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Preseason SEC Football Media Poll, All-SEC Teams announced

BATON ROUGE — Offensive tackle Will Campbell and linebacker Harold Perkins Jr. lead a list of eight LSU players who have been named preseason All-SEC according to a poll of media covering SEC Football Media Days in Dallas this week.

Millers pick up pair of wins at state tourney

Millers pick up pair of wins at state tourney

LAFAYETTE — The Crowley Millers opened their 2024 American Legion State Tournament off with a bang over the weekend by sweeping through their first two games in the eight-team field held at M.L. “Tigue” Moore Field on the campus of the University of Louisiana. The Millers opened the tourney with a 17-5 win over the Carencro Aces, then followed that up with a winner’s bracket win over the tournament favorite Bossier Phillies by a count of 9-2. Those wins advanced the Millers into the winners bracket finals with a date against the Jesuit-based Retif Oilers out of New Orleans late Monday night. The winner of the state tournament will advance to the Southern Regional held in Washington, Missouri at the beginning of August.

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LACASSINE — Anyone who has been involved in high school sports knows the time commitment, hard work and dedication that comes along with being part of the team. Even those watching from the sidelines can respect the effort these students put in to compete. However, what most spectators don’t see is the late nights and early mornings, balancing practice, studies and extracurricular involvement and the social sacrifices that is involved for one to be a successful academic athlete.

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