WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne snaps 3-game losing streak by edging Mars Hill

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University’s women halted a three-game basketball losing streak Saturday, beating visiting Mars Hill 80-70. Madi Suddreth had 26 points and 11 rebounds and freshman Madeline Hardy scored 14 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to spark the Bears (8-7, 3-4 South Atlantic Conference). LRU also got 16 points from Hanna McClung and 11 from Kennedy Weight as …

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne’s Cronic selected NCAA Division II national coach of the year

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University head football coach Drew Cronic — who orchestrated the best turnaround in NCAA Division II in his first season with the Bears — has been named the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Coach of the Year. The Bears won 12 games last season after having won three the year before. Cronic left an assistant coaching …

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Bears have lost 3 straight as Mars Hill comes in for Saturday game

HobbsDailyReport.com The Lenoir-Rhyne University women will try to snap a three-game losing streak when they entertain Mars Hill on Saturday at 2 p.m. in a South Atlantic Conference (SAC) basketball game. The Bears are 7-7 overall and 2-4 in the league after Wingate beat them 59-43 on Wednesday at Wingate. Madi Suddreth was LRU’s only double figure scorer – she …

COLLEGE BASEBALL: Bears’ Grigg tabbed as one of top players in Southeast Region

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – As the baseball season approaches, two Lenoir-Rhyne University players, a pitcher and an outfielder, are highlighted by The Collegiate Baseball Newspaper. John Grigg, a junior pitcher from Lawndale, was chosen as a Southeast Region Player to Watch while E.J. Ranel, an outfielder from Lawrenceville, Ga., who transferred to LRU from Chattahoochie Valley Community College, is the publication’s …