LSU’s 2021 recruiting class is up to a dozen commitments and the class has its first in-state verbal pledge. Four-star defensive end Saivion Jones from St. James High School has announced his commitment to LSU. Jones had 90 tackles and 13 sacks last season as a junior as he helped St. James go undefeated and win the Class 3A Championship game. Jones is the third defensive linemen in the class.

Daniel Luquet has been named as the new head football coach at Hahnville High School. Luquet was the Tigers offensive coordinator last season and he replaces Nick Saltaformaggio who is the new head coach at Holy Cross. Luquet is a former quarterback at Destrehan and has previous head coaching experience at Woodlawn High School in Baton Rouge.

One of the state’s most successful girls basketball coaches is leaving the prep ranks to become an assistant coach at Stetson University. In 10 years at John Curtis, Barbara Farris won five state championships.

In an effort to cut costs, The Southland Conference has announced postseason changes for baseball, women’s soccer, softball and volleyball. In those four sports, only the top four regular-season finishers will play in the Southland postseason tournament. The regular season champion will host the tournament. Baseball and softball will be double-elimination. .

The NCAA Division One council has reportedly voted to allow football and basketball players to begin voluntary workouts on college campuses starting on June 1st. LSU officials hope to get football players back on campus next month and SEC campus leaders are set to vote on Friday whether their schools can reopen their facilities in early June.

The Saints have hired a new head athletic trainer. Shone Gipson is replacing Scottie Patton. Gipson was an assistant athletic trainer in Cleveland the last two seasons, before that he was the head athletic trainer with the Buffalo Bills. Patton had been the head trainer since 2000.