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Senior Running Back, Marcus Cox, and freshman Wide Receiver, Mock Adams, celebrating the touchdown made by Cox at the game against Toledo at the Camellia Bowl in Montgomery, Alabama. The Mountaineers won the bowl game with the score being 31-28.  
Photo by: Halle Keighton

App State runs away with Sun Belt preseason poll

Jason Huber July 20, 2017

For the second straight season App State football is picked to finish first in the Sun Belt conference with 136 total points and seven out of 12 first place votes in the Sun Belt conference preseason poll...

App State athletics director Doug Gillin introduces new softball coach Shelly Hoerner

Hoerner named new Mountaineer softball coach

Brooks Maynard, Reporter June 23, 2017

App State Athletics hosted a press conference on Friday afternoon announcing their new addition to the Mountaineer coaching family with the hiring of new softball head coach Shelly Hoerner. The Mountaineers’...

Junior Matt Brill pitches the ball during a home game against Wake Forest on March 28

Two Mountaineers selected in MLB draft

Tyler Hotz June 14, 2017

Appalachian State baseball has thrived in recent years with preparing their players for the next level, and now, two more Mountaineers will start their road to a potential big league career. Redshirt...

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Two App State football players arrested

Jason Huber June 9, 2017

Boone Police Department announced on Friday that three more arrests, which include App State football players Ke’monte Tayvon (Tae) Hayes and Isaiah (Ike) Diontae Lewis, were made in connection the May...

Satterfield during National Signing Day in February 2017.
File Photo

App State announces five-year contract extension for Satterfield

Jason Huber May 19, 2017

Appalachian State football and head coach Scott Satterfield announced on Friday that the two have agreed to a five-year contract extension that runs through the 2021 season. Signing a new deal in 2015...

Junior third baseman Tiffany Taynor and head coach Janice Savage during a 2016 game
Photo Credit: Lee Sanderlin

Savage will not return as App State softball coach

Jason Huber May 9, 2017

Appalachian State University announced on Tuesday that they have decided not to renew the contract of softball head coach Janice Savage after her three seasons at the helm. Savage was hired on July...

Senior guard Joi Jones dribbles the ball on offense around Coastal Carolina player during a home game this past season.

Along for the ride

Tyler Hotz April 27, 2017

As the final game of each season concludes, the stat sheet can reveal why a team meets or falls short of expectations. However, most will overlook a stat that is unmeasurable: the leadership that brings...

Senior Will Buckley waits for the signal to start the race during an indoor track meet.

Buckley gaining speed

Jay Boyd April 26, 2017

Note from the editor: A previous version of this story listed times as minutes instead of seconds. The mistake has been corrected to the proper time and format Two years ago, during App State track and...

Senior distance runner Tristin Van Ord was recently awarded Sun Belt Track Athlete of the Week.
Photo courtesy: App State Athletics

Van Ord, in record time

Noah Gerringer April 24, 2017

Tristin Van Ord knows what it feels like to have her own personal records broken right in front of her eyes. She knows what it feels like to lose the top spot that she worked so hard for. She’s seen...

Matt Vernon hitting against Texas State. The Mountaineers lost in all three games to Texas State with the final scores being 3-6, 4-7, and 0-2.

Vernon dominates for the Mountaineers

Brooks Maynard, Reporter April 12, 2017

When App State baseball infielder Matt Vernon was in high school, he had all the accolades a big-time college recruit could receive. A four-year letterman at Davie County High School in Advance, North...

Junior Matt Brill pitches the ball during a home game against Wake Forest on March 28

Battling back to the mound

Jason Huber April 12, 2017

Tommy John Surgery is the most common and one of the most strenuous operations to go through as a baseball player. For App State redshirt junior Matt Brill, a game against Arkansas-Little Rock on March...

The Grizzlies fell to the Sharks 68-21 on Sunday afternoon

Grizzlies dominated by undefeated Sharks

Jason Huber April 9, 2017

In what was supposed to be one of the more intriguing games of the season with the High Country Grizzlies (2-2) facing the undefeated Jacksonville Sharks (4-0), the Grizzlies were unable to get any offense...

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