The LSU Baseball team won two contests on Sunday to set up today’s Regional Championship game against North Carolina in the Chapel Hill Regional. The Tigers beat Wofford in the afternoon and took down the Tar Heels eight to four last night. Thatcher Hurd was the big story. The right-hander has struggled, but had his best outing of the year against U-N-C, giving up just two runs and striking out six. Hurd says Coach Johnson gave the entire team confidence they could win two games yesterday
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Today’s Regional Championship game is at 5 PM.

LSU Eunice is national champions again in division two junior college baseball as the Bengals defeated Brunswick Community College nine to three for their eighth title. Ruston’s Dawson Willis was named the Tournament’s Most Valuable Player as he had seven hits, scored seven runs and had seven stolen bases.

There were six teams from Louisiana that made the NCAA Baseball Tournament and only LSU is left. The Ragin Cajuns were eliminated last night by Texas A-and-M as the Aggies defeated U-L Lafayette nine to four. Catcher Jose Torres says they gave it their best…
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Tulane’s season also came to an end yesterday with a 17-7 loss to U-C Irvine. Louisiana Tech, Grambling and Nicholls were eliminated on Saturday, failing to win a game in their respective regionals.

The Minnesota Vikings have made receiver Jordan Jefferson the highest paid non-quarterback in the NFL as he’s inked a four-year, 140-million dollar contract extension. The former LSU Tiger has nearly six-thousand receiving yards after just four seasons in the NFL.

Former LSU offensive lineman Alan Faneca is on the 2025 College Football Hall of Fame ballot, so is former Tigers Coach Nick Saban.