WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne 61, Catawba 56

HobbsDailyReport.com WEDNESDAY’S SUMMARY LENOIR-RHYNE 61, CATAWBA 56 (at Goodman Gymnasium, Salisbury) LENOIR-RHYNE (13-11, 7-9 SAC) Suddreth, Madi 10-15 0-0 20; Bearden, Karlie 5-9 1-1 11; Joyner, Cassidy 3-10 2-2 9; Denny, Jackie 3-3 1-2 7; Swango, Justyce 1-5 4-6 6; Toineeta, Kendall 2-3 1-2 5; Ritchie, Marie 1-1 1-1 3; Smith, Michaelle 0-0 0-0 0; Rodriguez, Ashley 0-2 0-0 0. …

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne’s recruiting class includes 10 local players

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – In a marked change in its football recruiting, Lenoir-Rhyne University’s first list of 2018 signees features nearly one-third of the players being from local high schools. When the Bears released their 37 signees on Wednesday in the first class for new head coach Drew Cronic, it included: Ten seniors who played at Greater Hickory …

MEN’S COLLEGE LACROSSE: Bears’ Crompton named top defensive star of week

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – The first top defender award of the season in South Atlantic Conference (SAC) men’s lacrosse was won Monday by Lenoir-Rhyne University’s Ryan Crompton. Crompton, a senior from Fredrick, Md., allowed just three goals in one half and had four saves as the Bears opened the season last Saturday by beating Young Harris 18-7 in Hickory. …

COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Bears fall, go 2-3 in tournament in Alabama

HobbsDailyReport.com GULF SHORES, Ala. – A five-run sixth inning wiped out Lenoir-Rhyne University’s lead on Sunday as Alabama-Huntsville nipped the Bears 6-4 in women’s softball. The Chargers improved to 5-1 with a victory on the final day of the Gulf Coast Invitational while the Bears headed home at 2-3. Senior Mackenzie Cates had the only RBI for LRU in an …