Jason Savage

With two on and one out in the bottom of the ninth inning and the score deadlocked at 11, CJ Boyd chopped a base hit over the drawn-in infield to give App State a 12-11 walk-off win over ETSU, Tuesday night at Smith Stadium. The game-winning single marked the Mountaineers third walk-off win of the…

App State Softball stepped out of conference play for a Tuesday home doubleheader sweep of in-state foe Western Carolina by scores of 5-0 and 10-2 (in six innings) on Tuesday. On a picture-perfect day in the High Country, the Mountaineers (19-24) won their fifth and sixth straight games against a non-Sun Belt Conference opponent. It…

Sean Weddell has been named the second men’s and women’s swimming head coach of Lenoir-Rhyne University, Vice President for Athletics Kim Pate announced. Weddell comes to Hickory after eight years of head coaching experience at multiple levels across the region. Weddell’s most recent coaching stop was at Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk, N.C., where he…

The Lenoir-Rhyne Men’s Lacrosse Team has moved on to the 2024 SAC Men’s Lacrosse Championship with an 11-10 double overtime victory over No. 6 Wingate. Caison Dillon scored the decisive goal in the second overtime period off a pin-point pass by Ryan Duncan. It was only the second game-winning goal this seaason for the graduate…

Mitch Bratt spun six sterling innings while the Hickory Crawdads got some timely hitting from a host of players to claim a 4-1 over the Asheville Tourists at LP Frans Stadium last night. Bratt, a southpaw from Canada, struck out eight Asheville hitters in a sensational performance that snapped a brief two-game losing skid. The…

Non-conference Bunker Hill: 11 Hibriten: 0 Draughn: 10 Burns: 0 Hickory: 29 Alleghany: 23 South…

Western Highlands 1A/2A Conference Madison: 3 Draughn: 2, OT

High School Girls Soccer Result From Wednesday, 4/24/24

The Lenoir-Rhyne Softball team was well represented on the SAC All-Conference team as the conference announced their 2024 All-SAC Teams as six different Bears was selected to this year team. Lani Warren was named to the SAC first-team while Julia Mardigian, Katelyn Rackard, Lauren Rakes and Madison Wilson was selected to the second team while…

App State Tennis advanced to Friday’s quarterfinals of the Sun Belt Tournament with a 4-3 victory Thursday against 10th-seeded James Madison, which had defeated the seventh-seeded Mountaineers during the regular season. Taya Powell clinched the victory in dramatic fashion, breaking a 3-all tie in the team score with a three-set victory on Court 2. Powell…