App Baseball Salvages A Single Win In Monroe
Every year under Billy Jones so far, the weekend rotation has changed. In the first year 2012-13, Sam Agnew-Wieland went from Sunday to Saturday starter. 2013-14 saw Friday starter Jamie Nunn miss a...
View ArticleEnter Pitching, Exit Hitting – App Softball’s Can’t Get Over The Hump
App State Softball had just come off a series of games versus Troy where you might as well have put a ball on a tee. This week, the pitching had to be improved on...
View ArticleThe Future Is Here – Baseball Shows Grit To Win First Sun Belt Series
This season has been painful. One of the youngest D1 teams in Appalachian State has taken their lumps and then some. Manager Billy Jones has tinkered with the defense and lineups all season at...
View ArticleLearning To Win The Hard Way – App Softball Visits Arlington
Softball is almost there. The first two months of the season saw a young team grow up the hard way. At times, there was pitching and no hitting, then the other way around. It’s...
View ArticleStipends, Saturdays And Spring Sports Notes From The Second Winter
On Wednesday, Doug Gillin gave his one-year anniversary State of App State address. Gillin hit several points about his vision for App State, including his core values, branding, cost of attendance,...
View ArticleThe Agony Of Close Losses – App Baseball Can’t Claim Wins
Former Florida State Football head coach Bobby Bowden has said when you’re building a program, it goes through four phases. Losing big, losing close, winning close and winning big. Baseball is...
View ArticleThis Very Somber Past Week In App State Softball
Normally I would give a brief rundown of the last week in App State Softball and recap the games that happened, but sometimes, life happens in a way that is way more important than...
View ArticleReal Estating, Local Scheduling And Olympic Sport-ing – The Ides Of April App...
Last Friday we went over Doug Gillin’s State of App State address. One of those pieces included the rumors of App trying to buy the old Watauga High School complex. Here’s what Gillin said. Gillin...
View ArticleProtecting The Home Turf – App Baseball Shocks South Alabama With Series Win
In dropping all three games at Troy, two of which by walk-off, the App State Baseball team looked to regress from the previous week. At 8-24 overall and 3-12 in Sun Belt play, the margin...
View ArticleThank You David Jackson
On Monday, just a few hours before this posting, David Jackson handed in his resignation after close to 16 seasons as a broadcaster and 12 as Associate Athletic Director. It’s a sad day for...
View ArticleOpportunity Lost – App Softball Falls Further Back In Sun Belt Tourney Race
Despite the bad season, there was always the chance that if the App State Softball team got hot late in the campaign, they would make the Sun Belt Tournament, which is the top eight...
View ArticleAcademicing, ‘Ship Season, Baby Fever And Crootin – App State Has A Lot Going On
The APR for all 20 App State sports was released on Wednesday. The big difference between this season and past seasons is that indoor and outdoor track were combined into just track. Based on...
View ArticleAtlanta Agony – Baseball Lets Crucial Road Series Slip Away
Having players play multiple positions in a game is not a new idea. The idea is used a lot in high school, less so in college and almost not at all in the pros....
View ArticleEventuality – App Softball’s Post Season Hopes Die In Lafayette
For the second straight season, App State Softball will be the only Sun Belt team not going to the conference tournament. The season will end after the Saturday, May 7th doubleheader at NC Central....
View ArticleThe Sun Belt Learns How To Schedule, Coaching Decisions, Golf And Tennis Wrap...
First off, schedule changes for baseball and softball due to the weather. Baseball is playing a doubleheader on Friday starting at 3:00 PM with Saturday’s finale TBD. Softball is playing on Friday at...
View ArticleAnother Wonderful Walkoff – App Baseball Stays In Sun Belt Tourney Race With...
We’re getting down near the end here. There’s two more weeks of Sun Belt regular season play for App State. 24 league games are in the books and despite some rotten mess, there’s still...
View ArticleThe Sun Has Set – App Softball Wraps Up League Play With More Defeats
The goal going into the 2016 App State Softball season was to make the Sun Belt Tournament, which basically meant not finishing in last. That goal was made out of reach last weekend, so...
View ArticleThe Bad News Apps Give Cajun Country A Good Scare
When App State joined the Sun Belt, the one fanbase/hivemind App fans were warned about was the University of Louisiana and Lafayette or whatever they want to call themselves. Cajun football coach Mark...
View ArticleThe Winning Note – Softball Finishes Season Snapping 16-Game Losing Streak
Going into the final week, the Lady Diamond Apps were a team that couldn’t win. 14 straight losses plunged the team to a last-place Sun Belt finish and missing the conference tournament for the...
View ArticleFootball Swag, Moments That Define, Track And Field And More App Sports Notes
Now that the App State spring season is winding down, newsbits will begin to pop up here and there. There’s a good bit of schedule news that should come out over the coming three...
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