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Mountaineer Day gives fans first experience of Drinkwitz era

Mountaineer Day gives fans first experience of Drinkwitz era

Brooks Maynard, Reporter April 2, 2019

Fans got their first taste of what App State football will look like under new head coach Eliah Drinkwitz during an open scrimmage at Kidd Brewer Stadium on March 30. A few hundred dedicated fans and...

The football team rushes Clayton Howell to celebrate his scholarship with him.

Howell awarded scholarship on Mountaineer Day

Brooks Maynard, Reporter March 31, 2019

Fans thought they were just watching a football scrimmage on March 30 during Mountaineer Day, when suddenly the field was rushed from both sides. Water was thrown through the air and every member of the...

App State records 12 hits and four runs but comes up short against Texas State on Saturday, 5-4.

Mountaineers drop tight game against Texas State

Silas Albright, Reporter March 31, 2019

App State (10-15, 3-5 Sun Belt) dropped a tight game to Texas State (18-9, 6-2 Sun Belt) on Saturday afternoon at Smith Stadium in Boone. The Mountaineers notched 12 hits on the afternoon but ultimately...

New head basketball coach Dustin Kerns pictured with his wife Brittany, daughter Emory and son Riggs.

Dustin Kerns named head basketball coach, introduced at press conference Friday

March 29, 2019

Former Presbyterian College basketball coach Dustin Kerns is the new head coach of men’s basketball, App State Athletics announced on March 28. A press release from athletic director Doug Gillin...

Club Ice Hockey sets sights on harder competition

Mariah Reneau, A&C Editor March 29, 2019

On any given Wednesday during the cold winter months of Boone, sophomore accounting major Karst Bouma gets to campus at 10 a.m., attends classes all day and then goes to his fraternity meeting from 6-7...

Women’s tennis keeps things in perspective, starts 4-0 in Sun Belt

Jackie Park, Reporter March 29, 2019

With an overall record of 10-4 and 4-0 in the Sun Belt, App State’s women’s tennis team is pushing through the 2019 season with success. The team practices every day for two hours starting at 6 a.m....

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Men’s soccer hires 2 new coaches including former MLS player

Zack Antrum, Senior Reporter March 28, 2019

Correction: A previous version of the article misspelled Mitch Hildebrandt's name. One of the two pictures in the article also incorrectly stated that it was Hildebrandt in the picture and it has now been...

Mountaineer Day scheduled for March 30

Brooks Maynard, Reporter March 27, 2019

App State Athletics will host Mountaineer Day on March 30, giving fans a chance to see and interact with App State football players, and attend other App State athletics events. Football will kick things...

Mountaineers perform at NCAA Wrestling championships

Garrett Wold, Sports Reporter March 27, 2019

Four members of App State’s wrestling team competed in the NCAA Wrestling Championships on March 22-23 including senior Randall Diabe, juniors Cary Miller and Matt Zovistoski, and sophomore Codi Russell. Diabe,...

Women’s basketball falls in Sun Belt semifinals

Zack Antrum, Senior Reporter March 22, 2019

After finishing with its best record while in the Sun Belt, the App State women’s basketball team made a run in the postseason in the Sun Belt tournament in New Orleans, finishing with a loss to the...

Mountaineers perform well at SoCon championship sends four wrestlers to NCAA championships

Garrett Wold, Sports Reporter March 21, 2019

Following its fourth consecutive regular season Southern Conference title, the App State wrestling team participated in the SoCon Wrestling Championship on March 10 at the Holmes Convocation Center. Eight...

International athletes adjust to life at App State

Kaiden Smith, Senior Reporter March 20, 2019

Sports are universal. Athletes come from different walks of life from all around the world, and it is no different at App State. Out of the 18 men’s and women’s sports teams at App State, 10 of them...

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