HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Through fall sports, Lenoir-Rhyne University is leading the chase for the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) Echols Athletic Excellence Award. The Bears have 487.5 points after winning league titles in football and sharing the title in men’s soccer, tying for second in women’s soccer and taking third place in women’s cross country. LRU was third in …
COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: Valdosta State hammers Lenoir-Rhyne in NCAA Division II battle
HobbsDailyReport.com VALDOSTA, Ga. – The Bears are done. Valdosta (Ga.) State hammered Lenoir-Rhyne University 61-21 on Saturday in a Super Two Regional football playoff game, leaving LRU 12-2 in its first season under head coach Drew Cronic. The Bears had won 12 straight since falling to West Alabama in Cronic’s debut game. Valdosta State (12-0) scored the game’s first 27 …
SWIMMING: Bears’ Queen competing in USA Nationals in Greensboro
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MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Bears win on last-second shot, remain undefeated
Lenoir-Rhyne (7-0) prepares to face Queens on Wednesday night in Hickory HobbsDailyReport.com GAFFNEY, S.C. – Lenoir-Rhyne University’s men head into their next game on Wednesday still undefeated. The Bears nipped Limestone 76-75 on Saturday on the road on a last-second jumper by Djibril Diallo, improving to 7-0 and dropping Limestone to 5-1. Jon Jean led LRU with 17 points, Diallo …
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne wins on late flea flicker, makes regional final
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Using a trick play at the end, Lenoir-Rhyne University beat visiting Wingate 21-17 on Saturday in the NCAA Division II football playoffs to earn a trip to Georgia. LRU scored the game-winning points with less than one minute to play on a double reverse flea flicker. On that play, quarterback Grayson Willingham handed the ball off initially, …