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My Last Word: 8/29/19

My Last Word: 8/29/19

Brooks Maynard, Reporter August 29, 2019

This season season marks 150 years of college football and 91 years of App State football. The Mountaineers have seen much transition since their inaugural 1928 season, changing conferences four times...

Cornerback Clifton Duck is one of five former App State players who are participating in the NFL Preseason. Duck signed with the Chicago Bears and has had a strong showing throughout preseason.

NFL rookies from App State fight for final roster spots

Franklin Bogle, Sports Reporter August 28, 2019

Though no Mountaineers were drafted in the 2019 NFL draft, five signed free agent deals to compete for roster spots during the preseason. Clifton Duck, the All-Sun Belt cornerback who left App State after...

Redemption is on the mind of the App State volleyball team. Last year, they won the East division of the Sun Belt before falling to Texas State in the championship game.

Volleyball sets sights on elusive Sun Belt title in 2019

Dan Davidson, Former Sports Editor August 27, 2019

After falling short in last year’s Sun Belt conference tournament championship, App State volleyball looks to capture redemption in 2019.  “We’ve been there twice in the five years that we’ve...

Notes and facts from AD Doug Gillin’s fall press conference

Silas Albright, Reporter August 27, 2019

App State athletics had a tremendously successful 2018-19. Football, wrestling, women’s cross country and women’s tennis, brought home conference championships. Football also won its fourth straight...

My Last Word: 8/23/19

My Last Word: 8/23/19

Brooks Maynard, Reporter August 23, 2019

With football season less than two weeks away, App State fans are buzzing at the possibilities with good reason. The team is fresh off its third straight Sun Belt conference title and returns most of the...

Freshman midfielder Hayley Boyles makes a play in the Mountaineers exhibition game against East Tennessee State on August 16. Photo by Lynette Files

Women’s soccer set for 2019 campaign

Zack Antrum, Senior Reporter August 20, 2019

With eight of 11 starters returning, and eight of its nine leading scorers returning, the Mountaineer women’s soccer team is poised to compete for a Sun Belt Championship this fall.  The team posted...

Sophomore midfielder Alex Hernandez in action in App State's opening scrimmage of the season on August 16. Hernandez scored three goals for the Mountaineers a season ago.

Men’s soccer returns deep lineup for 2019

Zack Antrum, Senior Reporter August 20, 2019

After a strong 2018 campaign, the App State men’s soccer team has no plans of slowing down and wants to use last season as a stepping stone to greater success. The team finished the season 8-6-3,...

Jacob Brown poses with men's soccer head coach Jason O'Keefe after signing with the Mountaineers on August 15. Photo courtesy of App State Athletics

12-year-old signs with App State men’s soccer team

Silas Albright, Reporter August 19, 2019

The App State men’s soccer team signed a new star recruit: 12-year-old Jacob Brown. Brown officially signed his letter of intent to join the Mountaineers last week at the Mark E. Ricks athletics complex...

Tae Hayes interception in the third quarter with a 27-yard return.

Former Mountaineers make their NFL debuts

Silas Albright, Reporter August 9, 2019

Former App State football players Tae Hayes, Clifton Duck and Austin Exford made their NFL preseason debut Thursday night.  Jacksonville Jaguar cornerback Hayes picked off former Penn State quarterback...

Board of trustees approves resolution seeking alcohol sales permit for athletic facilities

Board of trustees approves resolution seeking alcohol sales permit for athletic facilities

Moss Brennan, Reporter July 25, 2019

App State’s Board of Trustees has approved a resolution allowing the university to seek permits to sell alcohol at athletics facilities, according to a release from the school.  The motion approves...

NBA draft hopeful Ronshad Shabazz brings the ball up the floor during a Mountaineer home game. Shabazz finished his career ranked first in App State history with 712 field goals made and second in points with 2,067.

The Journey of Ronshad Shabazz

Kaiden Smith, Senior Reporter June 3, 2019

Before Ronshad Shabazz became one of the most decorated basketball players in App State history, he was a kid worried for his life, moving back-and-forth from South Bend, Indiana, and Chicago Heights,...

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