Pioneers end 22-year drought vs. Patriots
Everybody who has followed Watauga’s football team this season knew who was going to get the ball virtually every time the Pioneers lined up in its power “Stacked I” formation Friday night.
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Pioneers punch Patriots in the mouth
There are plenty of reasons why Watauga’s 14-7 win over Freedom was so good. Of course, there’s the obvious one. Watauga had not beaten the Patriots since 1984. There have been some close calls, such as the overtime loss in 2000. There have been some blowouts, such as last year’s 34-15 loss in Morganton.
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ASU sweeps UNCG
GREENSBORO – Chrissy Finch and Brittany Zahn recorded 15 kills apiece as Appalachian State’s volleyball team won its third-straight match Saturday with a 3-0 (30-26, 30-20, 30-24) win over UNC Greensboro at Fleming Gym.
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Watauga women take 9th, men 11th
GREENSBORO — Watauga’s girls’ cross country team finished ninth and the men’s team took 11th Saturday in the Greensboro Cross Country Invitational at Hagen Stone Park.
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Mountaineers pound Elon for fourth straight win
No doubt, Elon is still trying to reach the level of the top teams in the Southern Conference. Elon, now in its fourth year in the league, has yet to beat Appalachian State in its first three tries, being outscored 134-33 in the process.
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