WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Morton resigns as head coach at Catawba

HobbsDailyReport.com SALISBURY – Catawba College will have a new head coach in women’s basketball next season. The school announced Tuesday the resignation of Angie Morton, who has guided the Indians since 2003. Catawba went 14-14 overall last season in the South Atlantic Conference, including 12-8 in the SAC to tie Lincoln Memorial for fourth place. The Indians won 76-70 last …

WOMEN’S COLLEGE X-C: Bears picked to share fifth place with Lincoln Memorial

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Lenoir-Rhyne University’s women are picked to tie Lincoln Memorial for fifth place this season in South Atlantic Conference (SAC) cross country. In voting by league head coaches released on Wednesday by the SAC, Queens was tabbed the favorite to win a conference championship. The Royals were also the preseason favorite a year ago, when they …

MEN’S COLLEGE X-C: League coaches pick Bears to finish in fifth place

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Lenoir-Rhyne University is projected to finish fifth in South Atlantic Conference (SAC) men’s cross country this season. League head coaches picked defending SAC champion Queens to win again after the Royals finished sixth in NCAA Division II last season. The poll was released on Wednesday by the SAC. Wingate, Anderson (S.C.) and Lincoln Memorial were …

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Dugger again among captains for Lenoir-Rhyne

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY — Returning star Kyle Dugger is back as a captain for Lenoir-Rhyne University’s football team, which opens the season Aug. 31 at West Alabama. In an announcement via press release on Tuesday, new Bears head coach Drew Cronic said Dugger, senior T.J. Smith and juniors Jonathan Nolan and Landon Scott are the captains for his first LRU team. …

COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: Conference coaches pick Lenoir-Rhyne to finish eighth

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Lenoir-Rhyne University has been picked to finish eighth in the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) in volleyball this season. The Bears were projected to finish ahead of Coker, Catawba and Newberry (S.C.) in a 12-team league race that head coaches say Wingate is favored to win. Wingate is the preseason pick as league champion for the …