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College postseason could set up interesting questions

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Thursday, May 23, 2024
It's arguably the time of the year that's most fun if you're a baseball fan. I personally do not consider myself in that number. I appreciate the game, but ultimately have crippled myself with too short of an attention span to fully enjoy the sport.
LSU Eunice’s Dawson Willis is greeted by two Bengals teammates after a home run during the Region 23 championship this past weekend. (Photo courtesy of Travis Webb)

LSU Eunice’s Dawson Willis is greeted by two Bengals teammates after a home run during the Region 23 championship this past weekend. (Photo courtesy of Travis Webb)

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LSUE locks up top-seed in NJCAA World Series

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Thursday, May 23, 2024
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor EUNICE – LSU-Eunice Baseball has been tabbed the No. 1 seed for the upcoming NJCAA Division II Baseball World Series, the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) announced on Tuesday during their selection show.
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LSUE baseball cruises into Region 23 title game

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Monday, May 20, 2024
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor POPLARVILLE, Miss. – It’s the postseason in college baseball. That can only mean one thing, that the LSU-Eunice baseball program is putting itself firmly in contention for another national championship at the junior college level.
Madison Fontenot, of Mamou High School, is pictured as she signs to play college basketball at Centenary College. (Photo courtesy of Mamou High School)

Madison Fontenot, of Mamou High School, is pictured as she signs to play college basketball at Centenary College. (Photo courtesy of Mamou High School)

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Mamou’s Fontenot commits to Centenary women’s hoops

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Thursday, May 16, 2024
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor MAMOU – A dream that came true late is nonetheless a dream come true.
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LaFleur is SBC champion in javelin

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Monday, May 13, 2024
By: TOM PERPETUA Associate Director of Athletics Communications MONROE - The Louisiana track and field team is off to a terrific start at the Sun Belt Conference Championships at the Groseclose Track at Brown Stadium in Monroe, Louisiana. The women lead with 38.5 points, a 14.
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Mulkey needs one more lesson to be among all-timers

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Monday, April 8, 2024
There aren’t many names in sports right now, either college or professional, that are generating headlines quite like LSU women’s basketball head coach Kim Mulkey currently is. The veteran coach and proud owner of four basketball national championship wins is a lot of things.
Mackenzie Floyed (center) is pictured with her mother, Ann; and father, Robert, during a signing ceremony on Monday, March 25, at Sacred Heart. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Mackenzie Floyed (center) is pictured with her mother, Ann; and father, Robert, during a signing ceremony on Monday, March 25, at Sacred Heart. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

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Breaking away

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Thursday, March 28, 2024
By: TONY MARKS Editor Mackenzie Floyed, the daughter of Ann and Robert Floyed, is taking her rodeo game to McNeese State University after a signing ceremony was held at Sacred Heart on Monday, March 25. Floyed competes in break away and goat tying. “It’s not easy,” she said about tying goats.
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Worst shooting night of year dooms McNeese against Gonzaga

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Monday, March 25, 2024
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – McNeese entered Thursday’s appearance in the NCAA Tournament, the school’s first in 22 years, riding a high the program had previously never seen.
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Parallels between Gonzaga, McNeese in opening round

Rhett Manuel
Thursday, March 21, 2024
Years ago, there was a plucky underdog out of the northwest region of the country. Their past was famously linked to a Hall of Fame point guard. Frankly, not much else was worth bragging about for the school’s men’s basketball program.
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