COLLEGE BASEBALL: Bears prep for home opener on Wednesday against Barton

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY –Lenoir-Rhyne University’s first home baseball game of the season is Wednesday, with a first pitch against Barton College at 5 p.m. The Bears (1-2) started their season with a three0-game series against Rollins College in Winter Park, Fla. Rollins won the third and final game of the series 3-2 on Sunday, winning on a ninth-inning walk-off suicide squeeze …

CRAWDADS: Will play exhibition against LRU on April 1; Christian Concert artists selected

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – The Hickory Crawdads will play an exhibition baseball game against Lenoir-Rhyne University on April 1 at L.P. Frans Stadium. The gates will open at 5:30 p.m. and the game starts at 6:30 p.m., the Crawdads said in a press release. All tickets will be general admission and free compliments of the YMCA of Catawba Valley, which will …

COLLEGE BASEBALL: Grigg first-team All-SAC in preseason; Bears projected to finish sixth

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Lenoir-Rhyne University has one preseason All-South Atlantic Conference (SAC) baseball player and is picked to finish in sixth place in this year’s conference race. In voting by conference head coaches this week, Bears starting pitcher John Grigg was named first-team preseason all-league. In the teams picks, the Bears are projected sixth behind Catawba, Lincoln Memorial, …