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Bike ride Gears up again
VALLE CRUCIS — It will be no surprise that the 100-mile part of the Blood, Sweat and Gears will be a sellout. Sonny Sweet, the director of the Watauga Red Cross and the creator of the fund-raising event, expects that all 750 slots will be taken by the time the June 23 bike ride is run. To read more, please click here. Photo by Marie Freeman |
Spartans avenge losses to ASU
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Appalachian State dropped its first-round game in the Southern Conference Baseball Tournament by a 9-3 margin to UNC Greensboro Wednesday morning at Riley Park.
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Cherry-Leigh, Coffey earn Hall of Fame, Trailblazer Awards
Watauga’s volleyball team had 10 seniors lead it deep into the state 4-A playoffs last fall. Front and center was middle blocker Kelly Cherry-Leigh, who led the team in blocks and kills. Read more.
May 23, 2007
Pole vaulter a standout on field and in classroom
GREENSBORO — Things may not have worked out the way Macey Ruble wanted them to at the state 4-A track and field championships at North Carolina A&T last Saturday, but the Watauga senior will get plenty of chances to prove just how high he can pole vault. To read more, please click here. Photo by Steve Behr |
Reeder, Baker have seen good, bad times at ASU
After going through two straight 10-win seasons, it would have been easy for Chris Baker and Jonathan Reeder to leave the Appalachian State baseball program. Read more.
UNCG up next for App
The good news over the past weekend for Appalachian State baseball team is that it beat UNC Greensboro two out of three games last weekend to clinch fourth place in the Southern Conference baseball tournament. Read more.
Mayfield becomes ASU’s latest T-Cat
It’s starting to look like the Canadian Football League’s Hamilton Tiger-Cats are turning into Appalachian State Mountaineers North. Read more.
May 21, 2007
Crest charges past Pioneers in playoffs
BOILING SPRINGS — Crest’s defense left a calling card in the first inning that it came to play against Watauga last Friday in the second round of the 4-A state softball playoffs. To read more, please click here. Photo by Steve Behr |
Mountaineers secure fourth seed in tourney
GREENSBORO — This has been a year of milestones for Appalachian State’s baseball team. First was the fact that the Mountaineers would finish over .500 for the first time since 1996. Then there was the fact that they won 30 games in a season for the first time since 1986, when the finished 40-13-1. Read more.
Callihan headed to UGA
Appalachian State head volleyball coach Chad Callihan has been named assistant coach at Georgia, UGA head coach Joel McCartney announced Friday. Callihan spent four years at the helm for the Mountaineers, having compiled an 88-45 (.662) overall record at the school. He led the team to two Southern Conference regular season titles, two SoCon tournament championship matches and a 56-13 (.812) league mark.
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Brown takes 2nd in shot, 3rd in discus
GREENSBORO — Watauga’s Paris Brown briefly threw the shot put and the discus while in eighth grade. In the ninth grade, she tried it again, but was hampered by injuries. So Brown, a senior, was essentially in her rookie season throwing the two objects this season for the Watauga girls’ track and field team. After her performance at the state 4-A state track and field championships at North Carolina A&T Saturday, she could easily qualify as the Pioneers’ rookie of the year. Read more.
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