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Vikings eye return to CIAA tournament

Though the Vikings were hot down the stretch, an up-and-down season netted them nothing as Elizabeth City State missed out on the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association baseball tournament for the first time in coach Terrance Whittle’s 12 seasons at ECSU. So, the goal of the 2012 Vikings is simple — get back to the CIAA tournament.

  • Gomes helps Vikings fund-raiser

    Elizabeth City State took a major-league approach to celebrating the 25th anniversary of the revival of its baseball program when it selected Wayne Gomes to be the main speaker at a fund-raiser Thursday night.

  • Mike Sweeney: Doing reel maintenance is real important

    When it comes to maintaining your reel, it is a simple process that requires a little skill and minimum amount of supplies.

  • COA Preview: New coach has Dolphins banding together

    Milan Rasic has bands for the brothers.

  • Camden makes a statement

    CAMDEN — During a stretch when his team lost six of nine games, Camden boys basketball coach Mark Harnly lamented that his team was young, inexperienced and needed to learn how to close games.

  • ECU runs away from SMU; NC State a winner

    GREENVILLE — East Carolina’s Darrius Morrow picked up his fourth foul with 8 minutes, 14 seconds left in Wednesday’s game against Southern Methodist.

Steamers closer gets pro shot

When the Edenton Steamers lost in the championship round of the Petitt Cup playoffs last weekend, Steamers fans had no idea that Ethan Cole was about to become a professional baseball player.

COA

Playing For The Future: COA club soccer seeking intercollegiate status

Winning a third straight Elizabeth City Fall Adult 7 Aside League tournament title would have been nice, but when Albemarle United was upset by America in the tourney final last Thursday, it didn’t really interfere with the master plan.

  • Most COA sophs to play ball at four-year schools

    In its first two years of existence, the revived baseball program at the College of The Albemarle managed to produce two winning seasons and its first All-American player.

  • Hunter leaving Barton to play at COA

    John Hunter wants a do-over.

  • Dolphins stun top seed

    MOREHEAD CITY — Eddie Perkins pitched a gem and went 5-for-5 at the plate as The College of The Albemarle stunned top-seeded Brunswick Community College 7-1 in the first round of the Region X tournament Friday night at Big Rock Stadium.

  • Time for COA's first class of recruits to move on

    For the 13 sophomores who constitute what remains of the original recruiting class that launched the rebirth of the College of The Albemarle’s baseball program, two years raced by faster than most expected.

  • COA softball ends season

    College of The Albemarle’s softball team was knocked from the Region X tournament on Friday, dropping a 4-0 decision to Surry in the morning, then getting eliminated by Stanly 6-1 in the afternoon.

White’s success measured off the court

In 2007, Kenny White was the toast of the town. As a sophomore in 2005, he led Pasquotank to its first, and only, regional basketball berth and now as a senior he was being recruited by a handful of NCAA Division I schools.

  • Gomes headliner at ECSU’s 1st Pitch Gala

    Elizabeth City State’s baseball team will kick off the 2011 season with the inaugural 1st Pitch Gala at the K.E. White Graduate Center on Thursday, beginning at 6 p.m.

  • ECSU sweeps Virginia State

    Elizabeth City State’s men’s basketball team badly needed a win. On Saturday, the Vikings got that and more.

  • Vikings’ struggles continue in CIAA

    Chowan was hot all night, but especially in the second half, as it held on for an 80-72 win over Elizabeth City State on Thursday, the Hawks’ first Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association win of the season.

  • Chowan topples Lady Vikings

    MURFREESBORO —  Hot-shooting Chowan scored a 68-59 victory over the Elizabeth City State women Thursday at Chowan that handed the Lady Vikings their first CIAA North Division defeat.

  • Bowie St. too much for ECSU

    Following Elizabeth City State’s 84-69 loss to Bowie State on Monday, all coach Shawn Walker could do was laugh.

Camden makes a statement

CAMDEN — During a stretch when his team lost six of nine games, Camden boys basketball coach Mark Harnly lamented that his team was young, inexperienced and needed to learn how to close games.