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Peter Larkins | Chief Photographer
The Citadel running back Nehemiah Broughton gets flipped by Mountaineer
safety Jeremy Wiggins (8) and defensive end Charles King at Saturday's
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Bulldogs left wimpering in sun
by Brad Norman
Senior Staff Writer
Although Halloween is a month away, The Citadel Bulldogs
gave Appalachian State quite a scare Saturday.
Despite gaining only 137 yards of total offense, The Citadel
remained only seven points behind for much of the game.
A touchdown pass from Richie Williams to Victor Chavis
five seconds into the fourth quarter finally gave the Mountaineers a
28-14 lead and some breathing room.
That would be the final score and the Mountaineers improved
their record to 2-1 after the hard-earned victory.
"I'm glad that one's done,' head coach Jerry Moore said
after the game.
"It's not very much fun playing someone you don't
know anything about. It was a hard game to prepare for."
Moore was referencing the fact that this was The Citadel's
first game. Its game against Charleston Southern Sept. 4 was postponed
due to Hurricane Frances.
With Hurricane Ivan approaching this weekend, Moore said
the team had trouble preparing for The Citadel.
"Everything was kind of iffy," Moore said.
"You walk down the hallway [in Owens Field House] and the
TV's and the big screen projection were all on the weather channel. Generally
we're watching tapes of The Citadel and we're all sitting around watching
a storm."
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Jonathan Williams | The Appalachian
Quarterback Richie Williams exchanges salutations with offensive guard
daniel utley (64). Williams ran for two touchdowns against the bulldogs
saturday. |
Although the storm affected the way both teams practiced
this week, it had no outcome on the game.
Appalachian scored on its first drive when Richie Williams
ran an option-keeper for a 16-yard score.
The Citadel would answer, getting a big play from the defense
to tie the game.
Defensive Tackle Fred Townsend sacked Williams and forced
him to fumble.
James Greene scooped up the loose ball and rumbled 53 yards
for a touchdown.
Williams, however, struck back and ran for a five-yard
touchdown on the next drive.
DaVon Fowlkes, coming off an 11-catch performance, caught
a 44-yard heave from Williams at the start of the second quarter to give
the Mountaineers a 21-7 lead.
Fowlkes beat his defender deep, but then misjudged the
ball. The ball bounced off his helmet and then his hands before he was
able to coral the pass in.
It was ruled a touchdown, but it was close.
"The referee is always right," Fowlkes said, chuckling
after the game.
The Appalachian offense sputtered for the rest of the second
and third quarter, not putting up any points.
But like last week against Eastern Kentucky, the Mountaineer
defense never allowed The Citadel to get any closer than seven points.
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Peter Larkins | Chief Photographer
Mountaineer Safety nygel rogers (30) returns an interception for 33 yards
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The Citadel offense failed to cross the 50-yard line until
6:40 was left in the third quarter.
For the second game in a row, the opposition switched quarterbacks
mid-game because the first string was ineffective.
Starter Justin Hardin completed six passes for only 32
yards and an interception.
Second stringer Duran Lawson did not fare much better,
completing three out of 10 passes for 20 yards. The two quarterbacks
combined to complete nine out of 24 passes for a mere 52 yards and an
interception.
"It's always good to see a coach take the quarterback out," safety
Nygel Rogers said. Rogers intercepted Hardin in the third quarter and
the senior quarterback did not return.
"He wasn't getting the job done and we getting to him a
lot so the coach put in a scrambling quarterback," Rogers said.
The victory for Appalachian not only avenged a 24-21 loss
last year, it also ensured they started their conference slate off with
a win.
This year, the team is 2-1 and first place in the conference,
whereas last year the team was 1-3 overall and 0-1 in the conference.
Williams, speaking about the difference between last year
and this year after playing The Citadel, said: We have a winning record
and our back isn't against the wall [this year]. It's good to get the
first conference win and we're not starting in an [0-1] hole."
Although Williams had another fine game, completing 18
passes for 241 yards and two touchdowns through the air, it was the defense
that Moore was most impressed with.
"They're playing hard," Moore said.
"They are good athletes, but there's probably not a great
athlete over there. But they all believe in each other and they're playing
hard and I think they're having fun."
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Mens soccer dominates Longwood
by Nick Coulapides
Staff Writer
BOOM…it’s on!
The ASU Mountaineers just obliterated the Longwood Lancers
on Sunday.
An embarrassing 6-1 loss had the Lancers head coach screaming at his team once
the final minute closed.
“You don’t have games like this in this sport
too often,” Coach Stahlschmidt said. “So we take a lot of
pride in this victory.”
Stahlschmidt not only saw his men dismantle every single
break the Lancers tried to throw at them, but he saw his star forward
Keon McPherson show why he is this team’s leader. His season goals
totaled at two, McPherson matched that number in the first half alone.
He added two assists.
It wasn’t all on McPherson’s shoulders though,
Raphael Jones and Naeem Frederick knocked in a goal each to lift ASU’s
lead further.
Jones’ score came off a pretty touch pass from McPherson
to set up an easy swift kick into the net that made the game 3-0 before
the half.
Appalachian wasted no time getting back to what made their
fist half a success with Todd Topolka hitting his first career goal off
a Corey Lugger assist.
Not three minutes later, McPherson was back to being a
part of the offense, dishing a second assist to Matt Breeding that increased
the Mountaineers lead to 5-0.
Frederick, after displaying an array of acrobatic moves
with the ball throughout the game, booted a foul kick into the back of
the net in the 76th minute to up the lead to 6-0.
“Our attack was on today and we were ready to explode,” Frederick
said.
Philip Cavicchia, with three saves, spoke volumes for the defensive stand ASU
held. He maintained a clean slate before he exited for George Nagle.
“They just played disciplined defense. They were
assertive and when we play that way, we are very capable of a lot of
things,” Stahlschmidt said.
ASU will play Elon tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. at Kidd Brewer
Stadium.
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