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The Jennings High School Tennis teams took to the courts this past week for a pair of matchups against St. Louis (STL) and Catholic of New Iberia. (CHNI) After opening the season with losses to 5A Alexandria Senior High, Jennings High (JHS) Tennis Coach Jared Lavergne said he was pleased with the progress he saw, as his girls’ team beat St. Louis for the first time in years. The Lady Dogs also claimed victory over the Lady Panthers, while the young Bulldogs fought hard but fell short in both matches.

BATON ROUGE – No. 11 LSU and Indiana split a doubleheader Saturday in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field. The Tigers posted a 7-4 victory in the first game to claim the series win, and Indiana prevailed in the second game, 7-2 to avoid the series sweep. LSU is now 2-1 on the season, while Indiana moves to 1-2.

ELTON – The No. 1 Elton Lady Indians wrapped up their regular season last night with a convincing 58-31 win over the Gueydan Honey Bears to move to 19-7 overall, 11-1 in district 4-1A. The Lady Indians tied for the district title with Merryville, and will not play a tiebreaker game.

Editors Note: This is the final part of a series previewing the LSU Baseball Team

Lacassine High School Lacassine’s Blake Broussard scored a season-high 25 points on Tuesday to lift the Cardinals to a 56-50 upset win over Midland. Broussard knocked down four 3-pointers in his outstanding contest.

CROWLEY – The No. 3 Lake Arthur Lady Tigers (LA) and the No.10 Tigers went on the road and took care of business Tuesday night against Notre Dame (ND) in a pair of 6-2A battles. The Lady Tigers won the opener by a final of 61-31, while the Tigers survived a scare from the Pios and escaped with a 48-35 victory.

BATON ROUGE - The Tigers took a big blow following the 2019 season along the infield, as they lost All-American shortstop Josh Smith to the MLB Draft, third baseman Chris Reid to graduation and second baseman Brandt Broussard to graduation as well. However, the Tigers do return guys with some experience, along with a host of talented newcomers to fill some voids.