First year LSU offensive coordinator Joe Sloan has been very impressed with returning receiver Kyren Lacy. Sloan says Lacy’s ability to lead the Tiger’s receiver room and the effort he puts into offseason training helps to improve LSU’s practices and inspire his own teammates.

Cut 17 (20) “… on Saturday”

Lacy is LSU’s leading returning receiver

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Neville high school will begin their search for a new football head coach after Jeff Tannehill has resigned.

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And the rematch of last year’s national championship between the Iowa Hawkeyes and LSU Lady Tigers is now the most-watched women’s college basketball game on record. The game averaged 12.3 million viewers which tops the largest audience for a men’s or women’s college basketball game on ESPN.

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LSU Head Coach Jay Johnson is taking a no screens coaching approach in order to help the Tigers focus and play better baseball this season. College Baseball Analyst Ronnie Rantz says that this idea has the potential to really help players focus on the game.

Cut 29 (11) “… at their phone.”

Johnson says that he’ll keep the policy in place until his team improves.

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And last night UL-Lafayette defeated Nicholls 13 to 3 to extend their winning streak to 12 games. The Ragin Cajuns saw a lot of offensive success in the game as Duncan Pastore had his first four-hit game this season, Kyle Debarge hit his ninth home run of the season, and John Taylor drove in three runs to extend his hit streak to seventeen games.

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And in more baseball news around the state, both Louisiana Tech and Southeastern won their games in walk-off fashion as the Bulldogs defeated Little Rock and the Lions defeated Southern Miss both by a score of 7 to 6. Northwestern State defeated Grambling 4 to 1 and they will face ULM tonight at 6 pm.