COLLEGE BASEBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne at 4-1 after split with West Virginia State

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University opened its home baseball schedule on Friday with a split against visiting West Virginia State. The Yellow Jackets won the first game 4-1 before the Bears took the nightcap 12-8 to improve to 4-1 heading into an 11 a.m. start against West Virginia State on Saturday. West Virginia State 4, LRU 1 The Yellow Jackets …

BREAKING NEWS: Former Lenoir-Rhyne AD McGeachy dead at age 75

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Neill McGeachy, former director of intercollegiate athletics and executive director of the Piedmont Educational Foundation/Bears Club at Lenoir-Rhyne University, died early Friday morning at age 75. “The Lenoir-Rhyne University community is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Neill McGeachy,” Fred Whitt, president of the university, said in an LRU press release on Friday. “Neill was …

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By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com As HobbsDailyReport.com nears its first full year providing the top local sports coverage in the Greater Hickory area – loyal readers now have more than 2,000 posts to view – we’re about to take a look at the favorite content and what most interests those of you visiting the FREE website on a daily basis. We …

COLLEGE: Lenoir-Rhyne makes schedule changes in baseball, softball

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University has made changes for the weekend in schedules for its baseball and women’s softball teams. Baseball The Bears will now play a Friday doubleheader and one game on Saturday against West Virginia State. Friday’s games will be seven innings each and the first game is at 3 p.m., while the game on Saturday begins at …