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Rock, Paper, Scissors |
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2016 East Carolina spring football
game got off to a great start, and
it all began with a traditional
childhood game. Kurt Benkert got the
play and knew he was going deep with
his first throw. ...
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Memphis closes with win |
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East
Carolina was unable to complete an
American Athletic Conference sweep on
Sunday at Memphis as the Tigers scored
the deciding run in a 6-5 win on a full
count pitch with two out in the bottom
of the ninth. ...
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Pirates building for
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� Whether it was the product
that new football coach Scottie
Montgomery and staff are
developing on the field or the
recently-formulated plans to
renovate the south side of
Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, which
were unveiled Saturday on the
big scoreboard screen at
halftime of the Purple-Gold
game, it's obvious that East
Carolina has launched into a
significant building mode. ...
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First-year
East
Carolina
head coach
Scottie
Montgomery
addresses
the team
prior to the
Purple-Gold
Spring Game.
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W.A. Myatt;
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Pirates clinch
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An 8-2 win at Memphis on
Saturday afternoon assured an American Athletic Conference series win
for East Carolina. Parker Lamm followed up on a six RBI performance in
an 8-1 Pirates win on Friday night by going 4-for-5 with a run driven in
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Pirate
Nation will get its most
meaningful look to date at the
football program since the
coaching transition that
followed the 2015 season when
East Carolina holds its
Purple-Gold scrimmage at
Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium on
Saturday at 2 p.m.
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The
ECU baseball team left early
Thursday morning for an AAC
series that starts at Memphis at
7:30 tonight. Last weekend, the
Pirates jetted off to New
Orleans for a series with
Tulane.
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NEW ORLEANS � Parker
Lamm had a two-run
single as East
Carolina scored five
times in the sixth
inning of a 7-3 win
Sunday that kept
Tulane from sweeping
a three-game series.
Lamm went 4-for-5
with three RBIs as
ECU improved to
21-11 overall and
3-3 in the American
Athletic Conference.
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NEW ORLEANS � Tulane's 3-0 American Athletic
Conference win over East Carolina on
Saturday had some similarities to the Green
Wave's 5-3 win over the Pirates on Friday
night.
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NEW ORLEANS � An outstanding pitching effort
by East Carolina junior left-hander Evan
Kruczynski went unrewarded as Tulane rallied
for a 5-2 American Athletic Conference win
Friday night. The Green Wave scored five
runs in the bottom of the ninth inning,
ending the game with a three-run homer by
Hunter Williams.
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Villanova's
77-74 win over North Carolina in
the NCAA Tournament final in
Houston on Monday night bore a
strong resemblance to East
Carolina's 77-74 win at Weber
State three years and two days
beforehand in the title game of
the CIT
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scored two runs on a
pair of wild pitches
in the top of the
11th inning for a
7-5 win at Elon on
Tuesday night.
Travis Watkins, Eric
Tyler and Bryce
Harman all walked
with one out in the
final frame to load
the bases
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By
Brian Bailey
�2016 Bonesville.net
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The 2016 East Carolina spring football game got off
to a great start, and it all began with a traditional childhood game.
Kurt Benkert got the play and knew he was going deep
with his first throw.
"We had a deep ball called with a double move," said
Benkert. "I had Jimmy (Williams) on one side and Trevon (Brown) on the
other so I told them to 'Rock, paper, scissors' to see who I was going
to throw to. Trevon won so I just gave him a chance, regardless of the
coverage."
�My quarterback said just go make a play,� Brown
said, not mentioning whether he took paper, rock or scissors. "This
offense is designed for the playmakers to make plays and that's what I
did."
Overall it was a fairly clean spring football game.
There were a few penalties and plenty to work on heading to fall camp.
But all in all it was a positive start for Scottie Montgomery at East
Carolina.
�I�m excited with where we are,� Montgomery told the
media afterwards. �I thought we could play about a half of football and
that�s what we ended up playing. I like the tempo of our offense. We�ve
got to clean up some mental errors and penalties. The defense felt the
tempo today for the first time in a long time. We�ve got to tackle the
football better.�
Only the two quarterbacks battling for the starting
job played in the spring game, and both played well.
Kurt Benkert threw for 216 yards and the touchdown.
He also ran for a score. Benkert sat out all of last year with the knee
injury he suffered two weeks into camp.
"The first week (of spring football) was tough
because I had literally just been cleared to practice," Benkert said.
"Sometimes it's sore, but I really don't worry about it at all. It feels
good to be out here playing."
Phillip Nelson threw for 231 yards but didn't throw a
touchdown pass. Nelson did lead his squad to more first downs than
Benkert, 14-10.
"I thought we did a good job today," said Nelson. "I
thought it was very clean. Sure we had a couple of plays that we might
like to have back, but that's what the summer is for. We are going to
keep working and getting better heading to camp."
The two Pirate quarterbacks will head to camp still
battling for that number one job according to ECU offensive coordinator
Tony Petersen.
"I thought they both did some really good things,"
said Petersen. "So, no, I don't think either one separated himself from
the other. I think it will go into camp."
Petersen knows that naming a starter will be a key
heading into the season. The timing, however, is still up in the air.
"How long we wait before naming a starter will
probably be up to Coach Montgomery, whatever he is comfortable with,"
said Petersen. "I feel like we may go into the season feeling that we
have two quarterbacks that can help us win football games. That's
certainly not a bad thing."
Montgomery seemed pleased with his players and staff
after this first spring. He knows there is still plenty or work ahead,
but he seems pleased with where this team is heading into spring and
summer conditioning.
�We had some big-time plays today at receiver, and we
kind of know the guys we can lean on, and now we�ve got to make sure
we�ve got our team put together from a depth standpoint,� Montgomery
said. �We�ve got to work on putting together a good 1A team and a good
1B team offensively and defensively.�
As spring football games go, this one goes down as
very entertaining. The Pirates didn't have any big injuries, either,
which is also a big plus.
Now the wait begins.
Football breaks until the season opener on September
3rd.
Thank goodness for Pirate baseball to help bridge the
gap.
BB