COLLEGE SPORTS: Bears Club will become part of Lenoir-Rhyne University

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University is merging with its longstanding boosters club – the Piedmont Educational Foundation (Bears Club) — school officials said in a press release. Founded in 1946, the Bears Club has served as the official booster club of LRU athletics for more than 70 years. It has also served as an essential resource to the development and …

BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: Thursday’s second round summaries

HobbsDailyReport.com THURSDAY’S SECOND ROUND STATE PLAYOFF SUMMARIES BOYS WEST 1A No. 1 LINCOLN CHARTER 96, No. 18 UNION ACADEMY 70 Union                        17    20    12     21—72 Lincoln Charter    29    28    21    18—96 UNION ACADEMY 72 (incomplete scoring)—Davidson 19, Phoneburger 15, J Anderson 11, Young 9, Ledbutter 5, Anderson 4. LINCOLN CHARTER 96 (incomplete scoring)—Kody Shubert 29, Jehlon Johnson 17, Levontae …

BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYOFF RESULTS (complete): Patton, E. Lincoln, Hickory, Lincoln Charter boys make third round

HobbsDailyReport.com Results from Thursday’s second round in the state’s West 2A, West 3A and West 4A brackets with teams from the South Fork 2A, Northwestern Foothills 2A and Northwestern 3A-4A indicated by bold and all caps. The winners of each set of two games listed in the complete pairings meet in the third round at the highest seed on Saturday …

GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYOFF RESULTS (complete): E. Burke only area team to reach third round

HobbsDailyReport.com Thursday’s second round results in the state’s West 2A, West 3A and West 4A brackets with  teams from the South Fork 2A, Northwestern Foothills 2A and Northwestern 3A-4A indicated by bold and all caps. The winners of each set of two games listed in the complete pairings meet in the third round at the highest seed on Saturday. Game …

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Queens 75, Lenoir-Rhyne 55

HobbsDailyReport.com WEDNESDAY’S SUMMARY QUEENS 75, LENOIR-RHYNE 55 (at Shuford Gym, Hickory) QUEENS (26-1, 18-1 SAC) Withers, Todd 6-13 3-3 16; Davis, Mike 4-7 0-0 11; Diankulu, Lewis 5-6 0-0 10; Agusi, Ike 4-6 0-0 10; Alexander, Jalin 3-5 0-0 9; Willett, Shaun 3-7 1-5 7; Smith, Solomon 3-4 0-0 6; Carr, Daniel 2-4 2-3 6; Recio, Trevor 0-2 0-0 0; …