The second ranked LSU baseball team faces Northwestern State tonight as the Tigers look to snap a two-game losing streak. LSU is 37-10, while the Demons are 25 -20. Northwestern State features the Southland Hitter of the Week, Michael Dattalo, a freshman from Keller, Texas. The infielder leads the Southland in hitting with a .395 average and seven home runs and 38 RBIs.

LSU’s Paul Skenes is the reigning SEC Pitcher of the Week and will make his next start on Friday against Mississippi State. Skenes struck out a career-high 15 hitters last Friday. Coach Jay Johnson says Skenes preparation between starts is second to none…
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In recruiting news….former Ragin Cajuns cornerback and New Iberia native Trey Amos has committed to Alabama. LSU targeted Amos who is considered one of the better players in the transfer portal.

LSU men’s basketball has received a verbal commitment from six-foot-seven small forward Devon Pryer out of Houston. He’s a 2024 recruit, who also received offers from Texas A-and-M, Virginia Tech, Colorado, and Oklahoma State.

The semifinal round of the high school baseball playoffs got underway today in Sulphur. In a non-select Division Five match-up, third seeded Pitkin edged seventh seeded Weston Five to four. And in Select Division Five, top seeded Avoyelles Public Charter crushed fourth seeded Claiborne Christian ten to one.

Also in southwest Louisiana, the Southland Softball Tournament is in Lake Charles. Tonight, third seeded Nicholls will take on Northwestern State. The Colonels Justin Lewis has been named Southland Coach of the Year. Nicholls went 13-and-11 in the Southland this season, after winning just four conference games last year.