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LSUE’s JUCO run ends in loss to Blinn

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Monday, June 1, 2026
LSUE Athletics GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – LSU Eunice Baseball wrapped up its first trip to the JUCO World Series after a 16-6 setback to Blinn College on Wednesday at Sam Suplizio Field. The Bengals (47-13) finished in fifth place in the 10-team field.
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McNeese wins SLC Tournament, headed to NCAA Regional

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Thursday, May 14, 2026
By: RAYMOND PARTSCH III LSN Sports Editor LAKE CHARLES - The McNeese Cowgirls are headed back to an NCAA Regional. For the first time since 2023, McNeese will play in the NCAA Tournament, as the Cowgirls earned a spot in the Bryan-College Station Regional.
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Annual Louisiana Association of Basketball Coaches Awards Banquet is held

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Thursday, May 7, 2026
BATON ROUGE --- The coach who led LSU to the promised land of the NCAA Final Four in 2006, along with a legendary high school coach from Lafayette, were the major honorees at Saturday’s 52nd Annual Louisiana Association of Basketball Coaches Awards Banquet.
Pictured from left are Doug Fruge; Sidney Fruge, a Sacred Heart student who signed with the McNeese rodeo team; Rebecca Fruge, and Sacred Heart Rodeo Coach Stephanie Fontenot. (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)

Pictured from left are Doug Fruge; Sidney Fruge, a Sacred Heart student who signed with the McNeese rodeo team; Rebecca Fruge, and Sacred Heart Rodeo Coach Stephanie Fontenot. (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)

Fruge signs with McNeese rodeo

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Thursday, April 16, 2026
By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor Sacred Heart High School senior Sidney Fruge, a barrel racer in the rodeo club, officially signed with McNeese State University in Lake Charles on Monday, April 13, to join the school’s rodeo team beginning in the fall.
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McNeese falls to Vanderbilt, 78-68, in NCAA First Round

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Monday, March 23, 2026
By: MATTHEW BONNETTE Senior Associate AD/ Athletic Communications OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – McNeese's season came to an end on Thursday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, but it wasn't without a fight before falling 78-68 to Vanderbilt.
AJ Storr (2) scores a basket for Ole Miss to put the Rebels within a point at 91-90 against the Arkansas Razorbacks. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

AJ Storr (2) scores a basket for Ole Miss to put the Rebels within a point at 91-90 against the Arkansas Razorbacks. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Hog wild on Broadway

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Thursday, March 19, 2026
By: TONY MARKS Editor NASHVILLE - The Cinderella runs for the Ole Miss men’s basketball team through the SEC Tournament came to an end in the semifinals against Arkansas as the 15th seeded Rebels lost 93-90 in overtime against the Razorbacks.
Cade Arrambide (0) slides across home plate ahead of a tag from the Vanderbilt catcher in Game 1 of LSU’s conference opening series against the Commodores on Friday, March 13. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Cade Arrambide (0) slides across home plate ahead of a tag from the Vanderbilt catcher in Game 1 of LSU’s conference opening series against the Commodores on Friday, March 13. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

No ideal start

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Thursday, March 19, 2026
By: TONY MARKS LSN Editor NASHVILLE - A two-out walk off home run from Logan Johnstone gave Vanderbilt a 13-12 win in the first game of the opening conference series of the year for the defending College World Series champion LSU Tigers.
McNeese head men’s basketball coach Bill Armstrong (center) hoists the SLC Championship Trophy after the Cowboys defeated Stephen F. Austin. (Photo courtesy of Matthew Bonnette)

McNeese head men’s basketball coach Bill Armstrong (center) hoists the SLC Championship Trophy after the Cowboys defeated Stephen F. Austin. (Photo courtesy of Matthew Bonnette)

March Madness hat trick

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Monday, March 16, 2026
By: MATTHEW BONNETTE Senior Associate AD/Sports Communications LAKE CHARLES – McNeese's general, Javohn Garcia, saved the best game of his career for his final one played in the Townsley Law Arena as he scored a career-high 31 points to lead McNeese to a 76-59 romp over Stephen F.
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McNeese men’s and women’s teams pick up SLC honors

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Thursday, March 12, 2026
By: RAYMOND PARTSCH III LSN Sports Editor The McNeese basketball teams have earned multiple Southland Conference accolades. After breaking a 44-year-old scoring record, McNeese guard Larry Johnson has been selected as the 2026 Southland Conference Freshman of the Year.
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