11:40 LRN Sportscast December 9

LSU Football Coach Ed Orgeron confirmed today that star LSU freshman Tight End Arik Gilbert has opted out for the remainder of the season. Orgeron says he met with Gilbert yesterday…
cut 6 (12) “…transferring”
Gilbert is the seventh player to opt-out this season as there’s speculation the culture Orgeron built during last season’s national championship has fallen apart. 30-year-old LSU punter Zach Von Rosenberg says the locker room is still together…
cut 16 (20) “….against Florida”
The Tigers will face the Gators in the Swamp at 6 PM on Saturday night.

High School football championship games will be played in Natchitoches later this month, not New Orleans. L-H-S-A-A Director Eddie Bonine says the association’s executive committee decided to move the prep classic over concerns of more stringent capacity restrictions at the Dome…
cut 30 (06) “…Natchitoches”
The Prep Classic will run from December 27th to the 30th.

The LSU men’s basketball team will not play in Saturday’s scheduled game against South Florida because of a contact tracing issue. That’s what LSU men’s basketball S-I-D Kent Lowe told WAFB-TV. The report also says Coach Will Wade is searching for a possible replacement for the game before SEC play begins.

Last night, the U-L Lafayette basketball team defeated L-S-U Alexandria 90-75. Tonight, Southeastern Louisiana is at Louisiana Tech.