6:45 LRN Sportscast October 28

Alvin Kamara and Mark Ingram are reuniting as the Saints have reportedly made a trade with the Texans to bring Ingram back to New Orleans. The Saints selected Ingram in the first round of the 2011 draft and he played in the Big Easy for eight seasons, making two trips to the Pro Bowl and he’s the franchise’s second-leading rusher behind Deuce McAllister.

Over in Lafayette, freshman running back Montrell Johnson has started to emerge for the Ragin Cajuns. He’s rushed for over 100 yards in his last two games including a 150-yard, two-touchdown performance last Thursday at Arkansas State. Coach Billy Napier is not surprised the New Orleans native is having an excellent rookie campaign…
cut 20 (21) “…he’s humble”

The Pelicans fell to one and four last night as they lost to the Atlanta Hawks 102-99. New Orleans led by 16 in the first quarter but the Hawks Trae Young had 31 points and Atlanta had 21 offensive rebounds.

LSU linebacker Bugg Strong has reportedly entered the NCAA transfer portal. He was the number one junior college linebacker in the country in the 2021 recruiting class. This season Strong has 17 tackles and one sack.

The LSU Board of Supervisors meets today and it’s expected they will approve the termination agreement between the school and Ed Orgeron, which includes the coach receiving a 17-million dollar buyout.

One day after announcing Southern Miss has joined the Sun Belt Conference. Old Dominion becomes the second school in as many days to leave Conference USA for the Sun Belt.

The LHSAA has banned the Lake Charles College Prep from playing in the postseason this year. There’s no information on what led to the sanction. The school released a statement saying they disagree with the punishment.

The LHSAA has released classification data…Edna Karr and Carencro are slated to move up to Class 5A. Northwood-Shreveport says it will appeal its potential move to 5A.