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LHSAA moves 2020 football season start to October 8th

BATON ROUGE - Coming on the heels of the Governor’s proclamation to keep Louisiana in Phase II of the pandemic recovery plan, the Louisiana High School Athletic Association has decided to tentatively push back the start of the 2020 football season to October 8.

LSU receives a pre-season No. 5 ranking

BATON ROUGE -- The LSU Tigers will start the 2020 season ranked No. 5 in the country, according to the USA Today Pre-season Coaches Poll released Thursday afternoon. The defending National Champions lost a number of key players off of last year’s squad, including Heisman Trophy winner Joe Burrow.

Just travellin’ on

The challenge this weekend for the 10U Ville Platte Pride softball team as they take on all comers in the FASA Class C World Series in Longview, Texas, avoid the heat in the atmosphere and the heat of competition on the field.

Breaux retires after 43 years; longest tenured SEC coach

BATON ROUGE - It does not matter what sport you coach, doing that job for 43 years is a long time. That is how long LSU’s Sara “D-D” Breaux’s tenure has lasted at the flagship university of Louisiana.

Still anxious

As we know, the LHSAA has not made a final decision on what will happen to fall sports, especially football, which are set to begin in earnest within the next month.

Responsibilities pile up for high school coaches in 2020-21

By: TRACEY JAGNEAUX Sports Editor So, you want to be a head high school coach? Before you do that, let’s talk about the jobs (plural for a reason) you must familiarize yourself with so that you can fulfil all of the obligations thrust upon you.

LSU announces move to mobile ticketing

BATON ROUGE – LSU Athletics announced today all 2020 LSU football tickets will be distributed through mobile delivery and accessed by ticket holders through digital wallets on smart phones.

SEC votes to cut down on games

On Thursday, a day after SEC athletic directors voted to move to a league only schedule, league presidents made the decision official with their own affirmative vote. Teams in the league will begin play on September 26 and conduct a 10 game schedule.

Renewed energy

The 2020 high school softball season was filled with an enormous sense of loss after the shut-down due to COVID-19. However, one student-athlete will not let the disappointment of not being able to play her senior year get in her way of the future.

LHSAA gives more guidance in latest memorandum

In its latest memorandum to member schools, the Louisiana High School Athletic Association (LHSAA) provided more guidance to member schools concerning upcoming protocols for football during the current pandemic.