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News update: Armanti Edwards wins Walter Payton Award
Appalachian State quarterback Armanti Edwards gave the Mountaineers a rare trifecta Thursday night when he was awarded the Walter Payton Award, given to the top player in the Football Championship Subdivision.

Once in a lifetime chance Appalachian State coach Houston Fancher told an out of town reporter just why the Mountaineers would want to take on Kentucky, even if it is at a neutral site. “We’re getting ready for Milligan,” he joked. Photo by Mark Mitchell

Commentary: Wildcats still one of the game’s blue bloods
This one has the dynamic of a familiar situation, only involving football. Appalachian State travels to Louisville, Ky. to take on Kentucky, at noon on Sports South, for the first time in the Mountaineers’ history. It’s a chance for Appalachian State to make history, if not nationally, then certainly in its own program.

Pioneers take second game from Avery
Watauga’s first victory over Avery was relatively easy. The Pioneers took a big first-quarter lead and really never looked back.

Watauga makes it four straight
Watauga’s inside duo of Nicole Tesh and Katherine Mayhew proved, for the second time in two days, to be too much for Avery to handle.

ASU women set sights on Furman
It’s all a matter of persecutive as to which was tougher on Appalachian State’s women’s basketball team — their final exams or the 2 1/2 hour practice they went through Wednesday morning.

Around the area: Edwards, LeGree earn AP awards

First-team quarterback Armanti Edwards and defensive back Mark LeGree highlight three Appalachian State representatives on the 2008 Associated Press NCAA Division I FCS All-America teams, the AP announced on Wednesday. Offensive lineman Jonathan Bieschke is a second-team honoree.

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December 17, 2008

Looking inside NEWLAND - Watauga’s girls’ basketball team needed its two tallest players, Katherine Mayhew and Nicole Tesh, to play big Monday night at Avery. Both delivered in a big way. Tesh scored 11 of her game-high 18 points in the fourth quarter, and Mayhew hit all 10 of her foul shots to finish with 16 points in the Pioneers’ 69-59 victory over the Vikings. Photo by Mark Mitchell

Watauga pounds Vikings
NEWLAND -There was a time that Avery actually led Watauga by four points Monday night.

Edwards up for Payton Award
Sitting in a banquet hall is not exactly how Armanti Edwards would like to remember the 2008 season.

ASU wrestlers roll past Watauga 39-33
Ashe County edged Watauga 39-33 in wrestling Monday night at Lentz-Eggers Gym.

Watauga swimming teams results
Results from meet held Dec. 12 in Morganton:

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December 15, 2008
ASU trio earns honor
Three Appalachian State players were named to the Walter Camp Football Foundation's FCS All-American team Friday.

ETSU's Big Three too much for ASU

East Tennessee State's "Big Three" was too much for Appalachian State's 13. East Tennessee State got 78 points from three players - Courtney Pigram, Kevin Tiggs and Mike Smith - and buried the Mountaineers 89-70 in front of 2,520 at the Holmes Center Saturday night.

Huskies beat Watauga in final seconds WEST JEFFERSON - When Ashe County needed its biggest baskets against Watauga Friday night, it went to its biggest and best player. Photo by Mark Mitchell

Ashe pulls away to win
WEST JEFFERSON - Once Ashe County took the lead from Watauga, the Huskies made sure they would never give it away.

Watauga pins Avery
NEWLAND - It didn't matter that Avery could get 12 free points against Watauga's wrestling team. The Pioneers turned in plenty of pinfalls to overcome it.

Cook wins indoor meet
LYNCHBURG, Va. - Taylor Cook won the pole vault in the Liberty Invitational indoor track and field meet held at Liberty University Saturday.

Freshman rally past Rockets
The Watauga boys freshman basketball team rallied to beat A.C. Reynolds 49-40 Saturday.