For the second straight Wednesday, Louisiana Tech defeated the Ragin Cajuns on the baseball diamond. Last night the final score in Ruston was ten to seven. Colton Coates drove in three runs and Brody Drost had three hits and drove in two runs. Conor Higgs hit his 11th home run in a losing cause.
McNeese won its ninth straight last night as the Cowboys went on the road to beat Houston four to three in ten innings. Conner Westenburg scored the winning run and Jake Blackwell was the winning pitchers. McNeese is now 24 and 5 and its there best start to a season since 1991.
ULM beat Northwestern State for the second straight night as the Warhawks bullpen pitched well in a five to two win. Isaiah Walker homered and drove in two runs and Holden Hess allowed one run over four innings for the win.
LSU men’s basketball coach Matt McMahon told Tiger Rag Radio he’s thrilled with his transfer class haul. Thanks to a substantial increase in NIL dollars to build a better roster, McMahon signed five players out of the portal. The coach says he loves all of the new additions but he’s really excited about former UNLV point guard Dedan Thomas Junior who chose the Tigers over Kentucky and Florida…
Cut 16 (16) “…him into the fold.”
Former Alabama and LSU coach Nick Saban has been added to the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame 2025 Induction Class. Saban was elected to the Hall in 2020, but the ceremonies were postponed because of Covid and Hall Chairman Doug Ireland says they had to wait to honor Saban until he retired. Ireland says Saban is excited to spend the last weekend in June in Natchitoches…
Cut 8 (12) “….the induction festivities”