The third ranked LSU baseball team takes its eight-game winning streak to Nicholls tonight as they battle with the Colonels in Thibodaux. Catcher Luis Hernandez is swinging a hot bat. In his last five games, he’s 10 of his last 20 and hit three doubles in the series against Oklahoma. Coach Jay Johnson says the transfer from Indiana State is a big part of their success…

Cut 19 (13) “..swinging the bat.” 

First pitch tonight is at 6:30.

In other action tonight…ULM is at Northwestern State to start a home and home midweek series. The Ragin Cajuns host Texas Rio Grande Valley and Southeastern Louisiana is at Tulane. The Lions rank fifth in the country with a team ERA of 3.25.

Louisiana Tech’s Sebastian Mexico has been named the Conference USA hitter of the week. The junior designated hitter from Massachusetts homered in three straight games and drove in 11 runs. Bulldogs Coach Lane Burroughs…

Cut 29 (07) “….brought him here”

Mexico leads Conference USA in O-P-S and slugging and his batting average of ..478 is third best in the country.

Ruston’s Ahmad Hudson has been named the Class Five-A boys basketball player of the year. The six-foot-eight two-sport star averaged 21 points and 14 rebounds a game last season. Huntington’s Carly Hamilton has been named the Girls Class 5A player of the year, as she averaged 21 points, five rebounds, four assists and four steals a game as she helped the Lady Raiders win their first state championship.