Later today, West Virgina arrives in Baton Rouge for its Super Regional series against the LSU Tigers, which will begin on Saturday afternoon at Alex Box Stadium. The Mountaineers are 44-14 under first-year head coach Steve Sabins, who spent nine years as an assistant in Morgantown. LSU Coach Jay Johnson told Tiger Rag Radio he looked at hiring Sabins as an assistant coach at LSU and he is not underestimating the Mountaineers…

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West Virginia does not hit a lot of home runs, but they put the ball in play and get on base.

The Pelicans executive vice president of basketball operations, Joe Dumars, told Rod Walker of the Times Picayune that there are no plans to trade Zion Williamson. Dumars says he’s had some real direct and honest conversations with Zion who has not been able to reach his full potential because of injuries and off-the-court issues.

The NBA Finals begin tonight as Oklahoma City hosts the Indiana Pacers at 7:30 PM.

Texas topped Texas Tech in game one of the Women’s College World Series championship series. Reese Atwood had two-run single and Teagan Kavan outpitched Jaree Canady.

Former LSU baseball player J-C Holt has been named Coach of the Year in Class B. Holt led Pitkin to a state championship in baseball last month and his son, Gavin, is the Class B Player of the Year. Holt with .410 with 27 RBIS.

The Class B softball player of the year is Cali Deal from Quitman. The LSU signee was 9-4 in the circle with 143 strikeouts, and she hit .278 with 24 RBIs as Quitman won a state title. Stanley’s Josh Foshee was named Coach of the Year.