Appalachian State Moves a Mountain
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Appalachian State's monumental upset of No. 5 Michigan on Saturday sent a remote small town in the mountains of northwestern North Carolina into a frenzy of the kind that Boone, population 13,000, had never seen before.
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By Matt Branaugh, Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo.  Dec.
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LSU is closing in on Southern California in the AP Top 25, and Appalachian State is getting some recognition &#151; but not a ranking.
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Bob Huggins has his first signature victory at West Virginia. Alex Rouff hit five 3-pointers and scored 19 points to lead the Mountaineers to a 79-64 rout of No. 10 Marquette, giving Huggins his 601st career win in his first season since returning to his alma mater.
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Facing a hopelessly overmatched opponent, Appalachian State did to Lenoir-Rhyne what Michigan was supposed to do to the Mountaineers a week earlier.
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Julian Rauchâs 24-yard field goal with 26 seconds put Appalachian State ahead of Michigan and Corey Lynchâs blocked field goal in the final seconds sealed one of college footballâs biggest upsets.
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Appalachian State kicked off this crazy football season with the stunning upset of Michigan. Now the Mountaineers have the perfect bookend: History as Division I-AA's first three-peat national champions.
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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. It&#39;s not just OK for students to eat on the run when they arrive at Mount Nittany Middle School in State College each morning.
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BOILING SPRINGS, Pa. - More than 500 people hike the entire Appalachian Trail, which runs from Maine to Georgia, each year. Ron Zaleski has been trying to accomplish the feat barefoot. His goal is to bring attention to the need for combat veterans to receive counseling.
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By Scott Sexton, Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.  Feb. 13--Change comes slowly to the mountains, whether it's the thousands of years it took rivers to carve the breathtaking valleys and gorges or the decades it's taking to change the way people think about their stewardship of the land.
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PITTSBURGH -- A year ago, Mark Whipple was walking out of a high school outside Orlando, Fla., wondering if his sales pitch to a recruit had enticed the player to consider the University of Massachusetts. Whipple was pondering whether Amherst was for him as well.
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Scientists tap everything from gas-sniffing devices to GPS systems to better forecast when a mountain will stir. By Brad Knickerbocker | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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Mountaintop mining is the controversial practice of excavating coal using explosives to rupture mountaintops. At least 800 square miles of mountains have been leveled in the Appalachians, and 1,200 miles of streams buried by debris. Opponents say the procedure leaves locals vulnerable to floods and sickness aggravated by pollution.
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I wonât say that Saturdayâs victory was my happiest moment as an Appalachian State alumnus â oh, what am I saying? Of course it was.
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By Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.  Feb. 7--Reynolds 62, Mount Tabor 59: Rod Kirby scored 23 points to lead Reynolds to a comeback win over visiting Mount Tabor last night in a Central Piedmont 4-A game.   Winfred Davis scored 11 and Mark Stevenson added 10 for Reynolds (14-8, 10-1).
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By Adam Smeltz, The Centre Daily Times, State College, Pa.  Sep.
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By Lenox Rawlings, Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.  Feb. 18--CHESTNUT HILL, Mass.   With its national stature and ACC standing on the line, North Carolina fought off Boston College 77-72 last night and grabbed a share of first place.