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PREVIOUS NUGGETS |
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08.30.06: Army
six wins away from San Diego trip ... Rivers will get
starting assignment for Chargers ... With Campbell in goal,
ECU shuts out Camels |
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08.29.06: Holtz
indicates Pirates are ready ... C-USA teams face stiff
season-opening tests ... Three C-USA QB's on O'Brien watch
list |
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08.28.06: Herd
loses top receiver Moore for WVU opener ... Memphis puts
more walk-ons on scholarship ... Hokies claim title in ECU
volleyball event |
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08.27.06: Butkus
watch list features seven from C-USA ... UAB substitution
scrimmage pleases Brown ... Host ECU volleyball team falls
to Furman |
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08.26.06: Top
Pirate units overwhelm scout teams ... Coach Holtz ready to
take to the air ... waves ... ECU volleyball wins season
opener |
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08.25.06: ECU
announces Metcalf in compliance post ... ECU women's soccer
starts season at ODU ,,, Pirate volleyball hosts
invitational |
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08.24.06: Former
ECU standout joins Godwin staff ... It's not the Fort Worth
Bowl anymore ... Brown lightens up on banged up Blazers |
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08.23.06: Camp
behind them, Pirates refocus on Navy ... ECU checking
student body for diamond talent ... Buckeyes' bank account
$wells |
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08.22.06: End
of preseason camp in sight for Pirates ... ECU's Ray gets
honor for summer league play ... Miami, Northwestern set
tribute to Walker |
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08.21.06: Irish
'bump' into possible NCAA infraction ... Offense produces in
ECU's second scrimmage ... Herd extends Snyder's contract
through 2013 ... ECU nipped in women's soccer scrimmage |
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08.20.06: No
updates on this day while implementing site network changes |
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08.19.06: Note
to readers: Sunday content to be limited ... Pirates set to
scrimmage, meet fans today ... Marshall hires NCSU aide as
baseball coach ... Stitt leaving WSSU for hometown post |
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08.18.06: Goal
line work livens up flat ECU practice ... 'Pack third sacker
defects to Cowboys ... Indiana's Sampson sanctioned by NABC |
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08.17.06: ECU
kicker Lee selected to Groza watch list ... Another Pinkney
gets plaudits for Pirates ... Individual ECU game tickets go
on sale |
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08.16.06: Bucs
have depth chart heading into scrimmage ... Calipari
assistant named UTEP hoops coach ... Clemson gives Leggett
new five-year contract |
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08.15.06: Get
ready to "Meet the Pirates" ... Depth chart looms as Bucs
continue drills ... Red Raiders dedicate season to fallen
coach |
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08.14.06: New
thumbnails: Freeney, McNeil, Perryman ... Blazers hold first
scrimmage on Sunday ... NCAA clears Snider to play this
season at Tulsa ... Kansas officials undergo NCAA grilling |
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08.13.06: Dye
goes into college football hall of fame ... ECU scrimmage
helps shape depth chart ... Memphis works out at Liberty
Bowl |
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08.12.06: ECU
recruiting thumbnail: Ben Herlocker ... Pirates tune up for
Saturday scrimmage ... Blazers preparing for opener with
Oklahoma ... SMU golfer qualifies for U.S. Amateur |
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08.11.06: Pirates
dodge heat with nighttime drills ... ECU's Thorsen claims
Norwegian amateur title ... Manning pledges $1 million to
Vols |
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08.10.06: Thursday
'Nuggets' sacked by network glitch |
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08.09.06: Lou's
book says Skip was promised USC job ... Humid weather
doesn't dampen ECU drills ... 'Bright House' will be home
for Golden Knights |
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08.08.06: Pirates
shifting to full-gear practice mode ... Hattiesburg pro
takes over USM golf program ... Sooners turn to Thompson to
fill QB void |
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08.07.06: Pirates
strap on shoulder pads ... Ex-Duke lacrosse coach has new
program ... NIT will trim field from 40 to 32 teams |
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08.06.06: Media
day no day off for Pirates ... Drew-Skip check goes to
Greenville Rec. Dept. ... Coordinator of ACC refs hanging up
whistle |
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08.05.06: Holtz
likes what he sees as camp starts ... Buckeyes pegged as
team to beat; WVU #7 ... Groh reinstates senior safety Tony
Franklin ... Four from C-USA on Thorpe Award watch list |
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08.04.06: Judge:
Buckeyes owe ex-coach big bucks ... Marshall takes preseason
volleyball accolades ... Conference USA adds administrator
to staff |
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08.03.06: Four
Hurricanes will miss opener with FSU ... Report says Sooners
QB canned ... Tigers' Tate takes aim on Women's Amateur |
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08.02.06: Kragthorpe
lassoes new pact, new transfers ... ACC champ to Orange;
makeup policy defined ... Blazers launching prep baseball
league |
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08.01.06: C-USA
releases schedule of televised games ... 'The Voice' adds
morning duties on local AM's ... Huskers, Huskies set dates
in 2010, 2011 |
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News Nuggets, 08.31.06
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NOTES FROM ECU AND BEYOND...
Previous Day Nuggets...
Next Day Nuggets...
Compiled from staff reports
and electronic dispatches
Ex-Buc Witter hits home run to complete cycle
Former East Carolina player Adam Witter hit for the
cycle on Tuesday night, powering the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes to a 19-3 rout
of the Vancouver Canadians in a minor league contest.
Witter hit a two-run triple in the top of the first
inning. The 23-year-old banged a two-run double in the third before drawing
a two-out walk the fifth. The Volcanoes (49-18) put the first four batters
on board in a 10-run seventh as Witter singled to load the bases.
Eight batters and seven runs later, he belted a
pitch to dead center field for a three-run homer, capping the cycle and the
inning, according to a report on
ecupirates.com.
Herd player helps team to international win
Marshall's Kelly-Anne Billingy helped lead her
Trinidad and Tobago national team to a gold medal in the Caribbean
Volleyball Championships in the Bahamas with a 3-2 win over Barbados.
Billingy's squad was given almost no chance by many
against the overwhelming favorites, according to an account on the
Conference USA website.
"I told the team 'we worked so hard for so many
days, let's just go out there and win a championship,' " Billingy said.
UAB takes aim on opener, plans to honor Tuck
The UAB football team went through a workout that
lasted just short of two hours on Wednesday in preparation for Saturday's
2006 season-opening contest at nationally-ranked Oklahoma.
The Blazers will have one more light workout in
Birmingham on Thursday before departing for Norman on Friday afternoon.
"I thought it was better today than yesterday," said
Coach Watson Brown, according to a release on the UAB athletic website. "We
get one more shot at it tomorrow and then we get on a plane for Oklahoma."
After more than three weeks of preseason drills,
Brown says his team is ready to compete against an opponent that wears a
different color uniform.
"I think there's a point where you can only get so
much better, so I'm always saying this time of year that it's time to go
play," he said, "and I think it is. I don't think your team improves until
you play somebody else after awhile. I think we're about to that, so we just
need to go play somebody."
Brown also announced that the team this season will
honor former Blazer Kirk Tuck, who died July 24 after battling leukemia for
nearly a year. Every UAB player will wear the number "68" on the back of his
helmet to recognize Tuck, who began his Blazer career in 1999 as a walk-on
out of Pelham High School and developed into an All-Conference USA center.
Tuck's widow, Melissa, was at practice Wednesday and
spoke to the team following its workout.
News Nuggets are
compiled periodically based on material supplied by staff members; data
published by ECU, Conference USA and its member
schools; and reports from other sources. Copyright 2006
Bonesville.net and other publishers. All rights reserved. This material may not be
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