COLLEGE: LRU hires assistant AD for communications from Pfeiffer University

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Jeremy Zalacca, who has worked in the athletic department of Pfeiffer University for the past five years, is coming to Lenoir-Rhyne University as an assistant athletic director in charge of athletic communications. Zalacca, a New York native, was promoted to Assistant Athletic Director of Communications at Pfeiffer 18 months after he joined the school in July 2013. …

COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Half of all-state first-team picks from Greater Hickory area

HobbsDailyReport.com GREENSBORO – Three Lenoir-Rhyne University softball players have been named all-state by the North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association (NCCSIA). Selected for the group’s All-State College Division are first-teamers Emily Kenley (pitcher) and Erin Boone (outfielder) and second-team pick Talon LaClair (third base), the Bears announced via a press release. Boone is a repeat pick from 2017. Nominees were …

DOCUMENTARY DEBUT: Story of Bobby Lutz’s career will unfold on Sunday

HobbsDailyReport.com Bobby Lutz, a former player and basketball coach at Bandys High whose college coaching career has included stints as head coach at Pfeiffer and Charlotte, is looking forward to Sunday’s showing of a documentary about his life. Here’s a link to an excellent read about the 1976 grad of Bandys — a Charlotte graduate who first thought he’d pursue …