HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University’s kickoff celebration for the 100th season of Bears football is scheduled Thursday at the school’s Annual Dinner. The Bears Club’s event is at Moretz Mills with cocktails served at 6 p.m. and dinner – courtesy of Texas Roadhouse – starting at 6:45 p.m. A tour of LRU’s new Neill McGeachy Sports Performance Center is available …
LENOIR-RHYNE HALL OF FAME: Class of 2019 will have 6 new inductees
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University’s next Sports Hall of Fame class will include six new members. The Bears’ athletic department announced in a press release that the school has selected Crystal Clary, Bill Davis, Audrey Kreske, Vernon Long, Tom Lumsden and Lauren (McLelland) Mauldin as the Class of 2019. Due to a scheduling conflict, Clary will be inducted with …
COLLEGE: Lenoir-Rhyne makes 2 administrative hires for athletic department
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University has added two athletic department positions and announced changes for other personnel. The Bears have hired Justin Hay as Assistant Athletic Director for Corporate Relations and selected Jenna Beauregard as Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance. Hay has spent the last five years as an assistant baseball coach at Southwest Mississippi Community College, where he was …
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 …
COLLEGE BASEBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne’s new head coach — ‘We want to win now’ (with video)
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY — Lenoir-Rhyne University’s new head baseball coach said he has a long range plan for the program but described himself as not being patient — he wants to win as soon as his first season with the Bears. Chris Ramirez was officially introduced on Thursday afternoon on campus. He is coming to LRU from the University of Illinois …