HobbsDailyReport.com SATURDAY’S SUMMARY LENOIR-RHYNE 79, MARS HILL 64 (at Shuford Gym, Hickory) MARS HILL (3-20, 1-15 SAC) Hartfield, Justen 4-7 3-4 12; Gilyard, Austin 5-15 1-3 12; Jackson, Vernon 3-5 3-4 9; Hylton, Cody 3-5 0-0 9; Watkins, Brandon 2-3 4-4 8; Reeves, Brandon 2-4 3-3 7; Van-Rijn, Luke 2-4 0-2 5; Elkins, David 1-3 0-0 2; Evans, Jarrod 0-1 …
COLLEGE BASEBALL: Jeffries-led Bears win again, off to 5-1 start
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Clayton Jeffries’ two-run double in the eighth inning on Saturday carried Lenoir-Rhyne University to a 9-7 home baseball victory over West Virginia State. The Bears completed a three-game sweep by winning, improving to 5-1. LRU junior outfielder Grant Fuller had two hits and drove in two runs in the victory, and senior Landon Whitson (1-0) pitched scoreless …
MEN’S COLLEGE LACROSSE: Lenoir-Rhyne stuns top-ranked Limestone
HobbsDailyReport.com GAFFNEY, S.C. – The biggest victory in program history for Lenoir-Rhyne University’s men lacrosse team came Saturday when the visiting Bears upended defending NCAA Division II champion Limestone. 17-13. LRU (2-0), ranked No. 7 in NCAA Division II, got five goals each by freshman attacker Myles Moffat and sophomore midfielder Eric Dickinson, with Dickinson adding four assists in the …
BREAKING NEWS: Former Lenoir-Rhyne AD McGeachy dead at age 75
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Neill McGeachy, former director of intercollegiate athletics and executive director of the Piedmont Educational Foundation/Bears Club at Lenoir-Rhyne University, died early Friday morning at age 75. “The Lenoir-Rhyne University community is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Neill McGeachy,” Fred Whitt, president of the university, said in an LRU press release on Friday. “Neill was …
COLLEGE: Lenoir-Rhyne makes schedule changes in baseball, softball
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University has made changes for the weekend in schedules for its baseball and women’s softball teams. Baseball The Bears will now play a Friday doubleheader and one game on Saturday against West Virginia State. Friday’s games will be seven innings each and the first game is at 3 p.m., while the game on Saturday begins at …