WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne 65, Queens 64

HobbsDailyReport.com THURSDAY’S SUMMARY LENOIR-RHYNE 65, QUEENS 64 (at Curry Arena, Charlotte) LENOIR-RHYNE (9-9, 3-7 SAC) Suddreth, Madi 9-12 2-2 20; Rodriguez, Ashley 4-6 0-1 11; Toineeta, Kendall 4-5 3-3 11; Swango, Justyce 1-4 4-6 6; Nunn, Olivia 2-2 1-4 5; Joyner, Cassidy 2-4 0-0 5; Denny, Jackie 2-3 0-0 4; Bearden, Karlie 1-2 0-0 2; Smith, Michaelle 0-1 1-2 1; …

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Bears add 5 new assistants, including ex-Maiden star

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – New Lenoir-Rhyne University head football coach Drew Cronic’s coaching staff, announced Monday via a press release, includes a former star player from Maiden High. Cronic — hired Dec. 7 to replace Mike Kellar — is bringing in five new assistant coaches, retaining two from Kellar’s staff and keeping four graduate assistants and adding another. Kellar was fired …

LENOIR-RHYNE FIRES HEAD FOOTBALL COACH MIKE KELLAR (Updated)

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University fired head football coach Mike Kellar on Wednesday after two seasons. The Bears went 6-15 overall and 5-9 in the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) under Kellar, who came to Hickory after four seasons as head coach at California (Pa.) University. LRU finished 3-7 overall and 2-5 in the SAC this season, giving …

COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne runs win streak to 3 by beating Tusculum

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University won its third straight women’s volleyball match on Friday night, opening league play with a 3-0 home win over Tusculum. The Bears (4-2, 1-0 South Atlantic Conference) won 25-20, 25-23, 25-22 behind Brooke Redmond and Maggie Bogart. Redmond, a senior outside hitter from Statesville, finished with 11 kills and Bogart, a freshman setter from Shawnee, …

MEN’S COLLEGE CROSS COUNTRY: Bears’ Black wins conference award

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – The South Atlantic Conference (SAC) selected Jacob Black of Lenoir-Rhyne University as its Cross Country Player of the Week on Wednesday. Black, a senior from Manassas, Va., won the Bears’ Invitational last Friday at Southside Park in Newton. He repeated as the individual winner as the Bears Invitational, finishing a 8K course in 25 minutes, …