If you’re going up against the defense of the Lenoir-Rhyne football team, you’re going to have to deal with a monstrous duo in the middle. Last year, the Bears’ starting

Dan Louba has been a difference maker for the Lenoir-Rhyne football team ever since he arrived on campus in 2017. The hulking defensive tackle has played in 38 games for

For more than three decades beginning in 1979, the Lenoir-Rhyne football team didn’t win a single game against Carson-Newman. But oh how times have changed.

Lenoir-Rhyne's Mike Jacobs has been named South Atlantic Conference football Coach of the Year for the 2023 season.

An 11-year-old’s Christmas wish came true when he met his favorite Maiden High School football player.

In one large gallery space in the Hickory Museum of Art, a 10-by-75-foot canvas marks the start of the museum’s latest project — an effort to promote social justice and

If you build it, they will come.

Kyle Dugger was undoubtedly the leader of the secondary for the Lenoir-Rhyne football team in 2019, but he was drafted by the New England Patriots in April. The Bears will

LAS VEGAS — After a standout football career at Lenoir-Rhyne, wide receiver Dareke Young was recently selected to play in the 2022 East-West Shrine Bowl. The longest running college all-star

HICKORY – The name Jarrett is synonymous with racing in the Hickory region. Catawba County natives Ned Jarrett and his son Dale are both members of the NASCAR Hall of

HICKORY – Ryan Dorow was the last player on the opening-day roster to get into a game for the Hickory Crawdads. As the season has progressed to mid-July, however, Dorow

Entering his junior football season at Duke, Newton-Conover High alumnus Brandon Johnson is striving for more success. The 20-year-old defensive back was recently named to several preseason All-ACC...

Two years after former teammate Kyle Dugger was selected by the New England Patriots in the second round of the NFL draft, Dareke Young heard his name called.

MAIDEN – Despite Duke and North Carolina being sworn mortal enemies, it was a former Blue Devil who came through in a big way for the Tar Heels in their

Last season, the Lenoir-Rhyne football team had three senior defensive backs on its roster — Kyle Dugger, Ivan Milliken and Landon Scott. Dugger is now a member of the New

TAYLOR PRALL

Lenoir-Rhyne (13-1) advanced to the NCAA Division II football semifinals on Saturday with a 35-7 win over no. 14 Valdosta State (12-2) on Saturday.

The Lenoir-Rhyne football team returns most of its offensive line from last season in 2020, which should increase the Bears’ chances of having another successful year. In two seasons under

The undefeated Hickory High Red Tornadoes clinched their first conference championship since 2007 with a 30-14 win over the Statesville Greyhounds in Statesville on Friday.

NEWTON — Newton-Conover City Schools announced that the associate superintendent will become the school system’s new superintendent, according to a press release from the district.

Hickory High Head Football Coach Joe Glass has a lot high-profile performers to be proud of this season. Still, he says it's the performances that don't turn as many heads

Here are some of the notable people celebrating birthdays today, including Darius McCrary, Jamie Dornan, Ray Parker Jr., Rita Coolidge, Tim McGraw, Wes Anderson and more.

HICKORY – For a third straight year, the Lenoir-Rhyne men’s lacrosse team is the toast of the South Atlantic Conference.

Hickory quarterback Brady Stober tossed three touchdown passes, including two in the second quarter, and Isaiah Lackey ran for two scores to lead the Red Tornadoes in the win.

Hickory senior Henry Stewart, seated at center, recently signed his national letter of intent to play baseball at Lenoir-Rhyne after graduation. Family members pictured include his father Les, his...

Lenoir-Rhyne is home to the 2021 South Atlantic Conference Men’s Lacrosse Player of the Year, Eric Dickinson. The Bears also have the SAC Men’s Lacrosse Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Myles

Hickory sophomore quarterback Brady Stober, right, was presented this week with the WNNC Coca-Cola Golden Helmet Award for Week 2 of the 2022 high school football season. According to statistics

HICKORY — Ask Hickory High junior forward Mykell Linebarger who his favorite basketball player is, and his answer is immediate.

For the second time in program history, the Lenoir-Rhyne men’s lacrosse team captured a South Atlantic Conference tournament championship, according to the LRU athletics website.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The Lenoir-Rhyne women’s soccer team has already made history, but the Bears are hoping to make some more over the next few days. For the first

DENVER — The Hickory baseball team defeated East Lincoln 3-1 on the road Tuesday, totaling 10 hits to help head coach David Craft earn his 500th career win. Brady Stober

Osceola is a family tradition for the McGee family, but when college football opportunities came calling for Dwayne McGee, he decided to start a new family tradition and make a

The National Football League season doesn’t start until next month, but one player that has stood out is New England Patriots rookie safety Kyle Dugger, who graduated from Lenoir-Rhyne earlier

Lenoir-Rhyne football players DeAree Rogers and Jon Ross Maye were named All-Americans by the Division II Conference Commissioners Association and soccer standout Elin Hansson was named as a first-...

The Lenoir-Rhyne men’s lacrosse team is off to a historic start. Over their first six contests — all victories — the fifth-ranked Bears have defeated three top-15 squads. Belmont Abbey

The Lenoir-Rhyne baseball team seemed to be hitting its stride when the COVID-19 pandemic halted the season last March. Although the Bears were 15-11 overall and 4-5 in South Atlantic

BURLINGTON — For the second time in three years, Hickory High’s Griffin Lovern is a 3A state doubles champion in boys tennis. After winning the 2021 doubles title with Costen

More than 200 sailors have moved off the USS George Washington aircraft carrier after multiple deaths by suicide among the crew, including three in less than one week in April,

Kyle Dugger continues his breakout sophomore season in the National Football League. A starter in all seven games this fall, the Lenoir-Rhyne alumnus remains the New England Patriots’ leading tackler

The Hickory Red Tornadoes (15-0) eked out a 42-41 win over the Dudley Panthers (14-1) on Friday to earn a trip to the 3A State Championship game in Chapel Hill

Hall of Fame football coach Tom Brown, who coached at Maiden High School for 35 seasons, Bunker Hill High School for four seasons and East Burke High School for three

TAYLORSVILLE – For a third straight day, heavy rains affected Alexander Central’s preparations for this weekend’s NCHSAA 3A softball state championship series against Cleveland. The Cougars were...

HICKORY — He doesn’t like to be called sir, and he’d rather his professional services not be needed.

PHILADELPHIA — Although Lenoir-Rhyne has fielded a men’s lacrosse team for less than a decade and a half, it has quickly become one of the top programs in the nation.

South Caldwell has hired former varsity player and assistant coach Tatum Reising to lead the volleyball team.

South Caldwell's Regan Weisner recently signed her national letter of intent to play softball at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill next season. Seated, from left, are her

A jury found Jamar Franklin Robinson, 30, of Newton, not guilty on first-degree murder charges Thursday.

HICKORY – Four area players have been selected to represent the West in this summer’s NCCA East-West All-Star football game, according to a press release.

OLIN — Sophomore guard Jamien Little had a night to remember on Friday, as he scored a career-high 32 points to help the Hickory boys basketball team defeat North Lincoln

Hickory's Braeden McCourt, 22, and Orlando Almanza, 9, celebrate after McCourt scored the first goal during Saturday afternoon's 3A state boys soccer title match against Jacksonville in Browns...

HICKORY – Julian Smith had to wait nearly two years to return to the diamond after an arm injury. On Wednesday, he saw his dream come true.

HICKORY – Marty Curtis, the legendary Bunker Hill baseball coach who took the Bears to the 2A state championship series in 2014, has stepped down, school athletic director Damon Creamer

The 20th-ranked Lenoir-Rhyne baseball team earned a doubleheader sweep of Lincoln Memorial at home Saturday in Hickory, winning 14-4 and 3-1 to end the regular season with a program-record 40

It will be a busy sports week on the campus of Lenoir-Rhyne, as the Bears are set to host NCAA Division II tournament games in both men’s lacrosse and softball.

Jenkins faced 16 batters in the no-hitter. He sat down 15 of them, nine by strikeout.

Lenoir-Rhyne lacrosse coach Greg Paradine’s plan came together on Sunday afternoon at Moretz Stadium. Not only the game plan in the national semifinal game against Wingate, but the one he

The 2022 high school baseball season didn’t go as Dominic Robinson planned.

Only 10 players suited up for the Lenoir-Rhyne women’s basketball team on Saturday afternoon, seven of whom received playing time. Of those seven players, three are freshmen and one is