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LSU Tigers earn pre-season honors

Rhett Manuel / Sports Editor

Wednesday, August 21, 2024

As college football expands its playoff field to 12 teams for the 2024 season, the LSU Tigers will have top-level talent needed to make noise, as junior offensive tackle Will Campbel and junior linebacker Harold Perkins Jr. were both named preseason first-team All-Americans by the Associated Press.

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LSU sells out of season tickets for 100th year of Tiger Stadium

Harlan Kirgan

Wednesday, August 21, 2024

BATON ROUGE – LSU’s 100th year of football in Tiger Stadium has already reached a milestone as the school announced a sellout of season tickets with 71,250 being sold for 2024. The 71,250 season tickets sold this year are the most for LSU since 2017.

Kayla Schumaker

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Lady Bengals add Schumaker to staff

Rhett Manuel / Sports Editor

Wednesday, August 21, 2024

As the LSUE Lady Bengals continue to rebuild their women’s basketball staff, they recently added Kayla Schumaker to the women’s basketball staff. Schumaker comes to Eunice from Independence Community College, where she served as the top assistant on the Pirates’ staff head coach coach Rob Beckmann.

Tommy Goodale

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Goodale Joins LSUE Baseball coaching staff

Harlan Kirgan

Friday, August 2, 2024

LSU Eunice Baseball has hired Tommy Goodale to join its staff, the Bengals Athletic Department announced on Wednesday. Goodale comes to the Cajun Prairie after serving the last season as an assistant at Murray State University.

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Former LSU Swimmer Brooks Curry earns Olympic Silver in Paris

Harlan Kirgan

Friday, August 2, 2024

PARIS —Former LSU swimmer Brooks Curry took home the second Olympic medal of his career Tuesday afternoon after the United States finished second in the 4x200 meter freestyle relay final with a time of 7:00.78.

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LSUE Men’s Soccer opens season in August

Harlan Kirgan

Wednesday, July 31, 2024

LSU Eunice begins the John Plumbar era on Aug. 24 as the Bengals Men’s Soccer team announces the 2024 regular season schedule. LSUE will play three preseason tune-ups beginning Aug. 10 at Xavier University-New Orleans.

The new Bengal Stadium was celebrated on Friday with indoor groundbreaking. From left, are Marion “Nootsie” Sattler, Eunice City Council alderman at-large; Scott Fontenot, City of Eunice mayor; Jeff Willis, LSU Eunice athletic director; Dr. Nancee Sorenson, LSU Eunice chancellor; Beau Petitjean, Acadia Parish Police Jury; and Jeffery Morgan, Acadia Parish Police Jury. (Photos by Rhett Manuel)

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New Bengal Stadium celebrated with indoor groundbreaking

Rhett Manuel / Sports Editor

Wednesday, July 31, 2024

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.

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LSUE Women’s Soccer set for road heavy fall campaign

Harlan Kirgan

Friday, July 26, 2024

LSU Eunice Women’s Soccer embarks on the second season under the direction of Courtney Murdoch with a 13-game schedule, it was announced on Wednesday. The Bengals will become road warriors this fall, playing ten of their 13 regular season games on the road.

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LSU’s Jayden Daniels named Roy Kramer SEC Male Athlete of the Year

Harlan Kirgan

Wednesday, July 10, 2024

LSU’s Heisman Trophy quarterback Jayden Daniels added another prestigious award to his resume as he was named the 2023-2024 Roy F. Kramer SEC Male Athlete of the Year by a vote of the league’s athletics directors, Commissioner Greg Sankey announced Tuesday.

John Plumbar

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LSUE names Plumbar its men’s soccer head coach

Harlan Kirgan

Friday, July 5, 2024

LSU Eunice has tabbed John Plumbar to serve as its next men’s soccer head coach, it was announced on Wednesday. Plumbar comes to the Cajun Prairie with extensive coaching experience in the club and high school levels, based out of nearby Lafayette.