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. A decision on other sports will be made at a later date. LSU officials have said they 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 team facilities in early June.

The Southland Conference has announced postseason changes for several sports. In baseball, women’s soccer, softball and volleyball, the top four regular-season finishers will advance to the 2020-21 tournaments at the site of the number one seed. Baseball and softball will feature double-elimination competition. Plans have yet to be finalized for the Southland Conference Basketball Tournament.

The NBA is expected to release its rules on how it will return around June 1st. Disney World in Orlando has reportedly emerged as the host site for NBA games if the season resumes.

Four-star defensive end Saivion Jones from St. James High School has announced he plans to attend LSU. He becomes the 12th commitment in the 2021 class that now ranks seventh nationally. 24-7sports ranks Jones as the 19th best weak-side defensive end in the nation. He had 90 tackles and 13 sacks last season for an undefeated St. James team who won the Class 3A championship.

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 has accepted an assistant coach job at Stetson University. In 10 years at John Curtis, Barbara Farris won five state championships and won 279 games. Farris, who is a former Tulane standout, has accepted a job at Stetson University.