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Top-ranked Deacons want to finish job in Omaha
Wake Forest has a simple goal for the 2024 season. “We want to go further than we did last year,” said coach Tom Walter. That’s not as easy as it may sound. The Demon Deacons […]
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Wake prospect Josh Hammond stars at All-American Game
Three of the top high school juniors in the state took part in the inaugural Prep Baseball Report All-American Game last weekend. The 20 best players from the Class of 2025 took on the top […]
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Go west: ACC adding Stanford, Cal, SMU
The Atlantic Coast Conference has cleared the way for Stanford, California and SMU to join the league next year, two people with direct knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press on Friday, providing a […]
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KREST: Clock is ticking on ACC’s future
Major League Baseball had its annual trade deadline last week. It’s a last opportunity for teams whose seasons aren’t going as well as expected to prepare for the future, usually by trading away veteran players […]
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Walter Jenkins, 2 Deacons picked in 1st round of MLB Draft
While the story of the first day of the Major League Baseball Draft was LSU teammates Paul Skenes and Dylan Crews going 1-2 to the Pirates and Nationals, respectively, North Carolina also made some noise […]
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College World Series ends in heartbreak for Wake Forest
Wake Forest picked a bad time for its first two-game losing streak of the season. The Demon Deacons lost to LSU on back-to-back days at the College World Series to end their magical year one […]
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Wake Forest’s season ends on walk-off homer by LSU
OMAHA, Neb. — Tommy White hit Camden Minacci’s first pitch into the left-field seats for a two-run homer in the 11th inning, giving LSU a 2-0 walk-off victory over No. 1 national seed Wake Forest […]
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Wake Forest suffers first tournament loss, faces rematch with LSU for spot in CWS finals
OMAHA, Neb. — Cade Beloso hit a go-ahead three-run homer, freshman Griffin Herring pitched 4 2/3 innings of shutout relief in his longest outing and LSU defeated No. 1 national seed Wake Forest 5-2 on […]
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Drama follows Wake Forest to Omaha
There’s confidence, and there’s wild-eyed fanatical belief. Wake Forest’s baseball team is bordering on the latter as the Demon Deacons continue their undefeated run through the NCAA Tournament with two wild wins to open College […]
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Wake Forest rallies late to win College World Series opener
OMAHA, Neb. — Danny Corona hit a go-ahead two-run single in the eighth inning to roust a dormant Wake Forest offense, and the Demon Deacons opened their first College World Series in 68 years with […]