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Pirates compete in first Spring Scrimmage

Third-year head coach Mike Houston and his staff directed East Carolina’s first spring scrimmage Saturday morning
ECU Football 1st 2021 Spring Practice at DFS

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Bear Grass Charter Football
High School Football Highlights - State Playoffs - 1st Round

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ECU Baseball 4-11-21
ECU baseball series at Houston PPD this weekend

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ECU women's soccer
No. 15 USF blanks ECU women’s soccer, 1-0, in AAC semifinals

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Hurricanes score 3 quick goals, top Predators 4-1

Updated: Apr. 15, 2021 at 10:44 PM EDT
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By BOB SUTTON
Warren Foegele scored the first of three Carolina goals in under eight minutes and the Hurricanes beat the Nashville Predators 4-1 to snap a two-game skid Thursday night.

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Davis names four former Tar Heel players to basketball staff

Updated: Apr. 15, 2021 at 3:55 PM EDT
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By UNC Athletics
Three former Tar Heel men’s basketball players headline the staff changes made by UNC head coach Hubert Davis.

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ECU’S Connor Norby named to midseason Golden Spikes watch list

Updated: Apr. 14, 2021 at 3:49 PM EDT
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By ECU Athletics
ECU sophomore Connor Norby is one of 45 players named to the midseason Golden Spikes Award watch list.

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Four ECU women’s soccer players earn postseason honors

Updated: Apr. 14, 2021 at 3:56 PM EDT
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By ECU Athletics
Four players on the ECU women's soccer team have earned postseason honors.

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WITN Sports Spotlight: Ben Swinson

Updated: Apr. 13, 2021 at 7:35 PM EDT
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By Tyler Feldman
This week we shine the WITN / Pepsi Sports Spotlight on Washington football senior standout Ben Swinson!

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Former ECU basketball standout Jayden Gardner transfers to UVA

Updated: Apr. 13, 2021 at 6:58 PM EDT
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By Tyler Feldman
Back on March 29, ECU junior forward Jayden Gardner announced he was entering the NCAA Transfer Portal. Immediately, suitors from all over the country came calling, but Monday night, Gardner picked the Virginia Cavaliers.
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High School Football Highlights - State Playoffs - 1st Round

Updated: Apr. 16, 2021 at 11:53 PM EDT

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South Granville at Washington Pam Pack Football Preview

Updated: Apr. 16, 2021 at 11:41 PM EDT

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WITN Sports Spotlight: Ben Swinson

Updated: Apr. 13, 2021 at 7:26 PM EDT

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UVA's Jayden Gardner final message to Pirate Nation

Updated: Apr. 13, 2021 at 6:56 PM EDT

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Red Wings upend Hurricanes with 3-1 victory

Updated: Apr. 12, 2021 at 11:46 PM EDT
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By AARON BEARD
Adam Erne and Flip Zadina scored two quick third-period goals while Jonathan Bernier finished with 37 saves to help the Red Wings beat the Hurricanes 3-1 on Monday night

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ECU’s Bryson Worrell named AAC Player of the Week

Updated: Apr. 12, 2021 at 3:33 PM EDT
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By ECU Athletics
ECU baseball junior Bryson Worrell has been named the AAC Player of the Week.

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No. 9 ECU baseball completes sweep of Memphis, 7-1

Updated: Apr. 11, 2021 at 8:10 PM EDT
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By ECU Athletics
No. 9 ECU baseball scored six runs in the eighth inning breaking a one-all tie to complete a four-game weekend series sweep of Memphis, 7-1, Sunday afternoon.

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Matsuyama becomes first Japanese in Masters green jacket

Updated: Apr. 11, 2021 at 8:14 PM EDT
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By DOUG FERGUSON
Ten years after Hideki Matsuyama made a sterling debut as the best amateur at Augusta National, he claimed the ultimate trophy Sunday with a victory in the Masters to become the first Japanese winner of the green jacket.

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Bogdanovic scores 32 as Hawks beat Hornets, 105-101

Updated: Apr. 11, 2021 at 6:55 PM EDT
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By STEVE REED
The Charlotte Hornets hadn’t lost a game all season when leading entering the fourth quarter.

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No. 19 Memphis blanks ECU soccer, 1-0

Updated: Apr. 11, 2021 at 6:43 PM EDT
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By ECU Athletics
Clarissa Larisey scored the only goal for the Tigers as No. 19 Memphis blanked the ECU women's soccer team, 1-0, Sunday afternoon.

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ECU softball drops series finale to No. 24 UCF, 8-0

Updated: Apr. 11, 2021 at 6:01 PM EDT
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By ECU Athletics
Gianna Mancha threw a complete-game shutout to lift No. 24 UCF to an 8-0 American Athletic Conference victory over East Carolina Sunday afternoon at Max R. Joyner Family Stadium.

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NCHSAA football playoff brackets finalized, first round starts Friday

Updated: Apr. 10, 2021 at 10:32 PM EDT
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By HighSchoolOT
The North Carolina High School Athletic Association has released the final football playoff brackets for the spring season. The first round kicks off Friday.

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Erne gets shootout winner, Red Wings beat Hurricanes 5-4

Updated: Apr. 10, 2021 at 10:15 PM EDT
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By BOB SUTTON
Adam Erne scored in the seventh round of the shootout as the Detroit Red Wings beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-4 on Saturday night.

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No. 9 ECU baseball walks-off Memphis, 8-7

Updated: Apr. 10, 2021 at 9:35 PM EDT
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By ECU Athletics
Bryson Worrell scored from second base on a fielder’s choice and an error as No. 9 ECU baseball earned a series win over Memphis Saturday in the bottom of the ninth inning, 8-7.

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No. 24 UCF hands ECU softball fourth straight loss, 4-0

Updated: Apr. 10, 2021 at 5:08 PM EDT
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By ECU Athletics
No. 24 UCF scored three runs in the top of the seventh to break open a close contest on the way to a 4-0 AAC victory over ECU softball Saturday afternoon.

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Washington’s upset win over Kinston highlights Week 7 of high school football

Updated: Apr. 10, 2021 at 2:43 PM EDT
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By Tyler Feldman and Billy Weaver
Washington’s come-from-behind 50-49 upset victory in overtime over Kinston Thursday night highlighted the final week of the high school football regular season.

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No. 9 ECU baseball sweeps doubleheader against Memphis

Updated: Apr. 10, 2021 at 3:13 PM EDT
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By ECU Athletics
No. 9 East Carolina recorded 12 hits getting multiple base knocks from four Pirates including a three-run home run from Bryson Worrell to help complete a doubleheader sweep of Memphis.

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ECU softball drops two to No. 24 UCF at home

Updated: Apr. 9, 2021 at 9:33 PM EDT
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By ECU Athletics
ECU returned home Friday afternoon, falling in both ends of an AAC doubleheader to UCF

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Nedeljkovic excels as Hurricanes blank Panthers, 3-0

Updated: Apr. 8, 2021 at 10:41 PM EDT
Vincent Trocheck scored another goal against his former team and Alex Nedeljkovic made 24 saves as the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Florida Panthers, 3-0.

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WITN Sports Spotlight: Lauren Wiles

Updated: Apr. 6, 2021 at 7:33 PM EDT
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By Tyler Feldman
This week we shine the WITN / Pepsi Sports Spotlight on D.H. Conley softball standout and Illinois commit Lauren Wiles!

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ECU primed to make another run at ending CWS drought

Updated: Apr. 5, 2021 at 10:23 PM EDT
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By ERIC OLSON
ECU continues to show it’s one of the most complete teams in college baseball, going 5-0 last week with a four-game sweep of Cincinnati in its AAC opening series.

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UNC hires Hubert Davis as next men’s basketball head coach

Updated: Apr. 5, 2021 at 9:46 PM EDT
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By AARON BEARD
The Tar Heels are staying in the “Carolina family” again, this time by turning to a trusted former player who has never been a college head coach.

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Jets trade QB Sam Darnold to Panthers for 3 draft picks

Updated: Apr. 5, 2021 at 4:48 PM EDT
The New York Jets traded quarterback Sam Darnold to the Carolina Panthers

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ECU baseball sweeps weekly AAC honors

Updated: Apr. 5, 2021 at 5:19 PM EDT
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By ECU Athletics
ECU freshman Alec Makarewicz and junior Gavin Williams have been named the AAC Player and Pitcher-of-the-Week, the league office announced Monday.

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Greenville’s Maeve English earns third AAC Keeper of the Week award

Updated: Apr. 5, 2021 at 5:34 PM EDT
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By ECU Athletics
After posting her second shutout of the season Saturday, ECU freshman and Greenville native Maeve English was named AAC Keeper of the Week for the third time this season.

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ECU senior Bri Wood earns First Team All-AAC volleyball honors

Updated: Apr. 5, 2021 at 5:58 PM EDT
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By ECU Athletics
Bri Wood is the second player in program history to earn first-team honors in the AAC, joining Natalie Montini who was recognized in 2017.
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