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Sports update: WHS pairings posted

Watauga's two varsity basketball teams get to play at least one more game in the 2007-08 season.
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Sports update: Mountaineers glide by Paladins
The gold uniforms. The return of injured center Ike Butts. The return to the friendly confines of the Holmes Center. Yes, Appalachian State needed a game like this. Read more.

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Niagara falls into Holmes Mountaineers venture out of SoCon slate If nothing else, playing Niagara will give Appalachian State a chance to compete against the leading scorer in the nation.That player, Niagara’s Charron Fisher, averages nearly 28 points per game. He and the rest of the Purple Eagles fly into the Holmes Center for a Saturday BracketBusters showdown. To read more, please click here. Photo by Rob Moore

Pioneers on playoffs bubble after loss
TAYLORSVILLE — It seems that a different Alexander Central Cougar goes above and beyond the call of duty to beat Watauga. Read more.

Commentary: Good stuff going on this weekend
Sports fans in the High Country should not be hurting for things to attend if they want to drive the extra mile, or miles as the case may be. Read more.

ASU opens at State
When Appalachian State baseball coach Chris Pollard thought about putting together the 2008 edition of the Mountaineers, he knew one thing had to change. “We had to lower our ERA by at least one point,” Pollard said. Read more.

Appalachian dumps UNCG
Appalachian State’s Whitney Tossie and GiGi Thomas started the second half against UNC Greensboro on a mission. The duo combined for 28 second-half points to push the Mountaineers past UNC Greensboro 58-53 Tuesday night. Read more.

Around the area: Williams inks two-year deal
Former Appalachian State quarterback Richie Williams signed a two-year contract with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League. Read more.

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February 20, 2008

Spartans roll past WHS Slow start puts Pioneers behind early SAWMILLS — A slow start proved to be too much for Watauga to overcome in a 51-37 loss to South Caldwell in the first round of the girls Northwestern 4-A Conference Tournament. To read more, please click here. Photo by Mark Mitchell

Commentary: App nine better than sixth place
If Appalachian State’s baseball team doesn’t have a chip on its shoulder heading into the Southern Conference season, it should. Read more.

ASU football notebook: Bonham honors Moore
Bonham, Texas honored one of its most prominent sons on Monday when the city celebrated “Jerry Moore Day” with a ceremony at the Fannin County Sports Hall of Fame. Read more.

Around the area: Boyd earns top player honor
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Appalachian State freshman catcher Katie Boyd has been tabbed the Southern Conference softball Player of the Week to open the 2008 season. Read more.

ASU hosts Paladins Thursday
There was a time of the season when Appalachian State was one of the hottest teams in the Southern Conference. They had won nine out of 10 games with one of the victories being an upset win over Arkansas. They had scored a minimum of 84 points during a four-game stretch, all victories, and looked ready to run away with the North Division championship. Read more.

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February 18, 2008

UNCG belts ASU Mountaineers fall back into first-place tie GREENSBORO — Suddenly, the Southern Conference’s North Division race is as close as it’s been all season. UNC Greensboro’s 79-55 clubbing of Appalachian State helped make it that way. To read more, please click here. Photo by Mark Mitchell

Three Pioneers headed to state
WEDDINGTON — There are no real sure things in athletics, but there are some high possibilities of events turning out the way they are expected. Read more.

App sweeps VMI, Eagles
Appalachian State’s final home match of the 2008, which was also Senior Day, could not have gone much better for the Mountaineers, who rolled past two opponents at Varsity Gym Sunday. Read more.

Watauga opens at S. Caldwell
This time around, Watauga wants to get off to a better start when it plays at South Caldwell in the opening round of the girls’ Northwestern 4-A Conference Tournament. Read more.

Pioneers look

to solve A.C. in tournament
There are two ways that Watauga’s boys’ basketball team can reach the state 4-A tournament. Both involve beating Alexander Central, the Pioneers’ first Northwestern 4-A Conference Tournament foe Tuesday night. Read more.

Slow start dooms ASU women
After putting on a shooting clinic at Furman last Wednesday, the Appalachian State women's basketball team started out cold from the floor in its 72-52 loss to Elon Saturday.

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Elon holds off Mountaineers
A bad start. Two failed comeback attempts. Another loss to Elon. Read more.

Wrestlers at junior high level win titles
Demetreus Kostis won his fifth straight state championship in the NC USA Junior High and Elementary State Wrestling Championships. Read more.