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Fair Grounds Thursday Recap
Written by Lenny Vangilder
Thursday, 08 January 2009 17:55
Tensas Yucatan wins FG's Thursday feature
NEW ORLEANS, La. - James Spence's Tensas Yucatan took command entering the stretch and drew off late to win Friday's $52,000 filly and mare allowance feature at Fair Grounds by nine lengths.
LSU attempted to hire Ed Orgeron. Ultimately, the insane money Tennessee threw at him lured him to Knoxville. Always known as a master recruiter, Orgeron is making his case in Louisiana already and it could affect LSU.
Five-star defensive back Janzen Jackson, who has been verbally committed to LSU for months, will now visit Tennessee this weekend. It turns out that Orgeron is a long-time friend of Jackson's father, Lance Guidry.
Due to unfortunate circumstances, the Fontainebleau High School football job is now open. In the summer of 2007, when the position opened abruptly due to head coach Larry Favre taking the St. Tammany Parish Athletic Director position, there were many applicants for the vacancy. Once again, a plethora of coaches will attempt to land one of Class 5A's most coveted jobs.
Fans can listen to the men's game live on KLRZ 100.3 FM. The pregame show will begin 15 minutes prior to tip-off.
THIBODAUX, La. - Both the men's and women's basketball teams will travel to Northwestern State on Saturday to open in Southland Conference play in a doubleheader.
Six stakes showcase Saturday's RTTD KICKOFF DAY PROGRAM
NEW ORLEANS, La. - "Derby fever" spikes an early temperature Saturday as the $100,000 Grade III Lecomte Stakes headlines "Road to the Derby" Kickoff Day at Fair Grounds.
Cowboys' Lawrence and Link are headed to the NFL Combine
Written by Louis Bonnette (MSU Ath.)
Thursday, 08 January 2009 15:09
McNeese State's Quinten Lawrence and Kyle Link have been invited to the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis.
The event, which brings in the top collegiate football players in the nation to be tested by NFL teams, will be held Feb. 19. Usually only those players expected to be taken in the NFL draft are invited to attend.
Lawrence, a wide receiver, and Link, an offensive tackle, have been standouts throughout their careers with the Cowboys.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Jockey Francisco Torres escaped serious injury when a filly he was riding collapsed after a workout Thursday morning at the Fair Grounds.
LSU attempted to hire Ed Orgeron. Ultimately, the insane money Tennessee threw at him lured him to Knoxville. Always known as a master recruiter, Orgeron is making his case in Louisiana already and it could affect LSU.
