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2023 Look Ahead: Bold Predictions

January 4, 2023 North State Journal Staff

Last year’s predictions didn’t have many hits — the Panthers did select NC State offensive lineman Ikem Ekwonu in the first round of the draft — but that doesn’t dissuade the NSJ Sports crew. From […]

App State’s midweek game off due to more COVID-19 concerns

October 1, 2020 Cory Lavalette

The Appalachian State football team played without 20 players and three assistant coaches in last Saturday’s 52-21 over Campbell due to positive COVID-19 tests and contact tracing. The Mountaineers won’t play at all next Wednesday. […]

Charlotte COVID-19 outbreak forces cancellation of UNC football game

September 17, 2020 Brett Friedlander

The first-ever football meeting between North Carolina and Charlotte on Saturday has been canceled because of a COVID-19 outbreak among the 49ers. The announcement was made Thursday morning by Charlotte athletic director Mike Hill. “We’re […]

Wake’s Sage Surratt opts out of football season

August 19, 2020 The Associated Press

Wake Forest all-conference wide receiver Sage Surratt has opted out of the coming season to prepare for the NFL Draft amid the coronavirus pandemic. Surratt announced his decision Wednesday on social media, citing “the many […]

ECU-Marshall football opener moved back to Sept. 12

August 14, 2020 Brett Friedlander

East Carolina and Marshall were originally scheduled to play the first college football game of the 2020 season on Aug. 29 to commemorate to the 50th anniversary of the tragic plane crash that killed the […]

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‘No right answer’ as App State cuts 3 men’s sports

June 3, 2020 Brett Friedlander

Appalachian State’s athletic department became the latest to experience collateral damage from the coronavirus pandemic on Friday. Following the lead of a growing number of Group of Five college programs, including in-state cousin East Carolina, […]

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App State drops 3 men’s programs as part of 20% in athletics cuts

May 26, 2020 Cory Lavalette

Appalachian State became the latest school to cut athletic programs to counteract financial problems due to the coronavirus pandemic, announcing Tuesday that it will eliminate three men’s sports: soccer, tennis and indoor track & field. […]

Clark replaces Drinkwitz, named App State coach

December 18, 2019 Brett Friedlander

For 29 seasons between 1989 and 2018, Appalachian State had exactly two head football coaches. Jerry Moore. Scott Satterfield. That’s it. When Shawn Clark was introduced as the Mountaineers’ new leader last Friday, he became […]

Drinkwitz takes over at App State

December 19, 2018 Brett Friedlander

The remnants of Scott Satterfield’s staff, led by defensive line coach Mark Ivey, guided Appalachian State to an impressive 45-14 rout of Middle Tennessee State in the New Orleans Bowl on Saturday. But that wasn’t […]

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Eliah Drinkwitz hired as new App State football coach

December 13, 2018 Brett Friedlander

Two days before Appalachian State finishes one era by playing Middle Tennessee State in the New Orleans Bowl, the Mountaineers announced the start of a new one Thursday with the hiring of Eliah Drinkwitz as […]