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Mondo earns silver medal at world championships

Doha, Qatar – LSU All-American and pole vault phenom Mondo Duplantis secured his first world medal on the senior level on Tuesday at the IAAF World Championships in Doha, Qatar. Duplantis cleared a height of 5.97 meters (19’ 7”) to garner silver. Sam Kendricks, the now two-time world champion, won gold with the same height as Mondo but won due to fewer misses at previous heights.

Big plays and wins

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Bulldog Bites

Being 0-3 doesn’t feel good. The Jennings Bulldogs had been close but were still winless. They were facing another good team in the Cecelia Bulldogs. They needed a win. They deserved a win. The fans wanted a win.

I had gone out on a limb and predicted we would win. I just felt like things were going to go our way. And they did. As you know by now, our Bulldogs beat their Bulldogs 56-35 with big plays on offense and defense.

Blame it on the juice: Pitchers set for homer-filled October

(AP) - Justin Verlander didn’t intend to alter his pitching strategy, not after 14 seasons as a major league ace. But then the home runs stopped making sense.

Dogs to face dangerous Washington-Marion

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The Jennings Bulldogs will continue their trek through Class 4A Friday night when they travel to Lake Charles to face a dangerous Washington-Marion team. Jennings is still searching for its first win of the season, however the Dogs have been right here in each game they have tangled in. Of the three losses Jennings has, their opponents are a combined 8-1, with only DeRidder falling to the Chargin’ Indians by a final of 42-40 in week two.

LSU’s Orgeron eager to see how defense emerges from off week

BATON ROUGE (AP) — LSU coach Ed Orgeron hopes to see evidence this week that the fifth-ranked Tigers’ defense is on the mend — both physically and figuratively.

Having last weekend off provided extra time for rest and reexamination of everything that hasn’t gone right on that side of the ball.

AP Top 25: Alabama jumps to No. 1 after Clemson close call

(AP) - Alabama is No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll for the first time this season, replacing preseason No. 1 Clemson after the Tigers had a close call.

Alabama received 29 of 61 firstplace votes Sunday from the media panel as the Tigers’ one-point victory at North Carolina gave the AP Top 25 presented by Regions Bank the first shake-up at the top this season. Clemson slipped to No. 2 and received 18 first-place votes.

Steelers break out of funk, stomp Bengals 27-3

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers insisted they might have been winless through three weeks, but they were far from hopeless. They stressed the process of finding an identity with franchise quarterback Ben Roethlisberger out for the season with an elbow injury would take time and a collective effort from all involved.

An effort that looked an awful lot like what they put together during a 27-3 pounding of Cincinnati on Monday night.

Levias lifts Tigers over Lions

LAKE ARTHUR - Senior tailback Torrell Levias returned from the injured list in grand fashion here Friday night, as he rushed for an amazing 389 yards on 25 carries and tied the school record with six touchdowns. His mighty efforts led the Tigers to a 57-38 Homecoming win over the Vinton Lions. Lake Arthur now sports a 2-2 season mark.

Levias wasted no time in showing he was completely back as on his very first touch of the pigskin, he rambled 66 yards to set the stage for the evening and hand the hosts a lead they would never relinquish.

LSU-Florida to kick off in primetime on Oct. 12

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BATON ROUGE – LSU’s game against Florida on Saturday, October 12 will be played in prime time with a 7 p.m. kickoff, the Southeastern Conference announced on Monday.

The game will be televised on ESPN. The Florida game will also serve as LSU’s Homecoming and will include the on-field recognition of 2019 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Johnny Robinson, who is also serving as LSU’s SEC Legend this year.

The LSU-Florida contest next week will be the first time the teams have met on ESPN in prime time since 2015 when the Tigers posted a 35-28 victory in Tiger Stadium.

Saints stifle Cowboys, win 12-10 without scoring a touchdown

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As Marcus Williams came down with an interception to seal the Saints’ triumph over previously unbeaten Dallas, injured quarterback Drew Brees ran to rookie C.J. Gardner-Johnson to offer a congratulatory hug and tap on the helmet for the defensive back’s role in rushing Dak Prescott’s errant desperation throw.