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By Mark Starling Explosives Found In Brevard (Brevard, NC) -- Federal agents are helping Brevard police investigate the discovery of suspected explosive devices in downtown. Officers found several small undetonated devices near the First Baptist Church and the Transylvania County Community Services building on Sunday morning. Area businesses were evacuated as field agents investigated the scene. No one was hurt, and the search for those responsible continues. Vaccine Eligibility Expands...

App State To Host NCAA Selection Show at Holmes Center App State To Host NCAA Selection Show at Holmes Center March 13, 2021 After winning its first Sun Belt Championship, App State is heading to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament for the first time since 2000. The NCAA Selection Show that announces the tournament field, matchups and game dates will take place Sunday at 6 p.m. on CBS. App State is inviting students and fans to watch the selection show on the video board in the Holmes Convoc...

App Softball Drops Both Games of Doubleheader Draughn grad Gabby Buruato had the only hit in game one for App but two hits in game two. photo courtesy of Appalachian State Athletics App Softball Drops Both Games of Doubleheader March 13, 2021 App State (11-7) dropped its first two Sun Belt games on Saturday, falling to South Alabama (12-8) 1-0 and 7-4, respectively. The Mountaineers and Jaguars will play the final game of the series on Sunday, with the first pitch at 1 p.m. EST. Game 1 South Al...

Appalachian State Track and Field Teams Compete at Seahawk Teal Invitational Appalachian State Track and Field Teams Compete at Seahawk Teal Invitational March 13, 2021 App State women’s outdoor track & field won five events at the season opening Wendy’s Seahawk Teal Invitational on Saturday. The 4×100-meter relay tandem of Taylor Smith, Jessica Dixon, Maya Hanks and LaBria King won the event in 46.73 seconds. The team of Jelonnie Smith, Samara Gibson, Ani Judd and Nevaeh Haddock finished ...

Southern Conference champion and automatic NCAA Championships qualifier Jonathan Millner of App State has been named the SoCon Wrestler of the Month for February. A redshirt junior from Greensboro, Millner went 4-0 last month with three wins against ranked opponents, including a 2-0 victory against Campbell’s Joshua Heil during a top-15 showdown in the SoCon Championship final at 149 pounds. At the time, Heil was ranked 11th in the country at that weight, and Millner has earned a No. 7 seed i...

App State women’s basketball senior teammates Lainey Gosnell (Demorest, Ga./Habersham Central) and Pre Stanley (Rockledge, Fla./Rockledge) were named to the Sun Belt All-Conference teams, as the league announced on Thursday. Stanley earns a postseason all-conference award for the second time in her career, while Gosnell collects her first all-conference honor. The tandem helped App State accomplish a second winning season in the past three years, was one of four teams in the Sun Belt to win a...

Fast-Rising OL Grayson Morgan Talks Recruitment Explosion, Vols, and More Author: Mar 12, 2021 Montgomery Bell Academy (Tenn.) offensive lineman Grayson Morgan has quickly turned into one of the hottest recruits in the country. In a three day span earlier this month, Morgan picked up seven Power Five offers, three of which came on the same day.  Morgan is a little late to the recruiting scene, but after a position change from tight end to offensive tackle, college coaches have quickly taken no...

The College Baseball Foundation has named App State’s Andrew Terrell the John Olerud Award Two-Way Player of the Week. In four games last week, Terrell started once in left field, once on the mound and multiple times at designated hitter, batting from the leadoff spot even when he was the starting pitcher against North Carolina A&T. He has also started multiple games at third base this season. Credited with the win on a “staff day” during the midweek victory against North Carolina A&T, Te...

App State secures NCAA bid with SBC Tourney Title App State and Sun Belt logo (Source: WBTV) By Appalachian State Athletics | March 8, 2021 at 11:42 PM EST - Updated March 8 at 11:42 PM Press release provided by Appalachian State Athletics PENSACOLA, Fla. – The 21-year wait is over. App State men’s basketball is headed back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2000. Dustin Kerns’ Mountaineers capped an impressive Sun Belt tournament run with an 80-73 win over Geo...

App State women’s basketball senior guard Pre Stanley (Rockledge, Fla./Rockledge) was named to the All-Sun Belt Tournament team. Stanley is named to the all-tournament team for the second time in the last three seasons following a stellar run to the semifinals. App State picked up wins over ULM and a quarterfinal victory against UTA. The Rockledge, Fla., native led the team in scoring with an average of 20 points over three games. She also grabbed seven rebounds per game and three assists, wh...