Ragin’ Cajuns

College Basketball Roundup: McCain sets freshman 3-point mark in Duke’s win over Florida State

February 17, 2024 The Associated Press

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Jared McCain set a Duke freshman record with eight 3-pointers and matched a school freshman mark with 35 points as the No. 9 Blue Devils beat Florida State 76-67 on Saturday. McCain […]

App State falls short, loses to Louisiana in Sun Belt title game

December 4, 2021 The Associated Press

LAFAYETTE, La. — Levi Lewis scored on a career-high 56-yard run and passed for another touchdown, and No. 20 Louisiana capped off soon-to-be Florida coach Billy Napier’s time with the Ragin’ Cajuns by defeating Appalachian […]

App State looks to reclaim Sun Belt crown

December 1, 2021 Brett Friedlander

The Sun Belt Conference football championship won’t be the only thing on the line when Appalachian State returns to Louisiana on Saturday. Coach Shawn Clark and his team will also have a shot at redemption. […]

App State rolls past Georgia Southern, readies for Sun Belt title game

November 27, 2021 The Associated Press

BOONE — Chase Brice threw two touchdown passes and Jalen Virgil returned a kick 97 yards for a touchdown as Appalachian State closed out its regular season with a 27-3 win over Georgia Southern Saturday. […]

Turnovers sink App State in loss at La.-Lafayette

October 12, 2021 The Associated Press

LAFAYETTE, La. — Levi Lewis threw for one touchdown and ran for another, Chris Smith added two rushing scores and Louisiana-Lafayette eased by Appalachian State 41-13 on Tuesday night. Louisiana-Lafayette (5-1, 3-0 Sun Belt Conference) […]

App State can’t capitalize on Cajuns’ mistakes, loses to La.-Lafayette

December 5, 2020 Cory Lavalette

BOONE — It was anything put pretty, and at times downright nerve-wracking, yet coach Billy Napier and Louisiana-Lafayette finally got the best of Appalachian State. No. 20 Louisiana-Lafayette overcame three snaps that sailed over the […]

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. […]

College Basketball Roundup: NC A&T wins in OT; App State loses

January 7, 2020 The Associated Press

GREENSBORO — Tyler Maye had a career-high 24 points as NC A&T defeated Florida A&M 97-90 in overtime on Monday night. NC A&T led 43-29 at halftime, but Florida A&M rallied and forced overtime. The […]

Evans’ 3 TDs lead No. 20 App State to Sun Belt title

December 7, 2019 The Associated Press

BOONE — Moments after his team won its second straight Sun Belt Conference championship game, Appalachian State coach Eliah Drinkwitz continued to set the bar higher. “It better be the Cotton Bowl!” Drinkwitz told fans […]

App State eyes Sun Belt title, Drinkwitz’s coaching future

December 4, 2019 Brett Friedlander

Some of the names and faces have changed, along with one of the participating teams, but there sure are a lot of similarities between last year’s Sun Belt Conference Championship Game and the one that […]