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Lenoir-Rhyne Football Overview The Lenoir-Rhyne Football Team will Lenoir-Rhyne now hit the road for two straight games 2017 Schedule beginning this Saturday against Lime- (2-4, 1-3 SAC) stone in Gaffney, S.C. The kickoff at The Reservation (Gaffney Aug. 31 WEST ALABAMA L, 7-46 High School) is set for 6:00 p.m. Sept. 9 N. GREENVILLE W, 22-10 Sept. 16 at Mars Hill# L, 28-43 Lenoir-Rhyne is 2-4 overall and 1-3 in Sept. 23 WINGATE# L, 14-22 league play while Limestone is 3-3 and Sept. 30 at Tusculum# W, 23-7 2-1, respectively. Oct. 7 ^NEWBERRY# L, 7-34 The Bears are coming off a 34-7 setback Oct. 14 at Limestone# 6 p.m. to Newberry last Saturday at Moretz Oct. 28 at UNC Pembroke 4 p.m. Game No. 7 Stadium as part of Lenoir-Rhyne’s annual Nov. 4 CARSON-NEWMAN# 2 p.m. Lenoir-Rhyne Homecoming game. Nov. 11 at Catawba# 1:30 p.m. Limestone suffered its first loss in # = South Atlantic Conference Game (2-4, 1-3 SAC) league play with a 31-20 setback to ^ = Homecoming at Carson-Newman at home last week. Limestone The series between the two schools is Limestone tied at one while Limestone pulled out a (3-3, 2-1 SAC) 31-13 victory last year on Saturday, Sep- 2017 Schedule tember 24, 2016, in Hickory, N.C. (3-3, 2-1 SAC) Date This is the Saints’ first year as a member Sept. 2 at East Tennessee St. L, 10-31 Saturday, October 14, 2017 of the South Atlantic Conference. Lime- Sept. 9 BENEDICT (OT) W, 20-17 Sept. 16 TUSCULUM# (OT) W, 30-24 Time stone will only compete in football as the school’s other sports currently play in Sept. 23 at North Greenville L, 20-27 6:00 p.m. Sept. 30 at Mars Hill# (2OT) W, 56-49 Conference Carolinas. Location Oct. 7 CARSON-NEWMAN# L, 20-31 Gaffney, S.C. Oct. 14 LENOIR-RHYNE# 6 p.m. Oct. 21 at Newberry# 4 p.m. Stadium Oct. 28 CATAWBA# 1 p.m. The Reservation (Gaffney HS - 10,000) Bear Facts Nov. 4 at Wingate# 1 p.m. • Lenoir-Rhyne’s Quentin Hayes was Series # = South Atlantic Conference game named this week’s Southside Power Series tied, 1-1 ^ = Homecoming & Fitness Ronnie Lott Heavy Hitter Last Meeting Award winner. Hayes finished with Limestone 31, Lenoir-Rhyne 13 eight tackles including a quarterback (Sept. 24, 2016 - Hickory, N.C.) sack against Newberry. • Lenoir-Rhyne sophomore tail- National Rankings The Coaches back Nelson Brown (Salisbury, Md.) n/a continues to lead the South Atlantic Lenoir-Rhyne Live Streaming Conference in rushing at 118.0 yards Head Coach: Mike Kellar golimestonesaints.com per game. Alma Mater: Fairmont State, 1996 • Lenoir-Rhyne won the last meeting Radio Record at Lenoir-Rhyne: 5-12 (second year) against Limestone in Gaffney, S.C.: a The Lenoir-Rhyne Football Games Overall Record: 50-32 (eighth year) 46-22 triumph in the rain on Saturday, can be heard on WAIZ 630 AM (63 Big Record vs. Limestone: 0-1 September 26, 2015. Ways) and 105.9 FM in Newton, N.C. • The Bears have spread the ball The broadcast is also on the web and Limestone around this year with 14 players catch- is available through the Lenoir-Rhyne Head Coach: Mike Furrey ing at least one pass. Athletic Website, www.lrbears.com, Alma Mater: Northern Iowa, 2000 • Three of the final four games for and www.redzonemedia.com. Record at Limestone: 8-9 (second year) the Bears will be on the road. LR does The 2017 Lenoir-Rhyne Football Overall Record: 19-20 (fourth year) not play home again until Saturday, Broadcast Team includes JuJu Phillips Record vs. Lenoir-Rhyne: 1-1 November 4, against Carson-Newman (“Voice Of The Bears”) and Bears at 2:00 p.m. Sports Hall Of Famer Jack Huss (color analyst). Limestone Saints For game notes on the Limestone Saints, turn to page 12. lrbears.com • @BearsSports #GOBEARS Lenoir-Rhyne Football Lenoir-Rhyne’s Last Mike Kellar Game (Oct. 7, 2017) Head Football Coach Hickory, N.C. - The Lenoir-Rhyne Lenoir-Rhyne University Football Team (2-4, 1-3) suffered a 34-7 setback to Newberry (4-2, 2-0) Saturday afternoon on the Bears’ Homecoming at Mike Kellar is beginning his second After California led the PSAC in total Moretz Stadium. offense and rushing offense in 2006, Kellar year as Head Football Coach at LR in 2017. directed a record-setting offense during INSIDE THE MATCHUP: KellarGoldsmith’s comes to Lenoir-Rhyne Year-By-Year after serving as the HeadOverall Football CoachSAC at the historic 2007 season. The Vulcans Final: Newberry 34, Lenoir-Rhyne 7 YearCalifornia UniversityRecord (Pa.) (2012-15).Record rushed for nearly 2,900 yards and totaled Records: Lenoir-Rhyne (2-4, 1-3 SAC), 2007 In four years as head0-0 coach, Kellar0-0 over 5,000 yards of offense for the first Newberry (4-2, 2-0 SAC) led the Vulcans to a 31-12 record while time in school history. Location: Moretz Stadium | Hickory, playingTotals ten nationally-ranked0-0 teams.0-0 The following year (2008), California N.C. California featured six All-Americans won its first PSAC Championship since Get Social: Twitter - @BearsSports | in that span, including offensive lineman 1984 and shattered the single-season Instagram - @BearsSports | Facebook - / Eric Kush, who became the second school record with over 6,000 yards of LRbears Vulcans player in recent years to be total offense STATS OF THE MATCH: selected in the NFL Draft. In all but one of Kellar’s ten years with • Newberry’s quarterback, Greg Prior to taking the top spot for the the program, the Vulcans averaged over Ruff (Rock Hill, S.C.), threw for three Vulcans, Kellar was the team’s offensive 30 points per game. His Vulcans’ offenses touchdown passes – all to wide receiver coordinator for one year (2011). have helped seven players earn All- Markell Castle (York, S.C.) - and ran for a During the 2011 season, Kellar worked America status. score as the Wolves built a 28-0 lead early with the most prolific passing offense in In 2002 and 2003, Kellar served as in the third quarter. Castle finished with school history. Quarterback Peter Lalich the offensive coordinator at Northern 135 yards receiving on six catches. broke the single-season school records for Michigan University. • The Bears’ lone score came in the attempts, completions and passing yards, Under Kellar, the Wildcats set school third quarter at the 8:56 mark when averaging nearly 300 yards per game. records for passing attempts, completions junior wide receiver T.J. Smith (Charles- Kellar’s five-year stint at the California, and yards in 2002 before finishing second ton, S.C.) caught a six-yard touchdown Pa., school (2011-15) was the second of in the league in total offense and passing pass from sophomore quarterback Jarrod two five-year tenures with the Vulcans. yards in 2003. Kellar (Shinnston, W.Va.). Before returning to California, Kellar Kellar began his coaching career at his • The league’s leading running back, guided Concord University (W.Va.) to alma mater, Fairmont State University, Lenoir-Rhyne sophomore Nelson Brown a 14-8 record as head coach. Prior to his where he would serve for eight years (Salisbury, Md.), finished with 88 yards arrival, the Mountain Lions managed as the offensive coordinator and rushing and 67 yards receiving. On only one win in the previous two years quarterbacks coach. defense, the Bears were led by sophomore and hadn’t posted a winning season since Kellar was part of two Falcon squads defensive back Kyle Dugger (Fayetteville, 1998. who captured a pair of West Virginia Ga.) with 12 tackles. In 2010, Kellar led Concord to an 8-3 Intercollegiate Athletic Conference overall record to mark the first eight-win (WVIAC) Championships. BEYOND THE BOX SCORE: season for the program since it joined As a collegiate player, Kellar was the • Newberry has won three straight NCAA Division II in 1993. starting quarterback for Glenville State games against Lenoir-Rhyne and four Under his guidance, the Mountain (W.Va.) before transferring to Fairmont consecutive games overall. The Wolves Lions featured one of the most balanced State (W.Va.). also retained the Bishops’ Trophy, which offenses in the WVIAC in 2010, ranking Kellar’s passion for football began with marks the annual battle between the two second in passing and total offense. his own success as a student-athlete. Lutheran Schools of North and South Concord also ranked fourth in the country He earned his undergraduate degree Carolina. by averaging almost 500 yards of offense in liberal arts from Fairmont State • LR won’t play home again until Sat- per game. before receiving his master’s degree in urday, November 4, at 2:00 p.m., against Kellar was offensive coordinator at safety management from West Virginia Carson-Newman for Senior Day. California (2004-08) for five seasons University. UP NEXT: during his first stint the Pennsylvania A native of West Virginia, Kellar and Lenoir-Rhyne next travels to Gaffney, school. his wife, Melissa, have four children: S.C., to take on Limestone Saturday, Oc- In 2004 and 2005, he coached the PSAC Diedra, Jarrod, Anthony and Jacob. tober 14, at 6:00 p.m. Newberry, mean- West Offensive Player of the Year in while, hosts Tusculum next Saturday at running back Antoine Bagwell. In 2005, Lenoir-Rhyne Year-By-Year Record 1:00 p.m.