COLLEGE BASEBALL: Red Hawks open three-game home series with Brunswick on Friday

HobbsDailyReport.com NEWTON – A weekend home baseball series pitting Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) against Brunswick Community College has a new schedule. The first game of a three-game set is now set for Friday at 7 p.m. at the Legion Fairgrounds’ Henkel-Alley Field. The teams will play a doubleheader on Saturday, a nine-inning game followed by a seven-inning game, with …

COLLEGE BASEBALL: Wingate snaps LRU’s win streak at 5 by sweeping 3-game series

Bears still in chase to finish in top 8 of SAC, make conference tournament   HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Wingate University swept a three-game baseball series over Lenoir-Rhyne University, beating the Bears 11-4 on Monday night in the series finale. LRU (21-24, 7-14 South Atlantic Conference) played its third straight game without head coach Tom Fleenor, who has been placed on …

COLLEGE BASEBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne head coach placed on leave; assistant Frank now guiding Bears

Team is tied for seventh place in SAC, trying to earn bid into league tourney   HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University has placed head baseball coach Tom Fleenor on paid administrative lead. Chaz Frank is serving as interim head coach, an e-mail response on Tuesday from Jeremy Zalacca, assistant athletic director for athletic communications at LRU, said in confirming both …