COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne’s spring game scheduled March 9

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University’s spring football game is scheduled March 9 at 5 p.m. and will follow a groundbreaking ceremony an hour earlier for the Neill McGeachy Sports Performance Center. The game at Moretz Stadium is free admission. LRU, which returns 20 starters from a 12-2 team that finished at No. 8 in the NCAA Division II rankings, will …

LRU FOOTBALL: Bears’ recruits include 5 from area leagues, 3 of those from Bandys

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University announced the signing of 29 football players for 2019 on Wednesday, a class that includes five players from the Greater Hickory area’s three high school conferences. The Bears inked three players from a 12-2 team at Bandys that won the South Fork 2A title – running back Ethan Howard, defensive end Aaron Johnson and defensive …

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Taylor returning to Lenoir-Rhyne as defensive coordinator

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University announced this week the hiring of two defensive coaches and title changes for other coaches in its football program. Drew Cronic, heading toward his second season as Bears head coach, announced these changes in a press release: Joel Taylor is the Bears’ defensive coordinator/linebacker coach, coming in from The Citadel. He was coordinator of Citadel’s …

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne’s Cronic selected NCAA Division II national coach of the year

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University head football coach Drew Cronic — who orchestrated the best turnaround in NCAA Division II in his first season with the Bears — has been named the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Coach of the Year. The Bears won 12 games last season after having won three the year before. Cronic left an assistant coaching …