COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne’s progress pleases head coach

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – After completing the eighth day of fall camp, Lenoir-Rhyne University head football coach Mike Kellar called Wednesday’s practice the best of the season and one of the best in his tenure with the Bears. “I like the direction we are heading,” Kellar said. “I think any coach in America on August 16 would be lying if they …

COLLEGE TENNIS: Former South Carolina player joins Lenoir-Rhyne staff

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – The captain of last season’s women’s tennis team at South Carolina is joining the tennis coaching staff at Lenoir-Rhyne University. Brigit Folland, who lettered four times while playing for the Gamecocks, will be a graduate assistant for the Bears, LRU men’s and women’s tennis head coach Tom Rees announced Tuesday via a press release. She’s a native …

COLLEGE TENNIS: Bears sign trio of international players

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University has signed a trio of international tennis players for the upcoming seasons. Sanne Janssen and Lucy Whelan will be on the women’s roster and Rory Murchland will play for the LRU men, Bears head coach Tom Rees announced Monday in a press release. He coaches both LRU teams. Janssen, from Maastricht in the Netherlands, is …

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Bears’ Kellar will talk about 2017 team on Friday

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Lenoir-Rhyne University’s Mike Kellar will join seven other head coaches on Friday for the annual Football Digital Media Day for the South Atlantic Conference (SAC). Fans and the media can log on to the SAC’s website and ask questions of the coaches and fans can also ask questions via Twitter using hashtag#SACFB. The preseason session …

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Trio from Lenoir-Rhyne on preseason all-league

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – A trio of Lenoir-Rhyne University football players made the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) preseason all-leagues team announced Thursday by the conference. Sophomore defensive back Kyle Dugger of Fayetteville, Ga., was selected first-team. Senior defensive back Marcus Kincaid – who played high school football at Freedom High – and sophomore running back Nelson Brown of Salisbury, Md., were …