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Rebels roll past ASU
OXFORD, Miss. — For 32 minutes, Appalachian State went toe-to-toe with the West Division champions of the Southeastern Conference. Then a simple switch in defense by Ole Miss changed everything.

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NIT Analysis: Ole Miss coach focused on stopping Minter, Thompson
OXFORD, Miss. — Ole Miss coach Andy Kennedy knew he had to come up with a way to stop, or at least slow down, two of Appalachian State’s most potent weapons. Donte Minter, ASU’s 6-foot-9 center, had scored 14 points in the first 24 minutes of the Mountaineers’ game with Mississippi, and really was not being slowed down a whole lot by the Rebel defense. Read more.

ASU notes: Mountaineers drop two to USC
COLUMBIA, S.C. – In a pitchers’ duel which saw just 10 combined hits, No. 3 South Carolina scored a run in the sixth inning and two in the seventh to defeat Appalachian State University baseball, 4-1, in front of 4,335 fans at Sarge Frye Field on Wednesday evening. Read more.

Freedom ekes out 1-0 win
MORGANTON — Watauga’s girls’ soccer team produced several scoring chances against Freedom on Tuesday particularly in the second half. In fact, Watauga outshot the Patriots 18-12 and had 11 shots on goal. The entire half was not exactly played on the Freedom side of the field, but the Pioneers put plenty of pressure on the Patriots at times. Read more.

Pioneers shut Patriots out, 12-0
The Watauga High baseball team used a seven run 2nd inning to snap a four game losing streak and beat the Freedom Patriots 12-0 in five innings. Watauga (2-4, 1-1 NW4A) starter Tyler Moore (2-0) allowed the first two Patriot (1-5, 0-1 NW4A) hitters to single but would only allow three hits after that. Moore pitched his second complete game of the season, allowing five hits, no runs and stuck out four. Read more.

Pioneer notes: WHS finishes in well-fought fourth
TAYLORSVILLE — In its most recent match of the season, Watauga’s boys’ golf team finished fourth against six Northwestern 4-A Conference rivals at Brushy Mountain Golf Course. That may not sound terribly impressive at first glance. However, a closer look showed the Pioneers were just six strokes off meet winner South Caldwell. Watauga finished with a 318, just one stroke behind fourth place Alexander Central’s 317 and two strokes behind second place Freedom’s 316. South won with a match low 312. Read more.

March 14, 2007
ASU point guard draws attention of many
Whenever Appalachian State point guard D.J. Thompson takes the court, he draws attention. Obviously, he’s a marked man by opponents. The senior from Raleigh is usually the first Appalachian State weapon that must be accounted for in the Mountaineers’ offense. Read more.

Mountaineers return to the road for NIT
When Appalachian State coach Houston Fancher looks out at the Tad Smith Coliseum floor Wednesday night, he’ll see an Ole Miss team that is similar to his own. Fancher’s Mountaineers (25-7), who play at Mississippi (20-12) in the first round of the NIT, are playing in their first postseason game as a team that received an at-large bid.
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Around the area:
Sportspage to be live from Oxford — The Sportspage will broadcast live from The Tad Smith Coliseum in Oxford, Miss., the site of Appalachian State’s NIT game with Ole Miss, Wednesday at Thursday at 10 a.m., until noon on WXIT-AM, 1200. Read more.

March 12, 2007
Kostis sets the standard
Of all the student-athletes Watauga sent to the courts, mats and pools of the Northwestern 4-A Conference, Savva Kostis stood out among them all. Kostis is the lone Pioneer to be named the top athlete of his sport. Kostis was named the top wrestler of the Northwestern 4-A Conference. Read more.

Reilly stops Spartans’ bats
Watauga pitcher Nicole Reilly battled illness during the offseason. It seems that Reilly has recovered nicely from it. Reilly allowed just one hit in Watauga’s 2-0 victory over a South Caldwell team that has beaten the Pioneers seven straight times during opening day of the Northwestern 4-A Conference season. Reilly struck out nine Spartans and walked four in Watauga’s win at the Carroll Complex. Read more.

Pioneers can’t solve S.C. ace
It’s not known if South Caldwell ace Madison Bumgarner will surrender two runs in another Northwestern 4-A Conference game. It is not known if the Spartans, who are ranked No. 1 in North Carolina 4-A baseball and fifth nationally in the Baseball America poll, will ever trail in a NWC game. Read more.

App State takes on Ole Miss in NIT
It wasn’t initially what Houston Fancher wanted. But getting chosen to play in the NIT is more than a consolation prize. Fancher’s Appalachian State Mountaineers will play at Mississippi in the NIT Wednesday at 8 p.m. The Mountaineers (25-7) make their third appearance in any postseason tournament since making the move to Division I. Read more.

Appalachian wins two during weekend series
HICKORY — David Towarnicky drove in four runs and Garrett Sherrill overcame a rocky start to pitch eight strong innings to lead Appalachian State to a 9-2 victory over Fairleigh Dickinson in the rubber match of a three-game series Sunday afternoon at L.P. Frans Stadium. Read more.

Knotts finishes 16th at indoors
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Appalachian State’s Vonteena Knotts placed 16th in the long jump, Friday at the NCAA Indoor Championships at Randal Tyson Track Center at the University of Arkansas. Read more.