Editor's note: The Daily Web Roundup is temporarily on pause while Greg Vacek, the Curator of the roundup, recovers from an illness. … [Read more...]
GREG VACEK'S DAILY WEB ROUNDUP
Quick Kicks
Compher, Montgomery under hot spotlight
With unrest brewing in Pirate Nation, it's as good a time as ever to launch "Quick Kicks," an occasional column that will make brief observations about topics ranging from the action on the field to the processes that take place behind closed doors. • Never had East Carolina had so much at stake against a Division I-AA/FCS opponent as was the case when the Pirates were … [Read more...]
Basketball Recruiting
Hokies transfer shores up frontcourt
Seth LeDay has set his sights on completing his college eligibility at East Carolina after announcing his departure last month from Virginia Tech. The 6-7, 200-pound forward, the brother of recently-graduated Hokies star Zach LeDay, could potentially have an early impact for ECU, which lost two frontcourt players with the graduation of Andre Washington and the transfer of … [Read more...]
Football Recruiting
Pegues plots course to ECU
Raeford (NC) Hoke County High School star Andre Pegues is the first pass catcher to chart a heading to hook up with heralded quarterback Holton Ahlers in East Carolina's recruiting class of 2018. Pegues committed to ECU after returning home from an on-campus visit last weekend. He is the sixth player to join the crop of future Pirates. An athletic, 6-3, 200-pounder, … [Read more...]
Football Recruiting
Pirates lure Tidewater defender
East Carolina's football recruiting class of 2018 grew to five this week as Suffolk (VA) Nansemond River High School star Gerard Stringer responded in the affirmative on Monday to a scholarship offer extended over the weekend. Stringer paid an unofficial visit to campus on Sunday with his mother, Kisha. After returning home and bringing his father, also named Gerard … [Read more...]