News sports 2008-05-29 Andanh.com

Mainieri, Tigers ready to 'Rock the Box'
Paul Mainieri and the LSU Tigers are ready to "Rock the Box," and it would appear the fans are pretty pumped up as well, as available tickets for the regional are now non-existent. Mainieri won't have to worry about getting enough tickets, but he may get plenty of requests as he's in the unique position of having played his college ball at two of the four schools participating in this weekend's regional.

No gold jerseys for LSU
The LSU baseball team has donned gold jerseys in every game of its current 20-game win streak, but come Friday the NCAA will force the Tigers to take them off for the first time in five weeks. The NCAA has ruled LSU must wear white in its first round regional game against Texas Southern.

UNO finds stride after recent skid

LSU's 20-Game Winning Streak Recap

No gold for Tigers in opener

Brown to get start in Game 1

PITCHING IN: Neville's McCaslin Carson key in Louisiana College's World Series run Tue, 27 May 2008 23:00:00 EST
It's easy to pick out one game this year that typifies McCaslin Carson, the former Neville pitcher who has helped carry Louisiana College to great heights on the softball field.

LHSAA honors OCS for impressive overall athletic year Wed, 28 May 2008 00:40:00 EST
School may be out for the summer, but the awards keep coming for Ouachita Christian.

Monroe Motor Speedway general manager couldn't pass up chance to bring auto racing to area Tue, 27 May 2008 23:00:00 EST
On the balmy May morning when he announced the grand opening of Monroe Motor Speedway, Jerry Smith wore a sweater vest.

Saints add trio; cut West Monroe's Sanders Tue, 27 May 2008 23:00:00 EST
New Orleans Saints Executive Vice President/General Manager Mickey Loomis announced Tuesday the club has signed free agent linebackers Chris Graham and William Kershaw, as well as defensive back Tuff Harris.

LSU football player Jared Mitchell making an impact in baseball too Wed, 28 May 2008 06:56:00 EST
BATON ROUGE — Football is over. School is out. Baseball rules.

ULM volleyball adds five prep standouts from across country Tue, 27 May 2008 23:00:00 EST
MONROE — ULM volleyball head coach John Schmidt has announced the addition of five standout student-athletes from across to country to play for the Warhawks this upcoming fall.

Scott agrees to contract extension with Hornets Wed, 28 May 2008 16:44:00 EST
New Orleans head coach Byron Scott has agreed to a contract extension.

Ants, fish and a great time Tue, 27 May 2008 23:07:00 EST
A youngster who perches on the side of a giant ant hill should expect ants in his pants rather than fish in the fryer.

Skeet Reese: Wacky rigging soft plastics can produce big bass Tue, 27 May 2008 23:00:00 EST
In a never-ending quest to catch more and bigger fish, anglers have learned to embrace a multitude of baits and techniques. We've learned to flip and pitch, cast monstrous swimbaits and even rig a drop shot. And though these fishing techniques began as foreign to most of us, eventually they found their way into the bass fishing vernacular.

Outdoors briefs Tue, 27 May 2008 19:04:00 EST
Shreveport angler Benny Cummings and fishing partner, Paul Cohagan, captured second place recently in the Clark's Annual Billfishing Tournament in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

Sports briefs: Former Shreveporter Ogwyn summits Everest for second time Tue, 27 May 2008 23:12:00 EST
KATHMANDU, Nepal — Former Shreveporter Joby Ogwyn has reached the summit of Mount Everest for the second time.

Tigers' Mitchell finds his groove Tue, 27 May 2008 23:13:00 EST
Sophomore left fielder/wide receiver Jared Mitchell from New Iberia was hitting just .226 on April 15 after going 0-for-3 in an 11-2 win over Nicholls State. He was batting .305 when the Tigers finished the regular season on a 15-game winning streak on May 17.

Battle Wings seek answers Tue, 27 May 2008 23:13:00 EST
Midway through the Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings 2008 season, some fans of the af2 club are wondering what's wrong with their team.

Sports suffer fourth straight loss Tue, 27 May 2008 23:00:00 EST
FORT WORTH, Texas — The Fort Worth Cats jumped out to an early lead and cruised to a 5-1 win over the Shreveport Sports here at LaGrave Field on Tuesday night.

LSU to ditch gold tops against Texas Southern Tue, 27 May 2008 23:00:00 EST
The Tigers (43-16-1) will not wear their gold tops when they open the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional at 1 p.m. Friday against fourth seed Texas Southern (16-32). They will be going with the white home jersey.

Cajuns are livin' the dream Wed, 28 May 2008 14:52:00 EST
UL softball vaulted into national spotlight this week

Mitchell catches fire just in time Tue, 27 May 2008 23:00:00 EST
BATON ROUGE - Football is over. School is out. Baseball rules.

Delhomme sports new look this year Tue, 27 May 2008 23:00:00 EST
Cody Martin played for the Delhomme Drillers and has coached the team for two summers.

Cougars' Wilbert heads to Kansas Tue, 27 May 2008 23:00:00 EST
Ask St. Thomas More tennis standout Erin Wilbert why she selected the Kansas Jayhawks as the program to continue her career and get ready for a long list of reasons.

UL golfer Landry earns scholarship award Tue, 27 May 2008 23:00:00 EST
If the primary goal of college athletics is to provide opportunities for education and success after college - as it should be - then Morgan Landry is the Sun Belt Conference's leading goal achiever.

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