HobbsDailyReport.com NEWTON – Paced by a second place finish by Audra Yarber, the Lenoir-Rhyne University women took second as a team in the school’s invitational cross country meet on Friday at Southside Park. Wingate won the team title with 31 points and the individual winner, in 18 minutes, 52 seconds on a 5K course, was Clementine Archinard. Yarber, a junior …
MEN’S COLLEGE X-C: Bears’ Black repeats as Invitational race winner
HobbsDailyReport.com NEWTON– Jacob Black of Lenoir-Rhyne University repeated as the champion on Friday at the school’s invitational cross country match at Southside Park. Black, a senior from Manassa, Va., won in a time of 25 minutes, 26 seconds on an 8K course. He finished just ahead of junior Corbin Boyles of LRU (26:09). The Bears also repeated as the event’s …
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Bears’ Kellar optimistic as North Greenville game nears
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Despite his Bears coming off their first losing season since 2009 and suffering a 39-point setback in their season opener, head coach Mike Kellar remains optimistic as Lenoir-Rhyne University prepares for its second game of the year. The Bears battle North Greenville, S.C. (1-0) on Saturday between the bricks at Moretz Stadium. Kickoff is at 7 p.m. …
WOMEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER: Unbeaten Lenoir-Rhyne shuts out Mount Olive
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Abigael McGarel scored twice on Wednesday night, leading Lenoir-Rhyne University’s women past visiting Mount Olive 3-0 in soccer. McGarel, a sophomore from Morristown, Tenn., scored the only goal the Bears (3-0, ranked No. 21 in NCAA Division II) would need just 15 minutes, 24 seconds in. The match was played in wet field conditions. McGarel, a midfielder, …
COLLEGE CROSS COUNTRY: Bears’ Yarber wins weekly conference award
HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – After posting the top NCAA Division II time last Friday at the Covered Bridge Open in Boone, the first South Atlantic Conference (SAC) women’s cross country weekly award of the season went to Lenoir-Rhyne University’s Audra Yarber. Yarber, a junior from Abingdon, Va., finished 14th in a 123-runner field on a 5K course. Her time …