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December 15, 2006
Good luck Mountaineers!
Go for 2
Hundreds of Appalachian State fans gather on the sidewalk outside of
Kidd Brewer Stadium Tuesday to send off the Mountaineers as they leave for Chattanooga, Tenn., to face the University of Massachusetts in the Division I-AA national championship. The game kicks off at 8 p.m. Friday. The Appalachian Athletics Ticket Office sold out of the 950 additional tickets for the game in three and a half hours Wednesday, according to GoASU.com. Photo by Marie Freeman |
Mountaineers eye second straight national championship
If the recent past holds true, Appalachian State’s game with Massachusetts should be over quickly. The two, after 14 weeks of regular season and playoffs, face each other in the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) championship game at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tenn.
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O-line key to ASU’s title hopes
At the risk of sounding like a Christmas song, you know Armanti Edwards, Kevin Richardson, William Mayfield, T.J. Courman, Devon Moore and Dexter Jackson.
You know Trey Elder, Hans Batichon, Trey Hennessee, Julian Rauch and James Hill. They are the familiar faces of the Appalachian State offense. They are the ones whose names usually make the paper when the Mountaineers are in the process of scoring 35.7 points per game, their average this season.
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ASU dominates All-America list
NEW YORK (AP) — No wonder Appalachian State is set to play for its second consecutive I-AA national championship. The Mountaineers have a roster dotted with All-Americans. Appalachian State placed four players on The Associated Press I-AA All-America team released Wednesday, and had two more players make the third team.
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Mountaineers pound Brevard 93-53
In front of a noticeably sparse crowd, Donte Minter made his first court appearance in an Appalachian jersey as the Mountaineers went on to beat Brevard College Thursday evening at the Holmes Center. Five Mountaineers, including Minter, had double-digits in the 93-53 win over the Tornados.
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Pioneers blast Avery, score 48 in first half
Watauga did not need Seth Moore to score 28 points in the Pioneers’ 77-57 victory over rival Avery Tuesday night at Lentz-Eggers Gym.
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Avery downs Pioneers 70-54
Watauga’s girls’ basketball team fell to rival Avery County 70-54 Tuesday night at Lentz-Eggers Gym.
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December 13, 2006
FCS finals
  
When: Friday at 8 p.m.
Where: Chattanooga, Tenn.
Tickets: $20 (sold out)
TV: ESPN2
Radio: WATA-AM, 1450; WKBC-FM, 97. 3
ASU's 7,500 allotment of tickets for Friday’s NCAA Division I Football national championship game sold out at 1:45 p.m. on Monday. According to an ASU report, “Chattanooga officials are in discussions about making a limited number of standing room-only tickets available.” If they become available, they can be purchased online at www.gomocs.com
Be sure to pick up a Wednesday copy of the Watauga Democrat, which includes a pullout poster cheering the Mountaineers on.
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Special teams key to ASU’s success
It’s the part of football that is taken for granted, until something goes wrong. Then people notice special teams. There has been very little that has gone wrong with Appalachian State’s special teams this year. The Mountaineers’ kicking game has been solid this season, particularly in the playoffs, where Appalachian State has rolled through three speed bumps to the national championship game this Friday in Chattanooga, Tenn.
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UMass running back finds home up north
BOSTON (AP) — Several colleges liked Steve Baylark in his last year at Apopka High School in Florida. They wanted him in their backfield — as a fullback. Baylark had other ideas. He wanted to avoid big defenders instead of block them so interest among those schools waned. Then Massachusetts, a university he knew nothing about, surprised him. They wanted him as a running back and Baylark headed north.
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ASU’s Richardson practices Monday
Appalachian State running back Kevin Richardson will be ready to play in the Football Championship Subdivision title game Friday in Chattanooga, Tenn. Richardson gained 141 of his 145 yards against Youngstown State in the first half before aggravating a bruised shoulder. Richardson practiced Monday afternoon in full pads.
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Minter makes debut at ASU
One of the most anticipated debuts in recent Appalachian State men’s basketball history takes place Thursday night when the Mountaineers host Brevard at the Holmes center. The long anticipated debut of power forward Donte Minter begins at 5 p.m. The game was moved from 7 p.m., to allow fans a chance to drive to Chattanooga, Tenn., for the Mountaineers championship football game against Massachusetts.
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December 11, 2006
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Back to Chattanooga
FCS finals
Who: ASU (13-1) vs.
Massachusetts (13-1)
When: Friday at 8 p.m.
Where: Chattanooga, Tenn.
Tickets: $20
TV: ESPN2
Radio: WATA-AM, 1450; WKBC-FM, 97.3 |
Kevin Richardson scores one of his four touchdowns in Appalachian State’s 49-24 pasting of Youngstown State at Kidd Brewer Stadium Saturday. Appalachian State reached the FCS/Division I-AA championship for the second straight year Saturday by easily stopping the march of the Youngstown State Penguins. The game took place in front of a Kidd Brewer Stadium playoff record crowd of 18,040. The Mountaineers won a school record 13th straight game this year, its 27th straight at The Rock and improved to 13-1. The Mountaineers have also won seven straight playoff games. On Friday in Chattanooga, Tenn., the Mountaineers will take on Massachusetts, a 19-17 winner over Montana last Friday night. Photo by Marie Freeman
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FCS PLAYOFFS: ASU 49, YOUNGSTOWN STATE 24
Back to Chattanooga
All aboard to Chattanooga. Appalachian State went into Kidd Brewer Stadium Saturday determined to reach the FCS/Division I-AA championship for the second straight year. In the Mountaineers’ way was Youngstown State, a program that was 6-0 in Division I-AA finals games and looking to return to the championship game for the first time since 1999.
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ASU offensive line dominates Penquins
Kerry Brown had a request for all of the reporters covering Appalachian State’s 49-24 demolition of a good Youngstown State team Saturday at The Rock.
“Put something in the newspapers about the offensive line,” he said at the Mountaineer Room where the interviews were held after the game.
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ASU keeps winning at home
Appalachian State ran its home winning streak to 27 games with its 49-24 victory over Youngstown State Saturday at Kidd Brewer Stadium. That win meant that the senior class, minus one player, went undefeated in home games at Kidd Brewer. The only player who did not win every home game he played in was tight end Daniel Bettis, who is a fifth-year senior. He was on the team that lost 14-13 to Maine in the second round of the playoffs in 2002.
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Hokies smother ASU
BLACKSBURG, Va. — Appalachian State’s men’s basketball made history Sunday afternoon at Virginia Tech. However, it was not the type of history the Mountaineers wanted to make.
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Myers Park sweeps Watauga
CHARLOTTE — Watauga boys’ basketball coach Rob Sanders wanted his players to get taste of what the expanded 4-A playoffs might be like if the Pioneers took on a Charlotte team. So, Sanders put a trip to Myers Park on the non-conference schedule to do just that. Myers Park gave the Pioneers just what Sanders was looking for — a glimpse at a good Charlotte team.
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