COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Bears’ Poe, Dugger picked as first-team All-Americans

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Two Lenoir-Rhyne University football stars are on D2Football.com’s first-team preseason All-America team released on Monday. Offensive lineman Jason Poe, a sophomore from Fitzgerald, Ga., and defensive back Kyle Dugger, a senior from Fayetteville, Ga., were selected. The Bears open the season on Saturday at 6 p.m., playing St. Augustine’s in Moretz Stadium to begin Drew Cronic’s second …

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Wingate at Lenoir-Rhyne game will be nationally televised

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University has landed a nationally televised football game this season. On Tuesday, the Bears and the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) announced ESPN3 will show Wingate at LRU on Nov. 2 in a 2:05 p.m. game at Moretz Stadium. It’s the fourth consecutive season the SAC will be featured as part of the NCAA Division II Football …

LENOIR-RHYNE: Pate promoted to vice president of athletics

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Kim Pate, director of athletics at Lenoir-Rhyne University since 2016, has been promoted to vice president of athletics. In her new role, she will continue to provide leadership to the Bears’ athletic department as well as serve on the president’s leadership team to support broader campus missions and strategic decisions. Last school year, LRU had its best …

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Bears have 6 first-teamers, 13 tabbed preseason all-conference

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Carson-Newman leads the preseason All-South Atlantic Conference (SAC) football team with eight first-team picks and defending league champion Lenoir-Rhyne has six selections. The teams, selected by SAC Football Media Relation Directors, were announced by conference officials on Thursday. LRU had 13 overall selections – a program high — and its seven second-team picks include former …