December 1, 2006
Playoff fever
 Watauga High School’s Pioneers have reached the state 4-A Western Regional Final. They will host West Charlotte in Boone on Friday, Dec. 1, at 7:30 p.m. at Jack Groce stadium on the WHS campus. The game will be broadcast over WJZS – FM, 100.7. The shuttle that has run for other Watauga football games will be available again Friday night for the Pioneers’ playoff game with West Charlotte. Fans can catch the shuttle at the Boone Mall Parking lot beginning at 6 p.m. Return trips to the mall start at the beginning of the fourth quarter. Tickets for Friday’s game are $6 if purchased before Friday and $7 at the gate. Presale tickets are available at Watauga High School Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday between 10 a.m.-noon.
Appalachian State University, rolling in the FCS playoffs, will host Montana State this Saturday at 4 p.m. at Kidd Brewer Stadium on the ASU campus. The game will be on ESPN 2. |
Pioneers host West Charlotte in Western finals
Watauga’s football team isn’t so naive that it doesn’t know what’s at stake at Jack Groce Stadium Friday night. They know that if they beat West Charlotte in the Western Regional final, they’ll be playing for a 4-A state championship the following week in Durham.
They also know that their 24-23 win over A.C. Reynolds was the Pioneers’ biggest victory in over 20 years.
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Bobcats no easy mark for ASU
It’s true that Appalachian State has won 24 straight games at Kidd Brewer Stadium. It’s also likely true that Montana State isn’t so worried about that fact. Montana State, winners of seven out of its last eight games, invades The Rock for a showdown with the Mountaineers in the second round of the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) playoffs Saturday, beginning at 4 p.m. The Bobcats (8-4) have already tasted victory over a Southern Conference team, having pounded Furman 31-14 last weekend in Bozeman, Mont.
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ASU visits CofC
Finally, Bobby Cremins gets a chance to coach against his former team.
Cremins, the new coach at College of Charleston, welcomes Appalachian State for a Saturday showdown at John Kresse Arena. Two days later, Appalachian State plays at The Citadel in its two-game, Charleston, S.C., road tour. The Mountaineers won’t return to the Holmes Center until Dec. 14 when they play Brevard.
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Pioneers grab first victory
WILKESBORO — Watauga girls’ basketball coach Todd Dixon already knew that Wilkes Central point guard Meredity Rozoti had plenty of talent. while Rozoti scored 20 points, the rest of the Eagles managed just 33. That allowed Watauga, which had three players score in double figures, to roll past Wilkes Central 71-53 Wednesday night.
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Watauga dumps Vikings
NEWLAND — Watauga’s boys’ basketball team got a combined 50 points from J.R. Archer and Seth Moore and beat Avery 84-71 Tuesday night. Moore led all scorers with 28 points, hitting 12 shots from the field and 4-of-6 from the foul line. He was particularly difficult to guard at the low post, where he often spun away from two defenders and hit a short jumper in the lane.
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Wilkes stuns WHS
WILKESBORO — Though other things will be remembered in Watauga’s 58-56 heartbreaking loss to Wilkes Central, the one factor that hurt the Pioneers the most was foul shooting. Watauga hit just 10-of-21 of its free throws, which proved to be fatal in the long run. It also didn’t help that Wilkes Central hit 21-of-34 from the foul line or that the Eagles hit five 3-point shots.
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Avery pulls away from WHS
NEWLAND — The Avery girl’s basketball team used a third quarter surge to defeat the Watauga Pioneers 61-47 Tuesday night. The Pioneers (0-2) were plagued by a myriad of turnovers, including 17 in the third quarter. Watauga finished with 29 turnovers on the night.
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ASU women roll past young Winthrop team
Intensity was the key when Appalachian State’s women’s basketball team grounded Winthrop 84-61 Tuesday night at the Holmes Center.
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Watauga swims past Patriots
MORGANTON — Watauga’s swim teams posted a sweep over Freedom, winning the girls’ meet 95-74 and the boys’ meet 102-66.
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November 29, 2006
Playoff fever
Watauga High School’s Pioneers have reached the state 4-A Western Regional Final. They will host West Charlotte in Boone on Friday, Dec. 1, at 7:30 p.m. at Jack Groce stadium on the WHS campus. The game will be broadcast over WJZS – FM, 100.7. The shuttle that has run for other Watauga football games will be available again Friday night for the Pioneers’ playoff game with West Charlotte. Fans can catch the shuttle at the Boone Mall Parking lot beginning at 6 p.m. Return trips to the mall start at the beginning of the fourth quarter. Tickets for Friday’s game are $6 if purchased before Friday and $7 at the gate. Presale tickets are available at Watauga High School Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday between 10 a.m.-noon.
Appalachian State University, rolling in the FCS playoffs, will host Montana State this Saturday at 4 p.m. at Kidd Brewer Stadium on the ASU campus. The game will be on ESPN 2. |
ASU coach happy to see Watauga’s success
Those who are driving the Watauga football bandwagon save a seat for Appalachian State head football coach Jerry Moore. Moore, who is in the middle of a playoff run himself, has followed Watauga’s progress this season and said he’s very happy that the Pioneers have reached the state 4-A semifinals.
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ASU dumps Campbell
There’s nothing that Campbell coach Robbie Laing likes to do more than have his Camels run and gun. Last year, the Camels scored around 90 points per game and this year, they have already scored over 100 points two times.
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Oak Hill to play at Holmes Center Thursday
Oak Hill Academy will make its first appearance at the Holmes Center when it takes on Veritas Christian Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Oak Hill is one of eight teams playing in the New River Building Prime Time Hoops Classic at the Holmes Center Thursday. The Warriors play in one of four games that will feature some of the top basketball teams on the high school and graduate level in the country.
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Note: WHS games moved to Dec. 6
A story in Monday’s Watauga Democrat incorrectly listed the day that Watauga’s boys and girls varsity basketball games against West Caldwell would be played. The games have been moved to Dec. 6. They were to be played this Friday, but were moved because Watauga’s state 4-A football playoff game against West Charlotte is also Friday night at Jack Groce Stadium.
November 27, 2006
Grounded Rockets
Watauga defenders C.J. Hodges (31) and Preston Oliver (70) celebrate after dumping A.C. Reynolds tailback C.J. Davis (2) for a loss. For more on the Pioneers earning a slot in the Western 4-A finals, please link with the story below. Photo by Bill Sheffield |
Pioneers reach Western 4-A final
ASHEVILLE — Six times Watauga tried, but could not beat A.C. Reynolds. In fact, none of the games were even close, including the 25-point win Reynolds stuck on the Pioneers back on Oct. 13.
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Commentary: Sounds of silence good to Pioneers
ASHEVILLE — It took only about one, maybe two seconds, to leave an impression on me. Maybe it was just my imagination, running away with me. But out of everything that happened in Watauga’s 24-23 victory over A.C. Reynolds Friday night, it was what I didn’t hear that stood out for me.
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ASU takes 31-point lead in win over Chants
 Coastal Carolina is going to have to settle for just being happy to make the FCS playoffs. The Chanticleers, making their first playoff appearance since starting its football program four years ago, ran into a buzz saw Saturday at Appalachian State. The Mountaineers scored 31 points in the first half and breezed to a 45-28 victory in front of 16,223 at Kidd Brewer Stadium.
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Deacons trip Mountaineers
WINSTON-SALEM — Appalachian State got off to a slow start and though the Mountaineers rallied, they could not overtake Wake Forest, which beat Appalachian 88-78 Saturday at Joel Coliseum.
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Hoyas pull away from ASU
Appalachian State’s women’s basketball team hit several key baskets down the stretch against Georgetown. Yet, they weren’t enough to keep up with the Hoyas’ foul shooting.
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Pioneers take on rival Avery
Watauga’s basketball teams go back to the court Tuesday night when they play at cross-border rival Avery.
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