4:45 LRN Sportscast

The LSU Lady Tigers returned to Baton Rouge today as national champions in women’s basketball. LSU had five players score in double figures in a 102-85 win over Iowa. The 102 points are the most scored in an NCAA Women’s Basketball National Championship game.

The historic performance is being overshadowed on the national stage by Angel Reese’s celebration that had her waving her hand in front of her face like John Cena and his “You can’t see me gesture.” Iowa superstar Caitlin Clark did the same thing during the Hawkeyes Elite Eight victory over Louisville.

Many on social media called it poor sportsmanship, but Reese says all year she was critiqued about who she is…
cut 3 (07) “…say nothing”
LSU announced today they will have a parade on campus and then a celebration in the PMAC on Wednesday night for the national champs.

LSU baseball remains ranked number one in all of the polls, despite a 14-7 loss to Tennessee on Saturday. In that game, Center fielder Dylan Crews continued to swing a hot bat as he had four more hits and for the season he has an astonishing .543 batting average. Crews expects the Tigers will rebound…
cut 17 (16) “…in the future”
The Tigers will host Nicholls tomorrow night. The Colonels had a nice weekend in Beaumont, taking two out of three from Lamar.

Big news in high school football as Jerry Arledge is stepping down as the head coach of the West Monroe Rebels and will become the school’s athletic director. Arledge was at West Monroe for 31 seasons helping the Rebels win eight state titles from 1992 to 2012 as the defensive coordinator for the late Don Shows.