The LHSAA and its officials have reached a tentative agreement that will prevent a work stoppage by referees this fall. Louisiana High School Officials Association President Paul LaRosa says they were able to come to terms after a four hour plus meeting in Baton Rouge on Sunday. He says says they are holding off on releasing any details of the agreement to the public, until they can speak with their officials…
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Officials threatened to strike and not show up when volleyball and football games started in August, unless they received a pay raise and other stipulations, like improved security at games.

The Walton County Sheriff’s office has released the arrest report of former Saints assistant coach Aaron Kromer, who was arrested on Sunday on a misdemeanor battery charge. The report alledges Kromer threw a boy to the ground and punched him in the face over an argument involving beach chairs near his home in Florida.

It’s described by some as the unofficial start to the college football season, SEC Media Days gets underway today. Jeff Palermo has the story..
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Louisiana Tech defensive backs Adairius Barnes and Xavier Woods are on the Jim Thorpe Award Watch List, which is given to the nation’s best defensive back. ULM’s Mitch Lane is also on the list. No one from LSU made the list.

UL Lafayette’s Shawn Long has been named to the 2015 US Pan American Men’s basketball team, which will compete in Toronto later this month. Former LSU Tiger Anthony Randolph is also on that squad.