For the second year in a row, Brooks Koepka is the champion at the US Open. He’s the first golfer to do it since Curtis Strange in 1989. Koepka entered the day in a four-way tie for first place and shot a 68 on Sunday to finish one-over par for the tournament. Tommy Fleetwood finished second, he fired a 63 on Sunday, which is a U-S Open single-round record.
Former University High of Baton Rouge golfer Park Reed finished with a 68 and four over for the tournament. Shreveport native and former LSU golfer Sam Burns finished in a tie for 41st place, 14-over par. And LSU golfer Luis Gagne ended the tournament at 16-over par.
LSU signee Cade Beloso has been named Mr. Baseball in Louisiana. The former John Curtis star hit 13 home runs, with seven doubles, three triples and 37 runs driven in. He struck out just seven times in 121 plate appearances.
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Grambling State and head football coach Broderick Fobbs have agreed to a new four-year deal, worth one-point-two million dollars. Fobbs had just one year left on his contract and this new deal keeps him at Grambling through 2022. The former Grambling running back has led the G-Men to three straight SWAC Championship games, winning the title games in 2016 and 2017. They won the H-B-C-U National Championship in 2016.
At the College World Series, Arkansas scored eight runs in the sixth inning and beat the Longhorns 11-5 to advance to the winner’s bracket. The eleven runs are a program high for the Razorbacks in a College World Series game. Luke Bonfield homered, while Jared Gates and Heston Kjerstad each had three hits.
In action today, Oregon State faces Pac-12 foe Washington in an elimination game and Mississippi State looks to keep there mojo going when they take on North Carolina in a winner’s bracket.
And Houston Astros finished their road trip with a perfect 10-0 record with a 7-4 win over Kansas City.