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News-Break: Snow will fall on Forsyth; leaving WHS

Watauga High Pioneer head football coach Adrian Snow has resigned and will be the new football coach at West Forsyth.

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SoCon Tourney

UNCG ends Mountaineers basketball season

Appalachian State saw its men's basketball season come to a close with a 63-46 loss to UNC Greensboro in the quarterfinals of the Southern Conference Tournamemnt Saturday at the North Charleston Coliseum.

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WHS edges Tabor
WINSTON-SALEM — Watauga baseball coach Pete Hardee admitted that it may have looked strange taking his Pioneers back to Mount Tabor, a team that beat Watauga by nine runs just two days earlier.

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ASU outslugs High Point
HIGH POINT — Appalachian State baseball scored 11 runs over the sixth, seventh and eighth innings and withstood a furious High Point rally in the bottom of the ninth to collect 19-14 win on Wednesday afternoon at Willard Stadium. Read more.

NFL Combine lets Jackson showcase skills
Dexter Jackson took his share of hits while playing receiver at Appalachian State. Yet he had never been poked and prodded like he was at the NFL Combine a few weeks ago. Read more.

Mellow Mushroom Invitational March 7-8: Pioneers host top teams
If the Mellow Mushroom Invitational has a familiar look to it, there’s a reason for that. The same four teams that played in last year’s girls’ soccer tournament return this year for the two-day event. Two-time defending champion Greensboro Page returns with Watauga, T.C. Roberson and New Bern for games on Friday and Saturday. Read more.

WHS softball team blasts Wilkes Central
WILKESBORO — Watauga scored five runs in the second inning and six in the third and crushed Wilkes Central 15-2 Wednesday in softball. Read more.

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Tossie leads App State into SoCon Tourney Things have not gone according to a Hollywood script for Whitney Tossie. If they had, the Appalachian State women’s basketball standout would have a few Southern Conference regular-season championship rings on her fingers and possibly a trip to the NCAA Tournament to remember. To read more, please click here. Photo by Mark Mitchell

Hillary taking reps at quarterback
Appalachian State’s CoCo Hillary has every reason to believe he will return to receiver when the Mountaineers open against LSU next fall. Read more.

Commentary: Speir takes on marathon for hospital
Appalachian State assistant coach Mark Speir knows football. Speir is the Mountaineers’ defensive line coach. He is also the team’s recruiting coordinator. He may not make first contact with every recruit, but he’s responsible for making sure that when a group of seniors graduate, they are replaced by a group of freshman capable of winning another national championship. Read more.

Mt. Tabor dumps Pioneers
WINSTON-SALEM — Pete Hardee knew there might be days like this. With South Caldwell looming on the horizon, Watauga had to dig deep into its pitching staff to face Mount Tabor, a team that does not have to face the defending state 4-A champions later this week. Read more.

West Forsyth clips WHS
CLEMMONS — Watauga lost a heartbreaker 1-0 to West Forsyth Monday afternoon. West Forsyth scored its run in the first inning and held on to win the game. The Pioneers (0-1) settled for two hits, including a double by Baker, and left seven runners on base. Read more.

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March 3, 2008

ASU dumps Cats in finale App grabs share of North title During his eight-year tenure as head coach of the Appalachian State men’s basketball team, Houston Fancher has insisted that the Southern Conference is a guard’s league. To read more, please click here. Photo by Mark Mitchell

Greensboro Page slips past Pioneers
The 2007-08 edition of the Watauga Pioneers boy’s basketball team became the first since 1989 to advance in the state playoffs when they upset Northwestern 4-A Conference champion East Burke last Tuesday.

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Mistakes costly in App loss
KANNAPOLIS — Appalachian State banged out 13 hits but left 11 men on base and three errors proved too costly to overcome in a 9-4 loss to Canisius Sunday afternoon at Fieldcrest Cannon Stadium.
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Eagles fly past ASU women
For at least a half, Appalachian State was still holding out hope that it could beat Georgia Southern and claim a first-round bye in the Southern Conference Tournament. But that was just for a half.
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ASU indoor teams take second
CLEMSON, S.C. — Appalachian State’s indoor men's track and field team fell just short of winning a Southern Conference title Saturday afternoon, finishing second at the SoCon Championships.
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Avery duo reaches J3 national finals
MASSANUTTEN, Va. — Catalina Lehmann finished third in the slalom race and fifth in the giant slalom race, while Zach Strange was also third in the slalom and fifth in the giant slalom in the J3 Championship at Massanutten Ski Resort in Virginia Feb. 23-24. Read more.

Around the area: Red Lackey passes away
E.G. “Red” Lackey, the namesake of Red Lackey Field, died Feb. 26. Read more.