Alert Featured Hickory High, Lenoir-Rhyne baseball alum is now an assistant coach for the Savannah Bananas jason.koon Feb 12, 2026 Feb 12, 2026 Updated Feb 13, 2026 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Hickory High School and Lenoir-Rhyne University baseball alum Bryce Stober is now a Savannah Banana.kAm$E@36C 925 9:D 7:CDE 3CFD9 H:E9 q2?2?2 q2== =2DE DF>>6C H96? 96 96=A65 @FE H:E9 E96 ':D:E@CD[ 2 56G6=@A>6?E E62> 7@C E96 $2G2??29 q2?2?2D] %92E =2DE65 7@C 23@FE 2 >@?E9 F?E:= E96 ':D:E@CD =67E] k^Am Bryce Stober (right) stands with some of his fellow Savannah Bananas players during a scrimmage at Grayson Stadium in Savannah. 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