4:45 LRN sportscast May 5

LSU catcher Hayden Travinski will miss the remainder of the season as the Shreveport product had surgery today on a torn UCL in his throwing elbow. Coach Paul Mainieri on the injury.
Cut 20 (15) “the ligament”
Travinski has appeared in 29 games this season, hitting .271 with four home runs and 13 RBIs. Tomorrow, LSU begins a three-game series at Auburn. The first pitch is at 6:30 and the game can be seen on ESPN-U.

Tonight, ULM is at Jackson State. The Warhawks have won the last four games played between the two teams, including a matchup in Monroe that was won by ULM 18-6 earlier this season.

Southeastern Louisiana concludes a nine-game road trip tonight as the Lions visit 20th ranked Southern Miss.

An effort to increase hunting and fishing licenses in Louisiana has cleared its first legislative hurdle. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Secretary Jack Montoucet says a Conversation Fund has helped keep license fees at the same level for 20 years, but that fund is nearly out of money and it’s come to a point where they need more dollars…
cut 10 (09) “…this bill”
The bill was approved by House Natural Resources, but still has a long way to go in the legislative process.

Lonzo Ball scored a career-high 33 points and the Pelicans defeated Golden State 108-103 last night. They were able to pull out the victory even though starters Brandon Ingram and Steven Adams left the game with injuries in the third quarter. New Orleans’ next game is Friday at Philadelphia.

La Tech announced today that longtime SID Malcolm Butler will replace Dave Nitz as the voice of the bulldogs for football and men’s basketball. Nitz has scaled back his duties to just calling Tech baseball games.