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Hardin Park teams win Battle of the Books competition

March 23, 2023 BOONE — Watauga County Schools’ most-enthusiastic readers met last week to test their skills at the district-wide Battle of the Books competition. Teams from Hardin Park School took home the win in both the middle and elementary contests.
A long-standing tradition in Watauga County Schools, each year Battle of the Books tasks teams from each school in the district to a competition that tests students’ ability to recall specific details and answer questions on books from a state-promoted list they’ve read over the past year. Each team plays every other team once in the competition and each round consists of 12 questions — six posed to each team.

March 20, 2023 BOONE, N.C. — Centerfielder Mary Pierce Barnes went 3-for-3 and App State teammates Taylor Thorp and Ambry Lucas clubbed a pair of doubles on March 18, but it wasn’t near enough firepower to overcome a late innings hitting barrage by Marshall at Sywassink/Lloyd Field. The Thundering Herd won the Sun Belt Conference season opener, 8-0. By David Rogers

March 20, 2023 BOONE, NC – The Department of Theatre and Dance (T&D) at Appalachian State University proudly presents the 2023 Spring Appalachian Dance Ensemble (SADE). The production takes place in the Valborg Theatre on the university campus at 7 p.m. from Wednesday, March 29 through Saturday, April 1 with a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday, April 2, 2023. All seats are general admission with ticket prices of $17 for adults, $15 for faculty and staff, and $10 for students. For more information, call the Schaefer Center box office at 800-841-ARTS (2787) or visit the website.

March 15, 2023 Whether it be at men’s & women’s basketball games, football games, wrestling matches, or other university events, there is a team of around 18 women who are always present with one goal in mind – to promote spirit and pride, while generating crowd involvement at Appalachian State University. By Harley Nefe

March 9, 2023 A student at Appalachian State has been arrested after communicating a threat of mass violence on the social media app YikYak. Around 6:30 p.m on Wednesday, March 8, App State student Pierce H. Chase, 18, was arrested on suspicion of Communicating a Threat of Mass Violence on Education Property. The threat communicated classifies as a Class H felony. By Zack Hill

March 6, 2023 BOONE, N.C. — App State’s Jon Jon Millner flashed four fingers on each hand as he exited the mat following another conference title. Millner’s swan song in a dominant SoCon career contributed to another team championship in a dominant 2022-23 season for head coach JohnMark Bentley’s program. By Bret Strelow, App State Sports

March 6, 2023 BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State only needed to score two late touchdowns to defeat Gardner-Webb on March 5. If only they were playing football instead of baseball. The visiting Bulldogs scored runs in every inning except the 3rd and the 8th but they saved the best for last, scoring six runs in the top of the 9th for a runaway, 19-6 win over the Mountaineers to split the weekend series. By David Rogers

March 6, 2023 BOONE, N.C. — For a college baseball slugfest, it was icing on the cake. Appalachian State catcher Hayden Cross ripped a 2-out, 2-RBI double to centerfield in the bottom of the 9th inning to give the Mountaineers a 12-11 win over Gardner-Webb in Smith Stadium, on March 4. By David Rogers

February 27, 2023 BOONE, NC – The Appalachian State University Department of Theatre and Dance is proud to announce their production of the English language world premiere of “A Fable for Now” by Wei Yu-Chia, as translated by Jeremy Tiang. The Taiwanese Literature Award-winning play is being staged in the Valborg Theater with performances from March 1 through 5, 2023 under the direction of T&D Professor Dr. Kin-Yan Szeto.

February 20, 2023 BOONE, NC – Fresh off their recent performance at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, the Appalachian State University Department of Theatre and Dance (T&D) is proud to announce their spring 2023 season. Five separate productions will showcase the talents of students, staff, and faculty — both onstage and behind the scenes — with a focus on new works and regional premieres with a variety of playwrights from Asia to America to Great Britain.

February 8, 2023 BOONE, NC — The Schaefer Center Presents (SCP) series, presented by Appalachian State University’s Office of Arts and Cultural Programs, features the iconic Mavis Staples, who will kick off the spring series on Feb. 25 at 7pm. Hailed by NPR as “one of America’s defining voices of freedom and peace,” and recently named #46 in Rolling Stone magazine’s 200 Greatest Singers of All Time, the pioneering rhythm and blues and gospel singer brings her powerful message and equally mighty voice to the Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts for a one-night-only experience.

January 25, 2023 BOONE, N.C. — Putting the pedal to the metal and not letting up until the end was a goal for Appalachian State Wrestling against Duke University on Jan. 24. Mission accomplished. Winning the first five matches by fall, technical fall, major decision, or by a comfortable margin established ample momentum for the Mountaineers to secure a dominating, 42-3 win in the team’s last non-conference dual meet of the 2022-23 season. The win against Duke is App State’s fourth encounter with an ACC team this season, the others being a win over then-No. 21 North Carolina and competitive losses against No. 7 Virginia Tech and No. 8 North Carolina State. By David Rogers

January 19, 2023 BOONE, N.C. — App State has hired Frank Ponce to rejoin head coach Shawn Clark’s staff as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, Clark announced Monday.

January 8, 2023 HARRISONBURG, Va. — A big first half set the proverbial table for Appalachian State on Jan. 7 against James Madison, including a 20-point lead with just over 10 minutes remaining in the game. But nine turnovers and a flurry of missed shots in the closing minutes allowed the Dukes to narrow (but not close) the deficit as the Mountaineers won their second Sun Belt Conference tilt in as many games, 71-62. By David Rogers

January 5, 2023 BOONE, N.C. — If there can be such a thing, Jan. 5 was a night of organized mayhem at the Holmes Convocation Center where the Appalachian State men’s basketball team pulled off a stunning, 63-62 win over Coastal Carolina. By David Rogers

January 3, 2023 BOONE, NC – At the grand re-opening of the Appalachian Theatre in 2019, American folk music
legend and Grammy Award-winner John McEuen raved about the venue’s renovations and
restoration, especially the acoustics. “You can hear what you’re playing onstage and in the
audience. It’s a good, live room, and perfect for live music.”

December 12, 2022. BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University will recognize fall 2022 graduates during Commencement ceremonies on Friday, Dec. 16. Ceremonies will take place at 9 a.m., 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. in the George M. Holmes Convocation Center on App State’s campus.

December 2, 2022 BOONE, NC – The Appalachian Musical Theatre Club, also known as AMTC, includes over 200 registered students in its membership and puts on a fully student-run musical every academic year. With a brief hiatus due to the pandemic, they are back strong. Following three sold out performances of Heathers: The Musical in March 2021, they are now producing the newly-released musical Something Rotten! in a brand-new venue as well.

December 2, 2022 BOONE, NC – The Banff Mountain Film Festival is coming back to Boone, N.C. on Thursday March 30, Friday March 31, and Saturday April 1, 2023, presented once again at the Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts and hosted by University Recreation. This year, local organizers are celebrating 26 years of the World Tour coming to Boone, NC. Since 1976, The Banff Film Festival has been inspiring audiences by showcasing the world’s best films highlighting mountain adventure, culture, and the environment.

November 16, 2022 LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Ls belong to Louisville, not unbeaten App State, which celebrated a signal of time’s up on the Cardinals’ home floor. App State secured a signature victory in dramatic fashion Tuesday night, winning 61-60. The Mountaineers, who are off to their first 3-0 start since the 1997-98 season, scored the opening basket 29 seconds into the game and led the rest of the way, as head coach Dustin Kerns’ squad built the advantage to as many as 16 points in the first half.

November 14, 2022 Allison Bennett Dyche, the adviser to The Appalachian student news organization, received a national award during MediaFest22, the ACP/CMA Fall National College Media Convention, held Oct. 26-30, 2022, in Washington, D.C. Dyche was recognized as a Four-Year Distinguished Newspaper Adviser of the Year for 2022 by the College Media Association (CMA). Dyche was one of four newspaper advisers nationwide to receive the 2022 honor. She was nominated for the award by The Appalachian alumna Ansley Puckett, who served as managing editor of the news organization in the 2021-2022 academic year.

November 7, 2022 BOONE, NC – The excitement in the air was electric on Monday, November 14, 1938 as local residents and curiosity-seekers throughout the High Country and beyond gathered on King Street for the “Gala Opening Program” of the Appalachian Theatre in Boone, NC.

October 21, 2022 BOONE, NC — Appalachian State University’s University Forum Lecture Series presents Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Dr. Annette Gordon-Reed on Monday, Oct. 24 at 7pm in the Plemmons Student Union, Parkway Ballroom (4th Floor). The event is free and open to the public; no reservations. The Forum Lecture Series, co-sponsored this season by The Schaefer Center Presents series, has a long history of bringing in accomplished scholars to provide stimulating conversations. Gordon-Reed will deliver a personal talk based on her best-selling and critically acclaimed memoir, On Juneteenth, which weaves together her own family’s chronicle—she is a descendent of enslaved people brought to Texas as early as the 1820s—alongside the wider context of American history and the country’s long road to Juneteenth. The author will hold a book signing immediately follow the event.

October 20, 2022 BOONE, N.C. — The 12th annual Spooky Duke Race and Costume Contest will be held on Saturday, Nov. 5, on the campus of Appalachian State University in the Peacock parking lot (416 Howard Street, Boone, North Carolina). There will also be a virtual option for participants.

October 10, 2022 International human rights expert Craig Higson-Smith is slated to speak at App State on October 19 at 7 p.m. about the role of seeking justice in healing torture and genocide. This event titled, “No Justice with Healing? No Healing without Justice?,” is being presented by the Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies, and it is free and open to the public. Parking is available at the library parking garage.

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Spring Appalachian Dance Ensemble March 29 – April 2, 2023 New Works Showcase Student and Faculty Choreography

App State Dance Team: Promoting School Spirit with Every Performance

App State Student Arrested For Communicating Threat Of Mass Violence Online

Mountaineers power to (another) SoCon Wrestling Championships title, send at least four to NCAAs

Another slugfest, but Mountaineers bitten by Bulldogs, 19-6

Bulldogs in the ‘Cross’-hairs, Mountaineers win in walk-off fashion, 12-11

Theatre and Dance Producing “A Fable for Now” at Appalachian

Theatre and Dance Announces the Spring 2023 Season: New Works and Regional Premieres Highlight Current Semester

The Schaefer Center Presents Series Welcomes Legendary Singer Mavis Staples February 25th

Overflow crowd sees App State Wrestling pummel Duke, 42-3

Ponce Returns to App State as Offensive Coordinator

Defense wins day for App State in win over nation’s No. 1 scoring offense, 71-62

Huntley’s buzzer-beating tip-in proves dramatic winner for App State vs. Coastal Carolina, 63-62

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John McEuen, Ashley Heath, Chatham Rabbits, Jason Carter, and More!

App State Fall Commencement Ceremonies to be Held Dec. 16

Appalachian Musical Theatre Club Presents Their Fully Student-Run Production of “Something Rotten!”

Banff Mountain Film Festival Returns to Appalachian State University

ASU Men’s Basketball Stays Unbeaten With Historic Win At Louisville

Advisor to The Appalachian Student News Organization Receives National Award

Help Celebrate the Appalachian Theatre’s 84th Birthday! General Public Invited to Free Community Event on Monday, Nov. 14

Appalachian State University’s Forum Lecture Series Presents Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian Dr. Annette Gordon-Reed on Oct. 24th

Spooky Duke Race and Costume Contest to be held Nov. 5 at App State

App State’s Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies Presents International Human Rights Expert Craig Higson-Smith