LSU’s Alex Lange, who was named Freshman Pitcher of the Year by Collegiate Baseball, will be the Tigers starting pitcher in Game One of the Super Regional Series against the Ragin Cajuns. Lange was oustanding in the regionals last weekend, throwing a complete game shutout and striking out 12. Lange knows the excitement level on Saturday will be through the roof….

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The LSU and U-L Lafayette rivalry is heated among the fan base, especially in the Acadiana area, where Tiger and Cajun fans live and work together. Game One is scheduled for 7PM Saturday night.

The LSU men’s golf team won its fifth national championship and first in 60 years as the Tigers defeated U-S-C 4-to-1 in the match-play final in Bradenton. Florida. LSU’s previous golf championships happened in 1940, ’42, ’47, and ’55.

Four-star defensive tackle Glen Logan from Destrehan High School has given a verbal commitment to sign with the LSU Tigers following his senior season. Logan also received scholarship offers from Alabama and Arkansas. Logan is six-foot-four, 300 pounds and is LSU’s 11th commitment in the class of 2016.

It looks like former Pelicans head coach Monty Williams has landed a new job. It’s being reported that Williams has been hired to be the top assistant for new Oklahoma City head coach Billy Donovan. Meanwhile, the Pels have reportedly hired Darren Erman as the team’s associate head coach in charge of defense and New Orleans native Robert Pack as the backcourt specialist. Erman served as an assistant with the Celtics last season and Pack was with the Thunder.

The Girls Top 28 state basketball tournament is headed back to Hammond. That’s according to the result of a vote by the LHSAA Executive Committee, which also awarded the boys state basketball tournament to Lake Charles for two more years. Sulphur will continue to host the baseball tournament for another two seasons.