COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Hickory native Barnes wins Naismith Award as country’s top coach

HobbsDailyReport.com Hickory native Rick Barnes, who played high school basketball at Hickory and college basketball at Lenoir-Rhyne University, has been named the Naismith Award at 2019’s top men’s basketball coach in the country. His selection was announced at the Naismith Awards Brunch at the Final Four on Sunday in Minneapolis. Barnes was the runner-up for the award last season. He …

ALL-SAC WOMEN’S GOLF: Lenoir-Rhyne’s Hartsell makes first-team again

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Abbey Hartsell of Lenoir-Rhyne University was named All-South Atlantic Conference (SAC) in women’s golf for the fourth straight season on Friday. Hartsell, a senior from Taylorsville who starred in high school at Alexander Central, was selected first-team, an SAC press release said. The Bears’ Megan Robb earned a second-team spot. Hartsell had seven top 10 …

COLLEGE GOLF: Lenoir-Rhyne women third after first day of tournament

HobbsDailyReport.com The Lenoir-Rhyne University women are in third place after one day at the Lady Bearcats Invitational in Greenwood, S.C. The Bears shot 314, led by 77s by Abbey Hartsell and Ainee O’Connor, and they’re one stroke behind Limestone and 11 back of tournament leader SCAD-Savannah. Hartsell and O’Connor are tied for seventh in the individual race and LRU’s Megan …