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09/07/2026

On this date in local sports history across the Hickory Metro.

September 7, 1962:

Perry Fewell, a 1985 Lenoir-Rhyne grad, was born on this date. The Crameron, NC native attended South Point High School and came to LR, where he played football. Fewell was a college coach for 13 years (1985–1997), working as an assistant at North Carolina, Army, Kent State, and Vanderbilt. He became an assistant coach in the NFL, first for Jacksonville in 1998, but later was an assistant at St. Louis, Chicago, and Buffalo where he finished out the 2009 season as the interim coach. He joined the New York Giants in 2010, won the Super Bowl as the defensive coordinator in 2012, served for two year in Washington and another round in Jacksonville before coming to Carolina in 2019. He became the interim head coach for the Panthers after they let Ron Rivera go late in the 2019 season, and has since joined the NFL's officiating department as senior vice president of officiating administration.

09/06/2026

On this date in local sports history from the Hickory Metro.

September 6, 1995:

Natalie Daniel set the all-time points, and goals scored in a single game when she had 6 goals and an assist in the Lenoir-Rhyne women's soccer win over Montreat.

09/05/2026

Lenoir-Rhyne football goes on the air on WHKY at 3:40 with pregame, as kickoff is at 3:55. This is due to a weather delay at Moretz Stadium earlier this afternoon.

09/05/2026

On this date in local sports history from the Hickory Metro.

September 5, 2018:

Fitting as we have college football today.

Mike Hogewood, a Lenoir-Rhyne graduate, and lead play-by-play announcer for ACC football games on Raycom Sports passes away after suffering a heart attack. He started his career by working the sound board for collegiate events while in college at Lenoir-Rhyne University (LRU). One of the jobs that gave him some of the most experience and by far, one of the jobs that he talked most about in class, was when he was a weeknight DJ for WHKY-AM radio. Also, while at LRU, Hogewood participated in an internship as a weekend news reporter for WSOC-TV. After retiring from broadcasting, he became a professor, teaching at his alma mater from 2012-2015.

09/05/2026

Game day between the bricks! Lenoir-Rhyne Football hosts West Alabama.

Join us at 2:45pm on WHKY Radio, 1290 AM, 102.3 FM, and online at

Lenoir-Rhyne football, presented by Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet on WHKY Radio.

09/04/2026

Join us at 7pm for Hickory High School football on the road at Bunker Hill to open Western Foothills Athletic 4A/5A Conference play. Listen on WHKY, 1290 AM, 102.3 FM, and online at whky.com.

09/04/2026

Tonight!

09/04/2026

On this date in local sports history from across the Hickory Metro.

September 4, 2018:

CD Pelham got his cup of coffee with the Texas Rangers. The closer for the Hickory Crawdads Baseball Club in 2017, he ended up in the major leagues from low-A baseball in 366 days.

09/03/2026

Join us tomorrow night!