The LSU baseball season ended last night with an 8-7 loss to Southern Miss in the final of the Hattiesburg Regional. The Tigers led 4-1 after three innings but the Golden Eagles re-took the lead in the seventh by scoring four runs to grab a 7-4 lead. LSU tied the game in the bottom of the eighth on a Gavin Dugas pinch-hit home run, but Danny Lynch would drive in the winning run in the top of the ninth on a sacrifice fly. Here’s Tigers coach Jay Johnson…
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So Johnson’s first season at LSU ended with a 40-23 record, while the Southern Miss advances to the Super Regionals and will host in-state rival Ole Miss who thumped Arizona 22-6 to win the Coral Gables Regional.

The Louisiana High School Atheltic Association has released a list of schools that will switch from non-select to select because of the school’s open enrollment policy. There are several football powerhouses on the list like Acadiana, Carencro, Oak Grove, Madison Prep, and Warren Easton. Schools have until June 21 to appeal why their select and non-select status is incorrect.

Dr. Catherine O’Neal, chief medical officer at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge, is the new chief medical adviser for the Southeastern Conference. O’Neal has been working with the SEC since 2020 as part of its COVID-19 task force. She says her immediate goals are to establish a rapport with schools and identify their health priorities.
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Dr. O’Neal will work to develop conference-wide standards of health for the SEC as will conduct educational sessions for coaches, and medical staff, and meet regularly with team doctors and trainers.