SPORTS
High school football: HBCU combine gives prospects two days with coaches, scouts
Football prospects from the immediate area and beyond converged on Farmville Central High School on Friday and Saturday for the ENC HBCU Combine & Showcase. The two-day event is follows a similar format to other professional and college combines where athletes timed in an array of drills and also receive instruction and motivation from coaches and former star players. This year’s event featured a pair of Black College Hall of Fame members. Prospects were evaluated in several areas, including the 40-yard dash, the 5-10-5 shuttle run, vertical jump, broad jump and bench press. Recruiters from the CIAA and MEAC conferences as well as Louisburg College were in attendance at the event.
Farmville Central to host HBCU football combine
Area high school football players will show off their skills this coming weekend at the ENC HBCU Combine & Showcase at Farmville Central High School, featuring a pair of Black College Hall of Fame members. Johnnie Walton, the first black quarterback to win a championship in a professional football league, and Timmy Newsome, who finished his career as the ninth leading receiver in Dallas Cowboys history, will share their personal journeys and offer inspiring words to student athletes during an informational seminar at the school,...
High school roundup: Rams cap unbeaten run through EPC
With one game left to play in the regular season, the Greene Central baseball team is still untouchable. The Rams scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning on Friday in Snow Hill to break a 3-3 tie with Farmville Central and claim their 20th victory in 20 games this season, 5-3. The win also capped a perfect run through the Eastern Plains Conference for the Rams. Greene...
D. H. Conley High School - Collin Bullard
BIOGRAPHY: My name is Collin Bullard and I am a senior at D. H. Conley High School in Greenville, North Carolina. I have attended D. H. Conley all four years of high school and have loved every second of it. I am the oldest child of three, with two younger brothers who are twins. They both are sophomores and also attend D. H. Conley. I have been a competitive swimmer since the 5th grade and I train six days a week year around. Swimming has taught me many lessons that I will carry with me for the rest of my life. I love to be active, read, and play with my dog. I plan to attend either the United States Naval Academy or participate in Pitt Community College and East Carolina University’s RIBN Program for nursing. I plan to help others and make a difference in others’ lives, no matter where I attend.
ECU swimming & diving announces team awards
GREENVILLE, N.C. – The East Carolina women’s swimming and diving program handed out its year-end team awards at its annual banquet earlier this week. On the season, the Pirates posted a 10-1 dual meet record and finished fourth in the 2024 American Athletic Conference Championships. Overall, the Pirates set six school records, three freshman records and […]
Pirates score five in seventh to sweep softball series with Memphis
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Kanisha Anderson hit the go-ahead two-RBI single in the seventh inning to lift East Carolina past Memphis 8-6 in the series finale between the two teams on Sunday afternoon at Tigers Softball Complex. Logan Sutton went 2-for-3 at the plate with an RBI to lead the Pirates (36-16, 12-12 AAC) who recorded their second conference series […]
No. 7 East Carolina sweeps Memphis after 8-3 win
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Chris Kahler produced a sparkling relief effort out of the bullpen and No. 7 East Carolina scored eight unanswered runs in the middle to late innings to down Memphis 8-3 and complete the road series sweep Sunday afternoon at FedExPark. The Pirates (35-8, 14-4 AAC) exit the weekend with a two-game lead atop the American Athletic […]
College roundup: ECU baseball No. 7; ECU softball wins series; PCC softball's win streak snapped
The East Carolina baseball team made a jump in the national rankings to No. 7 earlier this week after going 4-0 last week. The Pirates earned wins over William & Mary in the midweek before sweeping visiting Wichita State over the weekend. ECU (31-8, 11-4 AAC) is off to its best start since the 2004 team started 33-6. ...
ECU baseball: Yesavage powers Pirates to run-rule win over Memphis
Trey Yesavage baffled hitters again on Friday as the East Carolina ace overpowered Memphis in a 14-0 win on Friday. The right-hander was one out from a no-hitter before allowing a two-out single in the seventh inning of the Pirates’ run-rule, seven-inning victory in the first game of their American Atheltic Conference series. The Pirates’ right-hander stuck out 12 batters with two walks and one hit that came with two...
FINAL: ECU 8, Memphis 3
SUNDAY EVENING UPDATE: ECU completes the three-game sweep of Memphis with an 8-3 victory on the road. Carter Cunningham homered twice and Chris Kahler threw four innings of one-run ball out of the bullpen. SUNDAY AFTERNOON UPDATE: Ethan Norby gets the start for East Carolina as the Pirates go for...
Greenville pickleball tournament serving up this weekend
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — Elm Street Park will play as host to this weekend’s Greenville Open. It’s a pickleball tournament open to players of all ages for a chance to see who has the sharpest skills with their paddle. This is the third pickleball tournament to be played at the Elm Street Park courts since […]
ECU baseball fan turns her love of the game and the Pirates into a book
NEW BERN, Craven County — An ECU baseball fan turned her love of the game into a recently-released book. Bethany Bradsher said "Never Take This For Granted" goes behind the scenes for a look at the game beyond the dugout. Bradsher is a regular in "The Jungle," a popular...
New ECU offensive identity beginning to take hold after John David Baker’s first spring
When East Carolina head coach Mike Houston embarked on a mission to find his next offensive coordinator, one thing was clear from the get-go: He wanted a play-caller with a clear identity and mission on that side of the ball. ECU certainly had success under former offensive coordinator Donnie Kirkpatrick,...
Pirates add sharpshooting wing Assa Essamvous from the portal
East Carolina entered this offseason hoping to upgrade its perimeter shooting in a major way. The Pirates have done that with a few transfer portal additions, with the latest being rising junior wing Assa Essamvous. The 6-foot-7 St. Bonaventure transfer has committed to the Pirates, multiple sources confirm, joining Gardner-Webb combo guard transfer Julien Soumaoro as the two transfer pickups thus far this offseason for head coach Michael Schwartz.
PODCAST: ECU retakes command of AAC with another strong week
East Carolina took a big step towards putting itself in position to win another American Athletic Conference, sweeping Memphis on the road in impressive fashion to take a two-game lead in the conference race with three regular season weekends left. ECU now sits atop the league standings at 14-4, ahead of UTSA - which dropped a series at Rice and is now 12-6. The Pirates also defeated NC State in the midweek to sweep the season series. ECU has won eight in a row overall and is 35-8 on the campaign.
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