News and Notes from East Carolina, Conference USA and Beyond

PREVIOUS NUGGETS

12.03.06: Paper: Hudson among Cincy coaching targets ... UAB ousted from NCAA volleyball by UCLA

12.02.06: Witter wins minor league baseball honor ... Millican in position in LPGA qualifying ... ECU announces challenging softball slate

12.01.06: C-USA announces football players of year ... Rice's Graham gets coach of year award ... ECU's Krug lands All-America honor

11.30.06: T.H. issues direct appeal to fans for ticket sales ... New recruiting thumbnail: Maurice Mercer ... Dougherty, Johnson first team All-Conference ... Five from ECU on C-USA All-Freshman team

11.29.06: C-USA bowl slate sends ECU to Birmingham ... SMU's Needham a finalist for Hermann Trophy ... Bearcats coach bolts for Michigan State

11.28.06: ECU's Roach on
C-USA academic team ... Wager on Clemson-South Carolina turns deadly ... Shula era comes to end at Alabama

11.27.06: C-USA title game features UH-USM rematch ... Bunting farewell to press a succinct one ... ECU announces swimming, diving signees

11.26.06: Pirates add Lugo to 2008 baseball class ... VCU prevails over ECU in women's hoops ... Tulsa gains momentum for postseason trip

11.25.06: ECU-bound Herlocker paces Charlotte Catholic ... Miami enters search mode for football coach ... BC out of ACC title contention

11.24.06: Herd takes ECU hopes to Hattiesburg ... Gonzaga has a Garden party in NIT semis ... Iowa State search eliminates two candidates

11.23.06: Yow taking leave of absence for treatment ... Marshall's Bradshaw nabs
C-USA weekly honor

11.22.06: Pirates face Houston if Marshall wins ... Former teammates push Raye for MSU coach ... SMU's Wideman named academic player of year

11.21.06: Duke, Wake athletes named Rhodes scholars ... UAB captures Conference USA volleyball ... Old Dominion stuns Georgetown on the road

11.20.06: Ohio State-Michigan rematch possible ... Video helps inspire Tar Heels to beat State ... Cords stepping down as AD at Marquette

11.19.06: Cougars to host USM or ECU in C-USA title game ... ECU falls in women's hoops to Vermont ... Pirate swimming teams in seventh place

11.18.06: ECU baseball bringing in 10-man class ... UTEP edges Pirates in C-USA volleyball ... West Virginia steamrolls Pitt

11.17.06: Pirates reschedule hoops contest with NCCU ... ECU volleyball places 3 on all- league team ... Top-ranked SMU goes down in NCAA soccer

11.16.06: Paterno's hall of fame induction postponed ... Tressel downplays his dominance vs. Michigan ... ECU softball announces pair of signees

11.15.06: Pirates control their fate in East Division ... Pinkney in star game, playing for Buddy Ryan ... ECU's Lee named special teams player of week

11.14.06: ECU-NCSU kickoff moved to 7 p.m. for TV ... Butch will succeed Bunting at UNC- Chapel Hill ... Conference USA coaches make debuts ... Pirates seeded sixth in C-USA volleyball ... Lady Pirates drop hoops opener to JMU

11.13.06: Houston clinches
C-USA championship berth ... ECU volleyball slips in regular season finale ... Grad rates: Athletes outperform student body

11.12.06: ECU announces women's hoops signees ... Miners extinguish Blazers' bowl hopes ... Mustang duo in contention for Hermann Trophy

11.11.06: Rutgers kicks Cards out of title picture ... Roach selected for district academic honor ... Krug getting it done on court, in classroom

11.10.06: Pirates prepare for Saturday hoops opener ... Houston's Kolb makes cut on O'Brien award list ... UNC-CH officials mum on Davis' status

11.09.06: Former star QB to represent N.C. in Congress ... Homicide unit probing death of Miami player ... Krog's 73 puts her in top five at Augusta

11.08.06: UK's win over Payne's charges not flawless ... SMU, UAB gain NCAA men's soccer berths ... Three C-USA women's teams get NCAA slots

11.07.06: Two Marshall players get C-USA honors ... UAB women capture C-USA soccer title ... Punter faces attempted murder charge

11.06.06: Pirate volleyball takes down Memphis ... Denny O'Brien's Harris Poll ballot ... ECU swimmers, divers perform well ... Paterno recovering from fractured leg

11.05.06: Promotions aplenty for ECU-Marshall game ...
Ex-Tulsa great Largent gets humanitarian honor

11.04.06: Dougherty a semifinalist for Ray Guy Award ... Butch Davis deal with Tar Heels imminent? ... Cardinals talking national title, again ... Honors abound for ECU women's soccer team

11.03.06: Boise State rolls past Bulldogs ... Reale, Pirates earn seconds at Kitty Hawk ... ECU softball's Kozlowski promoted

11.02.06: Mustangs a win away from bowl eligibility ... Hunt, Icenhower lead East Carolina divers ... ECU's Moore earns academic honor with 4.0

11.01.06: Kragthorpe curtails Tar Heel speculation ... Pirates in C-USA women's soccer tourney ... Backup QB Lee to start for FSU against Cavs

TYRELL WORTHINGTON (6-0, 185) RB/DB, Pitt County South Central ... A Shrine Bowl selection who ran for 351 yards in team's first ever playoff win, a 42-35 victory over Nash Central in the first round of the 2006 3-A playoffs. ... Worthington's 62-yard scoring run in the final minute provided the margin of victory and accounted for his sixth touchdown of the game. ... ran for 2,591 yards as a senior with 28 touchdowns. ... averaged 8.1 yards per carry. ... also regarded as an outstanding baseball player. ... the opportunity to play both sports at ECU was a factor in his college decision. ... had offers from N.C. State, North Carolina, Virginia, Virginia Tech, South Carolina and Clemson, but most projected him as a defensive back. ... the chance to play running back at a developing program close to home caused him to make his commitment to ECU offensive coordinator Steve Shankweiler on Thursday night, Nov. 30. [Posted 12.04.06]

Charlotte Independence, which features East Carolina commitment Darryl McFadden at quarterback, is in position to win an unprecedented seventh straight state championship because of an offense that was relentless and razor sharp, according to a Charlotte Observer report.

The Patriots removed the drama early in a 49-23 rout of rival Butler in the NCHSAA 4-AA semifinal Saturday in front of about 20,000 fans at Memorial Stadium.

McFadden threw for four touchdowns and ran for a fifth. He was 15-of-20 passing for 185 yards. He also ran nine time for 50 yards.

Independence scored touchdowns on seven of eight possessions. The victory was Independence's 107th in a row, the second-longest streak in U.S. history.

The University of Cincinnati on Sunday accepted an invitation to play in the first International Bowl against Western Michigan of the Mid-American Conference on Jan. 6 at the Rogers Centre (SkyDome) in Toronto, according to a Cincinnati Enquirer report.

The Bearcats will be making their first bowl appearance as a member of the Big East Conference after finishing the regular season with a 7-5 record, 4-3 in the league.

This will be the second time UC has played in an inaugural bowl game. The Bearcats also played in the first Humanitarian Bowl in 1997 in Boise, ID, defeating Utah State, 35-19.

The bowl invitation is UC’s sixth since 1997. The Bearcats have played an opponent from the MAC in all but two of those bowl games.

Western Michigan finished 8-4 during the regular season, 6-2 in the MAC, placing second in the West Division. The Broncos led their conference in total defense and were ranked sixth nationally in rushing defense, allowing 71.92 yards per game. They lead the nation in interceptions with 22.

UC leads the series against Western Michigan, 2-0, but the two schools have not met in football since 1980.

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