COLLEGE BASEBALL: Bears prep for home opener on Wednesday against Barton

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY –Lenoir-Rhyne University’s first home baseball game of the season is Wednesday, with a first pitch against Barton College at 5 p.m. The Bears (1-2) started their season with a three0-game series against Rollins College in Winter Park, Fla. Rollins won the third and final game of the series 3-2 on Sunday, winning on a ninth-inning walk-off suicide squeeze …

COLLEGE BASEBALL: Grigg first-team All-SAC in preseason; Bears projected to finish sixth

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Lenoir-Rhyne University has one preseason All-South Atlantic Conference (SAC) baseball player and is picked to finish in sixth place in this year’s conference race. In voting by conference head coaches this week, Bears starting pitcher John Grigg was named first-team preseason all-league. In the teams picks, the Bears are projected sixth behind Catawba, Lincoln Memorial, …

CVCC BASEBALL: Bryan Harvey special guest for first ‘First Pitch Banquet’

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) will help kick-start its 10th baseball season with a ‘First Pitch Banquet’ with a special guest giving a sit-down interview. The event, scheduled Feb. 6 in CVCC’s West Wing Auditorium, features a chat with former major league relief pitcher Bryan Harvey, a Bandys High product. Bryan Harvey’s son, Kris, is pitching coach …

COLLEGE BASEBALL: Bears’ Grigg tabbed as one of top players in Southeast Region

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – As the baseball season approaches, two Lenoir-Rhyne University players, a pitcher and an outfielder, are highlighted by The Collegiate Baseball Newspaper. John Grigg, a junior pitcher from Lawndale, was chosen as a Southeast Region Player to Watch while E.J. Ranel, an outfielder from Lawrenceville, Ga., who transferred to LRU from Chattahoochie Valley Community College, is the publication’s …