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General Joel Krenz, Assistant AD for Media and Communications

Lenoir-Rhyne Hosts Fourth Annual BeaRaPaLooZa

HICKORY, N.C. - On Saturday, April 11th, Lenoir-Rhyne hosted the school's fourth annual BeaRaPaLooza, welcoming over 5000 people to campus. In just it's fourth year of existence, the event has become a premier Bears Club event that alumni from all sports, students and community look forward to. 

The day opened with the spring football game and BeaRaPaLooZa family festivities on the Surface Family Practice field. Fans got a first look at head coach Doug Socha's team as he prepares for his third season at the helm.

"It was a great day for the team to end the spring football season in front of family, fans, alumni, administrators, and classmates," coach Socha said. "We had a solid few weeks and look forward to building into both the summer and next year."

On-site competitions included the football spring game, baseball doubleheader, men's lacrosse, women's lacrosse, and the Southside Power and Fitness Invitational. Every team won their games, with baseball taking down Emory & Henry 19-9 and 12-3, tennis downing Lincoln Memorial 4-1(M) and 4-2(W), women's lacrosse defeating #23 Anderson 10-9, and men's lacrosse closing out the day with a big 19-14 win over #9 Anderson. 

One of the highlights of the year was the Bears Club spring raffle, which sold a record 544 tickets and raised 54,400 for student-athlete scholarships. The Bears Club raised over $330,000 during their 80-day campaign from both new and returning members, adding to the financial support for Lenoir-Rhyne student-athletes. To cap everything off, Bears Give Back Day raised just shy of $50,000 and saw 835 donors, 167% of the original donor goal.

LR Athletics thanks everybody who attended to support the student-athletes and programs. Lenoir-Rhyne also wants to thank the City of Hickory for their sponsorship and partnership of this year's BeaRaPalooZa event.

The Spring raffle winners are below. If you won a prize, please contact the Bears Club office via email shayna.skonieczki@lr.edu.
 
Raffle Order Winning Ticket # Winner
$500 cash 38 Becky Laney
4 Tickets to the President's Suite for 1 Football game 98 Alex Robinson
$150 Cranford restaurants gift card 444 Ed Byrd
Foursome to Lake Hickory CC (Catawba Springs) 113 Mark Huckabee
Cherry Treesort Getaway  489 Les Stewart
4 LR Season ticket passes 2026-2027 season (GA) 473 Frank Harris
Under Armour Gear Package 55 Jim and Liz Correll
X-Box 342 Will Eckard
$150 Under Armour gift card 382 Trent Staley
VIP Suite tickets for 16 for 1 LR Lacrosse Game 451 Terry Collins
2 Hickory Football Club Season Passes 584 Cecil Cline
$250 cash prize 53 Dean Proctor
$100 Firehouse Subs Gift Card 224 Megan Teeter
$150 LR Bookstore gift card 34 Pete Kemp
Jewelry from Oz Jewelers 450 Addison Ledford
Crawdads Suite and Food Voucher 326 Harley Mason
Players Ridge Foursome 476 Katie Cavanaugh
LR Men's Soccer Camp Pass 298 Kim Flicker
10 On-field Hospitality  tickets for 1 LR Football Game 171 David Legrand
$250 cash prize 481 Gary Nobles
4 Premium Charlotte Knights Tickets 252 Palmer Clemmer
Home2 Hickory 1-night Stay 93 Alex Harrill
LR Athletics Swag Package 617 Brent Owen
Hampton Inn-Black Mountain 2-Night Stay 325 Debra Vader
Foursome at the Silos 573 Stephanie Delgado
4 Sports Clips MVP Cuts 680 Tripp Cody
Two Champions Club Passes for 1 LR Football Game 33 Jodi Salo
Balloonista Gift Certificate 397 James Woodruff
$100 Red Rocks Gift card 246 Harry Titus
Foursome to Catawba Country Club 255 Palmer Clemmer
Bears Club Pavilion Rental 204 Daisey Maxey
$100 Kickbacks gift card 71 Joan Everett
10 Free Car Washes at Tommy's Express 666 Patrick Laney
$100 Center Street Eats Gift card 92 Alex Harrill
Reserved Parking Spot in Gold Lot for 1 LR Football Game 27 Mike Mulligan
Robert Trent Jones Golf experience for 3 in Gainesville, VA 43 Kent Copeland
$1,000 cash  463 John Hopson
Blowing Rock Weekend Getaway 558 David Runner
Fly Fishing Experience 676 Tripp Cody
2-Night Charleston Experience for 2 389 Aaron Tankersley
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