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BATON ROUGE, La. – LSU catcher Alex Milazzo lined an RBI single in the seventh inning Sunday to break a 9-9 tie and lift the top-ranked Tigers to a 13-11 victory over Alabama inside Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field.

METAIRIE, La. (AP) — Three of the first four players the New Orleans Saints selected in the NFL draft were linemen, including the first player they traded up to take.

Jeff Davis Parish teams had a fantastic showing this week at their regional meets all over the state. Several qualified to move on to the LHSAA State Track And FIELD Championship on the campus of LSU this coming week. Lacassine and Hathaway are sending several athletes to the state meet in Baton Rouge, while Elton, Lake Arthur, Welsh and Jennings all had an athlete advance.

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WELSH – The No. 11 Welsh Greyhounds picked a win in their opening round contest by defeating the No. 22 Oberlin Tigers by a final of 7-4 at Sportsman’s Park Thursday afternoon. The Hounds will now advance to do battle with No. 6 LaSalle in the regional round of the Division IV non-select playoffs. Welsh used a strong pitching performance from senior Jode Janise to secure the win. The righty went 6.1 innings on the bump, allowing only three hits and four runs, none earned, to grab the win. Cohen Cormier came out of the pen to pick up the save in the seventh inning. Janise and Caleb Miller led the 8-hit Welsh attack with two apiece.

FRENCH SETTLEMENT – The No. 17 Lake Arthur Tigers made the long trek to East Louisiana to take on No. 16 French Settlement in the opening round of the Division IV non-select playoffs Thursday evening. The Tigers would scratch and claw all game long, but eventually fell to their hosts by a final of 7-3. The Tigers end their great season with a 15-15 overall mark on the year. The Lions would jump out to a 6-0 lead through the first five frames, however Lake Arthur would not go down easy. The Tigers scored one in the fifth and two in the seventh to make it close, but the Lions would hold off and earn a 7-3 win. They will now advance to play No. 1 Oak Grove in the regional round.

IOTA — The No. 9 Iota Bulldogs hosted the No. 24 Jennings Bulldogs in the first round of the Division II Non-Select playoffs. A new format has the first round a best of three series, and Iota steadily pulled away from Jennings to take a 14-0 first game win.