| Mountaineers upset Wolfpgack,
continue winning streak |
Josh Dernosek
Sports Beat |
Josh Brown | Chief Photographer |
Digging, setting
and killing their way past North Carolina State University Tuesday
night made the Appalachian State University women’s volleyball
team 5-0 at the start of a season for the first time since 1986.
The Lady Wolfpack drove into Boone looking to
pick up their first victory of the season over a usually weak
Mountaineer squad. There was no such luck this trip as Appalachian
won the best of five series, three games to one.
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| Old rivalry rekindled,
Thundering Herd breezes past Mountaineers 50-17 |
James Nix
Associate Editor |
Josh Brown | Chief Photographer |
Heisman Trophy candidate
Byron Leftwich stepped back with plenty of protection from his offensive
line and lobbed a 22-yard pass to the back right-hand corner of
the end zone.
The pass sailed over several Appalachian State
University defenders and fell softly into the hands of wide receiver
Curtis Jones for a Marshall University touchdown.
This perfectly executed play was one of many
that led to the Thundering Herd’s 50-17 win over the Mountaineers
last Saturday at Marshall Stadium in Huntington, W.Va.
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| Burchette injury allows
young quarterback game time in season opener |
Allie Woods
Sports Beat |
Josh Brown | Chief
Photographer
Freshman quarterback Richie
Williams led the Mountaineers in Saturday’s game against Marshall.
Williams stepped into the starting role after senior quarterback
Joe Burchette underwent surgery Friday.
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If you watched practice this week for
the Appalachian State Mountaineers you would have seen some familiar
things, like the number 16 of Joe Burchette taking snaps and throwing
passes.
However, there was an unfamiliar face also working with the first
team. That was the face of red-shirt freshman quarterback Richie
Williams.
Burchette has had a sore back recently, and it
was discovered Thursday that the problem was actually a ruptured
disc. He had surgery in Charlotte Friday while the team was traveling
to Huntington, W.Va., to face Marshall University.
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