Study shows structural integrity at issue in stadium that opened in 1924; new seating coming for 2020 season HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University will renovate Moretz Stadium’s home side seating after an engineering study indicated issues with the structural integrity of those seats. In a press release on Tuesday, school officials said they will demolish seating on the home …
COLLEGE BASEBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne’s new head coach — ‘We want to win now’ (with video)
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY — Lenoir-Rhyne University’s new head baseball coach said he has a long range plan for the program but described himself as not being patient — he wants to win as soon as his first season with the Bears. Chris Ramirez was officially introduced on Thursday afternoon on campus. He is coming to LRU from the University of Illinois …
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Athletics draft former CVCC pitcher Hall
Red Hawks have now had 6 players selected by big league teams HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – A former Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) pitcher had his name called in the Major League Baseball Draft. Charles Hall, a Dumfries, Va. native, came to CVCC in 2015-16 and then played baseball at Tusculum College. He was selected by the Oakland Athletics on …
COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD: Lenoir-Rhyne coach resigns, takes job at UNC Asheville
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Danny Williamson, head cross country and track and field coach at Lenoir-Rhyne University since 2017-18, is leaving the Bears to take the same positions at UNC Asheville. Williamson LRU’s women to a South Atlantic Conference (SAC) title, the school’s first in women’s track and field, and he was named the SAC’s Coach of the Year and a …
COLLEGE BASEBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne hires head coach from Illinois Springfield
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY — Lenoir-Rhyne University Director of Athletics Kim Pate has announced Chris Ramirez has accepted the position of head baseball coach of the Bears. Ramirez comes to Hickory from the University of Illinois Springfield (UIS), where he was named the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Division II National Coach of the Year in 2018. He will become the 20th …