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HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – An NCAA Division II playoff game is ahead for Lenoir-Rhyne University but the Bears have one more bit of business to close this year’s regular season in football. LRU (9-1, 6-0 South Atlantic Conference) meets visiting Catawba (2-3, 3-6) on Saturday 2 p.m. The Bears – ranked No. 17 in NCAA Division II — go for their …

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University has won eight straight games and climbed in both the national and regional football rankings. The Bears (8-1, 5-0 South Atlantic Conference) are up to No. 21 in the NCAA Division II rankings, and they are third in the regional rankings as they prepare to play at Carson-Newman on Saturday at 1 p.m. in a …

Tusculum victory Carson-Newman hands LRU no worse than share of league title HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University took care of its business — pounding visiting UNC Pembroke 51-3 on Saturday — and got some help from Tusculum to secure at least a share of the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) football title. The Bears (8-1, 5-0) have won eight straight as …

Bears have won 7 straight, sit atop conference standings HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University plays its first football game ranked in the Top 25 since 2015 when it battles UNC Pembroke on Saturday at 2 p.m. in Moretz Stadium. The Bears (7-1, 5-0 South Atlantic Conference) are ranked No 24 in the latest American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) NCAA Division …

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – All three weekly award winners in South Atlantic Conference (SAC) football, as selected by conference officials, are from Lenoir-Rhyne University. The Bears beat Limestone 63-17 at home on Saturday to continue atop the conference standings, and Bradley Jones, Sherrod Williams and Jaquay Mitchell won league awards. Jones, a junior running back from Virginia Beach, Va., won …