MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne will reschedule 4 games

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University has revised its men’s basketball schedule to meet minimum NCAA and SAC COVID testing and quarantining standards as outlined in the SAC Return to Play Protocol for Basketball. The Bears announced on Tuesday in a press release that they won’t play Limestone as scheduled on Tuesday nor at Newberry (S.C.) on Saturday, at Anderson (S.C.) on Dec. …

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: League coaches pick Lenoir-Rhyne to finish third

Bears’ Simmons, Gunn on first-team preseason all-conference team   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Lenoir-Rhyne University’s men are predicted to finish third this season in the South Atlantic Conference (SAC), conference head coaches said this week in a poll. The league begins play on Nov. 21 with limited seating at games based on following COVID-19 state guidelines …

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Wingate at Lenoir-Rhyne game will be nationally televised

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University has landed a nationally televised football game this season. On Tuesday, the Bears and the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) announced ESPN3 will show Wingate at LRU on Nov. 2 in a 2:05 p.m. game at Moretz Stadium. It’s the fourth consecutive season the SAC will be featured as part of the NCAA Division II Football …

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne will demolish home seating for 2019 season, use temporary bleachers

Study shows structural integrity at issue in stadium that opened in  1924; new seating coming for 2020 season   HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University will renovate Moretz Stadium’s home side seating after an engineering study indicated issues with the structural integrity of those seats. In a press release on Tuesday, school officials said they will demolish seating on the home …