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Cowboys picked 1st in SLC preseason poll; 5 Pokes named preseason All-SLC

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Monday, October 28, 2024

By: MATTHEW BONNETTE Senior Associate AD/Sports Communications LAKE CHARLES – Coming off one of the most historic seasons in school history with a 30-win season plus Southland Conference regular season and tournament championships, the McNeese Cowboys have been selected as an overwhelming favorite...

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LSU trio earns honors, team climbs in polls

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Thursday, October 17, 2024

By: RAYMOND PARTSCH III LSN Sports Reporter A trio of Tigers have been recognized as Southeastern Conference Players of the Week for their performance in Saturday's 29-26 overtime victory over No. 8 Ole Miss in Tiger Stadium.

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Media predicts Alabama men to win SEC

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Thursday, October 17, 2024

BIRMINGHAM - Alabama was predicted to win the 2025 Southeastern Conference men’s basketball championship in voting by a select panel of both SEC and national media members. Alabama’s Mark Sears was the choice of the media for SEC Men’s Basketball Player of the Year.

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Soileau to be inducted into Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame

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Wednesday, September 18, 2024

NATCHITOCHES – A champion at every level, West Monroe, LSU and NFL standout Andrew Whitworth, is joined by pro basketball All-Stars Danny Granger and Vickie Johnson, the state’s winningest all-time college baseball coach Joe Scheuermann and Danny Broussard, one of the nation’s most successful high...

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Big changes await LSU in 2024

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Monday, August 26, 2024

By: RHETT MANUEL LSN Sports Editor Turnover is the name of the game in modern era college football. With draft picks, coaching changes and the transfer portal, a team very rarely looks similar from one season to the next.

2023 Biletnikoff Award winner and unanimous 1st-team All-America Marvin Harrison Jr. (Photo submitted)

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Daniels is named to Biletnikoff Award Preseason Watch List

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Monday, August 12, 2024

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The Tallahassee Quarterback Club (TQC) Foundation, Inc., the Florida-based creator and sponsor of the prestigious Biletnikoff Award, has released the 2024 Biletnikoff Award Preseason Watch List.

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Mondo is Louisiana’s and LSU’s greatest, no questions asked

Rhett Manuel

Thursday, August 8, 2024

I’ve seen LSU’s Greatest of All-Time, live and in-person, and it was incredible. I’ve eaten a meal with my wife ten feet away from greatness and chosen to respect their privacy. So, who’s the GOAT, and where did I share restaurant space with them? Did I have Plucker’s Wings near Joe Burrow in 2019?

Handling the ceremonial shovels, from left, are Carey Lawson, LSU Eunice Foundation executive director; Kip Bertrand, LSU Eunice Foundation president; Patrick Morrow, LSU Board of Supervisors vice chair; Jeff Willis, LSU Eunice athletic director; Dr. Nancee Sorenson, LSU Eunice chancellor; Rebecca Boniol, LSU Board of Supervisors member; Esperanza Moran, LSU Board of Supervisors member; and Emily Otken, LSU Board of Supervisors student member.

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New Bengal Stadium celebrated with indoor groundbreaking

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Monday, August 5, 2024

By: RHETT MANUEL LSN Sports Editor It’s the type of idea that anyone who has attended LSUE through the years couldn’t have seen coming even in their wildest visions of growth.

Destiny Lavigne (seated center left) is pictured as she signs to play college softball with Xavier University of Louisiana. Also pictured (from left) are standing Ville Platte High School Principal Shelsy Williams and former Ville Platte High School Assistant Principal Dawn Bellard; seated- Ville Platte High School Softball Coach Devinskie Arvie, Latoya Lavigne, and Ville Platte High School Assistant Coach Shonda Jack.

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Pair of Bulldog athletes sign to play at next level

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Thursday, August 1, 2024

By: TONY MARKS Editor Two former student athletes from Ville Platte High School have signed on the dotted line to continue their playing careers at the next level.

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The Marks Post: It just means more... except for the oatmeal

Tony Marks

Thursday, July 25, 2024

I turned 42 back on July 14, and the week that followed could get me featured on an episode of VH1’s Best Week Ever. A homeless guy with one eye gave me a tour of Dealey Plaza. I was in the stands to see Paul Skenes retire Aaron Judge on one pitch and to see Shohei Ohtani hit a dinger.

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