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UNC, NC State head to CWS
There’s a reason they call it Mutual of Omaha. For the second time, NC State and North Carolina will head to Nebraska to play for college baseball’s national championship. The Tar Heels and Wolfpack made […]
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Early outburst leads Tar Heels past Wolfpack for ACC baseball crown
A power-hitting freshman led his team to the ACC Tournament championship by hitting a pair of long home runs Sunday. But it wasn’t NC State’s Tommy White, who set an NCAA rookie record with his […]
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Crunch time for area college baseball teams
Duke baseball coach Chris Pollard gathered his players for a pep talk last week as they prepared to begin the final month of the regular season. “May ball is here,” he said in the speech, […]
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Wolfpack slugger Tommy White makes smashing debut
Some freshman athletes make the adjustment from high school to college faster than others. For NC State baseball player Tommy White, the transition took exactly one pitch. After taking a ball out of the strike […]
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College baseball preview: NC State baseball looks for redemption
The sting from NC State’s controversial exit from the College World Series last summer won’t soon go away for coach Elliott Avent. But if there’s anything that can at least partially salve the still-open wound, […]
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Look Ahead — 2022 Bold Predictions
Every year, the sports staff of North State Journal (sports editor Cory Lavalette and reporters Brett Friedlander and Shawn Krest) look into our crystal balls and try and predict what some of the bigger news […]
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UCLA COVID issues cancel Holiday Bowl only hours before kickoff
NC State’s bid for the second 10-win season in school history came to an end less than four hours before it was scheduled to start. The Wolfpack’s Holiday Bowl game against UCLA became the latest […]
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2021 College Team of the Year: Wolfpack’s miracle season ended in crushing COVID disappointment
Elliott Avent was once bitten by a copperhead while walking his dog and had to coach the postseason in a protective boot. He once performed an on-field spin move to avoid coaches and players trying […]
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A season to remember, ending to forget for NC State
Five years ago, just as college baseball’s postseason was about to begin, NC State head coach Elliott Avent suffered a freak accident. While walking his 10-week old rescue puppy, Avent and the dog were confronted […]
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NC State’s College World Series ends in controversial decision
After half of his team nearly beat the defending champions, a frustrated NC State coach Elliott Avent said he wanted to talk about baseball, not vaccine politics. “I’ll tell you what; I’m not going to […]