CINCINNATI (AP) — Ja’Marr Chase didn’t know if former LSU teammate Joe Burrow was being serious when the quarterback started telling him the Cincinnati Bengals planned to reunite the pair in the NFL. Chase, the star LSU wide receiver chosen by the Bengals with the fifth overall pick in the NFL draft, said he thought it might actually happen when Burrow texted him Thursday morning and told him to pack his bags.
The No. 10 Jennings Baseball team found out that rankings don’t mean much in the playoffs. The visiting No. 23 Union Parish Farmers made Jennings work hard for their win. The game was tied 1-1 in the middle of the sixth inning before Will Monic scored on an Ethan Mack sacrifice fly to give Jennings a 2-1 win. Senior Pitcher Ian Mullen would go the distance on the mound for the Bulldogs. Mullen would go all seven innings on only 103 pitches, allowed only one run on four hits and struck out five.
STANLEY – The Lacassine Cardinals made school history on Tuesday after reviving their baseball program a mere four seasons ago by knocking off No. 15 Stanley 2-1 for the program’s first ever playoff win. The No. 18-seeded Cardinals trailed most of the entire contest 1-0, but rallied late for a run in the sixth and the deciding score in the top of the seventh to capture their monumental victory. With the win, Lacassine improved their overall mark to 10-11 and will travel to face No. 2 Anacoco on Monday in a Regional Round playoff contest. The winner of that game will then take on the winner of No. 7 Converse and No. 10 Weston for the right to advance to Sulphur for the Class B State Baseball Tournament.
The Lake Arthur Tigers will kick-off their Regional Round series tonight when they hit the road to Mangham for a clash with the No. 3 Dragons. The two teams will play the first game tonight at 5 pm, and the second contest is scheduled for Saturday at 1 pm. If there is a third game, it will be played immidiately following the completion of the second contest at 4pm. The Dragons deafeated Jonesboro-Hodge 13-0 in the bi-district round, and bring in a 20-4 record into tonight’s game. No. 19 Lake Arthur toppled No. 14 Avoyelles Public Charter 8-1 in their opening game, and come in with a 19-10 overall mark.
The No. 23 Jennings Bulldogs fought their way into the second round of the Class 3A playoffs here at Bulldog Diamond Tuesday night with a close, 2-1 victory over the Union Parish Farmers. The Bulldogs will now hit the road to square-off with No. 7 Brusly in a best-of-three series begining on Friday evening.
WELSH – The 2021 baseball season came to a tough end for the No. 10 Welsh Greyhounds this week, as the No. 23-seeded Vinton Lions came into Sportsman’s Park and slipped past the hosts by a final of 12-11. In a game that saw multiple highs and lows for both squads, it was the Lions who built a 9-4 lead through four innings of play after a 9-run third inning. However, the Hounds would never throw in the towel and battled to the very last out in hopes of moving on. The Hounds would trim the Vinton lead to 10-9 in the bottom of the fifth inning to get well within striking distance, however Vinton would again answer with a pair of runs of their own in the top of the seventh to up the lead to 12-9. Like they had done all evening long, Welsh answered back with a pair of runs in the bottom of the frame to make it 12-11. However, Vinton pitcher Lucas Bunting got a pair of strikeouts to end the game with the tying run standing 180-feet away on second base.
(AP) - There are once again a host of playmakers in the Southeastern Conference. While there is going to be several quarterback competitions to keep an eye on heading into preseason camps, here’s a look at non-quarterbacks players in the Southeastern Conference this spring who are poised to have standout seasons this fall:
The No. 19 Lacassine Cardinals baseball squad made history Tuesday night by earning the first playoff win in school history when they traveled to Stanley and defeated the No. 15-seeded Panthers by a final of 2-1. The Cardinals trailed 1-0 heading into the top of the sixth inning, however a run in the top of the sixth and another in the top of the seventh gave Lacassine the 2-1 victory. Lacassine pounded out 7 hits in the win, while junior hurler Jace Bageux went the distance on then mound, allowing only one run on four hits and struck out 11.
MANSURA – The No. 19 ranked Lake Arthur Tigers traveled up to Central Louisiana on Monday and disposed of No. 14 Avoyelles Public Charter (APC) by a final of 8-1. The Tigers will now advance to the Regional Round of the Class 2A playoffs, and are awaiting the winner of No. 3 Mangham and No. 30 Jonesboro-Hodge. The Tigers should host either school in a bestof-three series beginning this weekend.
BATON ROUGE – After three national championships as a head coach, two as a player, and one as an assistant coach, Kim Mulkey is coming home.
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