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App State huddles up before its 2021 game against Texas State March 21.

Youthful Mountaineers begin 2022 softball season at Elon

Alex McCaskey, Reporter February 11, 2022

App State softball opens the 2022 season Saturday with a four-game weekend tournament. The Mountaineers finished the 2021 season with a record of 27-19 and a conference record of 8-12. Pitcher Kenzie...

Sophomore Hannah Wang tees off during a 2021 team practice at Hounds Ear Club in Boone.

App State women’s golf opens spring with 12th place finish

Kurt Zottl, Reporter February 10, 2022

The Mountaineer women’s golf team opened their spring season in Panama City Beach, Florida, Feb. 7-8 to compete in the Lady Bison Classic. App State placed 12th out of 15 teams. Five App State golfers...

Randall Diabe, an assistant wrestling coach, competed for App State until his graduation in 2019, qualifying for the NCAA Championships twice and ranking No. 16 nationally by the NCAA Coaches Panel his senior year.

Mountaineer wrestling coach continues career, legacy at App State

Dan Davidson, Former Sports Editor February 9, 2022

The road to becoming a coach at App State was a long one for one assistant on the wrestling team.  Randall Diabe serves as an assistant coach on head coach JohnMark Bentley’s staff. After wrestling...

Track and field head coach Damion McLean watches over his team at the Weems Baskin Invitational during the 2021 season.

App State’s Black coaches use leadership positions to nurture athletes

Dan Davidson, Former Sports Editor February 9, 2022

Out of 54 coaches across App State’s 16 sports, 10 are coaches of color, nine of which are Black. With a leadership position at a predominantly white university, these coaches have a unique opportunity...

Super senior Thomas Flitz takes down a Gardner-Webb wrestler in App State's 42-3 Jan. 25 victory.

Wrestling wins close match at Chattanooga, remains undefeated in conference

Ben Brady, Reporter February 8, 2022

App State wrestling won a close road match against Chattanooga Sunday to remain undefeated in Southern Conference competition. The day came down to the final match as redshirt junior Michael Burchell’s...

Senior guard Adrian Delph attacks the Charlotte defense in App State's one-point Nov. 18 loss.

App State MBB remains atop conference despite 1-1 weekend

Connor Davidson and Ethan Smith February 8, 2022

App State men’s basketball traveled to Texas for matchups against Texas State and the University of Texas at Arlington, eyeing to keep the win streak alive. In the first contest against Texas State,...

The No. 1 Mountaineers fell 35-32 in their last meeting with the Dukes in 2008.

JMU to join Sun Belt in June, will compete in fall sports

Zach Smith, Reporter February 5, 2022

James Madison University will join the Sun Belt Conference July 1, the university and the conference announced in a joint press conference Wednesday morning. This news follows a Nov. 6 announcement that...

Redshirt senior Cody Bond embraces applause from the Mountaineer crowd after securing a second round pinfall victory.

App State wrestling dominates Gardner-Webb, Appalachian Open

Ben Brady, Reporter February 4, 2022

A dominant 42-3 conference victory against Gardner-Webb and a title-winner at the Appalachian Open tournament capped off January for App State wrestling. In their Jan. 25 match against the Bulldogs,...

Lawrence Dawsey joins the Mountaineers coaching staff as the wide receivers coach following the departure of Pat Washington.

Decorated WRs coach takes over for new era at the position

Cameron Burnett, Visual Managing Editor February 3, 2022

Over the last five years, the App State football team has built a rich history of wide receivers with a trio of receivers leading the way for half a decade before completing their final seasons in 2021....

Freshman thrower Daiyanna Cooper celebrates her multiple first place finishes in the App State Split Open Friday.

Mountaineer runners earn eight first place finishes at App State Split Open

Drew Bailey, Reporter February 1, 2022

App State women's track and field had one of the most successful days in program history Friday at the App State Split Open, notching eight first place finishes, double its highest previous mark this season.  One...

Senior guard Michael Almonacy and senior forward James Lewis Jr. celebrate their sixth-straight win after defeating Arkansas State by 15.

Gregory sets career-high, men’s basketball takes sixth-straight win

Cameron Burnett, Visual Managing Editor January 31, 2022

On a freezing day in Boone, App State men’s basketball continued their red hot streak in conference play Saturday against Little Rock. Entering the day at the top of the Sun Belt, the Black and Gold...

Freshman guard Emily Carver pushes the pace against Coastal Carolina Wednesday.

Comeback win caps WBB sweep of Coastal Carolina

Connor Davidson, Ben Gosey, and Ethan Smith January 30, 2022

App State women's basketball took the court against Sun Belt rival Coastal Carolina Wednesday in the first of two games against the Chanticleers. Younger fans were in attendance as App State held its...

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