Carter Smith, a 21-year-old Watauga County native, is addicted to climbing. He doesn't like to climb, he has to climb. “It’s a lack of self control honestly,” Smith said. If Smith doesn't climb...

With nine freshman and only two seniors on the active roster to begin the season, the Appalachian State softball team knew they would need hefty contributions from their new additions. While the team...

In golf, players often talk about being close. Close to finding their game, close to putting it all together or close to finally breaking through. For the Appalachian State women’s golf team, the general...

For Appalachian State's men's golf team, finding consistency in their spring season is the team’s top priority amidst an up and down start to their 2016 campaign. Currently ranked eighth in the Sun Belt...

The team moves in sync, working together to try and get through each meter and complete the distance. If they can get through one meter, then they can get through the next. Everyone knows that they are...

It's a warm, sunny afternoon at Kidd Brewer Stadium and the athletes are all training with a singular goal in mind. This is the scene at Track and Field practice for Watauga County Special Olympics. With...

Appalachian State University baseball looked to complete the two-game season sweep of University of North Carolina at Asheville on Tuesday after being swept by Texas State the past weekend. Senior right...

On a App State baseball team full of young players, freshman pitcher Breydan Gorham has taken the opportunity that was given to him and has made the best of a less than ideal situation. Coming to App...

Every college student remembers the stress of finding the right university to call home for the four years after high school graduation. Add in the commitment of joining an athletic team while searching...

When the clock hit 00:00 on March 9 against Arkansas State, Appalachian State’s women's basketball season was officially over. With a record worse than last season’s by four games and a first round...

Just when you think you’ve seen it all, March Madness finds a way to make you believe what you just saw didn’t actually happen. I had that moment on Thursday when the Sun Belt champion Arkansas Little-Rock...

Game 1 Friday's first game in the double header wasn't a pretty one for the Mountaineers. App fell behind early against the Troy Trojans and never came back, losing 11-1 in just five short innings. The...