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FOOTBALL RECRUITING |
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Ruff wins over star recruit and mom |
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 Brian
Foster has worked at
Southern Nash High School in
Bailey, NC, for so long he's
coaching the children of his
former athletes. One of
those is the latest star
football player for the
FireBirds and newest member
of East Carolina's
recruiting Class of 2016.
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BASEBALL |
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Weekend's outcome raises
stakes |
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 This
was another winning weekend on the
diamond at East Carolina in more
ways than one. The Pirates bounced
back from a game one loss to
Connecticut on Friday night to beat
the Huskies twice in a row to take
the series. ...
More
from Brian Bailey... |
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MULTIMEDIA |
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Audio: The Brian
Bailey Show |
 The
Brian Bailey Show
airs on Pirate Radio
1250 on Mondays at
6:30 p.m. Brian's
guest this week was
ECU assistant
baseball coach
Frankie Everitte
(right):
Replay
show... |
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COMMUNITY |
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AN EXCEPTIONAL DAY |
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After East Carolina defeated
visiting Connecticut on
Sunday in the decisive game
of a crucial American
Athletic Conference series,
the Pirates turned their
attention to a more casual
'game.' ECU hosted the
Exceptional Community
Baseball League in an event
that has become an annual
outpouring of fun, smiles
and goodwill for all parties
concerned. Brian Bailey
penned an account and
snapped pictures of the game
in which both the Pirates
and their guests were
winners. ...
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Pirates power past
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 GREENVILLE
—
Charlie
Yorgen
and
Bryce
Harman
hit home
runs in
support
of
winning
pitcher
Jacob
Wolfe as
East
Carolina
topped
Connecticut
5-2 on
Sunday
at
Clark-LeClair
Stadium
to take
the
American
Athletic
Conference
series
two
games to
one and
maintain
a tie
for
first in
the
league
standings
with
Houston.
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pictures... |
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Pictured: ECU's
Charlie Yorgen turns
a double play in the
deciding game of an
American Athletic
Conference series
with Connecticut on
Sunday. The
sophomore second
baseman went 2-3
with a two-run home
run in the bottom of
the first inning.
(Photo by W.A.
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BASKETBALL RECRUITING |
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Pirates ink power forward |
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 Australian
big man Deng Riak has signed to pursue his
college basketball career at East Carolina.
The three-star recruit fielded offers from
Florida, Minnesota, Oregon and Virginia
Tech, among others, before opting to become
the third member of Coach Jeff Lebo's
recruiting class of 2015-2016. ...
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FOOTBALL RECRUITING |
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Juco WR/RB sticks with ECU |
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 Mauldin
(SC) High School product Dre Massey has
renewed his commitment to East Carolina
after spending a year at Holmes (MS)
Community College. The former prep
quarterback originally committed to the
Pirates in 2014. He is projected as a WR/RB
in the recruiting class of 2016. ...
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By
Al Myatt
©2015 Bonesville.net
All rights reserved.
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HOUSTON — East Carolina
bounced back to top Houston 4-1 on Saturday and regain a share of the
American Athletic Conference lead.
Before a national CBS
Sports Network audience, the Pirates (32-19, 12-8 AAC) got eight
strong innings from left-hander Reid Love in evening the three-game
series
after a 10-1 loss to the Cougars (34-17, 12-8)
on Friday night.
Love (6-3) scattered
nine hits while striking out seven without a walk.
"Getting beat like that
yesterday and not playing as well as we should, it showed a lot of
toughness coming out and getting this one," Love said.
The Pirates fell behind
1-0 in the bottom of the first after singles by Kyle Survance, Jacob
Campbell and Corey Julks (RBI).
Luke Lowery's solo homer
to left on a full count pitch with one out in the fourth tied the
score at 1. It was Lowery's 11th roundtripper of the season.
Bryce Harman's two-run
homer in the seventh followed a single by Eric Tyler and put ECU
ahead to stay. The circuit clout was Harman's sixth this year.
Singles by Kirk Morgan,
Lowery and Travis Watkins (RBI) in the eighth pushed the Pirates'
lead to 4-1.
Joe Ingle retired
Houston in order in the ninth, striking out the last two batters for
his fourth save.
"I didn't want to come
out," said Love, who threw 101 pitches, including 71 for strikes.
"But my pitch count was up there and I know Joe is going to come in
there and shut the door."
The Pirates outhit their
hosts 10-9 on Saturday and both teams played errorless defense.
Each ECU player to
appear at the plate reached base. Lowery and Tyler had two hits
each.
ECU will send lefty
Jacob Wolfe, who is 4-1 with a 2.99 earned run average, to the mound
today against Cougars southpaw Seth Romero (6-3, 1.80) in a 1 p.m.
start.
There’s
a price to winning in college sports. And
it’s a lot more expensive than just hard
work, dedication and all those other noble
traits we love to talk about. It takes
money. Lots of money. ...
