6:45 LRN Sportscast

LSU’s season is over. The Tigers could not hold onto a one-run lead in the ninth inning last night and lost to North Carolina four to three in ten innings in the Chapel Hill Regional Championship game. Gage Jump was asked to get the final three outs. He gave up the tying run in the ninth inning and a dropped fly ball in the tenth inning by Jake Brown allowed the Tar Heels to score the go ahead run in the tenth inning.

The Tigers led three to two for much of the game thanks to solo home runs by Brown and Jared Jones. Also senior right-hander Will Hellmers had his best outing of his LSU career, throwing 5.2 innings of scoreless baseball…
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North Carolina advances to host West Virginia in a Super Regional series.

He played at Destrehan High School, starred at LSU, winning a national championship in 2019 and now he’s the NFL’s highest paid non-quarterback. Justin Jefferson has signed a four-year, 180 million dollar contract with the Minnesota Vikings. Jefferson has the most receiving yards in NFL history after four seasons.

Former LSU all-american offensive guard Alan Faneca is on the 2025 College Football Hall of Fame ballot. Faneca is already int the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Faneca started 36 consecutive games for the Tigers in the mid-1990s and earned first-team All-SEC honors twice.

Former LSU coach Nick Saban is also on the College Football Hall of Fame ballot.

The LSU women’s basketball program has announced they will play the University of Illinois at Chicago on December 19th so that All-SEC forward Aneesah Morrow can play a game in her hometown. It will be part of a two-game road trip for the Lady Tigers who will play Seton Hall on December 17th in Connecticut and then they’ll make the trip to the Windy City.