COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne’s recruiting class includes 10 local players

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – In a marked change in its football recruiting, Lenoir-Rhyne University’s first list of 2018 signees features nearly one-third of the players being from local high schools. When the Bears released their 37 signees on Wednesday in the first class for new head coach Drew Cronic, it included: Ten seniors who played at Greater Hickory …

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Bears add 5 new assistants, including ex-Maiden star

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – New Lenoir-Rhyne University head football coach Drew Cronic’s coaching staff, announced Monday via a press release, includes a former star player from Maiden High. Cronic — hired Dec. 7 to replace Mike Kellar — is bringing in five new assistant coaches, retaining two from Kellar’s staff and keeping four graduate assistants and adding another. Kellar was fired …

LENOIR-RHYNE FOOTBALL: Bears hire Furman’s Cronic as new head coach

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY — Lenoir-Rhyne University on Thursday morning announced Drew Cronic — offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Furman University — will be its new head football coach. Cronic’s hiring was announced in a press conference on campus on Thursday morning. He replaces Mike Kellar, fired on Nov. 15 after two seasons guiding LRU. A native of …

LENOIR-RHYNE FOOTBALL: Thursday morning press conference set on campus

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University — which has made no official announcements regarding its football program since firing head coach Mike Kellar — announced Wednesday it has scheduled a press conference for Thursday at 10 a.m. announcement regarding a new head football coach is scheduled at the Belk Centrum on campus. LRU officials announced last month Kellar, …