4:45 LRN Sportscast

LSU football needed a tight end out of the transfer portal, with the starter Mason Taylor heading for the NFL. They got one today as Bauer Sharp from Oklahoma has signed with the Tigers. Sarp led the Sooners in receiving this season catching 42 passes for 324 yards and two touchdowns.

To boost NIL efforts at LSU, Kelly announced the one-million dollar match challenge. Kelly says his he and wiis wife will match up to one million dollars in new money donated through NIL for football. The one-million dollars from the Kellys will go to the Tiger Athletic Foundation A-D’s Excellence fund.

For the first time since 1987, the Archbishop Shaw Eagles are state champions in football. Shaw outlasted ED White 28-25. The Michigan signees were the difference, Jacob Washington two touchdown catches and Josh Parker 174 yards rushing and one touchdown.  The Cardinals finish three points shy of winning its first state title since 1969.

Tonight Cecilia is back in the Division Two non-select state championship game after losing last year to Opelousas. The Bulldogs will face top-seeded Franklinton at 7 PM. Cecilia is an 18-seed and head coach Dennis Skains says his team has played at a higher level since the postseason…

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Edna Karr will go after its seventh state championship tomorrow when it faces Alexandria Senior High in the Division One select state championship game. The Cougars are undefeated and Coach Brice Brown says his team does a lot of things well…

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Kick off is at noon.