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Deacons lose lead late, drop series against BC

5 days ago | wakeforest.rivals.com | Conor O'Neill

Wake Forest stumbled early and late in Saturday’s series finale against Boston College at David F. Couch Ballpark. That led to a 7-5 loss in the game, which leads to a series loss and the Deacons falling under .500 in ACC play for the first time this season. Wake Forest (26-15) trailed 4-1 in the middle of the third inning, with Blake Morningstar giving up two runs in each the first and third. Three of those were earned, and three of them were scored with two outs.
Deacons come up empty against Boston College

6 days ago | wakeforest.rivals.com | Conor O'Neill

WINSTON-SALEM – Which of the following sounds like the worst part of a baseball game? - Giving up seven runs on three hits. - Issuing 10 walks and tacking on two hit-by-pitches, two wild pitches and two balks. - Surrendering a bizarre catcher’s balk, in which a runner stealing home was safe and the batter was awarded first base. - Having one hit, a single, in a span of 21 batters.
Nate Calmese commits to Wake Forest

6 days ago | wakeforest.rivals.com | Conor O'Neill

Wake Forest has a commitment from its projected starter at point guard. Nate Calmese announced his commitment to Wake Forest on Friday afternoon. He’ll be on his fourth school in four seasons, having gone from Lamar to Washington to Washington State. For the Cougars — who played in the West Coast Conference — this past season, Calmese averaged 15.2 points and 4.4 assists per game.
Getting to know Wake’s new-look wide receivers room

6 days ago | wakeforest.rivals.com | Conor O'Neill

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Jeremy Hecklinski planning to leave Wake Forest

1 week ago | wakeforest.rivals.com | Conor O'Neill

The quarterback competition at Wake Forest is thinning out. Jeremy Hecklinski will enter the transfer portal when it opens Wednesday, a source confirmed to Deacons Illustrated. The news was first reported by Hayes Fawcett. Hecklinski leaves Wake Forest with all four seasons of eligibility, having only spent one season with the Deacons and redshirting. His only action of the season was taking three snaps at the end of a blowout loss at Miami late in the season.
Wake Forest baseball weekend recap

1 week ago | wakeforest.rivals.com | Conor O'Neill

Wake Forest’s baseball team took a three-game winning streak to Chapel Hill and left town with three losses — two of them blowouts, and then on the wrong side of a one-run game. The Deacons (24-13, 9-9 ACC) lost the first two games by a combined score of 28-2, with both of them ending in the middle of the seventh inning because of the 10-run mercy rule. North Carolina (28-8, 11-7) entered the weekend a game behind Wake Forest in the ACC standings and exits it in third place in league standings.
Deacons’ aerial attack needs work

1 week ago | wakeforest.rivals.com | Conor O'Neill

My Take: Wrapping up Wake Forest’s complicated seasonIt feels like Wake's program is at a crossroads, not in the way you might think, with some patterns to break
Deacons take stock of first time in Allegacy Stadium

1 week ago | wakeforest.rivals.com | Conor O'Neill

WINSTON-SALEM – Even in a near-empty stadium, you can still feel a different energy with Wake Forest’s football program. This one had more to do with venue than action on the field. Wake Forest held a scrimmage Saturday morning at Allegacy Stadium, the first time of the spring — in practice 12 of 15 — the Deacons were on their home turf. “It’s a little different edge, the bright lights are on,” senior safety Nick Andersen said. “This is your Coliseum.
Efton Reid III enters transfer portal

3 weeks ago | wakeforest.rivals.com | Conor O'Neill

This is the most curious of transfer portal entries leaving Wake Forest’s men’s basketball team. Center Efton Reid III has entered the transfer portal with no eligibility remaining, having played the past two seasons at Wake Forest, his sophomore season at Gonzaga, and his freshman season at LSU. Per program source, Reid will have to sue the NCAA to recover a season of eligibility. The grounds would be that Reid gets a season of eligibility back for the 2023-24 season.
Davin Cosby Jr. intends to transfer

1 month ago | wakeforest.rivals.com | Conor O'Neill

A third Wake Forest sophomore is planning to leave the men’s basketball program. Davin Cosby Jr. will enter the transfer portal when it opens Monday. The news was first reported by Joe Tipton of On3 and confirmed by a program source. Cosby spent one season at Wake Forest after transferring from Alabama. He was only with the Crimson Tide for one season, so he’s got two seasons of eligibility remaining.