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December 7, 2025

Articles by Shawn Krest

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Duke finds self, beats State 45-33

September 21, 2025 Shawn Krest

After losing back-to-back games, Duke took a good long look at itself. “We talked about our identity,” said coach Manny Diaz. “About how Duke football wins, which we thought we’d gotten away from.” Last year’s […]

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Peeking behind wrestling’s curtain

September 11, 2025 Shawn Krest

It had been a tough two days for Sol Ruca. The third match in the last 48 hours for the up-and-coming WWE superstar was the most significant one. With her partner, Zaria, Ruca was in […]

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UNC, Belichick drop their drawers

September 2, 2025 Shawn Krest

We all have a drawer. It’s the place where we need to place all the things — big and small — that might distract us. We then close that drawer and forget about what’s in […]

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Country tough: Claiborne leads WF

August 1, 2025 Shawn Krest

The unincorporated township of Aylett, Virginia has a population of 8,203. That means if everyone in his hometown made the trip to Winston-Salem to show up at one of Demond Claiborne’s Wake Forest home games […]

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Relocated Rodón an All-Star again

July 25, 2025 Shawn Krest

Carlos Rodón’s son, Bo, is on a tee-ball team this year. It’s safe to say, the little leaguer’s pre-game ritual is different from the one his father had at his age. “I played at Tamiami […]

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Cal Raleigh-in the family business

July 25, 2025 Shawn Krest

Every once in awhile, Stephanie Raleigh has just had her fill of the baseball talk. “Not too much,” said husband Todd of life in the family’s Cullowhee home. “We try to kind of leave it […]

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MLB teams look to N.C. in Draft

July 25, 2025 Shawn Krest

Wake Forest may have grabbed the spotlight early in last week’s MLB Draft, but the rest of the state’s baseball talent was eventually uncovered. At press time last week, three rounds had been completed. A […]

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Wake has multiple 1st rounders

July 25, 2025 Shawn Krest

Wake Forest continued to dominate the first round of the MLB Draft. Demon Deacons were taken with back-to-back picks in the 2025 draft, marking the third straight year that multiple Wake players have been selected […]

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Futures Game includes NC prospects

July 25, 2025 Shawn Krest

Before turning the stadium over to the best players in baseball, MLB allowed the stars of tomorrow to take the field with the All-Star Futures Game. More than 30 players who made this year’s All-Star […]

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Canes’ D, Andersen shut down Caps

May 10, 2025 Shawn Krest

For 20 minutes, the Carolina Hurricanes and Washington Capitals exchanged haymakers on offense in a game three that looked like it would be decided by which goalie blinked first. Instead, the Canes turned up the […]

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