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Louisiana AP exam scores improve

Fortified roof owners could lose discounts

But many unable to access program BY PATRICK WALL Staff writer

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Louisiana has already spent $55.9 million, or enough for about 5,600 roofs, in the fortified roof program.

Designation may last only 15 years

counts in exchange for lower risk. Now, the organization that invented the fortified standard — the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety — is preparing to make a crucial declaration on roofs: They can only be designated as BY SAM KARLIN fortified for 15 years. Staff writer The move, which IBHS notified regulaLouisiana has lined up $140 million in tors of last week, could have lasting ramipublic money to put fortified roofs on fications for homeowners. Fortified roofs homes, a bipartisan effort to help dig the qualify for mandatory discounts on home state out of a property insurance crisis by insurance premiums, but only if the certiprotecting houses from hurricane-force fication is active. Once the “fortified” deswinds, prompting insurers to offer dis- ignation is removed after 15 years, home-

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owners can expect to lose their discounts as well — unless they start the process over and buy another fortiﬁed roof. The determination only applies to asphalt shingles, which comprise the vast majority of roofs in Louisiana. Roofs made of metal, tile or other materials under the fortified standard will keep the designation beyond 15 years, though those materials are typically far more expensive. Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple,

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More Louisiana high school students are earning high marks on Advanced Placement exams, according to newly released data. However, they remain far less likely than their peers nationally to have access to the college-level courses. Nearly 70% of the AP exams that Louisiana students took this year received a score of 3 or higher on a ﬁve-point scale, qualifying students for credits at many colleges and universities. Louisiana’s rate of AP exams with high scores has grown by more than 30 percentage points since 2019, the biggest increase of any state during that period, according to the Louisiana Department of Education. This year, more than 13,000 Louisiana students scored 3 or higher on an AP exam, up about 6% from last year. “I'm really pleased to see us lead the country in AP growth,” said state Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley. “When students earn college credits in high school, that reduces the number of college courses they have to take and lowers the price tag.” Despite the big gains, relatively few Louisiana students earn high marks on the tests, according to data from the College Board, the nonprofit that oversees the Advanced Placement program. Just under 11% of Louisiana stu-

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Davis, Letlow utilize different styles in campaign for Senate BY TYLER BRIDGES Staff writer

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U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow and farmer Jamie Davis are taking sharply contrasting routes as they run for the same job — to be the next senator from Louisiana. Letlow, R-Baton Rouge, is running a low-profile campaign because, analysts

said, she expects the GOP tilt in Louisiana will power her to victory on Nov. 3. Even though she has much more money, Letlow has yet to bring out the big guns on commercial TV. Letlow has also tied herself closely to President Donald Trump, who endorsed her. Davis, a Democrat, is holding open meetings across the

state to introduce himself to as many voters as possible. He has built a grassroots network of campaign volunteers, trying to reach Democrats and political independents who need a push to vote. Davis is keeping his distance from national Democrats. “It sounds like both are running a sensible campaign to reach their targeted voters,”

said Jay Dardenne, who won four statewide races to serve as secretary of state and lieutenant governor. “Julia obviously is a huge favorite and is raising money and talking to key people who can be inﬂuential. Jamie has a more difﬁcult challenge — he is doing what he can to get enough

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Suspected Boko Haram militants kill at least 15 MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Suspected Boko Haram militants killed at least 15 farmers and firewood gatherers in the Marte local government area of Nigeria 's northeastern Borno State, police and human rights officials said Friday. The attack, apparently carried out by the prominent Islamic militant group, took place late Wednesday and early Thursday in the villages of Ala, Gummna and Musune in Marte, located approximately 80 miles northeast of Maiduguri, the state capital. Borno state police spokesperson Nahum Daso confirmed the violence and added that security forces are working to account for the whereabouts of three other residents who remain missing. Community members retrieved the bodies from the surrounding bushland and buried the 15 victims Thursday evening in accordance with Islamic rites. Residents said the victims, who included young men and village elders, were ambushed, bound and executed at close range while gathering firewood and tending their crops. Amnesty International condemned the attack in a statement, calling the targeting of civilians a grave violation of international humanitarian law and urging Nigerian authorities to bolster protection for vulnerable rural communities in the northeast. Islamic militants have been attacking residents and military targets in the region for more than a decade.

Nepal avalanche toll rises to 15 deaths

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Rescuers discovered eight bodies at the base camp of Mount Himlung in Nepal on Thursday, raising the total number of deaths to 15 following an avalanche during severe weather Sunday. The Nepal National Mountain Guide Association, which is leading the search, said rescuers dug through snow on Mount Himlung to ﬁnd eight bodies in tents at the base camp, where one person remains missing. “Due to continuing mountain hazards, recovery efforts have been temporarily concluded,” the association said. “Further efforts may be possible when conditions allow.” Experienced mountain guides from the association took advantage of good weather and worked through the week to dig through the snow that covered the base camp. Rescuers located 10 other climbers who were part of the group on Mount Himlung, a 23,380-foot peak in north-central Nepal, which is home to eight of the 14 tallest mountain peaks in the world including Mount Everest. The avalanche is considered one of the worst disasters in Nepal mountaineering history. All those killed or missing this week were Nepali nationals preparing for foreign clients to arrive for the autumn climbing season that began this month.

Putin observes military drills in the Urals

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday attended military drills in the Ural Mountains involving troops from China and several other countries. Putin visited a firing range in the Chelyabinsk region to observe the final stage of the Center-2026 maneuvers. The exercises were combined with the Interaction-2026 drills held by members of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, a Moscow-dominated security alliance of several former Soviet nations. Putin said Center-2026 involved 47,000 troops training to repel an attack at 11 firing ranges and in the Caspian Sea. The drills began Monday and will run through Saturday. About 6,000 troops from Russia and other countries took part in the final phase at Chebarkulsky, Putin said. Delegations from 55 nations attended as observers, he added. The drills included military contingents from Belarus, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, as well as troops from China, Mongolia and Pakistan, according to Russian news reports.

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Court blocks Big Bend border wall Ruling temporarily halts construction in Texas region

BY REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press

WASHINGTON — A federal court in Texas on Friday issued a ruling temporarily blocking the Trump administration from building a border wall and other infrastructure across the state's Big Bend region. The news marks a major win for landowners, businesses and environmentalists in the region who have united to oppose the planned infrastructure projects, which are part of a $46 billion effort by the Trump administration to line the southern border with a mix of 30-foot-tall steel walls, vehicle barriers, roads and surveillance technology. Judge Kathleen Cardone said in

her ruling that the plaintiffs were “likely to succeed on the merits of at least one of the claims in suit, that there is a likelihood that they will suffer serious, irreparable harm without an injunction, and that the balance of the equities and the public interest weigh in their favor.” Customs and Border Protection and the Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Opponents of the border wall project have argued that the Big Bend region of Texas is so remote and the landscape so rugged that it serves as its own deterrent to illegal immigration and that the administration violated the law when it issued a swath of waivers allowing it to bypass numer-

ous regulations in order to speed up border wall infrastructure projects. Laiken Jordahl, with the Center of Biological Diversity that brought the suit, called Cardone’s ruling a “total victory.” “The bulldozers are going to be sent packing until she rules on the merits,” Jordahl said. “This is such a historic day for Big Bend and for Texas and the Constitution.” The court's decision comes just weeks after the administration erected the ﬁrst border wall panels in the Big Bend sector in the middle of September. The border wall project through the Big Bend sector has sparked bipartisan opposition. Much of the opposition has been geared around Customs and

Border Protection’s plans for inside the Big Bend National Park, which is prized for its beautiful landscapes, limestone cliffs and crystal clear night sky views. When bulldozers were spotted clearing land in the park in August, it sparked widespread opposition with both Republicans and Democrats calling for the administration to stop. Customs and Border Protection paused all activity there, but that pause expired on Wednesday. The administration has said it’s reevaluating plans for the National Park but has so far not said what it will do there. But the judge’s ruling also extends to areas up and downriver from the National Park, where Customs and Border Protection has planned a range of border infrastructure projects that would largely require build across privately owned land.

Bodycam footage of Luigi Mangione’s arrest unsealed Judge orders release after CNN petition

BY PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press

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Health workers talk inside a Ebola treatment camp in Butembo, Congo, on Wednesday.

Congo Ebola treatment center burned down Death toll passes 4,000 as outbreak spreads

BY DIEUDONNE DIROLE and OPE ADETAYO Associated Press

BUNIA, Congo — Congo's Ebola outbreak has killed more than 4,000 people, authorities said, as they struggle to contain what has become the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history. The latest figures released by the Health Ministry on Thursday showed that 4,018 people have died among 8,300 cases recorded since the outbreak was declared in eastern Congo on May 15. The aid group Médecins Sans Frontières, known in English as Doctors Without Borders, said Friday the outbreak has particularly worsened in the North Kivu province, accounting for 40% of new confirmed cases since the end of August. “It is like fighting a wildfire,” Stephanie Hoffman, MSF coordinator in Butembo, said. “Multiple outbreaks are developing at the same time, with varying intensity and in different locations.” Some health workers, meanwhile, gathered at the epicenter in Ituri Province to demand payment for wages owed to them. The protesters, who included surveillance team members, waved placards saying, “No money, no data!” and “No payment for months.” Some of the workers haven't been paid for August and September, said Biongi Beiza, one of the protesters in Bunia, Ituri's capital. “There is no explanation from the administration,” he said.

Congolese authorities did not immediately address the issue. Front-line workers have gone on strike several times since the outbreak began, further hampering efforts to contain the disease. A senior U.N. official said an Ebola-hit displacement camp housing a transit center for infected patients was burned by soldiers earlier this week as they were looking for weapons in Kigonze, on the outskirts of Bunia, forcing 19,000 people in the camp to flee. Creating such transit and treatment centers has been a struggle, requiring money and staff, all of which are in short supply, said Julien Harneis, the U.N. senior Ebola coordinator. "When we lose a center, that means we lose capacity, we lose investment, and we have to start again. And above all, it means that people do not get access to the care that they really need,” Harneis said. An aid worker with MSF was infected with Ebola while working in Congo, the group said in a statement. The worker arrived in the Netherlands late Thursday on a special medical flight and was transferred to a high-level isolation unit, the Leiden University Medical Center said in a statement. At least 50 health workers have died after contracting the virus. One way local authorities have tried to contain the outbreak is through mobile laboratories. In Butembo, an Associated Press journalist watched a medical team operating one such lab near an Ebola treatment center on Thursday. Test results that used to take 72 hours can now be obtained in six hours with the mobile labs, said Lota Kalubi, a doctor at the treatment center.

Taiwan receives 2 long-delayed U.S. F-16Vs, awaits additional ﬁghter jets BY HUIZHONG WU Associated Press

BANGKOK — Taiwan on Friday received the first two of 65 F-16V fighter jets ordered from the U.S., the island's air force said, following years of delays. The two F-16V Block 70 jets landed at Chihhang Air Base in Taitung. There are 63 more to be delivered. The self-ruled island, which is also claimed by Beijing as part of its territory, placed an order for the F-16Vs in 2019. Taiwan largely purchases arms from the U.S., its largest unofficial ally, to boost its defenses in the face of a military threat from China. China sends fighter jets and ships toward the island almost daily. Taiwan’s defense minister said on Tuesday that the island remains in continuous discussions with the U.S.

about their weapons sales. The shipment is the ﬁrst in a long list of backlogged U.S. orders worth almost $30 billion. The F-16Vs represent $8 billion, or roughly 25% of the entire backlog, according to Taiwan Security Monitor at George Mason University. The order had been delayed partly owing to production and supply chain issues. The delivery of the jets comes as the island waits for the U.S. administration to approve an additional $14 billion arms package. That package has stalled after U.S. President Donald Trump in May met with China’s President Xi Jinping in May. U.S. defense sales to Taiwan are a major source of tension between the U.S. and China. Beijing has repeatedly called for Washington to halt sales to Taiwan, with Xi personally raising the issue with Trump.

NEW YORK — Police bodycam footage released Friday shows the moment officers located and arrested Luigi Mangione at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s in connection with the shooting death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan. In one video, officers ask Mangione to lower the face mask he was wearing to hide his identity. “That’s 100% him,” one officer says eagerly as they step outside to speak out of Mangione’s earshot. “I told you, man,” another responds off camera. Later, an officer searches Mangione’s belongings and smiles widely as she pulls out a gun cartridge, seemingly confirming they’d found their suspect. The trove of videos comes from Mangione’s Dec. 9, 2024, arrest in

Altoona, five days after Thompson, a 50-year-old Minnesota executive, was gunned down as he walked to a midtown Manhattan hotel for his company’s annual investor conference. A Manhattan judge unsealed the recordings Friday after CNN petitioned for their release. Parts of the videos were shown during a December court hearing as Mangione’s lawyers unsuccessfully sought to get key evidence thrown out, including his initial statements to police and items seized at the time of his arrest. Mangione pleaded guilty in August to federal stalking charges and faces life in prison when he's sentenced in December. He also faces murder charges in New York state court, though those proceedings have been postponed indefinitely as his lawyers seek to have the case thrown out. The videos released Friday begin as officers descend on the McDonald’s in central Pennsylvania, nearly 300 miles from Manhattan.

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Report: Woman told investigators she ‘felt like bait’

but found him cording to the Title IX docuCourt documents show similar accounts in Cornell incident be in,” she told investigators. allegations, responsible for attempted ments, Jane Doe told inves-

BY KIMBERLEE KRUESI, MICHAEL R. SISAK and LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press

A woman who says she was gang-raped at a Cornell University fraternity told the school’s investigators last year that she “felt like bait” as the attackers were “like lions around me,” according to records from the school’s disciplinary investigation. The documents, reviewed Friday by The Associated Press, include excerpts of interviews Cornell’s investigators did with the woman and the men she accused and shed more light on the university’s handling of the case. While heavily redacted, the records offer a fuller but sometimes conflicting timeline of events and a glimpse at how the men responded to the allegations. Some disputed the woman’s account and said they weren’t involved in any assault. The woman, identified in court papers only as Jane Doe, sued Cornell and seven former students last month, alleging she was given ketamine and repeatedly assaulted at a fraternity house in October 2024. She went to campus police three weeks after the encounter and gave a detailed account of what happened, but the local district attorney decided not to file criminal charges or push for more investigation after reviewing a police summary of her interview. Only the school’s investigation, under the federal

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Title IX law, persisted, with long held strong romantic a goal of deciding discipline feelings and sexual interfor the students involved. est, according to the disciplinary panel’s findings. Lawsuit reveals details The panel found that she This week, a lawyer for initially consented to sex one of the accused men filed with that man and one of documents from the school’s his friends, though she investigation in a lawsuit later alleged in her lawsuit that seeks to overturn the that she had been presuniversity’s punishment and sured into taking ketamine, remove it from his academic marijuana and alcohol record. They include a 99- and was too intoxicated to page report on a campus consent. hearing panel’s disciplinary Then other men began findings and a summary of showing up in the room, events submitted by the uni- some drawn by a message one of the fraternity brothversity’s lawyers. Though only a fraction ers sent to a Snapchat group of the thousands of pages at 1:42 a.m. using a vulgar amassed in the investiga- term to advertise that a tion, the records show the woman’s body was freely breadth of the university’s available. Later, another inquiry — including 50 inter- person in the chat asked if views with 32 witnesses and the “shop” was still open. The woman told investi12 days of hearings. Late Thursday, Gov. Kathy gators that her intoxication Hochul appointed Attorney had rendered her partly General Letitia James as a defenseless. She said she special prosecutor to lead remembered smoking maria renewed criminal investi- juana and said she knew she gation, saying she had lost took ketamine, her first time faith in Tompkins County doing so, but didn’t have an District Attorney Matthew independent memory of it. The drug, she said, left her Van Houten. According to the Title IX in a state of “vague condocuments filed in court, sciousness.” which are only a portion “You look like an operatof the entire investigation, ing human being,” she told the woman and several of school investigators at a the men gave investigators hearing in May 2025. “You similar accounts of drug use don’t look dead or asleep and sexual activity that took necessarily. So, lights are place at the Chi Phi frater- on, but nobody’s home. Your nity house — but differed brain is not functioning at its sharply in how much of it proper level.” She said some of the men was consensual. inhaled drugs off her unMessages drew others clothed body. “I felt like bait. I felt like The woman had been invited there by a fraternity lions around me. It just was member for whom she had a totally debilitating place to

Environmental groups sue over eased vehicle fuel economy rules BY ALEXA ST. JOHN

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DETROIT — A group of environmental organizations sued the Trump administration on Friday over its recent relaxation of key vehicle fuel economy rules, a decision that the group says will make vehicles less efficient, contribute to more pollution and increase gas consumption. On Monday, the Trump administration lowered Corporate Average Fuel Economy, or CAFE, standards that set out how far new vehicles need to travel on a gallon of gasoline. The announcement was made as the Trump administration negotiated with Iran over reopening the Strait of Hormuz. About a fifth of the world’s oil passes through the strait on a typical day, and the fight over its control has sent energy prices soaring across the globe. The environmental groups filed the petition for review Friday in the U.S. Court of Appeals against Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Jonathan Morrison, the

administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which sets the rules. “We’re taking the Trump administration to court for this reckless rollback that prioritizes Big Oil and automaker proﬁts over American families,” Katherine Garcia, director of Sierra Club’s Clean Transportation for All program, said in a statement. “It is unlawful for Trump to turn back the clock on fuel-efficient cars, forcing drivers to waste more money on gas and communities to breathe toxic air.” The Center for Biological Diversity, the Conservation Law Foundation, the Environmental Defense Fund and Public Citizen, along with the Sierra Club, filed the suit. The Transportation Department and NHTSA earlier this week lowered the standards to an industry ﬂeetwide average of roughly 34.9 miles per gallon for passenger cars and light trucks in the 2031 model year, down from a projected 50.4 miles per gallon under rules set by

the Biden administration. The administration said the change would provide Americans more vehicle choice and encourage consumers to buy newer, safer vehicles. Experts say reducing fuel economy requirements in vehicles does not necessarily lower their cost, nor would it automatically translate to new vehicle sales. Duffy said the new rule also cuts the “illegal mandate that forced automakers to produce more expensive electric vehicles that American families didn’t want.” There has never been a mandate that manufacturers sell EVs or Americans buy them; the rules and other cleaner vehicle standards incentivized automakers to sell a mix of electric, hybrid electric and increasinglyefficient gasoline-powered vehicles. Auto companies and industry groups broadly welcomed Monday’s change, saying the rules under the Biden administration were too stringent and did not beneﬁt consumers.

One of the men the woman accused of snorting drugs off her body — but not participating in other elements of the assault — denied her account. He told investigators he was in the room for no more than ﬁve minutes, and didn’t go there for sex. “That was not our intentions at all. We were just checking out to see if everything” was OK, he said. He insisted that he did not see the woman naked at any time — she was under bed coverings, he said — and did not partake in drug use. He said he sat on a couch and chatted for a few minutes, then left after the woman and another man there both indicated they were all right. A Cornell disciplinary panel later cleared him of sexual assault or exploitation

sexual exploitation because it didn’t believe his claim to have gone to the room for altruistic reasons. The fraternity member, who is challenging Cornell’s disciplinary process in court, also posted in the Snapchat conversation, saying what was happening in the room was not a joke, adding: “Firsthand pov not a bit.” The student later told investigators he did not remember sending the message, according to Cornell’s account.

tigators two other men stood at the foot of the bed acting “more like voyeurs than anything.” The lawsuit seeks to hold all seven men liable for rape. She is asking for unspeciﬁed damages. Cornell hasn’t detailed the results of its investigation, but said it resulted in some students being expelled. The man who filed the lawsuit challenging his punishment was allowed to stay at Cornell, but he was ordered to stay away from the woman, take a class on sexual harassment and bystander intervention, and write a paper reflecting on the circumstances for which he was found responsible and include a proposal to train other students on preventing sexual harassment.

Tougher penalties In her lawsuit, Jane Doe accused two of the other men who entered the room of performing sex acts on her without her consent, while she was partially incapacitated. She accused another man of kissing her without her consent. Ac-

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FlyDubai co-pilot was banned G7 nations will

release oil, diesel

Oman barred him from flying over extremism concerns

Energy Policy Research 100 million barrels atFoundation, a nonpartisan of fuel should be a research institution focused on energy and economics. short-term fix

BY SAM MEDNICK and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press

BY COLLIN BINKLEY and JOHN LEICESTER

TEL AVIV, Israel — The FlyDubai co-pilot who officials said nearly crashed a Tel Aviv-bound flight with 182 people aboard was barred from flying by his native Oman over concerns he had adopted extremist views, a person familiar with the matter said Saturday. The co-pilot was subsequently hired by the United Arab Emirates-based airline, the person said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss the ongoing investigation. It was not immediately clear to what extent he was vetted when he was hired in the Emirates. Oman’s move to bar the co-pilot from flying was first reported by the Wall Street Journal. The attack left the region’s travel industry in crisis, raising questions about aviation security and further unsettling a Middle East already shaken by the U.S.-Iran war. A regional investigation is underway. The United Arab Emirates has canceled all flights to Israel, complicating travel for hundreds of passengers who fly between the countries on a typical day. Israel and the UAE agreed on repatriation flights, beginning Friday, to bring back passengers stranded in the UAE after commercial travel between the two countries was suspended, according to an Israeli official who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. The first repatriation

WASHINGTON — The Group of Seven wealthy democracies said Friday that they plan to release 100 million barrels of oil and fuel products in the coming weeks, starting with “substantial” amounts of diesel after the fuel recently hit record high prices in the United States. President Donald Trump said the diesel release would happen “immediately,” echoing a G7 promise to start “immediately” with a “frontloaded substantial release” of diesel within the next 20 days and the rest over four months. Trump and his Republican Party face pressure to address surging prices ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections, and Trump announced the action Friday on social media. The president's approval ratings on the economy hit a new low, according to an AP-NORC poll, as the Iran war and his trade battles have increased U.S. prices for oil and other goods. Gas prices in the U.S. and abroad have soared during the eight-month-long war, a cost Trump has repeatedly said is worth it for making sure Iran does not obtain nuclear weapons. The national average for a gallon of diesel in the U.S. was $6.37 on Friday, according to AAA, after hitting a record $6.52 on Sept. 22. Diesel prices have hit records in Europe, too. The release of diesel in Europe might mean less exports of diesel from the U.S., which could lower prices by 25-50 cents per gallon after a few weeks, said Michael Lynch, distinguished fellow

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People disembark from a FlyDubai plane carrying Israeli passengers at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, on Wednesday. The passengers been aboard another FlyDubai aircraft that made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. ﬂight left the UAE shortly before 11 p.m. and landed in Tel Aviv just after 1 a.m., according to the Ben Gurion International Airport website. The airport listed carriers Arkia and Israir with ﬂights scheduled to arrive from Dubai early Saturday. El Al was expected to fly passengers from Dubai to Israel on Sunday. Dubai has been a popular destination for Israelis since Israel and the UAE established ties in 2020 as part of the Trump administration's Abraham Accords to normalize ties between Israel and Arab countries.

Attacks raises questions U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters that early information he's received suggests links between the attack and Tehran but did not elaborate. Trump also said that if it is determined that Iranian agents were behind the attack, the United States will “hit them very hard.” Israeli investigators are involved in the probe but the Emiratis are in the lead, according to an official who wasn’t authorized to speak to the media

and spoke on condition of anonymity. It’s unclear if the attacker was part of a group, said the ofﬁcial, adding that there is currently no evidence of a link with Iran. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that the co-pilot had undergone “Islamist radicalization,” but has provided no evidence to back the assertion. “We are now investigating whether he was sent, and whoever sent him will pay a very heavy price,” Netanyahu said in a video message on Friday. UAE senior diplomatic adviser Anwar Gargash on Friday called the FlyDubai attack a “dangerous terrorist act” in a post on X. He credited the flight captain for preventing a catastrophe. The moment is a test for the UAE government, which has burnished a reputation for building effective measures against extremist activities but has also bristled in the past over criticism of security lapses. “The Emiratis are going to be interested in protecting their reputation,” said Jon Alterman, chair of Global

Attorneys: Christa Pike on a ventilator after failed execution Tennessee governor orders review BY KIM CHANDLER and JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press

Christa Pike was placed on a ventilator and remained unconscious in a hospital in the hours after her failed execution in Tennessee, her attorneys said in a court ﬁling Friday. Hospital staff, her lawyers said, were working to save Pike’s life and as of late Thursday were trying to clear the two doses of Pike the drug that the state uses to execute prisoners. The stunning failure in Tennessee’s execution chamber on Wednesday has left both sides of the death penalty debate demanding answers. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has ordered an independent review. The court filing offered the first detailed account of Pike’s condition after an ambulance carried her away from Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville on Wednesday night. Her attorneys said a day earlier that she was in critical condition.

Problems with the IV Pike’s attorneys said they believed problems with the IV lines caused the pentobarbital to flow into her body instead of her bloodstream. “Apparently at no point did any member of the execution team realize that the IV lines were not correctly placed or that the veins had blown and that the pentobarbital was, in whole or

“It took me numerous years to even realize the gravity of what I’d done. Even more to accept how many lives I affected. I took the life of someone’s child, sister, friend. It sickens me now to think I had the ability to commit such a crime,” Pike said in an earlier clemency petition. The mother of the 19-yearLeaders want a review old woman Pike killed exLee demanded a review pressed frustration over the of the execution procedures failed execution. “I didn’t and indefinitely postponed get justice for my daughPike’s execution and anoth- ter,” May Martinez said er that had been scheduled Thursday. for this year. Republican Tennessee lawmakers said Problems found years ago the state should review Four years ago, Tenneswhether to stop single-drug see’s governor ordered anlethal injections and consid- other independent review er other options to carry out into capital punishment after abruptly stopping the death sentences. The execution team April 2022 execution of Osworked for an hour to admin- car Smith. Lee then paused ister the lethal drugs, said all executions after acknowlPike's defense lawyer Randy edging the state had failed Spivey, who counted at least to ensure its lethal injection seven needles in her left arm. drugs were properly tested. Neither the initial nor the Months later, a report backup dose of pentobar- found the state hadn’t combital worked. Pike was still plied with its own lethal snoring when the execution injection process since its chamber’s microphone was revision in 2018, resulting in cut off more than an hour executions being conducted into the attempt. without proper testing of Pike’s attorneys asked the drugs. a state court to order the At the time, the state used Tennessee Department of a three-drug execution Correction to preserve all protocol of midazolam, veevidence from the failed curonium bromide and poexecution. tassium chloride. The state “Preserving this evidence later switched to using just is essential to understand- pentobarbital. Pentobarbital has been ing what happened, ensuring accountability and used to carry out death senprotecting Christa’s legal tences in multiple states and rights,” two of her attorneys by the federal government. said in a statement. The review, led by former She was 18 when she and U.S. Attorney Ed Stanton, her boyfriend tortured and also found that the state’s killed a classmate, Colleen unidentified executioner Slemmer, in a jealous rage. had no formal healthcare She later became one of the training and learned the youngest women to be sent role mainly through on-theto death row. job experience. Following the killing, Pike After the release of the rewas diagnosed with bipolar port, the Tennessee Departdisorder and post-traumatic ment of Correction fired its stress disorder, her attor- longtime top attorney and another employee. neys said. in part, entering Ms. Pike’s body,” they wrote in the court filing. Instead of “remedying this failure,” they prepared and administered a second dose of pentobarbital, her lawyers said. State officials have not offered any explanations about what went wrong.

Security and Geostrategy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. “They believe people should see them as a place that’s very secure, not a place that has serious lapses.”

Flight plummeted Details of the harrowing flight, which other crew members on board landed safely in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday continue to emerge. Smit Machchhar, the wounded captain who has been hailed as one of the heroes of the ﬂight, and the co-pilot were transferred on Thursday from Saudi Arabia to the UAE, the kingdom said. Machchhar is recovering in an Abu Dhabi hospital. He spoke with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a televised video call Friday, describing the terror he faced after being attacked in the closed cockpit. “I had so many wounds. I had fallen down,” he said, his head bandaged, as he broke into sobs. “I was ﬁghting for my life. At one point, I realized that if I didn’t get up … then passengers would lose their lives.”

Prices should lower

France holds the rotating presidency of the G7 group and made the announcement in a statement released after videoconference talks that Macron presided over. The G7 countries are Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the U.K. and the U.S., plus EU representation. The release follows on from a March announcement that International Energy Agency member countries would release 426 million barrels of oil and products to stabilize the oil market. European Union countries committed about 92 million barrels, a promise weighted toward reﬁned products made from crude such as diesel. “This common decision and this unity should bring down prices,” Macron said. “The volumes we’re releasing should also add liquidity to the market and bring down prices.” In addition to the rise in the price of the crude oil from which diesel is made, other factors include the decision by Russia to ban exports due to Ukrainian drone strikes on its reﬁneries. Europe does not import Russian diesel, but other buyers of Russian diesel such as Turkey and Latin American countries must now compete with Europe for available barrels. Meanwhile refined product shipments from the Persian Gulf producers have fallen due to war damage and blocked export routes. The statement pushed U.S. oil prices down 2% but “the impact was lessened by lack of clarity on an important question,” said Pavel Molchanov, investment strategy analyst at Raymond James.

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a Republican former insurance executive who has supported funding for fortified roofs, said even if the discount goes away, homeowners will still benefit from having a fortified roof after 15 years. For one, a 15-year-old fortified roof will still be higher quality than a non-fortified roof of the same age, he said. Fortified roofs deploy stronger nails, sealant on the seams of the roof decking, stronger edges and a verification process to make sure it’s installed correctly. Plus, homeowners might still be able to take advantage of smaller discounts through a wind mitigation survey, he said. “I hear contractors tell me there’s no such thing as a 20-year roof,” Temple said. “It’s unrealistic to think a roof is going to last forever.” Temple noted that the decision doesn’t mean the roof has to be replaced after 15 years, only that the discount will go away. Louisiana elected officials in both parties have embraced fortified roofs as the property insurance market entered a period of global turmoil from around 2017 to 2024. Increased hurricane and wildfire risk driven by climate change sent the market spiraling, while inflation drove up the cost of construction materials. Hurricanes that hit the state in 2020 and 2021 — and the insurance claims they prompted — sent a dozen insurers belly up. Louisiana experienced dramatic premium increases, with some seeing their bills triple or more, and insurers pulled out of the market. Tens of thousands of people were forced onto Citizens, the insurer of

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Continued from page 1A free media to counter her huge ﬁnancial advantage.” Most candidates in the final weeks of a campaign would be giving their stump speech at every stop — making their main points to win over voters. Letlow, however, is engaged in what she calls a “listening tour” that will take her to all 64 parishes in Louisiana. This approach is more typical of incumbents. Letlow is meeting with small groups at mostly closed events where she takes questions and gives locals the chance to express views on topics that she would address next year as a senator if elected. “I want to hear what people are dealing with, what their issues are, what their concerns are,” Letlow said in a phone interview Tuesday. “As you can imagine, it’s different from parish to parish. It’s so important for me to learn from them.” Letlow described many of the events as “roundtable discussions” so that “we can keep it intimate and people can share what’s going on in their parish as opposed me giving the same stump speech over and over again. I think that’s really resonating with people.” Davis’ events are more freewheeling, frequently featuring laughter, shouts of support and applause from audiences. One evening in Gretna in late August, he told a packed audience at St. Paul’s Baptist Church that he is a farmer from Tensas Parish, in northeast Louisiana, who is running on a nonpartisan

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Continued from page 1A dents who graduated from a public high school last year earned a 3 or above on an AP exam, compared with 25% of graduates nationally. Louisiana students also have less access to AP courses than their peers in other states. In 2025, Louisiana ranked dead last among states in terms of the share of students whose public high schools offer five or more AP courses, according to the data. About 40% of Louisiana students attended such schools, compared with 80% of high schoolers nationally.

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Workers install a fortified roof with impact-rated shingles on a home in Jefferson in May. last resort that charges more than the private market. Over the last nearly two years, the global reinsurance market has seen significant softening after capital flooded into it, causing prices to decline. An index of reinsurance costs tracked by Guy Carpenter saw a decline of around 7% last year and 16% this year. Home insurers in Louisiana generally have smaller balance sheets and tend to rely on reinsurance more heavily than insurers in non-hurricane prone states. That means rises and falls in the reinsurance market directly impact prices here. BHS, an organization backed by the insurance industry, started researching roof aging in 2013 to understand how roofs respond to perils like wind and hail. By 2024, the organization collected asphalt shingle roof sections with five to 10 years of natural weathering from “roof aging farms” in South Carolina, Wisconsin, Ohio and Alabama.

The group found that between years five and 10 of a fortified roof, most begin to degrade, decreasing their ability to withstand high winds. “These findings indicate that the probability of asphalt shingle roof-cover damage or loss can be expected to increase over time,” Fortified managing director Fred Malik said in a statement. “The eligibility limit reflects how roofcover performance changes over time; it’s not a determination that a home has lost all of the benefits provided by its original FORTIFIED improvements.” Malik noted that since the fortified standard began, that designation expires every five years unless a homeowner gets a reevaluation. Now, homeowners will be able to get up to two re-evaluations after the roof is installed, and the designation expires after 15 years. William Stoudt’s nonprofit, Rebuilding Together New Orleans, has put on hundreds of fortified

platform. Democrats in other states are blaming President Donald Trump for voters’ concerns. But Davis barely uttered the president’s name. Instead, he used his bio to connect with their everyday worries. “What I’ve learned most about Louisiana is that people are hurting,” Davis said. “Everybody is struggling.” Davis talked about his 13 grandchildren and how he wants them to have a better future in rural Louisiana. “So Paw Paw gotta do something about that,” he said. People in the crowd jumped up and applauded, with several shouting, “Yeah, you right!” Orin Grant, the pastor of the church, was sitting just to Davis’ right. “Paw Paw!” Grant cried out, prompting more applause. “Paw Paw!” Letlow is campaigning while facing headwinds, with a slew of national polls showing a drop in Trump’s approval rating. One recent poll showed that Trump, who won Louisiana with 60% of the vote in 2024, now has an approval rating in the state that is nearly matched by his disapproval rating. Letlow jumped into the Senate race in January only after Trump endorsed her over U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, who angered the president by voting to convict him of inciting the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol by his supporters. She knocked Cassidy, R-Baton Rouge, out of the race in the May primary. When Letlow won the Republican nomination on June 27, she began her remarks by saying, “I am so incredibly ﬁlled with gratitude for the greatest president this

country has ever had, Donald Trump!” John Couvillon is a veteran pollster in Baton Rouge who did surveys for state Treasurer John Fleming, who was defeated by Letlow for the Republican nomination. Neither Fleming nor Cassidy has endorsed her. “She’s weak among White independents, in suburban areas, and there’s some defection among White Republicans for being too close to Trump, from bitter feelings from the primary and from economic anxiety,” Couvillon said. “When you’re close to Trump, you’re seeing an impact, and it’s not a positive one. (Sen.) John Kennedy has begun to be more independent of Trump lately. Julia has not done that.” Davis paid for a poll conducted by Hart Research, a longstanding Democratic firm in Washington. It showed that Letlow led him by only four points, 48% to 44%, in mid-September. “The fact that Jamie is within the margin of error of Congresswoman Letlow is notable given her name recognition is double his (82% for Letlow, versus 41% for Davis),” Hart Research wrote in a memo. “However, Letlow is a much polarizing ﬁgure, while Jamie has strong popularity among the Louisiana voters that are currently familiar with him. And among the nearly quarter of voters that are not registered with either major party, and thus an important swing group, Letlow’s ‘negative’ (42%) far outpaces her ‘positive’ (28%).” Asked about Davis’ poll, Letlow called it “bogus” and said, “We feel conﬁdent about winning the election. But we’re not going to take

Louisiana also lags in AP exam-taking, according to the data. Just 25% of Louisiana students who graduated in 2025 took at least one AP exam during high school, compared with 37% nationally. When it comes to course access, Louisiana also has bigger racial disparities than the nation as a whole. In 2025, 35% of Black Louisiana students attended high schools with five or more AP courses, 11 percentage points lower than the share of White students. Nationally, 75% of Black students attended such schools, just 1 percentage point lower than their White peers. Advanced Placement

courses are available in a range of subjects, including math, science, English, social studies, world languages and the arts. Students who take AP classes are more likely to enroll in four-year colleges, even if they don’t earn high scores on the exams, according to research highlighted by the College Board. In Louisiana, the most AP exams taken by the most students this year were geography, English and U.S. government, according to the data. Among popular exams, biology had the lowest rate of students scoring 3 or higher (56%), while precalculus had the highest rate (90%).

roofs for low-income homeowners. He has pushed for the state Insurance Department to boost its efforts to get the roofs to lowincome residents by partnering with organizations like his. Homeowners who win the $10,000 grant in a lottery generally have to pay out of pocket for any costs over that, typically several thousand dollars. The state got a massive influx of money for fortiﬁed roof grants this year, dedicating $100 million to the program by using excess funds from Citizens, the insurer of last resort, as well as redirecting federal affordable housing funds. Gov. Jeff Landry said recently that the funding will help the state have “proactive preparation” to reduce insurance costs and fortify their homes against hurricane risk. In all, Louisiana has $140 million lined up for grants, enough for 14,000 roofs, said John Ford, spokesperson for the Insurance Department. Some of that money won’t come until next year, he

anything for granted. I’m going to keep crisscrossing the state and work for every vote to ensure that I can keep delivering for Louisiana in the Senate. Letlow continued: “Most of the polls in the primary and the runoff in my race showed it to be a tight race. Some even had me losing. But we ended up winning both races by double digits.”

added. The state has already spent $55.9 million, or enough for about 5,600 roofs, he said. Stoudt said IBHS’ new policy raises questions about how Louisiana should approach building stronger homes. He warned that IBHS could decide later that the designations only last 10 years. And he said materials other than asphalt shingles are generally too costly for the average homeowner to afford. He worried that customers may panic if they got a fortified roof five to 10 years ago. IBHS noted that the first fortified roof in Louisiana was installed in 2021; states like Alabama have been using them for longer. Stoudt said research on roofs can’t determine the specifics of each house. He’s seen roofs put on after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 that are still in excellent shape, while he’s seen other, newer roofs that have problems. “The problem is a laboratory can’t really tell an evaluator whether a roof at 123 Plum St. is going to last another five years,” Stoudt said. “A storm could happen and a roof comes off on one house and the house next door is completely untouched.” He suggested the Insurance Department should consider putting more fortified roof money into wind mitigation surveys, which are cheaper and could impact more homes. He also said the state should continue dedicating money to fortified roofs, which will make homes more able to withstand increasingly powerful hurricanes in the future. “Right now, we still have a tremendous demand for grants,” Stoudt said. “But there’s a finite amount of time the state will be able to dedicate X amount of dollars to this problem. If they don’t do it now, we’ll continue to deepen our affordability crisis.”

In campaign appearances, Letlow touts her support for the SAVE Act, a high priority for Trump that Democrats say would discourage voting. She also calls for continuing Trump’s policies to ensure that the U.S. has “a safe and secure border.” She noted that her campaign website, julialetlow. com, contains her plans on 15 issues. Davis’ website, jamiefor-

louisiana.com, features a 30-second bio video. On social media, Davis’ supporters present a more pointed message than he does in his campaign appearances. They are attempting to tap into voter anger with Trump, Gov. Jeff Landry, high gas and diesel prices, the Iran war, data centers and the threat to land rights posed by carbon capture and sequestration.

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for funneling a transit that indicted those ofﬁcials was set Official with federal experience to join Baton Rouge probes exchange to expire soon but recently was recontract to an associate.

BY PATRICK SLOAN-TURNER Staff writer

A former federal prosecutor who handled several high-profile cases in Louisiana has joined Attorney General Liz Murrill’s office to lead the state’s prosecutions of several current and former Baton Rouge public officials accused of corruption after the previous top attorney took another job. John Luke Walker, a former assistant U.S. attorney for the West-

ern District of Louisiana, will oversee bribery and corruption cases involving Baton Rouge officials, including those against Metro Council member Cleve Dunn Jr. and schools Superintendent LaMont Cole, a spokesperson for Murrill’s office confirmed Thursday. Walker retired from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in January after 36 years. He tried several major cases in federal court, including the high-profile public bribery case of Lafayette Assistant District Attor-

ney Gary Haynes. He replaces lead prosecutor Joseph LeBeau, who announced last month he would be leaving Murrill’s ofﬁce to join District Attorney Tony Clayton’s prosecution team in West Baton Rouge. Walker will lead the team that has indicted eight people as part of a widespread corruption investigation over the past year. In January, Dunn was indicted on a slew of corruption charges, accused of receiving kickbacks in

Courtney Scott, a top aide to former Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome, was indicted in February. Prosecutors say she received nearly $200,000 in kickbacks from an associate who had been awarded city-parish contracts. In August, Cole was indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit bribery, money laundering and malfeasance in ofﬁce related to his time as a Metro Council member, a seat he held from 2017 to 2024. The state’s special grand jury

cently granted six more months to continue hearing evidence. For the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Walker prosecuted a major bribery case that led to the conviction of a Lafayette ofﬁcial a year ago. Haynes was convicted of six charges in connection with a bribery scheme. The federal jury found that Haynes accepted offenders into the district attorney’s pretrial diversion program, some who didn’t qualify, in exchange for receiving kickbacks.

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nette brothers will both be in the press box working and cheering for their respective schools in what some have started to call “The Bonnette Bowl” or “Battle of the Bonnettes.” “I grew up in Lake Charles, grew up loving McNeese, and to have my brother take my dad’s place when he retired after 46 years, it really is awesome to see as a big brother to see your little brother having

The attorneys for an LSU football player accused of rape issued a statement as the criminal investigation continues. Damien Shanklin, a second-year defensive end for the Tigers, is currently under a criminal investigation after an LSU student accused him of raping her last year. Shanklin’s attorneys, Grant L. Willis and Morgan H. Johnson, said in a statement that Shanklin maintains his innocence and will fully cooperate with the criminal investigation. “What has been portrayed on social media and in the news thus far, is not a full account of all of the facts and circumstances surrounding this situation,” the attorneys said in a statement. “Given this an ongoing criminal investigation, all facts are not publicly available to not compromise the criminal investigation. We simply ask that the court of public opinion cease to make any assumptions about any person involved until more information is publicly available.” The attorneys also said Shanklin will have no further comment until the investigation is completed. “Mr. Shanklin looks forward to the day when all information surrounding this incident is brought to light and becomes public knowledge,” the attorneys said. On Sept. 22, East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney Hillar Moore said his office had opened an investigation into the rape claim, saying a criminal complaint was filed. Documents obtained by The Advocate show that the alleged incident occurred on Oct. 18, 2025, and the LSU Office of Civil Rights and Title IX received an incident report on Dec. 9. Shanklin called LSU police the day of the incident, saying he had a sexual encounter with the student and that she was messaging him, claiming he raped her and threatening suicide, according to an incident report filed by a university police officer. LSU police met with her and took her to the hospital, where a sexual assault kit was completed, the report says. During interviews with university Title IX investigators, the student and player gave conflicting accounts of what happened. Both said there was some consensual sexual activity, an LSU hearing panel found. But the student said she never agreed to it proceeding to intercourse, which continued even after she told him to stop, the panel’s report said. The player said that he stopped after she told him to, the panel reported. The panel determined that Shanklin was responsible for rape of the student because the incident between the two went from consensual to nonconsensual. In his own statements, he said he did not ask for consent before intercourse and did not stop when he later did ask and she was silent, the panel found.

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A rainbow is visible over Baton Rouge on Thursday.

Ascension Parish delays data center ordinance

Longer version reduces separation between facilities and residential area BY ANNAKATE FREELAND Staff writer

Amid growing discussion about potential data center development in Ascension Parish, the Parish Council has delayed a decision on a proposed ordinance that would establish where and how such facilities could be built. After deferring a ﬁnal vote and revising the ordinance on Thursday, the council will consider the policy again on Oct. 15 in Gonzales. Across Louisiana, data centers are already under construction in Caddo, Bossier, Richland and West Feliciana parishes. Ascension Parish officials began developing regulations in August for data centers and other high-impact development facilities, though no project has been announced in the parish. The parish’s Planning

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Brothers to see McNeese, LSU play Both work in sports communications BY COURTNEY PEDERSEN Staff writer

Michael and Matthew Bonnette have spent their whole lives around the sports world. Their father served as the firstever sports information director at McNeese State University. “When we were growing up, we were always around the office or always at ballgames helping out,” Matthew Bonnette said. “Even when we were young, he may have had us selling programs or something and then as we got older, we started helping out on game days, keeping stats and everything.” Michael Bonnette went on to attend LSU while Matthew Bonnette attended McNeese, both following in the footsteps of their father, Louis Bonnette, who was inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in 2002, and pursuing a career in sports communications. “(My career choice) was all because of my dad,” Michael Bonnette said. “I grew up spending as much time as I could with him in his office and attending every McNeese sporting event that I could. It’s just something I had a passion for at a very young age, and something that I thought I always wanted to do, and then

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McNeese Senior Associate AD for Athletics Communications Matthew Bonnette, left, and LSU Athletics’ Communications Director/Associate Athletics Director Michael Bonnette pose for a photo together. when I ﬁnally had an opportunity to do it, I knew right away this was my calling.” Now, Michael Bonnette is the athletics communications director/associate athletic director at LSU, and Matthew Bonnette took over their father’s role when he retired after 46 years and now serves as the McNeese senior associate athletic director for athletics communications. On Saturday, McNeese will play LSU at Tiger Stadium in a sold-out game, and the Bon-

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Murrill weighs in on filings against NCAA La. AG seeks to join lawsuit by ULM players

BY ALYSE PFEIL Staff writer

Attorney General Liz Murrill announced Friday that Louisiana is seeking to join lawsuits against the NCAA filed by running back Zachary Palmer-Smith and defensive lineman Kevontay Wells, who are both asking the court to grant them a fifth year to play football at the University of Louisiana at Monroe. It’s Murrill’s latest foray into a nationwide debate over college athlete eligibility that has roiled many other schools, including LSU. The two players are part of a cohort of college athletes who have sued the NCAA in various state courts across the country, seeking to force the association to apply new five-year eligibility rules to them. Now, Murrill is asking a state

court in Ouachita Parish, where UL-Monroe is located, to allow the state to intervene as an additional party in the football players’ lawsuits. She argues that the NCAA’s refusal to allow them and other college athletes to play this season will have negative impacts on Louisiana and Murrill its public higher education institutions. “Louisiana law imposes an obligation of good faith in the performance of contractual relationships — that duty runs between the universities and their student athletes as well as between the NCAA and its members,” Murrill said in a statement. In legal filings, Murrill’s office lists several reasons the state is entitled to participate in the players’ legal dispute. Louisiana’s attorney general has “as an overarching interest in protecting state public institutions from the wrath of the NCAA,” her office wrote. “This interest is particularly strong where a public institution

must comply with its independent duty of good faith owed to a student athlete or with a court order,” it argues. Potential NCAA penalties like forfeiting wins, championship ineligibility and fines could “expose ULM and the state’s other public institutions to irreparable harm,” the filing says. And those penalties and other NCAA bylaws mean that public universities could face both legal and financial risk due to “the threat of sanctions or exclusion from the NCAA, division, or a conference based on the vague notion of a failure of institutional control or failure to enforce specific bylaws, even when they have been enjoined by a court as to a specific athlete’s eligibility,” the filing says. Murrill also says her office has an interest in making sure student athletes have a fair forum where their grievances can be heard and in enforcing Louisiana unfair trade practices laws,

which grant the AG “broad authority to protect state interests.” A preliminary injunction hearing is set for Wednesday in Ouachita Parish.

A larger debate

Murrill and other Louisiana officials like Gov. Jeff Landry have faced criticism in recent weeks for their close involvement in college athletics broadly and, in particular, at LSU. Murrill has played an increasingly active role in various lawsuits related to NCAA and SEC regulations around who is eligible to compete in college athletics. She submitted an amicus brief in favor of more than 40 student athletes who filed a high-profile lawsuit in Baton Rouge seeking a fifth year of eligibility. Tight end Dae’Quan Wright and defensive tackle Zxavian Harris, who previously signed with NFL teams, sought to secure two LSU football roster spots through that effort, a plan that did not pan out. During a hearing that garnered national attention across Email Alyse Pfeil at alyse.pfeil@ the sports world, she sat with the theadvocate.com.

Ex-sheriff fears ‘trial by ambush’ Susan Hutson’s attorneys raise red flags in indictment

BY MATT BRUCE Staff writer

Susan Hutson’s attorneys are raising red flags about a lack of details in the 50-count criminal indictment Attorney General Liz Murrill’s office secured earlier this year against the ousted Orleans Parish sheriff and her former chief financial officer. During a hearing Friday morning inside the Criminal District Courthouse, Hutson’s attorney Michael McMahon told a judge that the Attorney General’s Office did not reveal specifics about Hutson and Bianka Brown’s alleged crimes in a massive amount of electronic data prosecutors handed to Hutson’s legal team Sept. 3. He referred to that first round of evidence disclosures as a “discovery dump” but said it provided little details about the criminal acts that a special grand jury indicted Hutson over. The indictment included charges of malfeasance in office, criminal conspiracy, obstruction of justice and falsifying public records. “We object to what we have received from the attorney

ORDINANCE

Continued from page 1B Commission recommended a 14-page version of the ordinance in September, but the 29-page document provided to attendees at Thursday’s Parish Council meeting included several proposed changes to requirements. Council Chair Chase Melancon said the additional language contained recommendations and revisions from council members and the parish administration. He said the changes were not included in the meeting agenda packet because the council had not yet formally offered them as amendments. Some of the most signiﬁcant revisions shortened the distance that a potential data center must be from residential and rural areas and reduced the distance it would have to be from roads, other properties or drainageway buffers. The updated document proposed cutting the required separation between a high-impact development facility in a heavy industrial zoning district and nearby conservation, rural or medium residential districts from one-half a mile to onequarter of a mile. It also proposed reducing a setback from 750 feet to 100 feet and shortening the required buffer from a drainage way from 500 feet

general up to this point,” McMahon said. “This is the attorney general setting up a trial by ambush.” Assistant Attorney General Heather Hendrix, who’s leading Hutson’s prosecution, called McMahon’s arguments Friday a “performance” designed to “produce sound bite clips for any press” present in Hutson the courtroom. She said Hutson’s attorneys could easily glean more specifics about the alleged misconduct by filing pretrial motions that compel prosecutors to particularize each charge. Greg Carter, the former sheriff’s lead attorney, did just that at the end of Friday’s hearing. “The indictment is well within the letter of the law,” Hendrix said. “The defendant has a remedy. There’s nothing where the state is hiding the ball.” Retired New Orleans Criminal Judge Dennis Waldron, appointed to preside after all 12 sitting judges in courthouse recused themselves, urged Hutson and Brown’s attorney to formalize motions for discovery and urged the Attorney General’s Office to hand over any necessary information the defendants may need to fight the allegations fairly. He set a Dec. 11 date to hash out any discovery issues and said he hopes

to be able to set a 2027 trial date at the next court hearing. “I don’t know what the state is alleging,” he said. “I hope to learn. But it appears that this could be a very complex set of allegations.” Both Hutson and Brown sat in the courtroom and watched. McMahon joined Hutson’s legal team Aug. 5, according to court records. He’s a former federal prosecutor in the U.S. Eastern District of Louisiana who secured the convictions of rogue New Orleans Police Department officer Len Davis, former New Orleans Saints safety Darren Sharper and real estate heir Robert Durst. Brown’s attorney, Jeffrey Hufft, did not receive the evidence disclosures until Friday morning and told Waldron he’d need to review the files before he raised any concerns over the digest. Murrill launched the criminal probe last year, days after 10 inmates escaped the Orleans Justice Center that Hutson oversaw at the time. The jailbreak touched off a multistate manhunt that spanned nearly five months before all prisoners were captured. Hutson said the escapees had help from Sheriff’s Of-

fice staffers. But according to her charging affidavit, she ignored warnings from federal consent decree monitors and let security lapses inside the Perdido Street jailhouse fester long before the May 16, 2025, getaway. Hutson and Brown were indicted April 29, just days before the sheriff’s four-year term ended and Michelle Woodfork assumed office after defeating Hutson at the polls last November. McMahon said each of the counts in Hutson’s indictment included little more than a cursory definition of the statute the ex-sheriff is accused of violating. All of the counts say Hutson’s crimes occurred between May 2, 2022 — the day she took office — and April 8, 2026. That 1,437-day span encapsulated all but the final 24 days of Hutson’s term. “She must’ve been like a walking, talking, eating, drinking crime machine,” McMahon scoffed. “Sheriff Hutson can’t answer that. She doesn’t know what she did. It’s impossible.” Hendrix stood by the state’s accusations that Hutson committed “acts against Louisiana law” on each of the 1,437 days included in the scope of the indictment. She did not provide specifics, but promised “they were numerous, broad, vast, extensive, ongoing and varied.”

to 100 feet. Michele Unitas, who resigned from her seat on the Planning Commission at the last meeting where the ordinance was recommended, asked that the document be sent back to the Planning Commission for review. “I really hope that you all do your due diligence to the people,” she said. Parish staff clariﬁed that the ordinance did not have to return to the Planning Commission because the commission serves in an advisory capacity to the council.

tentially building a center on La. 22 in the Sorrento area. Council member Todd Varnado, who made the motion to postpone the ordinance vote, said the delay would not prevent a potential project from moving forward. He said the council “should think long and hard” before making a decision, as he acknowledged that the responsibility is on the council members, not anyone else. “It’s gonna be us that is going to be responsible for it. Nobody sitting in the audience. It’s these 11 members up here that are going to be responsible for it,” he said.

sides of the parish. “We’re not considering the residents who have lived here the majority of their lives or built families here and worrying about what we are wanting instead of what industry is wanting. Everything we are doing is rubber-stamping for industry to come through,” she said.

‘There is no project’ Parish President Clint Cointment said there are no potential developments waiting for an ordinance to be passed, but other council members and companies suggest otherwise. “There is no project that is sitting here waiting for this to be approved,” Cointment said. “Absolutely not.” Florida-based energy startup One Nuclear Energy has signed letters of intent with landowners allowing it to purchase about 4,000 acres between Ascension and Iberville parishes, where the company hopes to eventually build two natural gas plants, a pair of small nuclear reactors, a battery park and possibly a solar farm to meet demand from power-hungry data centers and industrial users. Council member Joel Robert said a developer has contacted the parish about po-

Residents don’t want it The proposed changes drew criticism from residents who said the council should prioritize the potential effects of data center development on nearby communities. Theresea Robert told the council she believed the proposed changes were favoring industrial development over residents. “Every single thing that has been changed in here has been changed for industry. Not for the people, the health, the community. It is for the industry,” Robert said. “And we elect you to protect us. We elect you to represent us.” Keeonkah Judson acknowledged the beneﬁts of industry but said she believes Ascension Parish already has signiﬁcant industrial development on both

players’ attorneys inside the well of the courtroom, assisting with the case. Murrill has also found herself entangled in a separate federal lawsuit filed by the SEC against her and LSU officials — including every member of the university’s Board of Supervisors, President Wade Rousse, Athletic Director Verge Ausberry and head football coach Lane Kiffin. The SEC accused LSU and Murrill of violating the conference’s freedom-of-association rights and of waging “a deliberate, coordinated, and public campaign to recruit professional athletes to play football for LSU during the 2026-27 season.” Last week both Murrill and the SEC in public statements said that the dispute remains unresolved. For his part, Landry has been a vocal critic of the SEC and strong supporter of LSU’s efforts to recruit players who have been sidelined from competition due to the NCAA’s eligibility rules.

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Continued from page 1B Shanklin was originally suspended from campus until May 31, 2027, by the panel. However, after an appeal, an administrative law judge upheld the prior decision on forcible rape but changed the punishment from a twosemester suspension to four semesters of probation. The original punishment was deemed too harsh, partly because while the athlete’s actions were nonconsensual, they did not “exhibit a deliberate disregard for complainant’s dignity and autonomy but was instead an error in judgment.”

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In a statement after Moore announced the opening of a criminal investigation, LSU said the university had “properly followed its Title IX policies and processes to a conclusion.” “Let me assure everyone that this incident has been handled professionally and that LSU has strictly followed our policies, procedures and best practices, including the Title IX process, to guide our actions to date,” LSU President Wade Rousse said in a statement. “Now that a criminal complaint has been filed, our role is to continue cooperating with our law enforcement partners as they work through their investigatory process.”

game, but to share the same press box with my brother in the same capacity, that’s what makes it special,” Matthew Bonnette said. “We’re just trying to make it fun.” The Tigers and the Cowboys will kick off at 6:45 p.m. Saturday to play each other for the ﬁrst time in ﬁve years. “I wish my dad would be able to come over there and share with us, but he’s not going to be able to make the trip,” Matthew Bonnette said. “To me, it’s not really about the game. It’s just about being able to share something with him and the family.”

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NEW YORK — Amazon is investing more than $1 billion over the next ﬁve years into communities where it operates data centers for education, job training, water and energy preservation projects and other local priorities as it reacts to a growing backlash from politicians and consumers to the tech industry’s rollout of the massive buildings.

According to a blog post on Friday by Matt Garman, Amazon’s CEO of its cloud computing arm, Amazon has already spent more than $1 billion in communities with a large data center presence over the past three years. Garman also said that Amazon is no longer using nondisclosure agreements with government agencies it works with on its projects, and it said it hosts open houses in communities where it operates to share information about what it’s doing. He also warned against the spread of what he believes is misinformation about data centers’ impact on the environment and energy rates — and he cited the

dangers of over 100 moratoriums against these centers being considered across the country. “If these measures are enacted, the U.S. could be writing its own losing ticket to this race, and the consequences would last generations,” he wrote. “As a country, we can’t afford to find ourselves in that position. There is urgency to this data center build out because we aren’t the only country that sees the benefits of AI for the economy and national security.” Garman’s pledge comes as data centers, which power artificial intelligence and cloud computing, have become a hot political issue heading into the midterms as tech

giants race to invest more money in expanding these infrastructures. Small, under-the-radar data centers have been around for decades. But the explosion of artiﬁcial intelligence chatbots has resulted in data centers that are bigger than anything just about any town has ever seen. Some of them dwarf football stadiums and factories and consume more energy than small cities. By 2030, data centers will account for nearly 3% of the world’s projected electricity use, with 935 trillion watt-hours, according to a United Nations University report released in June on these buildings’ environmental footprint.

Pandora opens $150M Vietnam jewelry factory powered by renewable energy BY HAU DINH and ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL

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HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — Danish jewelry company Pandora has opened the world’s largest ﬁne-jewelry crafting facility in Vietnam, a $150 million factory powered entirely by renewable electricity and using 100% recycled gold and silver. The expansion highlights a broader challenge for the jewelry industry: reducing the environmental footprint of precious metals while meeting growing demand for jewelry. Using recycled gold and silver can reduce the need for newly mined metals, but experts say making that shift requires reliable supply chains and greater transparency. The new facility in Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam will produce up to 60 million pieces of jewelry a year, increasing the company’s manufacturing capacity by 50% while cutting its carbon footprint by 17%, CEO Berta de Pablos-Barbier told The Associated Press. “We are leading the way and we really hope that the rest follow,” she said.

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After 37 years in Thailand, Pandora wanted Craftspersons create jewelry pieces at the Pandora factory in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on to expand its manufacturing base to increase Wednesday.

ﬂexibility and strengthen supply-chain resilience, Pablos-Barbier said. She said that it chose Vietnam for its skilled artisans who can meet Pandora’s standards for craftsmanship, its business environment and its strong infrastructure. Access to renewable energy infrastructure to power factories is increasingly an “important factor” for Pandora and other Danish companies, Lina Gandløse Hansen, Denmark’s ambassador to Vietnam, said. Pandora’s Vietnam facility, with 7,000 workers, will be powered entirely by renewable electricity from the sun and wind, with solar panels installed on its rooftops and plans to work with local solar farms, the company said. It is also across the road from the $1 billion factory that toymaker Lego opened in 2025, where it says it makes toys without adding planet-warming gases to the atmosphere. Vietnam has rapidly expanded renewable energy and had Southeast Asia’s largest installed solar and wind capacity at the end of 2024. But the country still relies heavily on coal to power its fast-growing economy, making it important for manufacturers to shift toward cleaner electricity as Vietnam works toward net-zero emissions by 2050. Manufacturing makes up a ﬁfth of Vietnam’s GDP and consumes half the energy it uses. There are plans to phase out its coal power plants by 2040.

minerals and inclusive energy transitions at the United Nations University. He said gold is especially easy to recycle and unlike metals such as copper, it does not break down or rust. Silver can also be recycled, although it can tarnish and needs to be cleaned. “That is why it is so valuable. We still have gold from the ancient Egyptians, in pretty good shape,” he said. The Danish company switched to using 100% recycled silver and gold for new jewelry in August 2024. Its factories receive small grains of refined metal from recyclers in Europe and Asia, sourced from items ranging from medical equipment to old cutlery, said Pandora’s chief sustainability officer Mads TwomeyMadsen. It also means finding suppliers, smelters or refiners that use only recycled material. There’s also a risk that some could add newly mined material into the mix, Ali said. “That involves a lot of auditing.”

Other challenges include urban mining

Recovering valuable metals from discarded products and other waste is a challenge, Twomey-Madsen said. The world is producing more e-waste than ever — 62 million metric tons in 2022, projected to grow to 82 million metric tons by 2030, according to a report by the United Nations’ International Telecommunications Using recycled gold and silver Union and research arm UNITAR. Much of Pandora’s commitment to using recycled this is processed informally, where workers gold and silver was a “big deal,” said Saleem can be exposed to toxic substances while reH. Ali, who leads the program on critical covering valuable metals such as gold and

silver. More than 1,000 harmful substances have been found in e-waste or produced when it is improperly recycled, including lead, mercury, cadmium and other toxic chemicals, according to the World Health Organization. Ali, the critical minerals expert, said that artisanal gold mining — when individuals or small groups extract gold using simple tools — was now the largest cause of mercury pollution worldwide. Miners in poor countries may use the toxic metal to separate gold from other materials, harming people and the environment. He said there have been efforts to improve gold sourcing, but tracing gold remains difﬁcult. South Asia, in particular, has high demand for gold and jewelry sellers often don’t ask where their gold comes from. “Once it gets melted, it’s very hard to track it,” he said. Twomey-Madsen said that the company hopes its commitment to buying recycled metals will show suppliers that there is a growing market for the materials. He added that Pandora initially paid a premium for recycled gold and silver, absorbing the higher cost and investing with suppliers to build a more reliable supply chain for the materials. Making jewelry is far less emissions-intensive than sectors such as aviation or cement. But he said a switch by the entire industry switching to recycled gold and silver could prevent about 58 million metric tons of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere each year. “That is comparable to the entire emissions of New York City,” he said.

Canada fast-tracks oil pipeline to reduce U.S. dependence Alberta separatists push for leaving

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TORONTO — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday fast-tracked a proposed oil pipeline capable of carrying 1 million barrels a day to the Paciﬁc coast, which could reduce the country’s dependence on the United States and mend relations with oil-rich Alberta as separatists push for a referendum on leaving Canada. Appearing with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith in Fort McMurray, at the heart of Canada’s oil sands, Carney designated the Paciﬁc Link

pipeline as a project of national in- line an example of how “cooperaterest under legislation his govern- tive federalism can work in action.” Asked what message Albertans ment enacted to accelerate major considering separation should infrastructure projects. take, Carney said it demonstratA bid to keep Alberta in Canada ed that “Canada is working” and Alberta is holding a public vote showed what Canada could achieve on Oct. 19 on whether to hold a ref- together. Ian Brodie, a University of Calerendum on leaving Canada. Smith has long complained that Carney’s gary political science professor predecessor, Justin Trudeau, hin- and former chief of staff to Condered Alberta’s energy industry servative Prime Minister Stephen Harper, said the announcement and fueled separatist sentiment. Smith said she would vote to keep could still help separatists by unAlberta in Canada and described derscoring Alberta’s dependence the roughly 22% support for sepa- on Ottawa. “There’s no reason this pipeline ration recorded in a recent poll as couldn’t have been fast-tracked in “still too high for my liking.” “I don’t like the fact that many of July, so we’ve lost three months in our fellow citizens have given up on the project,” Brodie said. “It’s a reCanada,” she said, calling the pipe- minder that Alberta has to have a

sympathetic prime minister in order to grow its oil sector. We don’t control our fate.”

A pipeline to loosen the U.S. grip Carney said Canada had a “oncein-a-generation opportunity to become an energy superpower” and end its reliance on a single trading partner. “Today, 90% of Alberta’s oil goes to the United States,” he said. “Paciﬁc Link will materially reduce that dependence” by opening access to growing Asian markets. The proposed 775-mile pipeline would run from Bruderheim, Alberta, to a deep water port near Delta, in British Columbia, largely following the existing Trans Mountain corridor.

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BROADCAST INFORMATION McNeese at LSU 6:45 p.m. Saturday, Tiger Stadium TV: SECN | Line: LSU by 53½ Radio: WDGL-FM 98.1; WWL-AM 870; WWL-FM 105.3; KLWB-FM 103.7

TEAM SCHEDULES McNeese

LSU Date Opponent 9.5 Clemson 9.12 La. Tech 9.19 at Ole Miss 9.26 Texas A&M 10.3 McNeese 10.10 at Kentucky 10.17 Mississippi State 10.24 at Auburn 11.7 Alabama 11.14 Texas 11.21 at Tennessee 11.28 at Arkansas

Time/TV W, 51-10 W, 45-14 L, 32-24 W, 35-6 6:45 p.m./SECN 6 p.m./ESPN TBD 11 a.m./TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD

Date 8.29 9.5 9.12 9.19 9.26 10.3 10.17 10.24 10.31 11.7 11.14 11.21

Opponent Time/TV Stephen F. Austin L, 38-27 Texas Wesleyan W, 52-0 Tarleton State L, 27-24 at UTRGV L, 27-10 East Texas A&M W, 27-24 at LSU 6:45 p.m./SECN at Northwestern St. Noon/ESPN+ at Incarnate Word 4 p.m./ESPN+ Nicholls 2 p.m./ESPN+ at Houston Christian 4 p.m./ESPN+ at Southeastern 6 p.m./ESPN+ Lamar 6 p.m./ESPN+

DEPTH CHARTS LSU

McNeese

OFFENSE

WIDE RECEIVER

6 WINSTON WATKINS 2 Tre Brown

WIDE RECEIVER

3 EUGENE WILSON 4 Jackson Harris

WIDE RECEIVER

1 JAYCE BROWN 88 Malik Elzy

LEFT TACKLE

77 JORDAN SEATON 65 Sean Thompkins

LEFT GUARD

50 WILLIAM SATTERWHITE 67 Bo Bordelon

CENTER

61 BRAELIN MOORE 50 William Satterwhile

RIGHT GUARD

55 ALIOU BAH 70 Devin Harper

RIGHT TACKLE

75 WESTON DAVIS 69 Darrin Strey

TIGHT END

44 ZACH GRACE 12 Malachi Thomas

QUARTERBACK

10 SAM LEAVITT 11 Landen Clark 8 Husan Longstreet

RUNNING BACK

13 DILIN JONES 22 Harlem Berry

5-10 6-2

182 190

So. Sr.

5-11 6-2

190 202

Jr. Jr.

5-11 6-2

175 217

Sr. Jr.

6-5 6-5

307 308

Jr. Jr.

6-3 6-6

293 305

So. Sr.

6-2 6-3

301 293

Sr. So.

6-5 6-4

327 312

Sr. So.

6-6 6-7

315 314

So. Fr.

6-2 6-3

236 242

Jr. Jr.

6-2 6-0 6-1

216 195 195

Jr. So. Fr.

5-11 5-10

211 193

So. Sr.

1 PRINCEWILL UMANMIELEN 55 Lamar Brown

DEFENSIVE TACKLE

90 STEPHIYLAN GREEN 88 Richard Anderson 96 Dominick McKinley

DEFENSIVE TACKLE

99 DEUCE GERALDS 47 Malik Blocton

DEFENSIVE END

29 JORDAN ROSS 97 Dylan Carpenter

LINEBACKER

42 DAVHON KEYS 35 Zach Weeks

LINEBACKER

6 TJ DOTTERY 24 Tylen Singleton

STAR

2 TY BENEFIELD 31 CJ Jimcoily

CORNERBACK

5 DJ PICKETT 21 Michael Turner

CORNERBACK

11 PJ WOODLAND 8 Ja’Keem Jackson

SAFETY

28 JHASE THOMAS 13 Faheem Delane

SAFETY

0 TAMARCUS COOLEY 28 Jhase Thomas

6-4 6-5

244 285

Sr. Fr.

6-3 6-3 6-6

296 339 297

Jr. Fr. Jr.

6-1 6-3

279 286

Fr. Jr.

6-5 6-3

246 252

Jr. Jr.

6-0 6-3

227 228

Jr. Fr.

6-2 6-1

225 227

Sr. So.

6-3 6-3

208 218

Sr. So.

6-4 6-1

189 162

So. So.

5-11 6-0

164 188

Jr. Jr.

6-1 6-2

175 213

Fr. Sr.

6-0 6-1

206 175

Jr. Fr.

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PUNTER

90 GRANT CHADWICK 99 Hayden Craig

LONG SNAPPER

43 SILAS HALL 39 Mack Mulhern

KICK RETURNER 22 HARLEM BERRY

PUNT RETURNER

3 EUGENE WILSON 1 Jayce Brown

5-9

2 ELISHA EDWARDS 10 Kevin Rideau

175

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6-2 6-2

210 180

Sr. Fr.

6-2 6-2

204 190

Jr. Jr.

5-9 5-7

160 155

Sr. Jr.

6-8 6-3

303 310

Sr. Jr.

6-4 6-6

325 335

Jr. Sr.

6-2 6-3

300 318

Sr. So.

6-3 6-6

318 335

So. Sr.

6-4 6-3

310 310

Sr. Jr.

6-1 6-3

245 235

Sr. Fr.

6-3 6-2

235 210

So. Jr.

5-10 6-2

210 220

Sr. Sr.

WIDE RECEIVER 6 CURTIS DEVILLE 11 Jaelen Smith

WIDE RECEIVER 1 KAMERAN SENEGAL 9 Jamaal Levi

LEFT TACKLE 62 AARON SESSION 77 Devonne Barry

LEFT GUARD 56 REAGAN GILL 63 Tyler Carlson

CENTER 70 ARTHUR AVILA 52 Sam Liu

RIGHT GUARD 52 SAM LIU 63 Tyler Carlson

RIGHT TACKLE ERIC ASCHENBECK 77 Devonne Barry

TIGHT END 83 REED BOYD 88 Wyatt Fontenot

QUARTERBACK 19 DEVIN LIPPOLD 4 Jake Strong

RUNNING BACK

DEFENSE DEFENSIVE END 8 ROYCE MALOLES 18 Iyioluwa Adekoya

6-2 6-4

250 265

Sr. Jr.

6-2 6-4

285 280

Jr. Jr.

6-0 6-2

285 285

Jr. Sr.

6-3 6-2

236 240

So. Sr.

6-0 6-0

215 220

Sr. So.

6-0 6-2

225 227

Sr. So.

6-0 6-0

175 180

So. Sr.

6-2 6-0

197 180

So. Sr.

6-2 6-2

184 195

Sr. Fr.

6-2 6-1

200 185

So. Fr.

6-2 6-0

230 183

SR. Sr.

DEFENSIVE TACKLE 98 MARK FIELDER 55 Alijah Alexander

DEFENSIVE TACKLE 99 ISAIAH FOWLER 90 Kate James

DEFENSIVE END 23 RJ STATEN 14 Sean Dubose

LINEBACKER 1 LANDON BARRETT 9 Trace Meadows

LINEBACKER 6 EMAURI SIBLEY 2 Lee Holmes

STAR 7 COHEN CHARLES 13 Amyrion Mingo

CORNERBACK 3 SAFIR STILLS-BEY 24 Lorenzell Dubose

CORNERBACK 4 MASON EDWARDS 12 Kenyatta Fleet

SAFETY 11 SENTARIO WILLIS 15 Morris Taylor

SAFETY 0 JERMAINE HARGRAVES 5 Javon Davis

SPECIAL TEAMS KICKER

LSU

WIDE RECEIVER

0 OMIRI WIGGINS 7 Tre’Vonte Citizen

DEFENSE DEFENSIVE END

SPECIAL TEAMS

So.

KICKER

6-5 6-1

208 211

Jr. Fr.

6-3 6-1

213 224

So. Fr.

5-10

193

Sr.

KICK RETURNER

5-11 5-11

190 175

Jr. Sr.

PUNT RETURNER

30 DEAGLAN CAMERON

5-8

151

JR.

6-2

210

So.

5-8

180

Jr.

5-9

160

Sr.

5-10

180

Sr.

PUNTER 38 GEORGE DIXON

LONG SNAPPER 28 PIERSON PARENT 1 KAMERAN SENEGAL 3 SOLO LEWIS

COACHES Lane Kiffin’s three victories as head coach at LSU are by an average of 33.7 points per game.

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LSU coach Lane Kiffin is greeted by school president Wade Rousse following a win over Clemson on Sept. 6 at Tiger Stadium.

It doesn’t take a sports economist to explain why LSU expects a loss. It used to cost nothing beyond a scholarship to reel in the athletes who drive a money-making machine, but, five years into NIL pay, the the football roster is rumored to cost around $50 million. Coach Lane Kiffin is paid $13 million a year, and former coach Brian Kelly was paid a $54 million buyout to just leave. These big-ticket items forced the university to dig into the Tiger Athletic Foundation’s reserves to cover the shortfall. What a sports economist will debate is whether the word “deficit” correctly describes LSU’s predicament as it puts on another football spectacle this weekend. “Every time I order pizza, I’m running a deficit. I made zero money off the pizza,” said Andy Schwarz, an economist at the consulting firm OSKR. “The right question is not, ‘Why didn’t I make money buying pizza?’ The question is, ‘Did I get $25 of value out of that pizza?’ ” LSU sees immense value in its football program. Otherwise, dorm funds wouldn’t have been used to prop up Tiger Stadium. The state cherishes its SEC brand. Otherwise, politicians wouldn’t have rushed to the school’s defense when the conference threatened expulsion over LSU recruiting ex-pros. There is talk of “chaos” and “unsustainability” in an ecosystem where athletes are paid and they readily test their market value in the transfer portal, which spurred passage of the Protect College Sports Act in the U.S. Senate this week. LSU supports the measure. But the economists who really study college football are skeptical there’s a crisis. “I think the ‘this is not sustainable’ is supposed to mean college sports will go away. That’s what it’s code for,” Schwarz said. “And that’s (bull crap).”

‘Envelopes of Cash’ Schwarz has worked on high-proﬁle antitrust lawsuits against the NCAA and testiﬁed before Congress, but he also designs board games. His most searingly humorous game might be the college football-themed “Envelopes of Cash,” created in 2020, which allows players to “take on the roles of head coaches at major college football programs, earning high salaries to exploit unpaid labor.” “Build the best facilities. Create a winning culture. Pay a lot of cash under the table,” reads the tutorial for the online version, which assigns the user a character, “Preacher in a Visor,” and a team, the “Yellow Tigers,” and a recruiting bus out of Texas prowling for recruits.

Not-so-free ‘free market’ In the meantime, schools like LSU are trying to exist in a dual paradigm. There is still a push for flashy facilities and schemes. But universities are also funneling as much money as possible to athletes through a capped $21.3 million in direct revenue-sharing, as well as an unlimited amount in outside NIL deals with third-party businesses. Contributions from boosters, which used to count toward “revenue” in schools’ NCAA financial reports, have flowed into player pay, which leads to an accounting shortfall. “No one donates to the Saints, right? Or the Pelicans. But you donate to LSU,” said Victor Matheson, president of the North American Association of Sports Economists and a professor at Holy Cross in Massachusetts. “Most people don’t count that as a deficit. That’s just a revenue stream. “But to the extent that you’re taking more money out of the endowment than is a normal rate of return to cover those costs, that’s a serious issue.” It’s a serious issue as well if athletic departments become overly reliant on student fees or

STAFF PREDICTIONS JON BLAU

LSU 48, MCNEESE 10 This could be a more lopsided game, but it’s unclear how long Lane Kiffin plays his starters after getting “freaked out” by the Tigers’ injuries against Ole Miss and Texas A&M. Quarterback Landen Clark should get the job done in Sam Leavitt’s stead, but how does the second- and third-string offensive line perform? How about the LSU backups on defense? This team’s depth will be tested to a degree against a 2-3 FCS squad.

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Matt Viator returned to McNeese State for a second stint as head coach starting in the 2025 season.

This was college football — through a cynical but not completely untrue lens — before Schwarz and others backed an NIL bill in California that touched off a landslide of legislation across states, forcing the NCAA in 2021 to no longer prohibit athlete pay. The rapid rise in athlete earnings in the last five years, in Schwarz’s view, is a rebound from decades of price fixing by an NCAA “cartel” that was breaking the law. It should be followed, in theory, by a period where coaching contracts reduce to find the right balance. “I don’t think it’s a sustainability problem longterm,” said Joel Maxcy, a professor of sports business at Drexel who was elected president of the International Association of Sports Economists in 2015. “We’ve had college football, in particular at the Power Four level, have coaching staffs earn a lot of money, proportionately more than NFL coaching staffs. There’s this in-between period where the coaches are still paid a lot.” The problem is wages are “sticky,” Schwarz said. And lawmakers have focused on capping athlete pay, which could make coaching contracts even stickier. If athlete pay is capped, then schools will seek other differentiators after maxing out on a roster. A coach like Kiffin, who can pitch recruits on an innovative offensive scheme, is the next-best investment because he attracts talent. “If there were no cap at all, and they could pay athletes whatever they wanted, what you’d see is, on the margins, schools would make decisions,” Schwarz said. “You know what? We should pay a little more for talent and a little less for a coach.”

LSU 45, MCNEESE 3 LSU should give Sam Leavitt the night off. No need to stress that sore hamstring for a game the Tigers can win handily with Landen Clark at quarterback. Just run the ball as often as possible, give Harlem Berry some extra work, get a look at some freshmen and escape what should be a wet, rainy night without another major injury. The rest of October looks tougher than we thought it would.

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LSU 41, MCNEESE 10 This doesn’t look like the rout it could be, but my score assumes a few things. One, that it will be wet and Sam Leavitt will play little or not at all at quarterback. Secondly, Lane Kiffin will instruct Charlie Weis Jr. to pound the Cowboys with the run, trying to shorten the game so the Tigers can get done with McNeese as quickly as possible. you’ve heard of victory with honor? This will be victory with extreme caution.

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LSU 52, MCNEESE 13 I’m excited to see what Landen Clark does in this game. As the backup quarterback, Clark has the mobility and arm strength to be a starter in the SEC, though his accuracy and ability to read the game are still question marks because of his lack of experience. Leavitt’s hamstring injury means Clark should play every snap Saturday. The pieces around him are more than talented enough to win this game comfortably.

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direct institutional support, including taxpayer funds, to stay afloat. LSU hasn’t reached that point, but its athletics donor base has been strained. That’s why Rousse, who has a background in finance, has been working on a plan that could involve spinning off LSU’s broadcast revenue into a separate entity, which would allow investors a minority stake in a perpetual revenue generator. Somehow, LSU has to ride out a period of rising costs in an ecosystem that doesn’t experience the same market pressures as traditional businesses. There aren’t “stockholders” in an athletic department demanding profits. There are “stakeholders,” or boosters, who are limited only by their ambition. “The whole ‘raison d’être,’ the whole motivating force behind decision-making, doesn’t have to do with profitability, it has to do with victories,” said Andrew Zimbalist, a professor emeritus of economics at Smith College who has authored many books, including Unpaid Professionals: Commercialism and Conflict in Big-time College Sports. “It’s silly, or certainly inaccurate, to call it a free market.” LSU boosters don’t want to fade into irrelevance. So they spent to fire Kelly, hire Kiffin, and pay the likes of quarterback Sam Leavitt, left tackle Jordan Seaton and edge rusher Princewill Umanmielen. They will likely buy more star transfers in 2027. College teams consuming more money than they generate isn’t new. In fact, 94% of Division I athletic departments were in the red during the 2023-24 academic year, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office, even if Power Four programs typically have landed closer to break-even. Zimbalist would just ask a couple of philosophical questions amid this decade’s NIL spending spree: What if Power Four football loses its “best-in-class” appeal as an amateur sports brand and becomes viewed as the NFL’s equivalent of Triple-A baseball? What if the overt involvement of billionaire boosters, cutting checks over the table, feeds into fans’ perceptions of an uneven playing field? “Just because college sports has been growing in popularity and revenue so handsomely over the last several decades doesn’t mean that happens forever and automatically,” Zimbalist said. “A lot of the people who are making decisions need to step back and take a close look at what’s actually happening.”

plicant pool improves. “What the literature is suggesting is that, mostly, those additional applications are coming from people who are not academically wellequipped,” Zimbalist said. They may be students hellbent on attending LSU football games. But they are tuition-paying students who are in demand. Randy Grant, a professor at Linﬁeld University who wrote the textbook The Economics of Intercollegiate Sports, points to a decline in birth rates during the Great Recession from 2007-09, which has led to a declining number of applicants. “Combine that demographic cliff, as they call it, with fewer international students, because the environment’s not generally welcoming to international students these days,” Grant said, “and you just have fewer students to be spread among the schools. “So anything they can do to attract students, they’re doing.”

Cutting checks or Chick-fil-A sandwiches

In this moment, schools have a choice. If LSU wants to fuel its athletics marketing and entertainment vehicle with $26 million beyond what it draws in revenue, it can do that and probably survive. “You think about a few years ago, CTE was a big issue and people were projecting the doom of college football,” Grant said, “and it seems to be thriving as much as ever.” Schwarz doesn’t see it as a bad thing if the 40 highest-spending football schools in the country eventually break away from the rest, just as the FBS and FCS split in 1978. There will be a “sorting out,” Schwarz said, where programs with shallower pockets will compete for championships that are still relatively meaningful. “If you’re in this weird situation where essentially you were punching above your weight for a variety of reasons, including the fact that talent was artificially underpriced,” Schwarz said, “I don’t have a ton of sympathy if you don’t get to keep reaping those ill-gotten gains. But I don’t think LSU is one of those schools.” Economists agree that LSU will spend to remain in college football’s top tier. The prestige matters too much to its stakeholders not to. LSU’s opponent this weekend, McNeese State, has to be cautious for reasons that have nothing to do with NIL or revenue-sharing. Rick Gallot, president of the University of Louisiana System, said “everything is on the table” as his board engages the management consulting firm Deloitte to review its strained Football brand power athletics budgets, because everything from bussing to away games to feeding athletes on Rousse has had a look, but he’s also listened. During the regents meeting where he be- road trips has become more costly. “You’ve got a 300-pound lineman, you can’t moaned a $26 million shortfall, Rousse recalled being beckoned to the Supper Club restaurant get them a combo meal from Chick-fil-A and by E.J. Kuiper, the head of FMOL Health, which think that’s appropriate,” Gallot said, adding it might be possible to figure out whether opis one of LSU’s biggest sponsors. “Need 10 minutes,” Kuiper said. ponents have the same food vendor so athletes “Donate as much money as he does,” Rousse can use their meal points on another campus. told the regents, “you go for 10 minutes.” Everything is on the table, whether it’s D-I Kuiper wanted Rousse to meet a young wom- schools in the UL System dropping levels, to an from Boston who was the daughter of Ohio FCS, Division II or Division III or cutting sports State and Boston College graduates, but she all together. That’s not the world LSU lives in. Or the for“stumbled” into Tiger Stadium as a 10th grader while her family was on vacation and didn’t fol- mer McNeese president Rousse. “He was one of ours before LSU stole him,” low in her parents’ footsteps. She came to LSU, became interested in study- Gallot joked. “I would be more concerned if ing the brain malady CTE in football players it were a president who didn’t have the same economist’s wiring. They’re going to be fine.” and is currently in medical school. LSU will have its “buy” “Our brand matters,” game Saturday. Kiffin will Rousse said, “but we can’t continue to draw checks. LSU get caught into a system that will attack the portal come there’s no fiscal responsibilJanuary. ity.” Where there is a will to Football wins can have payspend in major college sports, offs off the field. There’s just there is a way. mixed research on how much. “It comes down to, ‘Oh, we’re While there is some ecoall losing money.’ It’s like, no, nomic impact on Saturdays, you’re all spending money Matheson said it’s marginal, and you’re doing it because around an additional $5 milyou like what you get for the lion per home game in citmoney. ‘Oh, we don’t really ies such as Tallahassee and like what we get,’ ” Schwarz Gainesville, Florida, because said, playing out a dialogue. attendees tend to be from the “Then you should stop. ‘Oh, I area and they crowd out other can’t stop.’ visitors. “There’s only one thing creThere is research to suggest people perceive an institution ating demand for a freshman as better academically when it quarterback right now, and it’s has a highly visible sports procollege programs that supposWADE ROUSSE, gram, and applications rise, edly can’t afford them.” LSU president though Zimbalist said there are not “robust” findings to Email Jon Blau at jon.blau@ suggest the quality of the aptheadvocate.com

Our brand matters, but we can’t get caught into a system that there’s no fiscal responsibility.”

OFFENSIVE LEADERS LSU

McNeese

PASSING

Player

Cmp-Att-Pct Yards TD Int

Sam Leavitt

74-116-61.3 1044

RUSHING

Player

Att

Dilin Jones Sam Leavitt Landen Clark Harlem Berry Stacy Gage Winston Watkins

Net

78 45 16 12 15 3

4.5 4.9 5.2 5.9 3.7 7.7

4 6 3 0 0 0

Rec Yards Avg TD

Winston Watkins Jackson Harris Trey’Dez Green Eugene Wilson Phillip Wright Tyree Holloway Jayce Brown Corey Barber Stacy Gage

20 11 14 15 3 2 4 1 2

314 280 222 152 70 37 37 15 10

15.7 25.5 15.9 10.1 23.3 18.5 9.3 15.0 5.0

2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0

KICKING Player

XPM XPA FGM FGA

Scott Starzyk

Cmp-Att-Pct Yards TD Int

Devin Lippold Jake Strong

64-112-57.1 744 28-46-61.0 321

8 2

RUSHING

Avg TD

348 220 83 71 56 23

RECEIVING Player

PASSING

Player

Att

Omiri Wiggins Devin Lippold Marquez Davis Hutch Swilley Tre’Vonte Citizen Jamaal Levi

Net

56 29 10 15 24 2

Avg TD

375 161 88 87 85 52

6.7 5.6 8.8 5.8 3.5 26.0

FAR WEST

Saturday’s games

Friday’s games EAST

Alcorn St. (3-2) at Grambling (2-2), 2 p.m. Ark.-Pine Bluff (2-2) at Southern (2-3), 6 p.m. UL-Monroe (0-4) at South Alabama (2-2), 6 p.m. Northwestern St. (0-5) at Lamar (3-1), 6 p.m. Nicholls (2-3) at Houston Christian (2-3), 6 p.m. Army (2-1) at Louisiana Tech (1-2), 6:30 p.m. McNeese St. (2-3) at LSU (3-1), 6:45 p.m. Arkansas St. (2-2) at UL (3-1), 7 p.m. Idle: Southeastern Louisiana, Tulane

Top 25 Saturday’s games

No. 2 Georgia (4-0) vs. Vanderbilt (3-1), 11:45 a.m. No. 3 Notre Dame (4-0) at North Carolina (2-1), 11 a.m. No. 4 Miami (4-0) at Clemson (3-1), 6:30 p.m. No. 5 Ohio St. (3-1) at No. 14 Iowa (4-0), 2:30 p.m. No. 6 Indiana (4-0) at Rutgers (1-3), 7 p.m. No. 7 Alabama (4-0) at No. 16 Mississippi St. (4-0), 11 a.m. No. 8 Florida (4-0) at No. 25 Missouri (3-1), 2:30 p.m. No. 10 BYU (3-0) at TCU (2-2), 6 p.m. No. 11 LSU (3-1) vs. McNeese (2-3), 6:45 p.m. No. 12 Texas Tech (4-0) at Colorado (2-2), 6:30 p.m. No. 17 Tennessee (3-1) vs. Auburn (3-1), 2:30 p.m. No. 18 Southern Cal (4-1) vs. Washington (3-1), 6:30 p.m. No. 20 Houston (3-1) vs. UCF (3-1), 11 a.m. No. 21 SMU (3-1) vs. Boston College (2-2), 11 a.m. No. 22 Boise St. (3-1) vs. Utah St. (1-3), 6:30 p.m. No. 24 Kentucky (3-1) at South Carolina (2-2), 3:15 p.m.

Nation Thursday’s games SOUTHWEST

North Texas 45, Tulsa 44 (OT)

New Mexico St. 34, W. Kentucky 13

Liberty 30, Delaware 14

SOUTH

Pittsburgh 35, Virginia Tech 33

MIDWEST

Penn St. (3-1) at Northwestern (2-1), n

FAR WEST

Montana St. (5-0) at Idaho (0-4), n

Saturday’s games EAST

Princeton (1-1) at Columbia (2-0), 11 a.m. Fordham (1-4) at Lehigh (5-0), 11 a.m. Mercyhurst (1-4) at LIU Brooklyn (0-5), 11 a.m. Syracuse (1-2) at UConn (2-2), 11 a.m. Wagner (1-3) at CCSU (0-3), 11 a.m. Brown (1-1) at Rhode Island (2-3), 11 a.m. Merrimack (2-3) at Yale (1-1), 11 a.m. Cornell (1-1) at Georgetown (0-3), 11:30 a.m. Richmond (4-1) at Lafayette (1-3), 11:30 a.m. W. Michigan (2-2) at Buffalo (2-2), noon Elon (4-1) at New Hampshire (1-4), noon Morgan St. (3-1) at Villanova (2-3), noon Towson (0-5) at Monmouth (NJ) (3-2), noon Penn (1-1) at Dartmouth (0-2), 12:30 p.m. Norfolk St. (3-2) at Robert Morris (2-2), 1 p.m. Delaware St. (3-2) at Albany (NY) (2-3), 2:30 p.m. E. Michigan (2-3) at UMass (4-0), 2:30 p.m. Sacred Heart (1-3) at Maine (1-4), 2:30 p.m. NC A&T (1-4) at Bryant (3-1), 5 p.m. Colgate (4-1) at Harvard (2-0), 6 p.m.

Elisha Edwards Curtis Deville Omiri Wiggins Kameran Senegal Jamaal Levi Reed Boyd Hutch Swilley

Rec Yards Avg TD 21 15 14 13 9 5 4

311 284 120 78 69 67 64

14.8 18.9 8.6 6.0 7.7 13.4 16.0

SOUTH

Memphis (3-1) at Charlotte (0-4), 10 a.m. St. Thomas (Minn.) (4-1) at Presbyterian (1-3), 11 a.m. Stanford (2-2) at Wake Forest (3-1), 11 a.m.

3 4 1 0 1 0 0

KICKING Player

Deaglan Camron Brettson Booker

XPM XPA FGM FGA 15 2

16 2

5 0

6 0

DEFENSIVE LEADERS TACKLES

Player

Tot Solo Ast Loss Sk

TJ Dottery 26 Whit Weeks 23 Princewill Umanmielen 21 Ty Beneﬁeld 19 PJ Woodland 13 DJ Pickett 13 Deuce Geralds 13 Davhon Keys 11 Tamarcus Cooley 10 Jhase Thomas 10 Jordan Ross 10 Faheem Delane 8 Dashawn Spears 7 CJ Jimcoily 7 Stephiylan Green 7

Player

9 10 9 8 7 12 9 6 7 5 4 1 5 1 1

17 13 12 1 6 1 4 5 3 5 6 7 2 6 6

1 2.5 9 11 0 0 4 1 1 0 4.5 0 1 1 2

0 0 7 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 1.5 0 1 1 1

INTERCEPTIONS

DJ Pickett Jordan Ross Ja’Keem Jackson

Tot Yards Avg TD BU 1 1 1

32 30 10

32.0 30.0 10.0

0 1 0

0 0 1

TACKLES Player

Landon Barrett Cohen Charles Emauri Sibley Jermaine Hargraves Sentario Willis RJ Staten Saﬁr Stills-Bey Sean Dubose Mark Fielder Morris Taylor Javon Davis Amyrion Mingo Mason Edwards Royce Maloles

Player

Tot Solo Ast Loss Sk 31 25 19 18 18 17 17 15 15 13 12 11 9 9

16 13 12 11 10 9 13 7 5 9 9 8 7 4

15 12 7 7 8 8 4 8 10 4 3 3 2 5

3 1 3.5 0 1.5 3 2.5 0.5 0.5 0 2 0 0 2

0 0 1 0 0 1.5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

INTERCEPTIONS

Sentario Willis Amyrion Mingo Landon Barrett

Tot Yards Avg TD BU 2 1 1

37 0 0

18.5 0.0 0.0

0 0 0

0 2 0

TEAM STATS OFFENSE PER GAME Yards gained: 502.0

OFFENSE PER GAME Yards gained: 418.6

Plays: 78.5

Plays: 67.8

PASS 296.5

RUSH 205.5

PASS 33.0

RUSH 45.5

Turnovers: 1.75

PASS 229.2

RUSH 189.4

PASS 34.8

RUSH 33.0

Turnovers: 1.60

INTERCEPTIONS 1.50

FUMBLES 0.25

INTERCEPTIONS 1.00

FUMBLES 0.60

DEFENSE PER GAME Yards allowed: 226.8

DEFENSE PER GAME Yards allowed: 419.6

PASS 179.3

PASS 247.4

RUSH 47.5

Turnovers forced: 1.75 FUMBLES 0.50

INTERCEPTIONS 1.00

SCORING PER GAME SCORED ALLOWED

RUSH 172.2

Turnovers forced: 1.40

INTERCEPTIONS 1.25

38.8

SCORED ALLOWED

28.0

22.8

23.2

19.8

15.5 2026

FUMBLES 0.40

SCORING PER GAME

SCORED ALLOWED

2025

25.5

23.5

2026

2025

CONVERSION SUCCESS

Third down

Fourth down

Third down

48.4%

28.6%

Fail

51.6%

Convert

Fail

Fourth down

41.4% 71.4%

Fail

37.5% 62.5%

58.6%

Convert

Marist (2-2) at Stetson (1-3), noon Valparaiso (1-3) at Morehead St. (1-3), noon Mercer (3-2) at VMI (0-5), 12:30 p.m. The Citadel (1-3) at SC State (5-0), 1 p.m. Wofford (2-3) at Furman (2-3), 1 p.m. Alcorn St. (3-2) at Grambling St. (2-2), 2 p.m. Prairie View (2-3) at MVSU (1-4), 2 p.m. Hampton (1-4) vs. Howard (1-3) at Washington, D.C., Md., 2 p.m. Samford (1-3) at UAB (2-2), 2:30 p.m. Louisville (2-2) at NC State (2-2), 2:30 p.m. Holy Cross (1-4) at William & Mary (2-3), 2:30 p.m. Virginia (3-1) at Florida St. (2-2), 2:30 p.m. Chattanooga (3-2) at ETSU (3-2), 2:30 p.m. Old Dominion (1-3) at Georgia St. (3-1), 2:30 p.m. Marshall (3-1) at James Madison (4-0), 2:45 p.m. Alabama St. (3-1) at Bethune-Cookman (2-2), 3 p.m. New Haven (1-4) at Austin Peay (4-1), 4 p.m. Jackson St. (4-0) vs. Alabama A&M (4-1) at Mobile, Ala., 4 p.m. Campbell (4-1) at NC Central (2-3), 5 p.m. Gardner-Webb (1-4) at Charleston Southern (2-2), 5 p.m. North Alabama (3-2) at E. Kentucky (1-3), 5 p.m. Tennessee Tech (4-0) at W. Carolina (2-3), 5 p.m. Texas Southern (1-3) at FAU (3-1), 5 p.m. Ark.-Pine Bluff (2-2) at Southern U. (2-3), 6 p.m. Louisiana-Monroe (0-4) at South Alabama (2-2), 6 p.m. Georgia Southern (1-3) at Coastal Carolina (1-3), 6 p.m. Temple (1-3) at South Florida (4-0), 6:30 p.m. Army (2-1) at Louisiana Tech (1-2), 6:30 p.m. McNeese St. (2-3) at LSU (3-1), 6:45 p.m. Arkansas St. (2-2) at Louisiana-Lafayette (3-1), 7 p.m.

MIDWEST

3 1 1 1 0 0

RECEIVING Player

Convert

Fail

Convert

COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE State

3 2

West Virginia (3-1) at Iowa St. (2-2), 11 a.m. Middle Tennessee (2-2) at Kansas (1-2), 11 a.m. Michigan (3-1) at Minnesota (3-1), 11 a.m. Michigan St. (2-2) at Wisconsin (3-1), 11:30 a.m. Dayton (3-0) at Drake (1-3), noon Murray St. (1-4) at North Dakota (4-1), 1 p.m. Toledo (3-1) at Ball St. (1-3), 1 p.m.

Indiana St. (2-3) at South Dakota (3-2), 2 p.m. Akron (1-3) at Cent. Michigan (2-2), 2:30 p.m. Ohio (2-2) at Kent St. (2-2), 2:30 p.m. Wyoming (2-2) at N. Dakota St. (4-0), 2:30 p.m. Bowling Green (0-4) at Miami (Ohio) (2-2), 2:30 p.m. Maryland (2-2) at Nebraska (4-0), 3 p.m. Tennessee St. (1-3) at W. Illinois (2-3), 3 p.m. Purdue (1-3) at Illinois (2-2), 3:15 p.m. Youngstown St. (3-2) at S. Illinois (3-2), 4 p.m. S. Dakota St. (4-1) at Illinois St. (4-1), 6 p.m.

SOUTHWEST

Incarnate Word (2-2) at Stephen F. Austin (5-0), 5 p.m. UT Rio Grande Valley (2-2) at East Texas A&M (1-4), 6 p.m. UTSA (3-1) at Rice (1-3), 6 p.m. Chicago State (1-4) at Tarleton St. (4-0), 6 p.m. Northwestern St. (0-5) at Lamar (3-1), 6 p.m. Arkansas (2-2) at Texas A&M (2-2), 6 p.m. Nicholls (2-3) at Houston Christian (2-3), 6 p.m. West Florida (3-1) at Abilene Christian (1-4), 7 p.m.

FAR WEST

Navy (1-2) at Air Force (2-1), 11 a.m. California (2-2) at UNLV (2-2), 2:30 p.m. Davidson (2-3) at San Diego (1-3), 3 p.m. N. Colorado (2-3) at Montana (4-1), 3 p.m. UTEP (1-3) at New Mexico (3-1), 3 p.m. Oregon St. (2-2) at Colorado St. (2-2), 5 p.m. Weber St. (2-3) at Cal Poly (3-2), 7 p.m. S. Utah (1-4) at Utah Tech (0-5), 7 p.m. N. Arizona (3-2) at Idaho St. (4-0), 7 p.m. Fresno St. (3-1) at Washington St. (1-3), 8:30 p.m. E. Washington (1-4) at UC Davis (3-2), 9:30 p.m. Baylor (3-1) at Arizona St. (2-1), 9:30 p.m. Texas State (2-2) at San Diego St. (1-3), 9:30 p.m. Cincinnati (4-0) at Arizona (3-1), 10 p.m. Sunday, October 4

FAR WEST

San Jose St. (2-2) at Hawaii (1-3), 11 p.m.

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THE NATION

THINGS TO WATCH IN WEEK 5 Who, what and where to keep an eye on in this week’s games around the nation

MISS. ST. AIMS TO END BAMA STREAK

Quarterback Kamario Taylor’s dynamism and recent effectiveness in the clutch has provided No. 16 Mississippi State’s cowbell-ringing fans hope that perhaps Saturday will be different from every other time the team has faced Alabama since 2007. No.7 Alabama (4-0, 2-0 SEC) has won 16 straight in the series. The Crimson Tide has been dominant against its first four opponents this season, beating each by two or more touchdowns. Mississippi State (4-0, 2-0) has won its two SEC games by a single touchdown.

NO. 5 BUCKEYES HEAD TO IOWA CITY

No. 5 Ohio State (3-1, 1-0 Big Ten) will make its first trip to Iowa City since 2017. The Hawkeyes won in a blowout that day and eliminated the thenNo.3 Buckeyes from College Football Playoff contention. Iowa defensive coordinator Phil Parker’s biggest challenge will be to come up with a plan to keep star receiver Jeremiah Smith under control. Smith caught 12 passes for 217 yards, both career highs, and tied the Ohio State record with four touchdowns last week in the Buckeyes’ 42-19 victory over Illinois.

CINCINNATI SEEKS 5-0 START

Cincinnati (4-0, 1-0 Big 12) has gone from a five-game losing streak to finish last season to a chance to start 5-0 for the first time since 2021. Cincinnati’s Big 12 road opener comes a week after rallying to win 31-26 against previously unbeaten Kansas State.Arizona (3-1, 0-1) won 30-24 last year at then-No. 22 Cincinnati. Noah Fifita threw for 294 yards and a touchdown to become the Wildcats’ career leader for TD passes last November.That was the second of the Bearcats’ five losses in a row. — Associated Press

Caution key for LSU’s second act As Lane Kiffin decided whether to go for it or punt on fourth-and-1 this past Saturday from the LSU 43, he reminded himself he was Lane Kiffin. LSU hired him to be bold in these situations. So, instead of punting for safety, he had offensive coordinator Charlie Weis Jr. dial up an ingenious play-action pass that had Texas A&M yell leaders yelling “Oh no!” as Sam Leavitt hit a streaking Jackson Harris on a superbly executed 57-yard touchdown pass. It was the signature play of the Tigers’ first month of games under Kiffin. Textbook Kiffin. A Kiffin stratagem that blared “This is why LSU hired him” in 10-foot tall, Dr Pepper font-styled letters. LSU’s season can be likened to a three-act play. The Scott act is over, with enough Rabalais first drama — lawsuits, legal brinksmanship, overflowing emotions and “SportsCenter” worthy national stories — to leave an audience limp in its seats. That the Tigers went 3-1 and were able to bob and weave back to their No. 11 preseason AP ranking after four games really undersells the histrionics we have witnessed. Now, as we enter the second act, the plot has twisted. The lead actor, Kiffin, has taken on a different tone, too — a character compelled by the circumstances surrounding him. Kiffin the Bold is sounding like Kiffin the Cautious as LSU prepares to host McNeese on what could be a rainy Saturday night in Tiger Stadium (6:45 p.m., SEC Network). He spoke openly this week of at least considering holding out some key players after a spate of player losses that has LSU’s season resembling Agatha Christie’s classic whodunit “And Then There Were None.” The Tigers have suffered at least six major season-ending or long-term injuries to key players like linebacker Whit Weeks, tight end Trey’Dez Green, Star (safety) Dashawn Spears, plus a worrisome hamstring issue for Leavitt. When you think about it, a 3-1 record with Clemson, Ole Miss and Texas A&M on the schedule for LSU’s first act is a completely reasonable start. Sure, everyone wants to be 4-0, but September left the Tigers exiting the month as they hoped to be entering it: a legitimate College Football Playoff contender with dreams of competing for the Southeastern Conference championship still very much in play. The second act of the season looks to bring less drama and certainly fewer blockbuster contests, starting with McNeese. ESPN pegs the Cowboys (2-3) as an overwhelming 531/ 2-point underdog. If Kiffin is thinking of holding out Leavitt and his balky hammy Saturday as an insurance policy for the rest of the season, he could almost certainly go with backup Landen Clark and get the win. Heck, he could almost certainly go with Jontre Kirklin — the wide receiver pressed into being LSU’s starting quarterback in the 2021 Texas Bowl — and get the win. You could tell from Kiffin’s words and body language at his weekly news conference that he chafes at the notion of being cautious. It isn’t in his DNA. It probably gives him a rash. But sometimes, discretion is truly the

1. TEXAS Record: 4-0, 1-0 SEC Previous ranking: 1 Last week: beat Tennessee 20-17 This week: off 2. GEORGIA Record: 4-0, 2-0 Previous ranking: 3 Last week: beat Oklahoma 41-13 This week: vs.Vanderbilt, 11:45 a.m. Saturday (SEC Network) 3. ALABAMA Record: 4-0, 2-0 Previous ranking: 4 Last week: beat South Carolina 49-18 This week: at Mississippi State, 11 a.m. Saturday (ABC) 4. FLORIDA Record: 4-0, 2-0 Previous ranking: 7 Last week: beat Ole Miss 52-28 This week: at Missouri, 2:30 p.m. Saturday (ABC) 5. OLE MISS Record: 3-1, 1-1 Previous ranking: 2 Last week: lost to Florida 52-28 This week: off 6. LSU Record: 3-1, 1-1 Previous ranking: 5 Last week: beat Texas A&M 35-6 This week: vs. McNeese, 6:45 p.m. Saturday (SEC Network) 7. TENNESSEE Record: 3-1, 0-1 Previous ranking: 6 Last week: lost to Texas 20-17 This week: vs.Auburn, 2:30 p.m. Saturday (ESPN) 8. MISSISSIPPI STATE Record: 4-0, 2-0 Previous ranking: 8 Last week: beat Missouri 31-24 This week: vs.Alabama, 11 a.m. Saturday (ABC) 9. KENTUCKY Record: 3-1, 1-1 Previous ranking: 10 Last week: beat South Alabama 45-21 This week: at South Carolina, 3:15 p.m. Saturday (SEC Network)

STAFF PHOTO By MICHAEL JOHNSON

LSU linebacker Whit Weeks walks on crutches to the locker room in the third quarter against Texas A&M on Sept. 26 at Tiger Stadium. Weeks is out indefinitely after suffering a broken leg in the game.

better part of valor. Kifﬁn often follows his instincts to great success, as he did with that fourth-down pass against the Aggies. If instincts tell him to rest or at least limit some key players against McNeese, they’re worth listening to in this instance. The rest of the season’s second act is more compelling. And dangerous. The Ti-

gers go to Kentucky next Saturday, return home to face upstart Mississippi State, then close out the month at Auburn. All are games in which LSU figures to be favored, but all are games in which the Tigers could stub a paw if they are not … cautious. There’s that word again. I can picture Kiffin reaching for the hydrocortisone cream now. LSU has to get through the season’s second act unscathed, because the third act is a doozy. Back-to-back home games with Alabama and Texas followed by a trip to Tennessee, where the fans will only be marginally less hospitable than Ole Miss fans were to see Kiffin return to Oxford a couple of weeks ago. The season ends with a post-Thanksgiving trip to Arkansas, which right now looks like an outmatched bookend to this stretch paired neatly with McNeese. The second act of this season, as in a good play, sets the stage for the third. For the dramatic conclusion. If the Tigers have to tiptoe through games like this to get to the end in good order, to play for something significant in November as former LSU coach Gerry DiNardo liked to say, so be it. Kiffin — the experienced, wiser, if still bold by nature Kiffin LSU hired away from Ole Miss — knows that as well as anyone.

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LSU wide receiver Jackson Harris, left, makes a catch for a touchdown against Texas A&M on Sept. 26 at Tiger Stadium. Harris caught the ball on a fourth-and-1 play.

TV HIGHLIGHTS 11 a.m. Alabama at Mississippi St. ABC 11 a.m. Stanford at Wake Forest ACCN 11 a.m. Navy at Air Force CBS 11 a.m. Syracuse at UConn CBSSN 1 a.m. Boston College at SMU CW 11 a.m. Notre Dame at N. Carolina ESPN 11 a.m. UCF at Houston ESPN2 11 a.m. MTSU at Kansas ESPNU 11 a.m. Michigan at Minnesota FOX 11 a.m. West Virginia at Iowa St. TNT 11:30 a.m. Michigan St. at Wisconsin BTN 11:45 a.m. Vanderbilt at Georgia SECN 2:30 p.m. Florida at Missouri ABC

SEC RATINGS By KOKI RILEy

Louisville at NC State ACCN Ohio St. at Iowa CBS California at UNLV CBSSN Wyoming at N. Dakota St. CW Auburn at Tennessee ESPN Virginia at Florida St. ESPN2 Marshall at James Madison ESPNU Maryland at Nebraska FS1 Purdue at Illinois BTN Kentucky at South Carolina SECN Oregon St. at Colorado St. USA ByU at TCU ESPN Arkansas at Texas A&M ESPN2

Miami at Clemson ABC Utah St. at Boise St. CBSSN Temple at South Florida ESPNU Texas Tech at Colorado FOX Washington at Southern Cal NBC McNeese at LSU SECN Indiana at Rutgers BTN Fresno St. at Washington St. USA Texas St. at San Diego St. CW Baylor at Arizona St. ESPN E. Washington at UC Davis ESPN2 Cincinnati at Arizona FOX

10. MISSOURI Record: 3-1, 0-1 Previous ranking: 11 Last week: lost to Mississippi State 31-24 This week: vs. Florida, 2:30 p.m. Saturday (ABC) 11. AUBURN Record: 3-1, 1-1 Previous ranking: 13 Last week: beat Vanderbilt 21-15 This week: at Tennessee, 2:30 p.m. Saturday (ESPN) 12. OKLAHOMA Record: 2-2, 0-1 Previous ranking: 12 Last week: lost to Georgia 41-13 This week: off 13. VANDERBILT Record: 3-1, 0-1 Previous ranking: 15 Last week: lost to Auburn 21-15 This week: at Georgia, 11:45 a.m. Saturday (SEC Network) 14. TEXAS A&M Record: 2-2, 0-2 Previous ranking: 9 Last week: lost to LSU 35-6 This week: vs.Arkansas, 6 p.m. Saturday (ESPN2) 15. SOUTH CAROLINA Record: 2-2, 0-2 Previous ranking: 14 Last week: lost to Alabama 49-18 This week: vs. Kentucky, 3:15 p.m. Saturday (SEC Network) 16. ARKANSAS Record: 2-2, 0-1 Previous ranking: 16 Last week: beat Tulsa 34-6 This week: at Texas A&M, 6 p.m. Saturday (ESPN2)

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The NFC South is off to another punchline-worthy start, but the football games have been fun

WHAT A RUSH

BY MATTHEW PARAS Staff writer

As bleak as his team’s situation looks, Buccaneers coach Todd Bowles couldn’t help but crack a joke after Tampa Bay’s loss to the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday. “Funny thing, we’re 0-3 and a game out of ﬁrst place,” Bowles said. The NFC South had once again become the punchline. For yet another season, ä Falcons the oft-maligned division at Saints. looks like a mess. After the Carolina Panthers won 7:15 P.M. the South by backing into MONDAy, ESPN the playoffs with an 8-9 record, all four teams in the division are under. 500 Analysis through three weeks. Monday’s game between the New Orleans Saints and Atlanta Falcons, both at 1-2, could be a battle for ﬁrst place, depending on how the 1-2 Carolina Panthers’ Sunday night game against the Detroit Lions goes. If you’re keeping track, that’s back-toback prime-time games for (statistically) the NFL’s worst division. The Falcons are in the midst of a three-week prime-time stretch, too. But those who still bother to watch might uncover a dirty little secret. As mediocre as the NFC South can be, the division has the chance to be fun. It’s the NFL’s version of “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives,” Hulu’s trashy reality show that entertains no matter how bad it gets. “I know what the records say for each and every team right now,” Saints center Erik McCoy said. “But the last few years have come down to the wire, have come down to the last game of the season.” The division’s competitiveness doesn’t automatically make it entertaining. To the average NFL fan, there was nothing particularly satisfying about watching

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PHOTO By APRIL BUFFINGTON

Southern running back Trey Holly carries the ball against Jackson State last Saturday at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Miss. Holly ranks second in the SWAC in yards rushing per game at 87.6. He has five touchdowns.

Southern-UAPB matchup features battle of strong running games BY TOYLOY BROWN III

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ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO By MIKE STEWART

Saints quarterback Tyler Shough is sacked by Atlanta Falcons linebacker James Pearce on Jan. 4 in Atlanta.

Consistency is Southern’s goal. Coach Marshall Faulk has preached playing a complete game on homecoming against Arkansas-Pine Bluff at 6 p.m. Saturday at A.W. Mumford Stadium. The Jaguars don’t want a repeat of their ﬁrst half in a 35-17 loss to Jackson State last week when they allowed 28 ﬁrst-half points. Southern cornerback Ty Lee, who leads the team with six pass breakups,

■ SWAC power rankings ■ Southern stats, schedule ■ Toyloy Brown’s prediction said the defense hasn’t capitalized enough on opportunities to force turnovers and give the offense good field position. He said that will change starting Saturday. “Once you really look at the film and not from the (naked) eye, we really have been leaving a lot on the field,”

the sophomore from Lafayette said. “I feel like, as everybody sees, we show a lot of glimpses of it — one quarter, one half. That’s been a real detail for us this week: no glimpses. Just the whole game.” Southern (2-3, 0-1 SWAC) traditionally has dominated UAPB (2-2, 0-1), winning 11 of the last 13 matchups and leading the all-time series 42-12-2. UAPB did win 40-21 at home last year, although that victory is meaningless to coach Alonzo Hampton, who

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Sumrall reawakening sleeping giant Florida First-year coach leads No. 8 Gators against No. 25 Missouri

BY MARK LONG AP sportswriter

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida coach Jon Sumrall gave his team a history lesson about Mike Tyson two weeks ago. It was more about Buster Douglas, really. Douglas stunned Tyson at the Tokyo Dome in 1990 and did so in punishing fashion. Douglas jabbed at Tyson’s left eye for 10 rounds, causing it to swell and bleed. In preparation for Florida’s Southeastern Conference opener at Auburn, Sumrall provided commentary while showing clips of the heavyweight title ﬁght considered the greatest upset in boxing history. “Work the cut” became Sumrall’s theme for the week. He repeated it at practice, in the locker room, during pregame warmups, at halftime and even on the sideline between drives. Florida responded with the program’s most signiﬁcant road victory in a decade, providing a clear

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indication that the super intense and highly energetic Sumrall was on the verge of rousing the threetime national champion Gators from a seven-year slumber. “If you’re not on coach Sumrall’s level, he’s going to call you out immediately,” safety DJ Coleman said. Sumrall is setting the tone for No. 8 Florida. He followed “work the cut” with “so what, now what?” And the Gators responded by routing then-No. 4 Ole Miss 52-28 in the Swamp last Saturday, a lopsided victory that vaulted Florida to its highest ranking since December 2020. Sumrall’s next challenge is keeping his guys humble and levelheaded before playing at No. 25 Missouri this Saturday. His latest theme remains under wraps for now, although players may have offered some insight.

“How much are you willing to give?” left tackle Bryce Lovett said candidly. “It’s getting to the part of the season where people are starting to get banged up a little bit, starting to feel the wear and tear. So they’re just trying to push us and see how much we’re willing to give.” Sumrall led Troy (2022-23) and Tulane (2024-25) to conference title games in each of the last four seasons and the Green Wave to the College Football Playoff last season. He admits he recycles themes from time to time. But sometimes — like “work the cut” — they are new. “You accumulate things over the years that can stick with you,” Sumrall said. “And I try to message what I think our team needs based upon where we are within the year.” He gathers ideas from notes he’s taken, books he’s read and people he’s listened to. The themes tend

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Florida coach Jon Sumrall shakes hands with players during warm-ups ä See SUMRALL, page 6C before last Saturday’s game against Ole Miss in Gainesville, Fla.

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DT Boyd achieves milestone Third-year player seeing field more often

ﬁlled by either Rumph or Isaiah Stalbird, who has yet to play a defensive snap this season but played 64 snaps (5.8%) last season. Rumph, formerly an edge rusher, played three defensive snaps in the win over the Baltimore Ravens, appearing ahead of Stalbird. While Werner has not practiced in two days, he has been visible off to the side when reporters have been present. Elsewhere on Friday, defensive ends Anfernee Jennings (knee) and Carl Granderson (ankle), and Godchaux (rest) also missed practice.

BY MATTHEW PARAS Staff writer

Defensive tackle Khristian Boyd insists he hasn’t been bothered by Cam Jordan after the ﬁrst sack of Boyd’s career. Jordan was adamant that was the case, even though it looked like the New Orleans Saints pass rusher had a claim to be awarded a half-sack on the play. “Good things come to those who power,” Jordan said, dapping his teammate up. “I was like ... ‘Let me have this one,’ “ Boyd said. “He was cool about it.” It took three seasons, but Boyd finally got in the sack column when he brought down Kirk Cousins in last weekend’s loss to the Las Vegas Raiders. Boyd has been used sparingly since joining the Saints in Notebook 2024, being inactive for all but 12 games. But with a toe injury to rookie Christen Miller, Boyd has not only been active for the last two weeks but he’s also played a surprising amount. Boyd logged 26 snaps against the Raiders, only one less than starting defensive tackle Davon Godchaux. “I feel like I’ve been consistent in everything I do,” Boyd said. “I put in extra work and have been consistent in practice. And so when the game comes, I’m ready. I’m ready for my moment. And I feel like I’ve been ready. You just have to wait for your opportunity.” His opportunity arrived and could be extended depending on whether Miller, who has been limited with a toe injury in practice this week, can suit up for Monday’s game against the Atlanta Falcons.

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Continued from page 5C the Panthers lose a Week 18 showdown to the Buccaneers last season only to make the playoffs at 8-9 because they held a three-way tiebreaker. The entry marked the second time in four seasons the division winner ﬁnished under .500. But there can be a certain comedic quality to watching the division unfold. On X and Reddit, a widely shared offseason meme felt more than appropriate for the state of the division. The meme featured logos of the Bucs, Panthers, Saints and Falcons with the same thought bubble: “Wow. This division sucks. Thank God I’m the only good team here.” Every joke, as the saying goes, has some truth to it. What makes the NFC South compelling this year is that every team in the division has, perhaps rightfully, convinced itself it has a shot to win

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Continued from page 5C to resonate with 18- to 22-year-old players and could be more impactful at Florida, which has endured four losing seasons in the last ﬁve years. “We all feed off it,” defensive coordinator Brad White said. “That theme for the week is all coach, and when he tells the team, we ﬁnd out, too. Trust me, it doesn’t just motivate the players. It motivates the coaches. It motivates everybody in the building. “Everybody that’s hearing that message, you’re like, ’Man, OK,

Tyson update

STAFF PHOTO By DAVID GRUNFELD

New Orleans Saints defensive tackle Khristian Boyd, center, reacts after sacking Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Kirk Cousins during a game at the Caesars Superdome on Sunday.

around the facility this time of year, around the clock, even on off days.”

Rookie wide receiver Jordyn Tyson will be eligible to return from injured reserve next week because Monday will be his fourth game missed because of a hamstring injury. But Tyson may have to wait a little longer before he suits up. Coach Kellen Moore said Thursday that he does not anticipate Tyson practicing next week. The Saints host the Minnesota Vikings on Oct. 11 for Week 5. “Not at the moment, but we’ll see,” Moore said when asked whether he thinks the wide receiver will return to practice. Tyson, the eighth overall pick, suffered his latest hamstring injury on Aug. 13 when the Saints held a joint practice with the Jacksonville Jaguars. Though Moore said the injury was not related to his previous issues, Tyson has dealt with four hamstring injuries over the last year. The Saints selected him knowing that he had a “small recurrence” of the issue before the draft, leading the team to carefully manage his workload throughout the spring. New Orleans then ramped up his activity during training camp, only for Tyson to get hurt again when his foot slipped out from under him as he was getting shoved from behind.

Boyd, at 6-foot-2 and 320 pounds, excels in helping stop the run. Baltimore’s Derrick Henry and Las Vegas’ Ashton Jenty — two of the league’s more proliﬁc running backs — were held to 68 and 56 yards, respectively, in games when Boyd was active. Defensive coordinator Brandon Staley said Boyd has earned his reps through competition in practice. He has been notably active over John Ridgeway, who the Saints re-signed to a two-year, $5.8 million deal in the offseason. “I’ve been very impressed with his preparation since we’ve been here,” said Staley, who joined the Saints in 2025. “This guy is at the facility year round, and he’s

Chris Rumph learned how to play off-ball linebacker not that long ago. The veteran may be days away from starting at his new position. Saints starting linebackers Pete Werner (stinger) and Kaden Elliss (calf) again missed practice Friday, possibly putting them on track to miss Monday’s game against the Atlanta Falcons. If neither Werner nor Elliss can go, the Saints will turn to Danny Stutsman and a linebacker to be de- Email Matthew Paras at matt. termined. The other spot will be paras@theadvocate.com

the division — and their offseasons reflected it. The Saints loaded up on weapons to surround quarterback Tyler Shough. The Panthers splurged on defense. The Buccaneers got rave reviews for their draft. The Falcons changed coaching staffs. hiring two-time NFL Coach of the Year Kevin Stefanski. All of those changes have made the NFC South more interesting, and that’s unfolded in the games to begin the season. The Saints offense has looked electric for stretches, fueled by Shough and Chris Olave. So, surprisingly, have the Panthers with Bryce Young, who finally has a trio of receivers that has helped the quarterback rank second in passing yards. The Buccaneers? Well, the vibes from afar haven’t seemed great, but maybe backup quarterback Jalon Daniels will provide some joy while Baker Mayfield (thumb) is sidelined for three weeks. The most confusing team might be the Falcons. After looking dead in the water for the first

two games, quarterback Michael Penix’s return led to an absolute beatdown of the Green Bay Packers. Bijan Robinson had 194 yards rushing to match Drake London’s 194 yards receiving. “What impresses you is the win (over the Packers),” said Saints defensive end Cam Jordan, noting the stat lines of Atlanta’s two top playmakers. “I hate that they’re coming off a win. I would like them to be 0-3, sort of depressed in the locker room. “And no. They’re like, ‘Oh, we’re (1-2)’ and it’s because of Michael Penix. It’s because of Bijan. It’s because of Drake London. And oh, by the way, you’ve still got Kyle Pitts — who’s a top-ﬁve tight end when he gets active. His yards don’t show how talented he is, so we still have to worry about that ... waking up.” Do these fun playmakers make these teams actually good? That’ll be answered over the course of the season. But at the very least, it makes them more watchable. And that’s progress, given how dire

that makes complete sense. We’re all in.’ ” Sumrall’s tactics are reminiscent of those used by former Florida coach Urban Meyer, widely regarded as a master motivator. Meyer used every nugget he could unearth — even embellishing things here and there — to keep the Gators playing with an edge. Meyer famously created a giant bulletin board before the 2006 national title game against Ohio State and plastered every negative thing being written or said about the Gators on it for his players to peruse in the hotel for a week. It ﬁred Florida up before a 41-14 romp over top-ranked and seven-point favorite Ohio State.

Not trending positively

Twenty years later, Sumrall is doing most of the talking — a purposeful and unﬁltered approach. Before the Ole Miss beatdown, he said: “It’s time to put something out there that sends a message to everybody that you’re going to have to deal with us; the bully is back.” The Gators are having their way with opponents. Jadan Baugh leads the SEC and ranks second nationally in rushing, averaging 150 yards, and is the third player in school history (joining Emmitt Smith and Fred Taylor) with ﬁve consecutive 100-yard games. Baugh leads the FBS in scoring with 11 touchdowns. The offensive line has been mostly stout, and quarterback

things have been in the division. The NFC South arguably started to fall apart when the top quarterbacks retired. Since Drew Brees walked away in 2021, the division has a combined record of 151-201 — a .429 winning percentage that is ahead of only the AFC South. Since 2022 (post Matt Ryan) and 2023 (post Tom Brady), those percentages fell to .412 and .407, respectively. If the division is now truly on the upswing, the emergence of the quarterbacks will have something to do with it. Shough is in Year 2. Penix is in Year 3. Young is in Year 4, but the 2023 ﬁrst overall pick may be playing his way into a long-term contract from Carolina. Mayﬁeld, as inconsistent as he’s been over the last year, has provided stability for Tampa Bay after Brady. Maybe that’s not the best collection of quarterbacks a division could have. And at their worst, they can produce some ugly football. Funny thing is they still make the division worth watching.

Aaron Philo has been effective and efﬁcient. And the Gators are making big plays weekly on defense and special teams. So what, now what? “You have to humble yourself or you will be humbled,” Sumrall said. “If we don’t look in the mirror and hone where we’re deficient still, somebody else will show it to us. I’m very happy that we won last week. I’m happy that we won each week so far; it beats the alternative. “But I’m not celebrating anything. Nobody in our building should be celebrating anything. If we are, then we’re totally off base at how you ﬁnd success over the long term.”

Vikings WR Jefferson out vs. Dolphins with sprained ankle

The Minnesota Vikings ruled out star receiver Justin Jefferson for Sunday’s game against the Dolphins because of an ankle sprain suffered last week against Tampa Bay, and Miami will be without rookie receiver Caleb Douglas for a second straight game as he continues nursing an ankle injury. Jefferson suffered the injury in the first quarter of Minnesota’s Week 3 win against the Buccaneers and missed practice this week. The two-time All-Pro receiver watched from the sideline for a couple of series before walking to the locker room midway through the second quarter. It appeared Jefferson got hurt when a defender fell onto his right ankle. Jefferson has 13 catches for 179 yards and two touchdowns through three games.

Commanders QB Mariota to start against Colts in London

WATFORD, England — Commanders quarterback Marcus Mariota will get his second straight start in place of the injured Jayden Daniels on Sunday when Washington faces the Indianapolis Colts at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Head coach Dan Quinn announced the decision Friday after practice at the team’s luxury hotel accommodations outside London. Daniels returned to practice this week after dislocating his elbow in Week 2 against the Dallas Cowboys. He’s been wearing a protective brace and expressed no concerns about further damage. Last week, Mariota threw three touchdown passes in the 33-31 win over the Seattle Seahawks. It’s the second elbow dislocation for Daniels, who missed most of the second half of last season with the same injury.

CBS announces Romo’s permanent exit after arrest

CBS Sports and Tony Romo have ofﬁcially parted ways, one month after the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback pleaded no contest to charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Romo had been on leave since his July 23 arrest in Wisconsin. He had been the lead game analyst for CBS’ NFL coverage since 2017. Analyst JJ Watt had joined playby-play announcer Jim Nantz and sideline reporter Tracy Wolfson on CBS Sports’ lead NFL team during Romo’s absence. Watt will continue in that role now and all other CBS teams will remain the same. Romo was arrested following a trafﬁc stop as he was driving south on Interstate 43 in Wisconsin. He pleaded no contest to a charge of operating while intoxicated on Sept. 1.

Djokovic rallies to beat Yunchaokete in China Open

BEIJING — Novak Djokovic rallied to beat Bu Yunchaokete and maintain his flawless record at the China Open despite again needing a medical timeout on Friday. The sixth-ranked Djokovic won 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals and extend his record to 31-0 at the Beijing tournament, which he has won six times, the last in 2015. The 39-year-old will play either top-seeded Alexander Zverev or China’s Juncheng Shang in the quarterfinals. In the women’s tournament, second-seeded Aryna Sabalenka defeat Renata Zarazua 6-1, 6-3. It was Sabalenka’s first match since losing the U.S. Open final to Elena Rybakina.

Pistons coach Bickerstaff has no animosity for center Duren

DETROIT — The lengthy negotiations between the Detroit Pistons and star center Jalen Duren didn’t leave any lingering animosity, at least not in the mind of head coach J.B. Bickerstaff. Duren, an All-NBA Third Team selection last season, agreed to a ﬁve-year, $200 million contract on Thursday. There were reports during the offseason that the restricted free agent sought sign-and-trade options and even felt disrespected by the front ofﬁce. Duren, who was not made available to the media, underwent a physical and other testing on Friday and is expected to start practicing as early as this weekend. Bickerstaff brushed aside any suggestion that Duren might not be fully invested in rejoining the team.

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GAMEDAY TEAM STATS

OFFENSE PER GAME Yards gained: 336.8 PASS 165.2

RUSH 171.6

Jackson St. rises to top spot BY TOYLOY BROWN III Staff writer

Plays: 63.2 PASS 25.4

RUSH 37.8

Turnovers: 0.80 INTERCEPTIONS 0.40

FUMBLES 0.40

DEFENSE PER GAME Yards allowed: 404.8 PASS 196.0

RUSH 208.8

Turnovers forced: 0.80 INTERCEPTIONS 0.40

FUMBLES 0.40

SCORING PER GAME 37.6

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LEADERS PASSING Christian Johnson 58.47%, 728 yards, 6 TDs, INT RUSHING Trey Holly 87 carries, 438 yards, 5.0 avg, 5 TDs Mike Franklin 29 carries, 263 yards, 9.1 avg, 2 TDs Christian Johnson 34 carries, 84 yards, 2.5 avg, 2 TDs RECEIVING Daejawn Smith 14 catches, 200 yards, 14.29 avg, TD Trey Holly 8 catches, 67 yards, 8.38 avg Damien Henderson 7 catches, 56 yards, 8.0 avg DEFENSE Tay James 28 tackles, 3 for loss, 2 sacks Herman Brister 21 tackles, 4 for loss

SCHEDULE AUGUST 29 vs. Alabama State L, 30-17 SEPTEMBER 5 Kentucky St. W, 34-15 12 at Houston L, 77-6 19 La. Christian W, 50-31 26 at Jackson State L, 35-17 OCTOBER 3 UAPB 6 p.m./SWAC TV 10 at Prairie View 2 p.m./SWAC TV 24 at TSU 2 p.m. SWAC TV 31 at Florida A&M 2 p.m. NOVEMBER 7 Bethune-Cookman 2 p.m. 14 Alcorn State University 2 p.m. 28 Grambling 1 p.m./NBC

PREDICTION SOUTHERN 43,ARKANSAS PINEBLUFF 38: Arkansas-Pine Bluff

primarily has played high-scoring games this season, and that trend should continue against Southern. While the Golden Lions defense has some potential to limit coach Marshall Faulk’s rushing attack led by Trey Holly, it could have issues containing quarterback Christian Johnson. He is motivated for a bounce-back performance after last week’s loss to Jackson State. Even if Southern makes its usual special-teams mistakes, it should win since it has the superior defense. Toyloy Brown III

SWAC STANDINGS Conf. W L Jackson St. 1 0 Ala. A&M 1 0 Ala. State 1 0 BCU 0 0 Fla. A&M 0 1 MVSU 0 1 Conf. W L Alcorn St. 2 0 Prairie View 2 0 UAPB 0 1 Grambling 0 1 Southern 0 1 Texas So. 0 2

East PF 35 40 81 0 21 15

PA 17 21 36 0 40 41

All Games W L PF PA 4 0 168 62 4 1 177 81 3 1 122 66 2 2 132 125 1 4 87 184 1 4 62 178

PF 96 73 51 14 17 54

PA 91 28 53 21 35 95

All games W L PF PA 3 2 175 185 2 3 116 152 2 2 141 157 2 2 118 117 2 3 124 188 1 3 106 176

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Saturday’s Games

Alcorn St. at Grambling St., 2 p.m. Prairie View at MVSU, 2 p.m. Alabama St. at Bethune-Cookman, 3 p.m. Jackson St. vs. Ala. A&M at Mobile, Ala., 4 p.m. Texas Southern at FAU, 5 p.m. Ark.-Pine Bluff at Southern, 6 p.m.

Oct. 10 Games

MVSU at Texas Southern, 2 p.m. Southern at Prairie View, 2 p.m. Arkansas Baptist at Alcorn St., 2 p.m. Florida A&M at Alabama St., 3 p.m. Jackson St. at Grambling, 4 p.m. Bethune-Cookman at Ala. A&M, 6 p.m.

As many Southwestern Athletic Conference programs approach the midway mark of the 2026 season, the conference schedule is ready to dominate the rest of the calendar. Entering Week 5, here are The Advocate’s SWAC football power rankings.

1. Jackson State Record: 4-0, 1-0 SWAC Previous ranking: 2 Last week: 35-17 win vs. Southern This week: 4 p.m. Saturday vs. Alabama A&M (in Mobile) Extra points: Jackson State leapfrogs Alabama State in the power rankings as Hornets quarterback Andrew Body is dealing with a nagging wrist injury. The Tigers’ matchup against the Bulldogs is the premier game in the conference this week. Jackson State is led by its high-powered offense, starring RB Nate Blount, QB Jared Lockhart and WR Nate Rembert. Defensive lineman Justin Foster leads the the Tigers defense.

2. Alabama State Record: 3-1, 1-0 Previous ranking: 1 Last week: 41-15 win vs. Mississippi Valley State This week: 3 p.m. Saturday at Bethune-Cookman Extra points: Body suffered a wrist injury in Week 2 against Troy. He toughed out the stinger on his non-throwing hand until this past week against Mississippi Valley State. Alabama State has three tune-up games in October before entering the most challenging stretch of the season when it faces Alabama A&M, Jackson State and Prairie View in the span of four weeks.

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Southern quarterback Christian Johnson gets wrapped up by the Jackson State defense during a game at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Miss., on Sept. 26. Bulldogs yet against Jackson State in Mobile, Alabama, for the Gulf Coast Challenge.

5. Grambling

Record: 2-2, 0-1 Previous ranking: 5 Last week: 21-14 loss vs. Prairie View This week: 2 p.m. Saturday vs. Alcorn State Extra points: Prairie View neutralized Grambling sophomore running back D’Shaun Ford, the SWAC’s fourth-leading rusher, who was held to 31 yards rushing. Starting quarterback RJ Johnson was sidelined because of an illness. This week, the Tigers 3. Prairie View host Alcorn State for homecomRecord: 2-3, 2-0 ing. Grambling is looking to win Previous ranking: 3 its ﬁrst game against the Braves Last week: 21-14 win vs. Gram- since 2022. bling This week: 2 p.m. Saturday at Mis- 6. Alcorn State sissippi Valley State Record: 3-2, 2-0 Extra points: After playing arguPrevious ranking: 7 Last week: 43-40 win vs. Texas ably the toughest nonconference schedule in the SWAC, the Bull- Southern This week: 2 p.m. Saturday at dogs moved to 2-0 in the league with a win over Grambling in the Grambling Extra points: Senior quarterback Cotton Bowl. Senior quarterback Tevin Carter completed 18 of Jaylon Tolbert, the leading passer 22 passes for 160 yards and two in the SWAC, threw for 332 yards touchdowns, with wide receivers and two touchdowns in the overRodny Ojo, Chaney Fitzgerald time win against Texas Southern. and Damien McDaniel all pulling Both SWAC games for the Braves down ﬁve catches. have been overtime nail-biters, as coach Cedric Thomas joked that 4. Alabama A&M he had to get a larger straitjacket to deal with the mental anguish of Record: 4-1, 1-0 watching his team’s close games. Previous ranking: 4 Last week: 40-21 win at Florida 7. Bethune-Cookman A&M This week: 4 p.m. Saturday vs. Record: 2-2 Jackson State (in Mobile) Previous ranking: 6 Extra points: Riverdale product Last week: 31-21 loss vs. South Byron Perrilliat earned FCS Carolina State Freshman of the Week honors This week: 3 p.m. Saturday vs. Alaafter running for 223 yards and bama State two touchdowns on 16 carries in Extra points: Junior quarterback the win over FAMU. On defense, Tyler Jefferson led BethuneSophomore DJ Barber leads the Cookman with 96 yards passing SWAC with 50 total tackles, in- and 57 yards rushing in the twocluding 18 solo. Next up is the score loss against HBCU top dog biggest conference test for the South Carolina State. The final

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Continued from page 5C will see an opponent with a new coaching staff. The fourth-year coach admitted that with a Southern rushing attack again led by redshirt junior Trey Holly, the game plan should be similar. “I’ll be honest, last year has nothing to do with this year,” Hampton said on Monday’s SWAC coaches call. “Obviously, you know they got a new head coach. They’re doing some of the same principles, but again, when you got a running back like that, I don’t know if you need to change much anyway. And you know, the head coach is a running back guy, so you want to make sure his guy’s fed. And when he’s eating the way he’s eating, I’d feed him, too.” Holly wasn’t as productive in the 2025 meeting, finishing with 18 carries for 66 yards and no touchdowns. This season, Holly is second in the Southwestern Athletic Conference in both rushing yards per game (87.6) and rushing touchdowns (five), and fifth

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in all-purpose yards (101.0). The 5-foot-7, 192-pounder is someone Hampton said can “go from zero to 60 real quick.” “He’s an outstanding back,” Hampton said. “You can tell that he has a renewed energy about him. The way he’s running the ball, he can break tackles. Man, we have our hands full.” Hampton also complimented Southern 6-2 power back Mike Franklin, who is second in yards per carry (9.1) in the SWAC. The Jaguars will miss their other rotational back Champ Davis for a third game. Faulk said the freshman’s shoulder injury likely will keep him out for all of October. Southern should have an easier time moving the ball than it did against Jackson State. Faulk said the UAPB defense has been “bend but don’t break at times.” Among SWAC teams, the Golden Lions are 11th in points allowed per game (39.3). They also give up the most yards per game at 530.3, which is 55.7 more than the next worst team, Florida A&M. Even though UAPB is thirdbest in rushing yards allowed (129), Hampton joked that he

team to start SWAC play in 2026 now has a tough test in its opener against Alabama State. BethuneCookman has lost its last five matchups against the Hornets and hasn’t beaten the program since 2012.

8. Arkansas-Pine Bluff Record: 2-2, 0-1 Previous ranking: 11 Last week: Bye This week: 6 p.m. Saturday at Southern Extra points: The Golden Lions moved up the rankings this week as beneficiaries of a bye week and losses from three other conference programs. History is not on Arkansas-Pine Bluff’s side against its next opponent, Southern. Last season marked UAPB’s ﬁrst win over the Jaguars since the COVID spring season, and the program has two total wins over Southern since 2012.

9. Texas Southern Record: 1-3, 0-2 Previous ranking: 10 Last week: 43-40 loss at Alcorn State This week: 5 p.m. Saturday at Florida Atlantic Extra points: The Tigers hit the road to face FBS opponent Florida Atlantic this week after suffering a heartbreaking overtime loss against Alcorn State. Freshman kicker Miguel Arana hit two ﬁeld goals beyond 40 yards in the contest, including a 48-yarder in overtime. He is 5 of 8 on the season and ranks fourth in the conference among all kickers.

10. Southern

This week: 6 p.m. Saturday vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff Extra points: The Jaguars opened SWAC play with a blowout loss against Jackson State. A week after publicly wishing he could ﬁre some of his players, coach Marshall Faulk is still disappointed in the Jaguars’ slow ﬁrst-half starts. The Golden Lions will test the Southern defense, as they are the third-highest scoring offense in the SWAC while averaging 35.3 points per game.

11. Florida A&M Record: 1-4, 0-1 Previous ranking: 9 Last week: 40-21 loss vs. Alabama A&M This week: Bye Extra points: Junior Justin Bostic leads the SWAC with three interceptions returned for 122 yards and a touchdown. The Rattlers have a bye week before facing the conference’s top two teams, Jackson State and Alabama State, in back-to-back weeks. FAMU has beaten Jackson State only once (2023) in the modern era. The Rattlers have defeated Alabama State in four of the last ﬁve meetings dating back to 2021.

12. Mississippi Valley State Record: 1-4, 0-1 Previous ranking: 12 Last week: 41-15 loss at Alabama State This week: 2 p.m. Saturday vs. Prairie View Extra points: The Delta Devils opened conference play with a blowout loss to the Hornets on the road. Next up is Prairie View, a program that Mississippi Valley State is 30-26 against all-time but have lost the last three meetings against the Bulldogs by a combined total of 73 points. MVSU ranks last in the SWAC in scoring, averaging 12.4 points per game.

Record: 2-3, 0-1 Previous ranking: 8 Last week: 35-17 loss at Jackson Email Toyloy Brown III at State toyloy.brown@theadvocate.com.

wished he could have a couple of extra defenders on the ﬁeld because no one has slowed down Holly yet. “Can we play with 13?” Hampton said. “Because those guys are good, man. Yeah, we’re third right now, but hey man, this is one of the best offensive linemen that we face. The group of guys and their running backs are talented. And again, we’re gonna have to do a couple different things to be able to stop the run. Can’t let him get going, but I don’t think anybody stopped him yet.” The Golden Lions also possess an effective ground game. They are ﬁfth in rushing yards per game (204) in the SWAC and have a trio of tailbacks all averaging more than 5 yards per attempt. The running backs are a major reason why UAPB is third in scoring (35.3). “That’s the good thing about our offense, it’s not one person,” Hampton said. “So we’re not trying to get anybody going. We’re trying to make sure our players are ready when their number’s called, and that’s what this offense is about.”

Faulk thinks highly of the UAPB playmakers, including sophomore quarterback Garrison Davis, who has seven passing touchdowns that rank fourth in the SWAC. Before Faulk instituted a speciﬁc game plan later in the week, he wanted to prioritize getting his team back playing to the level it’s capable of with effort-ﬁlled practices. He also pushed back on the idea that Southern views UAPB as a more winnable SWAC challenger for homecoming. “We’re approaching this game with all the respect possible,” Faulk said. “I don’t believe that there’s such a thing as a softness or an easy game or anything like that. We’re gonna come out just like we do with every other game, and impose our will and go for the win.” Email Toyloy Brown III at toyloy.brown@theadvocate.com.

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Kentwood 52, Ferriday 6 St. Michael 45, Scotlandville 13 Denham Springs 35, Live Oak 17 Madison Prep 47, McKinley 0

Statewide

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East Ascension quarterback Zaylen Smith, left, makes a throw from the pocket against Walker in the first quarter on Friday in Walker.

Blocked punt returned for TD lifts EA over Walker

BY WILLIAM WEATHERS Contributing writer

A week after making a field goal in double overtime to defeat its archrival, East Ascension was back on a high-wire act once again. Sophomore defensive back Daylan Bouvay stormed through to block a punt that caromed into the hands of teammate D’Landon Nabor for a 40-yard return and touchdown with 15 seconds remaining, capping a whirlwind second half that led the Spartans to an improbable 28-24 victory at Walker in a District 5-5A thriller on Friday. “We didn’t have a lot of time,” Bouvay said. “We had to do something, and I just put my body on the line and went to get the punt. We returned it and scored and that’s all that mattered. It’s a team sport.” East Ascension (4-1, 2-0 in 5-5A) outscored Walker (4-1, 1-1) 21-0 in the second half to rally from a 24-7 halftime deﬁcit. “We played the worst half of football that we could have played in the first half,” EA coach Brock Matherne said.

“When we do things together and believe, we can accomplish anything, and these kids don’t give up.” EA scored on its final three possessions — a span of eight minutes — when Zion Delong’s 30-yard scoring run reduced Walker’s lead to 24-21 with 10:42 remaining in the game. Quarterback Zaylen Smith, who was 10 of 26 for 169 yards, threw his second touchdown to Jeremyah Merriweather, a 34-yarder, near the end of the third quarter and Savannah Barker added the second of her four successful extra points. Merryweather finished with five catches for 131 yards. Walker, which had a first-andgoal at EA’s 2-yard line but went backward with three penalties and a high snap midway through the third quarter, was set to punt from the Spartans’ 41 when Bouvay’s all-out effort resulted in the block of Brodie Marino’s effort and returned by Nabor for the go-ahead score. The Wildcats reached the Spartans’ 30 on Jayce Evans’ 19-yard completion to Brashad London, which resulted in their final time-

out with eight seconds to go. Evans scrambled and found London over the middle, and London was tackled by EA’s Demirain Williams at the 15-yard line at the horn. Evans completed 8 of 10 passes for 192 yards with London leading the way with three receptions for 70 yards. “The whole message at halftime was, ‘If you’re not coming out hungry, you just awoke a giant,’ ” Walker coach Chris Harrell said. Walker’s defense emerged with the biggest play of the ﬁrst half when linebacker Dylan Armstead collected a loose ball and brought it back 87 yards for a momentum-swinging touchdown and 10-7 lead on the ﬁrst play of the second quarter. That was the trigger of a stretch of 21 unanswered points for the Wildcats to take a 17-point lead into the locker room. “That’s who we are,” Matherne said. “We don’t look at the scoreboard or worry about things that are out of our control and control what we can control. We played with East Ascension effort, toughness and grit.”

Acadiana 56, New Iberia 7 Acadiana Christian 40, Pickering 7 Amite 48, S. B. Wright 0 Ascension Catholic 51, Assumption 8 Ben Franklin 54, Springﬁeld 30 Buckeye 27, Holy Savior Menard 12 Country Day 49, Northlake Christian 0 Covington 40, Fontainebleau 7 Easton 43, Riverdale 0 Elton 32, JS Clark Leadership Academy 26 Grand Lake 41, Port Barre 0 Gueydan 50, Pine Prairie 42 Hahnville 36, H.L. Bourgeois 9 Haughton 55, Parkway 36 Haynesville 48, Union Parish 27 Kennedy 42, Salmen 40 Kentwood 52, Ferriday 6 Lakeshore 41, Belle Chasse 34 Mandeville 22, Slidell 15 Mansﬁeld 46, Grant 23 Merryville 34, Linden-Kildare, Texas 30 Notre Dame 24, Cecilia 21 Northshore 41, Ponchatoula 38 Patrick Taylor 24, Fisher 7 Pearl River 54, Sumner 21 Pine 41, Loranger 12 Pope John Paul 57, Morris Jeff 0 Ringgold 50, Lena Northwood 28 Rummel 10, John Curtis 9 Ruston 29, West Point, Miss. 2 Sacred Heart 49, Sacred Heart-Grand Coteau 0 Saint Paul’s 14, Hammond 12 South Lafourche 42, Patterson 34 St. Augustine 51, Chalmette 13 St. James 42, Landry/Walker 6 Terrebonne 29, South Terrebonne 26 Thibodaux 56, Central Lafourche 19 Tioga 45, Jena 26 Vandebilt Catholic 29, E.D. White 28 West St. Mary 38, Berwick 14 Westgate 43, Carencro 0 Westminster Christian (LAF) 55, Vermilion Catholic 25

Friday’s scores Area

Alexandria 51, Liberty 6 Ascension Catholic 51, Assumption 8 Ben Franklin 54, Springﬁeld 30 Catholic High 37, Madison-Ridgeland Academy 14 Central 42, Ouachita Parish 21 Dutchtown 9, Prairieville 6 Denham Springs 35, Live Oak 17 East Ascension 28, Walker 24 East Feliciana 30, Parkview Baptist 20 Episcopal 16, Albany 2 Independence 39, Istrouma 30 Lutcher 54, Franklinton 41 Madison Prep 47, McKinley 0 Plaquemine 42, Brusly 36 Parklane Academy 37, Dunham 7 Southern Lab 62, East Iberville 6 St. James 42, L.B. Landry 6 St. John 28, White Castle 0 University 28, Teurlings Catholic 7 West Feliciana 40, St. Helena 0 Woodlawn (BR) 14, Donaldsonville 13 Zachary 56, St. Amant 28 Northeast 6, Capitol 10

Statewide

Abramson 32, Varnado 6 Acadiana Renaissance 21, Breaux Bridge 14 Airline 32, Natchitoches Central 29 Ascension Episcopal 47, Centerville 0 Avoyelles 52, Block 0 B.T. Washington 54, Lincoln Prep6 Barbe 59, Sulphur 7 Basile 34, Oberlin 0 Bastrop 48, General Trass 36 Baton Rouge Episcopal 16, Albany 2 Beau Chene 34, East Beauregard 26 Beekman 56, Madison 0 Benton 31, C.E. Byrd 28 Bossier 34, Southwood 12 Bunkie 52, Kinder 15 Caldwell Parish 48, St. Frederick 21 Calvary Baptist 52, Loyola Prep 24 Cedar Creek 22, North Webster 21 De La Salle 57, Willow School 18 DeRidder 48, Westlake 15 Delta Charter 50, Delhi Charter 15 Destrehan 36, East St. John 0 Erath 45, North Vermilion 20 Eunice 35, Church Point 33 Evangel Christian 46, Captain Shreve 0 Franklin Parish 38, Huntington 36 Glenbrook 57, North Caddo 33 Hannan 38, St. Thomas Aquinas 14 Independence 39, Istrouma 30 Iowa 41, South Beauregard 7 Jeanerette 68, Hanson Memorial 0 Jennings 48, Washington-Marion 15 Jesuit 33, Holy Cross 6 Jonesboro-Hodge 38, Arcadia 18 Kaplan 48, St. Louis 23 Karr 25, Brother Martin 21 LaSalle 38, Montgomery 36

Lafayette Renaissance 56, LCCP 34 Lake Arthur 50, Covenant Christian 20 Lakeside 40, Plain Dealing 0 Leesville 37, Many 15 Mangham 40, West Ouachita 21 Marksville 54, Pineville 43 Minden 21, Woodlawn (SH) 14 Neville 10, West Monroe 0 Catholic-New Iberia 31, Catholic-PC 6 North DeSoto 56, Shreveport Northwood 13 Northwest 23, Iota 14 Opelousas 28, Lafayette Christian Academy 26 Parklane Academy, Miss. 37, Dunham 7 Plaquemine 42, Brusly 36 Rayne 35, Mamou 21 Rayville 38, Magnolia Excellence 0 Red River 30, Logansport 24 Richwood 61, Lakeview 6 Rosepine 59, Delhi 12 Sam Houston 28, Southside 14 St. Charles Catholic 33, Riverside Academy 23 St. Martin’s 56, Thomas Jefferson 24 St. Mary’s 23, Winnﬁeld 14 St. Thomas More 42, Lafayette 7 Sterlington 57, Oak Grove 34 Vidalia 46, D’Arbonne Woods 13 Vinton 56, LaGrange 6 Welsh 44, DeQuincy 7 West Feliciana 40, St. Helena 0 Westminster Christian 7, Opelousas Catholic 0

Central 42, Ouachita Parish 21 Team OP CHS First Downs 20 13 Yards Rushing 46-159 21-111 Yards Passing 189 230 Passes (C-A-HI) 16-27 16-25 Punts-avg. 4-32.25 4-23.25 Fumbles-lost 4-2 0-0 Penalties-yards 4-35 10-110 SCORING SUMMARY Ouachita Parish 14 0 7 0 —21 Central 7 21 7 7 —42 OP: Lester Watts 17 pass to Lewis Carter (Oscar Hernandez kick) CHS: Max Gassiott 9 run (Nathan Hunter kick) OP: Watts 5 run (Miguel Mondragon kick) CHS: Gassiott 1 run (Pedro De Sousa Costa kick) CHS: Gassiott 52 pass to Brody Diel (De Sousa Costa kick) CHS: Gassiott 60 pass to Marcus Watson (De Sousa Costa kick) OP: Watts 1 run (Mondragon kick) CHS: Gassiott 20 pass to Diel (De Sousa Costa kick) CHS: Camden Rankin 70 fumble return (De Sousa Costa kick)

Plaquemine 42, Brusly 36

Team BHS PHS First Downs 24 15 Yards Rushing 41-293 31-102 Yards Passing 246 260 Passes (C-A-HI) 17-29-1 9-21-4 Punts-avg. 4-23 2-42.5 Fumbles-lost 0-0 2-0 Penalties-yards 18-201 12-126 SCORING SUMMARY Brusly 8 14 8 6 —36 Plaquemine 7 21 14 0 —42 PHS: Spencer Collins 24 run (Deacon Nicolosi kick) BHS: Jamar McDowell 13 pass from Reggie Riley (McDowell pass from Riley) PHS: Jharen Williams 17 pass from Jermaine Robinson (Jerome Royal pass from Robinson) PHS: Raiaunce Willby 21 pass from Robinson (pass failed) BHS: Cam Carter 3 run (Nathan Hodges pass from Riley) BHS: McDowell 76 pass from Riley (pass failed) PHS: Williby 49 pass from Robinson (Nicolosi kick) PHS: Hasting Collins 7 run (Nicolosi kick) BHS: Tremon Lemar 31 pass from Riley (Cooper Vincent pass from Riley) PHS: Robinson 25 run (Nicolosi kick) BHS: Lemar 46 pass from Riley (pass failed)

East Ascension 28, Walker 24

Team EA WHS First Downs 17 15 Rushes-Yards 26-169 40-132 Passing Yards 181 192 C-A-I 11-27-2 8-10-0 Punts-Avg. 3-29 7-28.4 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-0 Penalties-Yards 6-44 6-40 SCORING SUMMARY East Ascension 7 0 7 14 —28 Walker 3 21 0 0 —24 WHS: Aaron Stern 18 FG EAHS: Jeremyah Merryweather 68 pass from Zaylen Smith (Savannah Baker kick) WHS: Dylan Armstead 87 fumble recovery (Stern kick) WHS: Mike Garcia 64 run (Stern kick) WHS: Tyler Whisman 6 run (Stern kick) EAHS: Merryweather 34 pass from Smith (Baker kick) EAHS: Zion DeLong 30 run (Baker kick) EAHS: D’Landon Nabor 40 blocked punt return (Baker kick)

Robot umpires ﬂip 54% of ABS challenges in debut BY RONALD BLUM

AP baseball writer

NEW YORK — Robot umpires overturned 54% of challenged calls in the ﬁrst season of the Automated BallStrike System, and catchers were far more successful than batters. Learning when to challenge is key. The Cincinnati Reds had a net gain of 16.8 runs, according to Baseball Savant calculations of total run value of overturns on challenges. The Los Angeles Angels were next at 14, followed by the Athletics (12.3) and Minnesota (10.1). Cleveland was 30th at minus-13.4, and several other playoff teams rated poorly by that metric: the Los Angeles Dodgers (26th, -8.5), Tampa Bay (25th, -7.8), the Chicago Cubs (21st, -4.6), Milwaukee (20th, -2.4), Atlanta (18th, -2.1), San Diego (17th, -1.9), the New York Yankees (16th, -2.1) and Houston (15th, -0.8). Houston’s Jose Altuve topped batters with 5.6 projected runs gained, followed by Seattle’s Cal Raleigh (4.6), Colorado’s Kyle Karros (4.5), and Cincinnati’s Sal Stewart (4.4) and JJ Bleday (4.1). The Cubs’ Seiya Suzuki led with 5.7 runs projected lost in challenges, just ahead of the Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani (5.5), the Cubs’ Ian Happ (5.2) and Michael Busch (5.1), and the New York Mets’ Brett Baty (3.5). Milwaukee’s William Contreras led catchers with 5.2 projected runs prevented,

just in front of Cleveland’s Patrick Bailey (5.1), the Mets’ Francisco Alvarez (4.5), and San Diego’s Freddy Fermin, Kansas City’s Carter Jensen and Drew Romo of the Chicago White Sox (all 4.3). “It’s like a new muscle for players to learn,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “You have instincts over what to do in certain situations. This is a new instinct of knowing when to challenge and instinctively within a second, oh, that’s a ball. What’s the situation?” There were 10,557 challenges, an average of 4.35 per game, and 5,686 led to overturned decisions. Catchers succeeded on 59% of their challenges, while batters had a 49% success rate and pitchers — who seldom challenged compared to catchers and batters — were at 40%. “ABS has really impacted the game,” Houston manager Joe Espada said. “It has really changed how more selective some of these lineups are, how more disciplined they are, how we force pitchers to be more aggressive in the zone more than in the past.” Contreras led all catchers with 185 challenges, and he also won the most with 105 (57%). Meanwhile, Philadelphia’s J.T. Realmuto had the highest success rate among catchers with at least 75 challenges at 81%. He was followed by the Cubs’ Carson Kelly (69%), Cincinnati’s Tyler Stephenson and Colorado’s Hunter Goodman (68% each), and De-

troit’s Dillon Dingler (66%). The lowest percentages among those with 75 or more challenges were Alvarez (47%), Fermin, Romo (48%) and Edgar Quero of the White Sox (49%). Stewart led batter challenges with 51 appeals and won 28 (55%). Philadelphia’s Bryce Harper was next with 47, winning 21 (45%). On success rate, Arizona’s Gabriel Moreno (68%) led batters with 20 or more challenges, followed by Miami’s Esteury Ruiz (65%), Raleigh (64%), and Minnesota’s Josh Bell and San Francisco’s Bryce Eldridge (62% each). Boston’s Ceddanne Rafaela and Colorado’s Willi Castro were at 25%, the lowest success rate among players with at least 20 challenges. Tampa Bay’s Yandy Díaz had 686 plate appearances without attempting a challenge, by far the most in the majors by a batter, ahead of Toronto’s Nathan Lukes (450). Díaz has said he’d consider challenging a call in the World Series. Cincinnati’s 62% success rate led MLB, followed by the Athletics and Arizona (60% each), the Cubs (59%), Texas (58%), Detroit and Philadelphia (57% each) and Miami (56%). Pittsburgh was least successful at 47%, with the White Sox and Cleveland at 49% each, and Baltimore and San Diego at 50%. “We’ll keep tweaking it, keep talking about it every day and keep trying to remind the players when we have challenges, when we

don’t, when’s a good time, when’s not a good time,” Padres manager Craig Stammen said. Knowing teams lose their right to challenge after two incorrect appeals, players used ABS less often early in games. There were more challenges in the ninth than any other inning — sometimes because teams knew there would be no later innings to save them for — even

though many games end without the bottom half. ABS was used in 1,366 ninth-inning challenges, with a 40% success rate. “Having one in your pocket is kind of — it’s nice to know you have it,” Phillies interim manager Don Mattingly said. The average for innings 1-3 was 1,005 challenges with a 61% success rate. Teams also got more aggressive as the season went

on. Challenges per game rose from 3.76 in March to 4.60 in August and 4.61 in September, with most of that increase in catcher appeals. “You can overthink it if you let yourself,” Atlanta manager Walt Weiss said. “You start talking about saving it for certain situations, it probably doesn’t end well. My message was the lower the leverage, the more certainty you have to have.”

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Sunday

FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG Indianapolis 11/2 31/2 (471/2) at WASH at CIN 21/2 21/2 (511/2) Ja at HOUSTON 21/2 3 (481/2) Dallas at BUFFALO 3 7 (50) New Eng at CHICAGO 81/2 31/2 (43) NY Jets LA Rams 21/2 31/2 (421/2) at PHILA Green Bay 11/2 31/2 (391/2) at TAMPA Arizona 7 21/2 (441/2) at GIANTS at BAL 81/2 111/2 (421/2) Tennessee at MIN 71/2 101/2 (381/2) Miami at SEATTLE 3 7 (421/2) Chargers Kansas City 51/2 41/2 (481/2) at VEGAS at SAN FRAN 21/2 21/2 (48) Denver Detroit 3 31/2 (51) at CAR

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OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG 21/2 21/2 (48) Atlanta

College Football Saturday

FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG Memphis 221/2 201/2 (521/2) at CHAR Notre Dame 231/2 211/2 (461/2) at UNC at SMU 201/2 211/2 (551/2) B. College at KANSAS 211/2 191/2 (501/2) M. Tenn at AIR FORCE 11/2 31/2 (451/2) Navy at HOUSTON 111/2 111/2 (511/2) UCF at IOWA ST 11/2 31/2 (531/2) W. Virginia Syracuse 71/2 61/2 (501/2) at UCONN Michigan 81/2 51/2 (431/2) at MIN at W.F. 111/2 141/2 (531/2) Stanford Alabama 3 51/2 (601/2) at MISS ST at WISCONSN 91/2 91/2 (431/2) Mich St. at GEORGIA 231/2 251/2 (511/2) Vanderbilt W. Michigan 161/2 121/2 (461/2)at BUFFALO Toledo 131/2 211/2 (521/2) at BALL ST Florida 21/2 51/2 (571/2) at MISOU at UMASS 21/2 51/2 (481/2) E.Michigan at TEN 71/2 61/2 (541/2) Auburn at MIA (OH) 151/2 121/2 (421/2) B. Green Virginia 11/2 11/2 (511/2) at FSU Ohio State 14 141/2 (451/2) at IOWA at GSU 11/2 21/2 (511/2) Old Dom at C. MICH 51/2 61/2 (471/2) Akron Louisville 71/2 31/2 (581/2) at NC ST Ohio 31/2 31/2 (501/2) at KENT ST at UAB 301/2 301/2 (531/2) Samford at UNLV 11/2 21/2 (531/2) Cal at NDSU 21 171/2 (441/2) Wyoming at J/ MADISN 141/2 171/2 (561/2) Marshall at NEW MEX 211/2 221/2 (471/2) UTEP at NEBRASKA 111/2 141/2 (521/2) Maryland at ILLINOIS 91/2 91/2 (621/2) Purdue at S. CAROLINA 7 21/2 (541/2) Kentucky at FLA ATL 401/2 441/2 (611/2) Tex South Oregon State 51/2 61/2 (621/2) at CSU at TEX A&M 151/2 131/2 (501/2) Arkansas at S. BAMA 151/2 141/2 (571/2) ULM UTSA 101/2 111/2 (561/2) at RICE BYU 51/2 61/2 (481/2) at TCU Ga Southern 11/2 21/2 (541/2) at C. CAR. at BOISE ST 201/2 181/2 (511/2) Utah State Texas Tech 151/2 131/2 (501/2) at COL Miami (FL) 7 151/2 (471/2) at CLEMSN at USC 10 91/2 (581/2) Wash at S. FLORIDA 61/2 61/2 (481/2) Temple Army 31/2 11/2 (471/2) at LA TECH at LSU 481/2 531/2 (621/2) McNeese at UL 51/2 61/2 (471/2) Arkansas State Indiana 231/2 241/2 (561/2)at RUTGERS at WASH ST 11/2 11/2 (451/2) Fresno St. at ARIZONA ST 41/2 31/2 (491/2) Baylor Texas State 31/2 81/2 (571/2) at SDSU at ARIZONA 81/2 61/2 (551/2) Cincinnati

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Pro basketball WNBA Playoff Glance (x-if necessary)

First Round (Best-of-3)

New York 2, Minnesota 0

Sunday, September 27: New York 91, Minnesota 75 Tuesday, September 29: New York 87, Minnesota 71

Golden State 1, Dallas 1

Sunday, September 27: Golden State 104, Dallas 80 Wednesday, September 30: Dallas 108, Golden State 100, OT Friday, October 2: Golden State 77, Dallas 73

Las Vegas 2, Indiana 1

Sunday, September 27: Las Vegas 102, Indiana 85 Tuesday, September 29: Indiana 99, Las Vegas 89 Thursday, October 1: Las Vegas 94, Indiana 83

Atlanta 2, Washington 0

Sunday, September 27: Atlanta 92, Washington 77

Men’s Singles

NFL Glance AMERICAN CONFERENCE East

Round of 32 Daniil Medvedev (3), Russia, def. Pablo Carreno Busta, Spain, 6-4, 6-2.

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Purse: $4,089,385 Surface: Hardcourt outdoor BEIJING Results Friday from China Open at National Tennis Center (seedings in parentheses):

Cleveland 27, Pittsburgh 24

Sunday’s Games

Indianapolis vs Washington at London, GBR, 8:30 a.m. Arizona at N.Y. Giants, noon Dallas at Houston, noon Green Bay at Tampa Bay, noon Jacksonville at Cincinnati, noon L.A. Rams at Philadelphia, noon N.Y. Jets at Chicago, noon New England at Buffalo, noon Tennessee at Baltimore, noon Miami at Minnesota, 3:05 p.m. Denver at San Francisco, 3:25 p.m. Kansas City at Las Vegas, 3:25 p.m. L.A. Chargers at Seattle, 3:25 p.m. Detroit at Carolina, 7:20 p.m.

Monday’s Games

Atlanta at New Orleans, 7:15 p.m.

Late Thursday Cleveland 27, Pittsburgh 24 Pittsburgh 7 3 0 14 — 24 Cleveland 0 21 0 6 — 27 First Quarter Pit—R.Wilson 12 pass from Rodgers (Boswell kick), 2:56. Second Quarter Cle—McLaughlin 28 run (Szmyt kick), 12:14. Cle—Judkins 2 run (Szmyt kick), 8:28. Cle—Fannin 2 pass from D.Watson (Szmyt kick), 1:22. Pit—FG Boswell 31, :08. Fourth Quarter Pit—D.Washington 21 pass from Rodgers (pass failed), 10:10. Cle—FG Szmyt 44, 6:37. Pit—Freiermuth 3 pass from Rodgers (Rodgers run), 1:42. Cle—FG Szmyt 56, :10.

A—68,156.

Pit Cle First downs 24 22 Total Net Yards 361 372 Rushes-yards 19-92 27-112 Passing 269 260 Punt Returns 2-30 2-10 Kickoff Returns 4-96 4-99 Interceptions Ret. 1-0 2-0 Comp-Att-Int 22-40-2 24-33-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 5-30 2-8 Punts 5-51.8 4-62.75 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1 Penalties-Yards 8-50 14-88 Time of Possession 31:11 28:49 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Pittsburgh, Warren 17-93, Homer 2-(minus 1). Cleveland, Judkins 17-53, McLaughlin 1-28, D.Watson 7-22, R.Sanders 2-9. PASSING—Pittsburgh, Rodgers 22-40-2-299. Cleveland, D.Watson 24-33-1-268. RECEIVING—Pittsburgh, Metcalf 5-115, R.Wilson 3-74, Warren 3-33, Washington 3-27, Freiermuth 3-17, Pittman 2-15, Bernard 2-11, Skowronek 1-7. Cleveland, Judkins 6-43, Concepcion 5-64, Boston 4-89, Jeudy 3-36, Fannin 3-27, R.Sanders 2-7, Bond 1-2. MISSED FIELD GOALS—Pittsburgh, Boswell 48.

Tennis ATP China Open Results Friday

At National Tennis Center Beijing

Men’s Singles

Round of 16 Karen Khachanov, Russia, def. Alex Molcan, Slovakia, 7-5, 6-3. Hubert Hurkacz, Poland, def. Arthur Gea, France, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (5), 6-2.

Men’s Doubles

Round of 16 Marcelo Melo, Brazil, and Alexander Zverev, Germany, def. Robin Haase, Netherlands, and Constantin Frantzen, Germany, 6-2, 7-5. Lloyd Glasspool and Julian Cash (2), Britain, def. Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev, Russia, 6-3, 6-4. Francisco Cabral, Portugal, and James Tracy, United States, def. Flavio Cobolli, Italy, and Ignacio Buse, Peru, 3-6, 6-4, 10-5. David Pel and Sander Arends, Netherlands, def. Guido Andreozzi, Argentina, and Manuel Guinard (1), France, 6-3, 6-4.

Men’s Doubles

Quarterﬁnals Alexander Bublik, Kazakhstan, and Juncheng Shang, China, def. Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni, Argentina, 7-5, 4-6, 10-8.

Friday

At Ariake Coliseum Tokyo Purse: $2,342,275 Surface: Hardcourt outdoor Results Friday from Japan Open Tennis Championships at Ariake Coliseum (seedings in parentheses):

Men’s Singles

Round of 16 Jaume Munar, Spain, def. Jaime Faria, Portugal, 6-1, 6-1. Valentin Vacherot (8), Monaco, def. Stefanos Tsitsipas, Greece, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4. Kyrian Jacquet, France, def. Luciano Darderi, Italy, 6-3, 7-6 (5).

Men’s Doubles

Round of 16 Alejandro Tabilo, Chile, and Luca Van Assche, France, def. Andre Goransson, Sweden, and Robert Galloway, United States, 7-5, 6-4. Lucas Miedler and Neil Oberleitner, Austria, def. Alexander Blockx, Belgium, and Alex Michelsen, United States, 6-4, 7-6 (5). Edouard Roger-Vasselin, France, and Hugo Nys, Monaco, def. Marcus Willis and David Stevenson, Britain, 6-2, 6-4. Marc Polmans, Australia, and Jan Zielinski, Poland, def. Luke Johnson, Britain, and Patrik Rikl, Czechia, 2-6, 6-2, 11-9.

Major League Baseball MLB Postseason Glance All Times EDT x-if necessary

WILD CARD SERIES (Best-of-3)

American League

Chicago White Sox 2, Houston 0 Tuesday, Sept. 29: Chicago 6, Houston 3 Wednesday, Sept. 30: Chicago 7, Houston 3

New York 2, Boston 0

Tuesday, Sept. 29: New York 9, Boston 0 Wednesday, Sept. 30: New York 9, Boston 2 National League Tuesday, Sept. 29: Atlanta 5, Philadelphia 3 Wednesday, Sept. 30: Philadelphia 4, Atlanta 3, 10 innings Thursday, Oct. 1: Atlanta 6, Philadelphia 2

San Diego 2, Chicago Cubs 0 Tuesday, Sept. 29: San Diego 8, Chicago 0 Wednesday, Sept. 30: San Diego 4, Chicago 1 DIVISION SERIES (Best-of-5) x-if necessary

Alcorn State at Grambling

UL-Monroe at South Alabama

WHEN: 6 p.m. Saturday WHERE: Hancock Whitney Stadium (25,450), Mobile, Ala. ONLINE: ESPN+ RECORDS: ULM 0-4; 0-0 Sun Belt; USA 2-2, 0-0 LATEST LINE: South Alabama by 141/2 (571/2) SERIES: South Alabama leads 7-5 LAST MEETING: South Alabama won 26-14 in 2025. Notes: ULM’s defense has allowed an average of 245.0 yards rushing per game (137th in the FBS) and allowed opponents to convert 53.3% of their third-down tries ... South Alabama ranks ﬁfth in the FBS with an average time of possession of 34:40. ... The Warhawks are riding a 12-game losing skid, the longest in school history since moving up to the FBS in 1994.

Northwestern State at Lamar WHEN: 6 p.m. Saturday WHERE: Provost Umphrey Stadium (16,000), Beaumont, Texas Online: ESPN+ RECORDS: NW State 0-5, 0-2 Southland; Lamar 4-0, 1-0 LATEST LINE: Lamar by 411/2 (541/2) SERIES: NW State leads 13-12-1 LAST MEETING: Lamar won 41-14 in 2025. Notes: Lamar is coming off a 49-18 win at Nicholls State in which QB Aiden McCown accounted for four touchdowns (three passing) and had a 56-yard TD run. ... Lamar, ranked No. 14 in the Stats Perform FCS poll, had its only loss to FBS UL. ... The Demons will look to snap a 16-game losing streak dating to a season-opening win over Alcorn State in 2025. Before that win, NW State had lost 20 straight. ... Demons QB Zach Wilcke has thrown for 610 yards and six touchdowns this season.

(FOX, FS1)

L.A. Dodgers vs. Atlanta

Saturday, Oct. 3: Atlanta at L.A. Dodgers, 4 p.m. (FOX/FS1) Sunday, Oct. 4: Atlanta at L.A. Dodgers, 8 p.m. (FOX/FS1) Tuesday, Oct. 6: L.A. Dodgers at Atlanta, 6 p.m. (FOX/FS1) x-Wednesday, Oct. 7: L.A. Dodgers at Atlanta, 6 p.m. (FOX/FS1) x-Friday, Oct. 9: Atlanta at L.A. Dodgers, 8 p.m. (FOX/FS1)

Milwaukee vs. San Diego

Saturday, Oct. 3: San Diego at Milwaukee (Misiorowski 16-5), 8:30 p.m. (FOX/FS1) Sunday, Oct. 4: San Diego at Milwaukee (Henderson 11-3), 4 p.m. (FOX/FS1) Tuesday, Oct. 6: Milwaukee at San Diego, 9:30 p.m. (FOX/FS1) x-Wednesday, Oct. 7: Milwaukee at San Diego, 10 p.m. (FOX/FS1) x-Friday, Oct. 9: San Diego at Milwaukee, 4:30 p.m. (FOX/FS1)

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New Jersey 3, Philadelphia 2, OT N.Y. Rangers 5, Tampa Bay 1 Columbus 6, Buffalo 3 Minnesota 3, Nashville 1 Seattle 6, Calgary 1 Utah 6, Chicago 0 Edmonton 9, Vancouver 7 San Jose 4, Florida 3, OT

Friday’s Games

N.Y. Rangers 2, Detroit 0 Washington 5, Carolina 2 Boston at Winnipeg, n St. Louis at Dallas, n Anaheim at Vegas, n

Saturday’s Games

Carolina at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. Chicago at Buffalo, 6 p.m. Montreal at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m. Ottawa at Toronto, 6 p.m. Seattle at Edmonton, 6 p.m. Utah at Columbus, 6 p.m. Washington at Tampa Bay, 6 p.m. New Jersey at N.Y. Islanders, 6:30 p.m. Boston at Minnesota, 7 p.m. Dallas at Nashville, 7 p.m. St. Louis at Colorado, 8 p.m. Calgary at Vancouver, 9 p.m. Los Angeles at San Jose, 9 p.m.

Transactions Major League Baseball

American League SEATTLE MARINERS — Claimed 1B Michael Toglia off waivers from Cincinnati. National League MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Reinstated 1B Andrew Vaughn from the 10-day IL.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association DETROIT PISTONS — Re-signed C Jalen Duren to a contract.

FOOTBALL

National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed OL Kingsley Eguakun to the practice squad. DENVER BRONCOS — Released WR Lil’Jordan Humphrey. HOUSTON TEXANS — Placed RB British Brooks on injured reserve. LOS ANGELES RAMS — Waived WR Xavier Smith. Signed WR Alex Bachman and DE Larrell Murchison to the active roster. Placed TE Terrance Ferguson on injured reserve. NEW YORK GIANTS — Signed C Kendrick Green to the practice squad. Released T Darian Kinnard from the practice squad.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League BUFFALO SABRES — Loaned D Dennis Gilbert to Rochester (AHL). DETROIT RED WINGS — Placed F Dylan Larkin on the non-roster injured reserve. NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Assigned D Ryan Ufko to Milwaukee (AHL).

(TBS, TruTV, HBO Max)

Cleveland vs. Chicago White Sox

Saturday, Oct. 3: Chicago White Sox (Smith 3-3) at Cleveland (Messick 12-9), 1 p.m. (TBS/ TruTV/HBO Max) Monday, Oct. 5: Chicago White Sox at Cleveland (Williams 148), 5 p.m. (TBS/TruTV/ HBO Max) Wednesday, Oct. 7: Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, 4 p.m. (TBS/ TruTV/HBO Max) x-Thursday, Oct. 8: Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, 5 p.m. (TBS/ TruTV/HBO Max) x-Saturday, Oct. 10: Chicago White Sox at Cleveland, 5 p.m. (TBS/ TruTV/HBO Max)

Tampa Bay vs. N.Y. Yankees

Saturday, Oct. 3: N.Y. Yankees (Cole 10-9) at Tampa Bay (Rasmussen 16-5), 6:30 p.m. (TBS/TruTV/HBO Max) Monday, Oct. 5: N.Y. Yankees (Schlittler 146) at Tampa Bay, 8 p.m.

Nicholls State at Houston Christian WHEN: 6 p.m. Saturday WHERE: Husky Stadium (5,000), Houston ONLINE: ESPN+ RECORDS: Nicholls 2-3, 1-1 Southland; HCU 2-3, 1-1 LATEST LINE: HCU by 11/2 (511/2) SERIES: Nicholls leads 10-2 LAST MEETING: Nicholls won 31-7 in 2025 Notes: Colonels QB Ean Rodrigue is questionable with a shoulder injury. ... HCU will ook to bounce back for Family Weekend after suffering consecutive losses against North Texas and UIW. ... HCU won the last time the teams met in Houston, using a 50-yard ﬁeld goal with 58 seconds remaining for a 24-21 victory. ... The Nicholls roster has 92 Louisiana natives, which is the highest number of in-state players on any Division I roster. ... HCU opened its season by upsetting then-No. 19 Southeastern in Hammond.

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Army at Louisiana Tech WHEN: 6 p.m. Saturday WHERE: Joe Aillet Stadium (28, 019), Ruston ONLINE: ESPN+ RECORDS: Army 2-1; Tech 1-2 LATEST LINE: Army by 11/2 (471/2) SERIES: Army leads 3-0 LAST MEETING: Army won 27-6 in the 2024 Independence Bowl. Notes: The Black Knights, who host Tulane next week, are making their ﬁrst trip to Ruston. ... Army has the nation’s No. 1 ground game (355.7 yards per game) that will go against a Tech front seven that ranks second nationally in tackles for loss (11.0 per game) and 10th in sacks (3.33). Louisiana Tech is using this game to host its Military Appreciation and Legend’s Day events.

Arkansas State at UL

WHEN: 7 p.m. Saturday WHERE: Our Lady of Lourdes Stadium (30, 392), Lafayette ONLINE: ESPN+ RECORDS: ASU 2-2, 0-0 Sun Belt; UL 3-1, 0-0 LATEST LINE: UL by 61/2 (471/2) SERIES: UL leads 32-22-1 LAST MEETING: UL won 34-30 in 2025. Notes: UL has won six straight games against the Red Wolves in Lafayette datingto 2014. ... UL barely with a win last year in Jonesboro after a last-second goal-line stand halted ASU at the 1-yard line. ... UL’s defense has been stellar all season. The Cajuns allowed just 137 total yards in last week’s win at Charlotte. The Niners’ 11 true possessions resulted in six punts, three fumbles, an interception and a turnover on downs. Idle: Southeastern Louisiana, Tulane

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American League

SATURDAY’S STATE COLLEGE CAPSULES WHEN: 2 p.m. Saturday WHERE: Eddie Robinson Stadium (19,600), Grambling ONLINE: ESPN+ RECORDS: Alcorn 3-2, 2-0 SWAC; Grambling 2-2, 0-1 LATEST LINE: Grambling by 71/2 (571/2) SERIES: Grambling leads 20-12 LAST MEETING: Alcorn won 27-16 NOTES: It’s Grambling’s homecoming game. ... The SWAC-leading Braves average 35.0 points and 445.2 yards per game. They are led by quarterback Jaylon Tolbert, who has thrown for more than 860 yards. ... The Tigers average 29.5 points and 401.5 yards per game, led by QB Reginald Johnson (581 yards) and WR Jordan Bride.

National League

Late Thursday Atlanta 6, Philadelphia 2

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Atlanta 2, Philadelphia 1

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THE VARSITY ZONE Dutchtown’s late addition key in Prairieville win BY CHRIS CHAPPLE

wanted to beat Prairieville.” Dutchtown lost starting quarterback Owen Fletcher to an inDutchtown senior kicker Cade jury on the last play of the GrifFoley has been with the team fins’ last game. Without Fletcher, for only four weeks but is still the Griffins rotated juniors Odom perfect on field goals and extra and Brock Black. points. “I thought both quarterbacks Foley connected on field goals played well and are great kids,” of 30, 31 and 20 yards Friday Mistretta said. “We had four night at Dutchtown to help lift the drives into the red zone and didn’t Griffins to a 9-6 victory over As- get a touchdown and have to clean cension Parish rival Prairieville. that up. I think the more confident Dutchtown (4-1, 1-1 District the two quarterbacks get, that’ll 5-5A) also got strong special- lead to us finishing drives.” Prairieville (2-3, 0-2) drove 90 teams play with a blocked field goal by Marcello Rizzuto and yards in nine plays in the second quarter. Skylar a blocked extossed a 25tra point. Senior “I have real good Kelly yard scoring pass Hayden Becnel to Parker Faist returned the secchemistry with with 25 seconds ond-half kickoff holder Maddox remaining in the 43 yards to midhalf. The ensuing field to set up the Estilette and extra point was second field goal snapper Ethan blocked. that tied the game at 6-6. Odom. All 10 guys in P r a i r i e v i l l e drove into the red “Cade Foley came up to me on front of me did their zone in the final the field after our job, and I just hit the two minutes of the game, but Kelly jamboree game kicks through. fumbled at the where we had a terrible night We really wanted to 1-yard line. then ran kicking the footbeat Prairieville.” 9 Odom yards to pick up ball,” Dutchtown a first down as the coach Guy MisCADE FOLEy, Griffins went into tretta said. “He Dutchtown kicker victory formation. said he could kick. “Our defense Our special-teams coach tried Cade out the next day played wonderfully,” Prairieville and said he could kick. He came coach Michael Schmitt said. “It to us from soccer, and he’s really comes down to getting inside the 1-yard line and fumbling and gethelped the team.” Foley said he was a wide re- ting a field goal blocked. We have ceiver in middle school football to give Dutchtown credit. They but devoted himself to soccer as didn’t make any turnovers.” Kelly completed 11 of 19 passes a midfielder in high school. “I have some other friends on for 121 yards and also rushed for the football team, and I wanted to 41 yards to pace Prairieville. Tahj try kicking,” Foley said. “I have Wallace had three catches for 30 real good chemistry with holder yards. Becnel had 63 yards rushing on Maddox Estilette and snapper Ethan Odom. All 10 guys in front nine tries for Dutchtown. Landon of me did their job, and I just Ruffins had three catches for 58 hit the kicks through. We really yards. Contributing writer

Zachary pounds St. Amant to earn nondistrict victory BY RICH LOUP

Contributing writer Zachary rolled up 496 yards of offense, but its defense and special teams also contributed game-changing plays in a 56-28 Class 5A nondistrict victory at St. Amant on Friday night. Kylin Jones’ 79-yard punt return early in the third quarter and an interception and fumble recovery helped the Broncos (32) blow open a game they led 2821 at the half. “I thought it was kind of a chess match with our defense and our offense in the first half,” Zachary coach David Brewerton said. “We got to halftime, and just kind of challenged our guys, ‘Hey, look, we’re getting away from all the different calls, all the different movements and stunts.’ Let’s just line up and play football in our base stuff, and I was very proud of our guys for doing that.” Zachary quarterback Jacori Platt passed for 328 yards and two touchdowns before leaving the game in the third quarter after he aggravated an ankle injury. Teammate Ethan Kimmie caught four passes for 147 yards and two long touchdowns of 44 and 69 yards in the first half. Jourden Hickerson rushed for 104 yards and a touchdown, and added 89 more receiving yards for St. Amant (2-3). The Gators kept the game close in the first half, but mistakes haunted them in the second half. “We gave up a punt return, we snapped the ball over the head of the punter that got away from us, we fumbled deep in our own territory, and that compounded the problem,” SAHS coach David Oliver said. “I just thought they were the more physical team.

They really bullied us all over the field.” Jones’ punt-return score with 10:50 to go in the third quarter gave Zachary a 35-21 cushion. On the ensuing St. Amant series, Zachary’s Travis Barber intercepted a pass at the Broncos’ 38 to thwart a Gator drive. On the next St. Amant possession, Zachary’s Jamari Cockerham recovered a fumble at the Gators’ 40. That set up a 10-yard TD run by Jeremey Patton, who rushed for 89 yards, as the Broncos went ahead 42-21 with 6:34 remaining in the third quarter. Tylek Lewis’ 15-yard scoring run with 3:18 left in the third gave the Broncos a 49-21 advantage. Dreyden Torbert closed out St. Amant’s scoring with a 54yard TD romp early in the fourth quarter. William Green added a 15-yard touchdown pass to Skyler Whitfield for Zachary with 3:08 to go. The first half featured moments of explosive plays in quick spurts. The final two minutes before intermission epitomized the break-neck speed both teams flashed. Leading 21-13, Zachary’s defense rose up to turn back St. Amant on a fourth-down play at the Broncos’ 39. Two plays later, Patton raced 52 yards for a touchdown that put the Broncos ahead 28-13 with 1:39 to go in the first half. St. Amant wasted no time providing an answer to the Zachary score. On the next play from a scrimmage, a 50-yard screen pass to Hickerson set up Brock Koontz’s 5-yard quarterback keeper for a touchdown. Then Koontz found Ge’Ron Carter in the end zone for a 2-point conversion as the Gators cut Zachary’s lead to 28-21.

STAFF PHOTOS By PEARL SPURLOCK

Central wide receiver Brody Diel runs up the field against Ouachita Parish on Friday at Central High School Stadium. Diel caught nine passes for 147 yards and two touchdowns.

THE REAL DIEL Central receiver returns from concussion to spark Wildcats over Ouachita Parish

BY JACKSON REYES Staff writer

Central coach David Simoneaux knows he can count on Brody Diel. The senior wide receiver missed the Wildcats’ Week 4 loss to West Monroe with a concussion, but his return sparked a massive win against Ouachita Parish, the reigning Division I nonselect champion. Diel caught nine passes for 147 yards and two touchdowns, helping Central (3-2) take down Ouachita 42-21 at Central High on Friday night. “Brody’s just one of those guys that’s just a spark plug for us,” Simoneaux said. “He’ll fight his butt off for every blade of grass out there.” Ouachita Parish scored first after Lester Watts threw a 17-yard touchdown pass to Lewis Carter on the game’s opening drive. Central responded with a 9-yard touchdown run by QB Max Gassiott. Diel took a jet sweep for 14 yards on the first drive to help move the Wildcats down the field. After Watts scored from 5 yards out, Central scored 21 straight points. A solid kickoff return by Watson set up the tying score. Gassiott completed a 35-yard pass to Diel to reach the 11. Gassiott then scored on a 1-yard quarterback keeper. Gassiott finished with 230 yards on 16-of-25 passing. He threw three touchdown passes and ran two more in. He credited the play of Diel and Watson, who made several big plays on the night. “I expect it,” he said. “We train so much in the offseason, I feel like we can do it with our eyes closed.” After a defensive stop, Gassiott found Diel open on the sideline for a 52-yard touchdown pass. Late in the first half, Gassiott dropped it in the bucket to Watson, who broke a tackle and tightroped the sideline for a 60-yard touchdown. Ouachita Parish (3-2) forced a three-and-

Central linebacker Lane Billings, right, runs to try to stop Ouachita Parish quarterback Lester Watts on Friday. Central won 42-21. out and got the ball back at Central’s 33-yard line after a short punt. The short field led to a 1-yard Watts’ touchdown run to cut the lead to seven early in the third quarter. The Lions reached Central territory two more times but failed to score on either possession. The first trip ended in a turnover on downs, and a bad snap on the ensuing possession led to a fumble. After the fumble, Central drove down the field as Gassiott kept it for a 24-yard run. Watson then drew a pass interference call to help the Wildcats reach the red zone. Gassiott then found Diel on an out route for a 20-yard touchdown to push the lead to 14 points late in the third. Ouachita drove down the field late to cross midfield. Watts took off, but a pack of Wildcats swarmed him and stripped the ball. Camden Rankin picked up the fumble and returned it 70 yards for a touchdown to ice the game with 3:44 left. “Camden Rankin is a war daddy for us,” Simoneaux said. “For him to scoop that up on the fly and then make that awesome run, tightroping the sideline, it was so cool to see.”

Determined Plaquemine staves off Brusly’s comeback attempt BY PATRICK WRIGHT Contributing writer

Plaquemine quarterback Jermaine Robinson accounted for 355 yards and four touchdowns, and the Green Devils survived a last-gasp Brusly rally in a 42-36 win over the Panthers in a District 6-4A thriller Friday night at Green Devil Stadium. Plaquemine (3-2, 2-0) led 42-30 after three quarters and maintained that margin until Brusly receiver Tremon Lemar caught a 46yard touchdown pass from Reggie Riley to cut the deﬁcit to six with 50 seconds remaining. Brusly (1-4, 0-2) recovered the ensuing onside kick at the Plaquemine 35, but Devils defensive back Zachariah Dorsey got his second interception of the game on the next play to seal the win. “That kid works his butt off,” Plaquemine coach Donald Williams said of Dorsey. “He actually missed another one earlier in the game, but I told him just be yourself and not be afraid of the moment. I am super excited for that kid.” Brusly coach Hoff Schooler la-

mented his team’s missed opportunities earlier in the game. “We had recovered the onside kick and we had to roll the dice and take a shot there,” he said. “But we had some opportunities in the second half that we didn’t take advantage of. We got some stops but couldn’t ﬁnish the job.” Robinson passed for 246 yards and three touchdowns, but his running in the second half proved to be a difference-maker. After just three carries and 24 yards in the ﬁrst half, Robinson ran for 85 yards and a touchdown after halftime. His 25-yard score late in the third quarter put Plaquemine up by 12. Williams explained the adjustment. “They were gapping us out and sending extra guys,” he said. “The only way we were going to be able to run the ball was with the quarterback to add the extra blocker. Brusly did a good job of forcing us to that.” Brusly led 8-7 after the first quarter but Plaquemine took a 2822 halftime lead after an explosive second quarter.

The Green Devils got the first two scores of the quarter on Robinson touchdown passes of 17 and 21 yards to Jharen Williams and tight end Raiaunce Williby. That gave them a 21-8 lead with 7:40 remaining in the half. After Brusly cut the lead to ﬁve points on a Cam Carter 3-yard touchdown run and two-point conversion, Plaquemine appeared poised to answer, but Panthers defensive back Dervin Ricard intercepted a Robinson pass at the 24. On the next play, Riley found Jamar McDowell over the middle for a 76-yard touchdown that put Brusly back on top 22-21. Williby caught his second touchdown pass of the night from 49 yards to put the Devils up at halftime. Riley also had a big night as he passed for 260 yards and rushed for 103, but he also threw four interceptions. Tremon Lemar caught ﬁve passes for 160 yards and two touchdowns. Plaquemine outgained Brusly 539-362. The rivals combined for 327 penalty yards in the contest, which at times was chippy.

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Are we tired, or overly stimulated? A counselor’s advice I’m leaving town today for a self-imposed retreat to help me disconnect, rest and rejuvenate. I try to do this for a few days each year. This year, it has me reflecting on all the things I do while I’m supposedly relaxing. Think about it. We finally get home after a long day, sit down in our favorite chair, turn on the television … and pick up our phone. Apparently, one screen is no longer enough. We watch a show while checking email, scrolling Facebook, answering a text, checking the weather and searching an actor because we’re absolutely certain we’ve seen him in something before. Then we go to bed exhausted and wonder why we can’t sleep. We often say that we’re tired because we’re so busy. And certainly, many of us are. Work, kids, school, appointments, practices, meetings, errands and responsibilities can wear us down. But I’m starting to think some of our exhaustion comes from something else. We’re constantly taking something in. News. Music. Podcasts. Texts. Emails. TikToks. Reels. Notifications. Sports scores. Group chats. Breaking news alerts about things that, if we’re being honest, did not need to be broken to us. Even our downtime has become filled with input. Stand in line at the grocery store for 45 seconds? Phone. Wait at a red light? Phone. Sit in a waiting room? Phone. Walk across a parking lot? Apparently we need entertainment for that now too. We have almost eliminated boredom from our lives. And I’m not sure that’s a good thing. Our brains need periods when nothing particularly interesting is happening. We need moments when there is nothing to respond to, nothing to watch and nothing demanding our attention. Those empty spaces are often where we process our lives. It’s where thoughts settle. Where emotions catch up with us. Where creativity shows up. Where we notice things we’ve been too distracted to notice. And yes, sometimes it’s uncomfortable. Silence has a funny way of introducing us to ourselves. This is especially important for our kids. Many young people have grown up with almost unlimited access to stimulation. The moment boredom appears, there is a device nearby capable of making it disappear. As parents, we sometimes feel responsible for fixing boredom. We’re not. “I’m bored” is not an emergency. In fact, boredom may be one of the few remaining places where imagination, curiosity and creativity get a chance to stretch their legs. We adults probably need some boredom too. Maybe we don’t need another app to help us relax. Maybe we don’t need another podcast about becoming more peaceful. Maybe we don’t need to watch a video explaining the five things peaceful people do before breakfast. Maybe we just need to sit on the porch for a little while. Drink some coffee. Take a walk without headphones. Drive

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Customers read and work while at Highland Coffees in Baton Rouge.

STAFF FILE PHOTO By MICHAEL JOHNSON

HUDDLE UP, CHOW DOWN Students, staffers share picks on where to eat on game day near LSU

BY JAN RISHER Staff writer

Students in a class at LSU’s Manship School of Mass Communication got one question this week: Where is the best place to eat on game day in Baton Rouge? Hands went up fast, with one answer ending with a solemn “Amen.”

From the students Chimes (3357 Highland Road) — Sophia Martin, an LSU junior, picks Chimes. “It’s really, really close to all the tailgates, and it’s really, really good,” she said. Modesto (3930 Burbank Drive) — Ava Burrell, also a junior at LSU, goes to Modesto because it’s close to campus. Her order is the skillet queso and the birria tacos. Raising Cane’s (3313 Highland Road) — The Cane’s faithful call the original Cane’s “The Mothership.” It’s one of a kind with its original Todd Graves-selected decorations. Lydia Quinn, a junior, kept her choice and reasoning short: “The

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Chicken deluxe taco from Barracuda Tacos and Margarita Garden best place to eat on game day is Raising Cane’s. Amen.” Torchy’s Tacos (3658 Nicholson Drive) — Cat Sollenberger, a junior, thinks about the clock on game day. “It’s quick. It’s easy. Tacos come out fast,” she said. Features food writer Maddie Scott seconds the Torchy’s recommendation. “It’s my favorite queso in the city,” she said. “I get that and a Trailer Park taco.” For the uninitiated, a Trailer Park taco comes with fried chicken, green chiles, lettuce, pico de gallo, cheddar-jack cheese and poblano sauce. Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux (3838 Bur-

bank Drive) — Noah Saucier, a senior, says Walk-On’s is always a good bet. The restaurant often has LSU game-day events, and ESPN sometimes sets up there when the network is in town. He orders whatever burger he’s in the mood for. Newsroom staffers recommend the spinach and artichoke dip with chips.

Near-campus per the newsroom Highland Coffees (3350 Highland Road) — Features reporter Joy Holden orders a chai latte, hot or iced. She says the pastries are delicious, and the shop has “great LSU campus vibes.”

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Chick O’ Fish opens location in Baton Rouge Chick O’ Fish is opening inside of the former Chicky Sandos building.

STAFF PHOTO By MADDIE SCOTT

BY MADDIE SCOTT Staff writer

CHICK O’ FISH 8121 Florida Blvd., Baton Rouge;

A fried ﬁsh chain called Chick Open 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday O’ Fish just opened its ﬁrst Baton through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Rouge location, according to the Sunday business’s social media. After Chicky Sandos closed According to the business’s one of its locations in July, a new business took shape at 8121 website, Chick O’ Fish is a LouFlorida Blvd. It’s called Chick O’ isiana-based chain with 13 locaFish, and it soft opened on Sept. tions across the South, seven 23, equipped with indoor dining ä See FISH, page 2D and a drive-thru.

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Unitarian Church hosts Brass Sunday Service

The Unitarian Church of Baton Rouge, 8470 Goodwood Blvd., will host its annual Brass Sunday Service this weekend featuring two performances from the Michael Foster Project. The two morning services will be held at 9 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Those unable to attend in person can watch the 9 a.m. live stream at www.youtube.com/@UnitarianBR. All guests are invited for coffee, snacks, fellowship and classes for all ages between the services.

10:45 a.m. service. “End It Now” is a global initiative focused on raising awareness and advocating for an end to violence, particularly violence against women and children. A meal will follow the service. An afternoon program from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. will feature Kenisha Wooders, MSW, LMSW, and others addressing domestic abuse affecting children and the elderly. The public is encouraged to attend. For more information, email Berean women’s coordinator Irma Martin at bereanbatonrouge@gmail.com.

Berean Seventh-day holds Berean to observe ‘End It Now’ program Holy Communion Faith and Berean Seventh-day Adventist churches will partner for an “End It Now” Emphasis Day on Saturday, Oct. 10, at Berean, 5100 Osborne Ave., Baton Rouge. The Rev. Darriel Hoy, pastor of Faith Seventh-day Adventist Church, will speak during the

Berean Seventh-day Adventist Church, 5100 Osborne Ave., Baton Rouge, will observe Holy Communion (The Lord’s Supper) during its 11 a.m. service on Saturday. The Ordinance of Humility (foot washing) will precede the service.

Today is Saturday, Oct. 3, the 276th day of 2026. There are 89 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 3, 1990, West Germany and East Germany ended 45 years of postwar division, declaring the creation of a reunified country. Also on this date: In 1873, Modoc leader Kintpuash was hanged at Fort Klamath, Oregon, after being convicted of his role in the deaths of U.S. negotiators during the Modoc War, a conflict in which his people resisted relocation. Kintpuash was the only Native American leader charged and convicted of a war crime by the U.S. In 1951, the New York Giants captured the National League pennant by a score of 5-4 as Bobby Thomson hit a three-run homer off Ralph Branca of the Brooklyn Dodgers, which became known as the “Shot Heard ’Round the World.” In 1974, Frank Robinson became the American League’s first Black manager after he was hired by the Cleveland Indians. In 1993, 18 U.S. service members and hundreds of Somalis were killed in the Battle of Mogadishu — the deadliest battle for U.S. troops since the Vietnam War. The battle inspired the film “Black Hawk Down.” In 1995, the jury in the O.J. Simpson murder trial in Los Angeles found the former football star not guilty of the 1994 killings of his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman. In 2008, O.J. Simpson was found guilty of robbing two sports-memorabilia dealers at gunpoint in a Las Vegas hotel room. (Simpson was later sentenced to nine to 33 years in prison; he was granted parole in July 2017 and released in October

of that year. He died at age 76 on April 10, 2024, after battling prostate cancer.) In 2011, an Italian appeals court freed Amanda Knox of Seattle after four years in prison, tossing murder convictions against Knox and an ex-boyfriend in the stabbing of their British roommate, Meredith Kercher. An Italian high court definitively vindicated Knox in 2015, throwing out the convictions once and for all. In 2023, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy — the first time in U.S. history a speaker had been ousted from the position. Though McCarthy had the support of many fellow Republicans, several hard-right detractors from his party essentially forced him out. In 2025, Sean “Diddy” Combs was sentenced to four years and two months in prison for transporting people across state lines for sexual encounters, capping a federal case marked by harrowing testimony and a forceful reckoning over one of hip-hop’s most influential figures. Today’s birthdays: Composer Steve Reich is 90. Rock ’n’ roll star Chubby Checker is 85. Musician Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac) is 77. Blues musician Keb’ Mo’ is 75. Baseball Hall of Famer Dave Winfield is 75. Baseball Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley is 72. Rock drummer Tommy Lee is 64. Actor Clive Owen is 62. Film director Denis Villeneuve is 59. Singer-TV personality Gwen Stefani is 57. Pop singer Kevin Richardson (Backstreet Boys) is 55. Actor Neve Campbell is 53. Actor Lena Headey is 53. Rapper Talib Kweli is 51. Actor Seann William Scott is 50. Actor Tessa Thompson is 43. Actor-singer Ashlee Simpson is 42. Actor Alicia Vikander is 38. Rapper A$AP Rocky is 38. Actor Ayo Edebiri is 31.

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Continued from page 1D Inga’s Subs & Salads (254 W. Chimes St.) — Sports reporter Reed Darcey says Inga’s is underrated. His pick is the Cuban. Crime reporter Olivia Tees also recommends Inga’s, but her sandwich of choice is one that’s called “The Best.” Umami (3930 Burbank Drive) — Umami is a local favorite sushi spot and, depending on the crowd, can be a great option on game days. Umami’s caterpillar roll is top-notch, and the Umami Salad is a winner. The service is great, and it’s a 20-minute walk to Tiger Stadium.

Farther from campus Cecilia (421 N. 3rd St.) — Deputy features editor Lauren Cheramie is brave enough to go further aﬁeld and head to downtown Baton Rouge to eat on LSU game days. What to get at Cecilia? “Obviously the cornbread,” she said. It’s skillet cornbread with cinnamon and butter. She also recommends the boudin balls over red remoulade sauce and the

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Torchy’s Tacos on Nicholson Drive serves up tacos like the Bayou Pirate and the Trailer Park. short ribs, which are served with whipped potatoes and broccolini. Phil’s Oyster Bar and Seafood (4335 Perkins Road) — Phil’s is a Baton Rouge institution and hard to beat for an authentic LSU experience, even though it’s 3 miles from campus. The meatball quesadilla is a winner — meatballs, red gravy, cheddar cheese and fontina in a crispy tortilla. Phil’s salad dressings are homemade and local favorites. The charbroiled oysters are stellar. Rev Coffee (8211 Village Plaza Court, Building 4) — Tees said she starts most game days at Rev. “It’s far enough away from game day,” she said. As kickoff gets closer, she works her way toward campus. Barracuda Taco Stand (2504 Government St.) — Tees orders the steak taco and the ﬁsh taco at Barracuda. The restaurant’s margarita of the month has ginger and guava. “It’s very good actually, and it’s very pretty,” she said, adding that the drink is a bright pink.

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The Chimes’ steak burger comes with grilled mushrooms and onions. The burger with its ground ribeye patty and spicy garlic mayo comes with a plate full of fries.

Food reporter Scott said the burrito has deer, pork and pepper jack cheese and is excellent. The burrito is sold at four or more stands on the upper and lower levels of the east and west sides. Leroy’s LipSmack’n Lemonade is a great cup of fresh-squeezed lemonade, made locally. Off the Hook sells shrimp wraps, PROVIDED PHOTO In the stadium swamp fries, crawfish étouffée, By CHRISTINA STEPHENS Cajun & Craft inside Tiger Stadium gumbo, boudin balls and hush pupThe skillet cornbread is listed on sells Day’s Smokehouse Game pies. the appetizer menu, but swimming Day’s Deer Burrito. Day’s Smokein maple bourbon glaze, it makes house is a family-owned business Email Jan Risher at jan.risher@ founded in Denham Springs. theadvocate.com. for an optional dessert.

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South La. native makes some of the world’s best-sounding LPs

“I started this all as a hobby. I’m no recording engineer or musician. I’m really just a collector and a fan.”

BY KEITH SPERA Staff writer

rowing up in Lafayette, Chad Kassem found plenty of trouble. Eventually, a judge gave him a choice: jail or an out-of-state halfway house. So Kassem moved to Salina, Kansas, and got a job as a cook at a diner. After a friend introduced him to the sonic joys of high-quality vinyl LPs, he started a mail-order business selling albums. Forty years later, Kassem is, as the headline of a 2025 New York Times proﬁle proclaimed, the “wizard of vinyl.” In 2022, LPs outsold CDs for the ﬁrst time in 35 years. Vinyl’s remarkable resurgence shows no signs of slowing down. As one of the world’s leading producers of deluxe, audiophile-grade vinyl records, Kassem’s Acoustic Sounds family of companies is at the vanguard of that comeback. Most of the million or so records his company presses annually are acoustically pristine reissues of classic albums by the likes of Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, John Coltrane, Steely Dan, The Doors, Stevie Ray Vaughan and The Beatles. But Kassem is also deeply committed to releasing new albums by traditional musicians from his home state. On Friday, his APO Records rolls out live recordings by Louisiana guitarists Tab Benoit and the late Tony Joe White on heavyweight, 180-gram vinyl. Later this month, Kassem commemorates Acoustic Sounds’ 40th anniversary with The Vinyl Summit, an international gathering of vinyl enthusiasts and experts at the company’s Salina campus. The summit, from Oct. 15-18, spans seminars, behind-the-scenes tours of the LP manufacturing process, a record fair and concerts. Kassem fervently believes that vinyl is the best way to experience recorded music. That faith has fueled his four-decade quest: to make great albums sound even greater. “To get a little bit better costs a whole lot of money and a whole lot of time,” he said in a recent interview. “That’s what we’re willing to do.”

A vinyl true believer As a boy in Lafayette, Kassem was always around music. His mother patented a rub board designed for women and sold them at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. When he was around 10 years old, a cousin drove him to New Orleans to see Wet Willie and Humble Pie at the Municipal Auditorium. Kassem’s ﬁrst concert left a lasting impression. At the time, he didn’t fully appreciate southwest Louisiana’s indigenous zydeco, swamp pop and Cajun music. “I had to leave Louisiana to understand just how important Louisiana is in the music world,” he said. “I took it all for granted: there’s D.L. Menard playing, there’s Warren Storm playing, there’s Clifton Chenier playing. I thought Warren Storm was a local

CHAD KASSEM, founder of Acoustic Sounds during the Blues Masters at the Crossroads concert series at Blue Heaven Studios, a Gothic-style church in downtown Salina that Kassem converted into a performance space and recording studio. “There’s only one guy that I know that’s prouder of being from Louisiana than me,” Kassem said. “And that’s Tab Benoit.” Over the years, Kassem has hosted a who’s who of Louisiana musicians at Blue Heaven, including Frogman Henry, Lazy Lester, Henry Gray, Lil Bob, Warren Storm, Jean Knight, Robert Parker and Buckwheat Zydeco. “I bring guys from (Louisiana) because that’s my favorite stuff and that’s where I grew up.” An upcoming Acoustic Sounds 40th anniversary album series will include deluxe reissues of New PROVIDED PHOTO FROM ACOUSTIC SOUNDS Orleans funk legends the Meters’ Acoustic Sounds founder Chad Kassem stands in a company warehouse in Salina, Kan. Acoustic Sounds is “Fire On the Bayou” and “Rejuvenation.” one of the world’s leading producers of audiophile vinyl LPs. “A lot of stuff that I like, I’m log master tapes — digital copies sharing with the rest of the world,” won’t do — from record companies he said. “I’m going to put some of eager for Kassem to give their cat- my favorites in when I can.” alogs the sort of deluxe makeover A collector and fan that appeals to audiophiles. “Basically, you’ve got to have His tastes are reflected in the somebody that cares about mak- Vinyl Summit’s upcoming concert ing the best quality, sparing no series in Salina. Jazz saxophonist Chico Freeman expense. It’s like baking a cake. There’s a recipe and you’ve got to headlines Oct. 15. New Orleansfollow it. You can’t cheap out on based pianist Oscar Rossignoli is also on the bill. one thing.” Mud Morganfield, son of blues Getting in his favorites icon Muddy Waters, closes Oct. 16. Analogue Productions partnered Louisiana Gulf Coast blues guitarSTAFF PHOTO By KEITH SPERA with Atlantic Records to commem- ist Lil’ Jimmy Reed is part of that orate that label’s 75th anniversary. show. On Friday, Chad Kassem’s APO Records released deluxe vinyl editions Guitarists Taj Mahal, Jimmie Such is Kassem’s reputation in of live albums by Louisiana guitarists Tab Benoit and the late Tony Joe the audiophile community that he Vaughn and Bernard Allison cap White. They were recorded, respectively, in 2002 and 2003 at Blue was mentioned by name on the off the series on Oct. 17. “The people who will come to “hype stickers” affixed to the alHeaven Studios, a converted Gothic church in Salina, Kan. bums in the Atlantic anniversary the summit are vinyl collectors, cover band. I didn’t know these make better-sounding versions of series of deluxe reissues. music lovers, concertgoers, blues guys had hit records.” albums he loved. Those reissues ranged from lovers, mastering engineers,” KasAs a teenager, he let the good He now has more than 100 em- a double-LP, 45 rpm version of sem said. “And the musicians hang times roll a little too much. Lafay- ployees in Salina dedicated to that INXS’s “Kick” to high-quality re- around. It’s not like ‘us’ and ‘them.’ ette, Kassem maintains, is “one of mission. makes of Dr. John’s “In the Right Everybody that comes is ‘us.’” Even as he’s built a multimillion“We can do everything from the Place” and “Gumbo” albums. the greatest places on earth, but there’s some downsides. We like to recording to the mastering, platKassem’s APO (Analogue Pro- dollar business, Kassem remains party, we like to have a good time. ing, pressing, printing the labels ductions Originals) Records spe- a music fan at heart. He still can’t Some of us just didn’t know what and inserts, and shipping. The cializes in new albums by tradi- fully believe he’s hung out with John Fogerty, Wynton Marsalis, time to go home when the bars stay only thing we don’t do is the al- tional artists. open for 24 hours.” In 2025, APO Records released a Taj Mahal and other legends. bum jackets. I have to go to bed “It’s amazing that some of these Substance abuse led to multiple sometime.” double album featuring two fiddle arrests. Hoping to leave his trouHis Quality Record Pressings players affiliated with the Pine guys even know who I am. Me and bles in Lafayette, he relocated to plant melds old-school sensibilities Leaf Boys. “Courtney Granger & Taj are buddies.” When Acoustic Sounds buys reCedric Watson: Cajun & Creole Salina in 1984. At the time, CDs with contemporary technology. “Typically our records will be Music of Louisiana” was the final cord collections to resell, Kassem were starting to supplant cassettes and vinyl LPs as the most popular richer, warmer, smoother, nicer recording by Granger, who had first picks out albums for himself. on the ear,” Kassem said. “They’ll died in 2021 of complications from music format. “I started this all as a hobby. I’m But he remained a vinyl true be- have a little more bass to them, a diabetes at age 39. no recording engineer or musiAPO’s new albums by fellow cian. I’m really just a collector and little more weight, (sound) a little liever. Louisianians Tab Benoit and Tony a fan.” His successful mail-order fuller.” His Analogue Productions re- Joe White are both titled “Blues business enabled him to expand to manufacturing records. He leases around 100 reissues a year. 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S). 4. To specifically find that the five proposed cross unit horizontal wells for HA RA SUEE and HA RA SUQ are reasonable and in the interest of conser‐ vation and necessary to efficiently and economi‐ cally drain a portion of the Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A, underlying said units, which cannot be efficiently and eco‐ nomically drained by any existing well within such units, including the por‐ tions of the participating units that are contained within 100’ of either side of the common unit boundary between said units. 5. To provide that with re‐ spect to horizontal wells drilled to the Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A, within or to serve HA RA SUEE and HA RA SUQ, where the horizontal portion of the well is cased and ce‐ mented back above the top of the Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A, the distance to any unit boundary and offset well(s) should be calcu‐ lated based on the dis‐ tance to the nearest per‐ foration in the well and not on the penetration point or terminus of the well. 6. To designate Applicant as the operator of HA RA SUEE and HA RA SUQ and as operator of the cross unit horizontal wells pro‐ hereunder to posed serve said units. 7. To permit the operator of HA RA SUEE and HA RA SUQ to produce the unit allowable for each said unit from the respective unit well, substitute unit well, and any alternate unit well(s), or from any combination thereof, at its discretion. 8. To provide that unit production from the pro‐ posed cross unit horizon‐ tal wells should be allo‐ cated to each unit in the same proportion as the perforated length of the lateral in each such unit bears to the total length of the perforated lateral, as determined by and “as-drilled” survey per‐ formed after such cross unit horizontal wells are drilled and completed. 9. To provide that pro‐ duction from the pro‐ posed cross unit horizon‐ tal wells should be sepa‐ rated and metered indi‐ vidually, and this infor‐ mation should be re‐ ported in the manner prescribed by the Office of Permitting and Com‐ pliance. 10. To continue in force and effect, except to the extent contrary herewith, the pertinent provisions of Order No. 917-L, effec‐ tive September 16, 2008, as amended and supple‐ mented by the 917-L Se‐ ries of Orders, and all ap‐ plicable Statewide Or‐ ders. 11. To consider such other matters as may be pertinent. The Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A was defined in Order No. 917-L, effec‐ tive September 16, 2008. A plat is available for in‐ spection in the Depart‐ ment of Conservation and Energy in Baton Rouge and Shreveport, Louisiana. http://dnr.louisiana.gov/ conshearings All parties having inter‐ est therein shall take no‐ tice thereof. BY ORDER OF: DUSTIN H. DAVIDSON, SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND ENERGY

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Public Notices Conservation p p duction from each cross unit horizontal alternate unit well shall be sepa‐ rated and metered indi‐ vidually and this infor‐ mation shall be reported in the manner prescribed by the Secretary of the Department of Conserva‐ tion and Energy. 6. To find that, with re‐ spect to wells drilled to the Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A, within or to serve HA RA SU137 and HA RA SUZZ, where the horizontal portion of the well is cased and ce‐ mented back above the top of the Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A, the distance to any unit boundary and offset well(s) should be calcu‐ lated based on the dis‐ tance to the nearest per‐ foration in the well, and not based on the pene‐ tration point or terminus. 7. Except insofar as set forth above, to confirm and continue in effect the Order No.191-H, ef‐ fective August 28, 2007, the units created thereby and applicable Statewide Orders. 8. To consider such other matters as may be perti‐ nent. The Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A was defined in Order No. 191-H, effec‐ tive August 28, 2007, and was redefined INSOFAR AND ONLY INSOFAR as HA RA SU137 is concerned, in Order No. 191-H-68, effec‐ tive November 10, 2009, and was redefined INSO‐ FAR AND ONLY INSOFAR as HA RA SUZZ is con‐ cerned, in Order No. 191H-23, effective December 2, 2008. A plat is available for in‐ spection in the Depart‐ ment of Conservation and Energy in Baton Rouge and Shreveport, Louisiana. http://dnr.louisiana.gov/ conshearings All parties having inter‐ est therein shall take no‐ tice thereof. BY ORDER OF: DUSTIN H. DAVIDSON, SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF CON‐ SERVATION AND ENERGY Baton Rouge, 9/30/26;10/3/26 S lck

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Order by the Commis‐ sioner of Conservation (the "Commissioner"), pursuant to Section 546 of the Natural Resources and Energy Act of 1973, as amended (the "Act"), approving a transporta‐ tion agreement between Applicant and Venture Global CP2 LNG, LLC for the transportation of natural gas pursuant to La. R.S. §30:554 and 555(C) and (H) and LAC 43:XI.501 and LAC 43:X1.509. TC LOUISIANA INTRASTATE PIPELINE LLC’s application will be heard pursuant to the Commissioner of Conser‐ vation's Notice and Protest procedure. Any comments, views or protests regarding this application should be di‐ rected in written form to be received no later than 12 days from receipt hereof. If accommoda‐ tions are required under the Americans with Dis‐ abilities Act, please con‐ tact the Ofﬁce of Conser‐ vation Pipeline Division at (504) 342-5516. Direct written comments to: Steven M. Giambrone Director, Inspections Di‐ vision Louisiana Department of Conservation and Energy P.O. Box 94275 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70804-9275 RE: DOCKET NO. PL 26-065 NP

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PUBLIC NOTICE --Burns & McDonnell on behalf of Cloud Connec‐ tor, LLC is requesting au‐ thorization to construct a natural gas pipeline be‐ tween an interconnect station near Melville, Louisiana in St. Landry Parish, and Venture Global Plaquemines LNG, LLC and Plaquemines Ex‐ pansion, LLC Terminals in Plaquemines Parish. The U.S. Army Corps of Engi‐ neers (CEMVN) will be accepting public com‐ ments on the project until October 8, 2026. To further review and/or provide comments, addi‐ tional information and plans related to the pro‐ posal may be obtained at the following website: www.mvn.usace.army. mil/missions/regulatory/ public-notices (see Ref#: MVN-2026-00308-BV). If you have any questions or would like additional information, please con‐ tact Courtland Vice with CEMVN, Regulatory Divi‐ sion at (504) 862-1349 or at courtland.l.vice@ usace.army.mil. A certiﬁ‐ cation that the proposed activity will not violate applicable water quality standards will be re‐ quired from the LDEQ be‐ fore a Department of the Army permit could be is‐ sued.

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Wauwatosa, Wisconsin 53226 Telephone No. (414)-257-7725 202768-oct 3-1t $288.29 PUBLIC NOTICE --Request for Scenic River Permit on Bayou Cocodrie The Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) as Administrator of the Louisiana Natural and Scenic Rivers System is currently considering the application of Bill Herrington to build a camp on Bayou Cocodrie. Copies of the application can be reviewed at the LDWF main ofﬁce, 2000 Quail Drive, Baton Rouge, LA. The public is invited to comment on this per‐ mit request for a period of thirty (30) days. Re‐ sponses should be mailed to LDWF Scenic Rivers Program, P.O. Box 98000, Baton Rouge, LA 70898-9000. 202843 Oct. 3, 2026 1t $107.10 PUBLIC NOTICE --The City of St. George Planning & Zoning Com‐ missions will hold public hearings on Monday, Oc‐ tober 5, 2026, at 6:00 pm at St. George City Hall, 11207 Proverbs Ave, St. George, LA 70816, to con‐ sider the following: Planning Commission S-26-0025 Subdivision at 12500 and 12601 Rieger Rd: This 15.51-acre prop‐ erty is located on Lots 9A and LRK, LLC-2 of the Leon R. Kleinpeter Prop‐ erty, in Sec. 49, T8S, R2E, GLD, EBR. The applicant requests a prelimi‐ nary/ﬁnal plat to subdi‐ vide two lots into three and to dedicate a public drainage servitude. (Ap‐ plicant: Andre Rodrigue, Stantec Consulting Ser‐ vices, Inc, on behalf of

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LRK, LLC) S-26-0030 Subdivision at T 13455 Jefferson Hwy: This 2.1-acre property is located on Lot Y-1 of the Elizabeth Hynes Tract, in Sec. 57, T7S, R2E, GLD, EBR. The applicant re‐ quests a prelimi‐ nary/ﬁnal plat to subdi‐ vide 1 lot into 2 in the MX-3 Mixed Used Com‐ munity Zoning District. (Applicant: Christopher Maestri, MR Engineering & Surveying, LLC, on be‐ half of Jeffbend, LLC) S-26-0032 Exchange of Property at 10620 Happy Pl and 22392 Hoo Shoo Too Rd: This 92.16-acre combined property is comprised of lot 38-A-1E-1-A and C-1-A of the La Vie Est Belle, in Sec. 55, T8S, R3E, GLD, EBR. The applicant requests an ex‐ change of property be‐ tween 2 lots in the RC Re‐ source Conservation Zoning District. (Appli‐ cant: Michael Davis, LandSource, Inc, on be‐ half of Happy Place Hold‐ ings, LLC) Zoning Commission PO-26-0005 Final Devel‐ opment Plan at 14637 Vil‐ lage Market St: This 0.75acre property is located on Lot A-1-A-3-A-4-B-2, Russell Long Property, on Sec. 52, T8S-R2E, GLD, EBR. The applicant re‐ quests a Final Develop‐ ment Plan to construct a commercial/restaurant building with associated parking and access dri‐ ves in the MX-4 Mixed Use Regional/PO-PUD-409 Long Farm Planned Overlay. (Applicant: Stephanie Stanford, Southeast Engineers, LLC, on behalf of Om Ohana Baton Rouge Re‐ alty, LLC) PO-26-0006 Changes to Concept Plan for Settle‐ ment of Willow Grove: This combined property is located on Tracts 1-A-1, 1-A-2, 1-A-3, 1-B, 2, WG-B1-A-1-A, WG-B-1-A-1-B, WG-B-2, WG-3, GS-2 thru GS-12, GS-K, CH-1, Lots 3 thru 6, 7-A, 8 thru 145, 146-A, 148-A, 149 thru 184,

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184-A, 184 thru 231, 232-A, 232-B, 233 thru 254, 255-A, and 256 thru 377 of the Settlement at Willow Grove, in Sec. 56, 56, and 57, T8S-R1E, GLD, EBR. The applicant requests minor changes to the ap‐ concept plan proved within the R-6 Residen‐ tial-6 Zoning District, in‐ cluding revisions to com‐ mon open space, low density residential, and commercial/ofﬁce uses. (Applicant: Jonathan Bradley, MR Engineering & Surveying, LLC, on be‐ half of Kleinpeter Devel‐ opment Corporation) CU-26-0006 and V-26-0012 Conditional Use Permit with Waiver at 16001 River Rd: This 28.81-acre property is located on Lot D of the Burtville Plantation in Sec. 45, T8SR1E, GLD, EBR. The appli‐ cant requests a condi‐ tional use permit to con‐ struct a wireless telecommunication tower and facility in a leased portion of the property in the RC Re‐ source Conservation Zoning District, with a waiver to increase the maximum height from 85 ft to 184 ft pursuant to Sec. 7:9.2.38.B.3. The Zon‐ ing Commission has the authority to permit the height of wireless com‐ munication towers to a maximum of 300 ft under Sec. 5.1.D.3.b. (Applicant: Jon Leyens, Baker Donel‐ son, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC on behalf of AT&T and Danna Glas‐ ner Living Trust) CU-26-0011 Conditional Use Permit 5804 Macbeth Dr: This 0.29-acre prop‐ erty is located on Lot SG-1-A of the Parkwood Estates in Sec. 60, T7SR2E, GLD, EBR. The appli‐ cant requests a condi‐ tional use permit to con‐ struct a detached acces‐ sory dwelling unit in the rear yard in the R-29 Res‐ idential-29 Zoning Dis‐ trict. (Applicant/Owner: Blaine Bonvillain) CU-26-0013 Conditional Use Permit at 17001 Culps Bluff Ave: This 0.47i l d

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1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER & REQUEST ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES BE SILENCED A Regular Meeting of the West Baton Rouge Parish Council was held on Thursday, September 10, 2026 and called to order at 05:29 PM. Council Chairman Carey Denstel asked that all electronic devices be placed on silent. 2. OPENING PRAYER Chairman Denstel asked for a moment of silence in remembrance of those who lost their lives on September 11th, followed by Councilman Atley Walker Jr. who everyone in an opening prayer. 3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Chairman Denstel recognized Councilman Kirk Allain, who led everyone in the Pledge of Allegiance. 4. LOG ATTENDANCE The following members were recorded as being present: Messrs. Kirk Allain, Daryl “Turf” Babin, Atley Walker, Brady Hotard, Kenneth Gordon, Carey Denstel, Alan Crowe, Gary Joseph, and Mrs. Katherine Andre. Also present were, Mr. Phillip Bourgoyne, Executive Assistant, Mr. Chance Stephens, Director of Finance, Mr. Brandon Bourgoyne, Director of Public Works, Ms. Kristen Canezaro, Special Legal Counsel, and Mrs. Michelle Tullier, Council Clerk. 5. MINUTES APPROVAL A. Approval of Minutes from the Regular Meeting of August 27, 2026. There were no comments from anyone in attendance. A motion was made by Council Member Alan Crowe, seconded by Council Member Kenneth Gordon to Approve Minutes from the Regular Meeting of August 27, 2026. The vote was recorded as follows: YEAS: 9 (Kirk Allain, Daryl “Turf” Babin, Atley Walker, Brady Hotard, Kenneth Gordon, Carey Denstel, Alan Crowe, Katherine Andre, Gary Joseph) NAYS: 0 (None) ABSENT: 0 (None) ABSTAIN: 0 (None) As a result of the votes, the motion Passed. 6. CONSIDER ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA There were no items to consider at this time. 7. PARISH PRESIDENT’S REPORT The Parish President was not in attendance, therefore updates on tractor cutting, drainage, and a few road projects for the Council. Ms. Madison Cacciopo gave an update on recent projects that she has been working on for the Parish. 8. PUBLIC COMMENTS There were no comments at this time. AND/OR

10. PUBLIC HEARING ON PREVIOUSLY INTRODUCED ORDINANCES There were no items to consider at this time. 11. CONSIDER STATUS REPORT, AND/OR OTHER MATTERS AS REQUIRED ON CURRENT PROJECTS There were no items to consider at this time. 12. NEW BUSINESS A. Consider Setting Halloween - Trick or Treat Hours for Saturday, October 31, 2026 from 5:30 to 7:30pm For The Unincorporated Areas Of The Parish. A motion was made by Council Member Brady Hotard, seconded by Council Member Daryl “Turf” Babin to approve Consider Setting Halloween - Trick or Treat Hours for Saturday, October 31, 2026 from 5:30 to 7:30pm For The Unincorporated Areas Of The Parish. The vote was recorded as follows: YEAS: 9 (Kirk Allain, Daryl “Turf” Babin, Atley Walker, Brady Hotard, Kenneth Gordon, Carey Denstel, Alan Crowe, Katherine Andre, Gary Joseph) NAYS: 0 (None) ABSENT: 0 (None) ABSTAIN: 0 (None) As a result of the votes, the motion Passed. B. Consider Approval of Change Order No.3 on Court St. Sidewalk Project, State Project No. H.014944.6 (LA 76: MultiUse Path & Sidewalks, Ph. 1). There was a lengthy discussion with Ms. Jessica Chatalain with GIS over the process and cost of the aforementioned change order. The Council asked many questions in regard to cost, time frame and work being done. Ms. Chatalain explained that even though this change order has not yet been approved, she said work has already been done, she was not aware of our process. A motion was made by Council Member Alan Crowe, seconded by Council Member Brady Hotard to deny Approval of Change Order No.3 on Court St. Sidewalk Project, State Project No. H.014944.6 (LA 76: Multi-Use Path & Sidewalks, Ph. 1). The vote was recorded as follows: YEAS: 9 (Kirk Allain, Daryl “Turf” Babin, Atley Walker, Brady Hotard, Kenneth Gordon, Carey Denstel, Alan Crowe, Katherine Andre, Gary Joseph) NAYS: 0 (None) ABSENT: 0 (None)

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I, Robert Minerva Catling AKA Shaky Catling, have been convicted of 14:81 Indecent Behavior with Juveniles. Date Convicted: 10/10/2013.

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Public Notices Sex Offenders I, Elijah James Parfait AKA ELI AKA EYBROW JACKASS AKA LUCKY AKA SANDMAN, have been convicted of 14:80 - Carnal knowledge of a juvenile. Date Convicted: 04/25/2002. 15:542 - Failure to Register/Notify as a Sex Offender. Date Convicted: 08/04/2014. My Address is: 827 AMERICA ST BATON ROUGE, LA 70802 Race: AM. IND Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 9/14/1981 Height: 5'7"

I, JEFFERY D NEAL AKA JEFFEY NEAL, have been convicted of 14:43.1 - Sexual Battery Sexual Motivation. Date Convicted: 07/14/1987. 14:44 Aggravated Kidnapping Sexual Motivation. Date Convicted: 09/29/1988. OFFENDER WILL BE RESIDING AT: Capital Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

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C. Consider Approval of Change Order No.4 on Court St. Sidewalk Project, State Project No. H.014944.6 (LA 76: MultiUse Path & Sidewalks, Ph. 1). There was a lengthy discussion with Ms. Jessica Chatalain with GIS over the process and cost of the aforementioned change order. The Council asked many questions in regard to cost, time frame and work being done. Ms. Chatalain explained that even though this change order has not yet been approved, she said work has already been done, she was not aware of our process. The Council expressed its dissatisfaction in regard not only to this request but the previous one as well. A motion was made by Council Member Brady Hotard, seconded by Council Member Kenneth Gordon to approve Change Order No.4 on Court St. Sidewalk Project, State Project No. H.014944.6 (LA 76: Multi-Use Path & Sidewalks, Ph. 1).

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ABSTAIN: 0 (None) As a result of the votes, the motion Passed.

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9. COMMUNICATIONS WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS ELECTED OR APPOINTED OFFICIALS There were no items to consider at this time.

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The vote was recorded as follows: YEAS: 9 (Kirk Allain, Daryl “Turf” Babin, Atley Walker, Brady Hotard, Kenneth Gordon, Carey Denstel, Alan Crowe, Katherine Andre, Gary Joseph) NAYS: 0 (None) ABSENT: 0 (None) ABSTAIN: 0 (None) As a result of the votes, the motion Passed. 16. CORRESPONDENCE REPORT Correspondence Report from Council Clerk, Mrs. Michelle Tullier included the following items: • Household Hazardous Materials Day October 24, 2026; • Next Planning & Zoning Meeting Tuesday, September 15, 2026 Canceled; • Next Council Meeting Thursday, September 24, 2026 at 5:30pm. 17. ADJOURN There being no further business, a motion to adjourn was made by Council Member Kirk Allain and was adopted by acclamation at 06:28 PM.

13. RESOLUTIONS A. A Resolution Authorizing The Parish President To Enter Into A Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with the Louisiana Department of Treasury There were no comments from the public on this item. A motion was made by Council Member Alan Crowe, seconded by Council Member Kirk Allain to approve A Resolution Authorizing The Parish President To Enter Into A Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with the Louisiana Department of Treasury The vote was recorded as follows: YEAS: 9 (Kirk Allain, Daryl “Turf” Babin, Atley Walker, Brady Hotard, Kenneth Gordon, Carey Denstel, Alan Crowe, Katherine Andre, Gary Joseph) NAYS: 0 (None) ABSENT: 0 (None) ABSTAIN: 0 (None) As a result of the votes, the motion Passed. Resolution 22 of 2026 can be found at the end of these minutes. 14. INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCES Mrs. Tullier, Council Clerk read by title the below proposed ordinance/s being introduced and publicized by title, and considered for adoption following a public hearing as specified below, at 5:30 pm in the Council Chambers, located at 880 North Alexander Avenue, Port Allen, La.: A. An Ordinance Amending Chapter 104 Zoning To Incorporate Amended Zoning Designation Map (Zoning Plan) Under Section 104-3 Establishment Of Districts, Official Zoning Map For Rezoning Request Of Tamara Harvey. Regarding Parcel# 071600001400 located on Rosedale Road Port Allen LA 70767. File #PJ 26-0024: Described by the WBR Assessor as: LOT 4-B1A CONT 8.74 AC IN SEC 8 T7S R11E & 1.00 AC M/L TAKEN FROM LOT 4-B-1A Book 16-14. Rezoning Approximately 9(+-) AC from AG (Agricultural) to R-MH (Mobile Home Park). MASTER PLAN CHANGE. Public Hearing Date: October 8, 2026 15. CONSIDER SUBDIVISION PLATS, CONDEMNATIONS, WAIVERS AND MATTERS RELATED THERETO A. Consider Ratification of Condemnation Order for derelict structure/s located at 12429 Section Rd., Port Allen, La 70767, Described as: Parcel #070730000600, LOT IN NE/4 SEC 24 T6S R10E MEAS 75’ X 210’ TAKEN FROM THE PROP OF M MATTHEWS JR 7C-6CB87 E159, Owner: Ora Lee Davis. File#26-0039 Mrs. Asley Hatfield was recognized and reviewed the aforementioned request, showing inspection pictures, advising the Council that someone was here to represent this item. Mr. Edward T. Davis, the son of the current owner, was recognized and explained he is working on getting this property and house cleaned up. Pictures were shown to support what has been done so far. A motion was made by Council Member Daryl “Turf” Babin, seconded by Council Member Kirk Allain to table the Ratification of Condemnation Order for derelict structure/s located at 12429 Section Rd., Port Allen, La 70767, Described as: Parcel #070730000600, LOT IN NE/4 SEC 24 T6S R10E MEAS 75’ X 210’ TAKEN FROM THE PROP OF M MATTHEWS JR 7C-6CB87 E159, Owner: Ora Lee Davis. File#26-0039, for 90 Calendar Days. The vote was recorded as follows: YEAS: 9 (Kirk Allain, Daryl “Turf” Babin, Atley Walker, Brady Hotard, Kenneth Gordon, Carey Denstel, Alan Crowe, Katherine Andre, Gary Joseph) NAYS: 0 (None) ABSENT: 0 (None) ABSTAIN: 0 (None) As a result of the votes, the motion Passed. B. Consider Ratification of Condemnation Order for derelict structure/s located at 4153 Mulatto Bend Rd., Port Allen, La 70767, Described as: Parcel #045000001700, Lot 25 of Tournoir Subdivision (recorded in book/page 50-17, CB128 E6), Owner: Lillie L. & Louis Thompson (c/o Julia Tyler). File#26-0052. Mrs. Hatfield was again recognized and reviewed the aforementioned request, showing inspection pictures and asking the Council to ratify the Parish President ratification order, noting the new owner of this property is in the meeting and has been notified of this. Mr. Michael W. Thomas Jr., was recognized and explained that he would have this property cleaned up in the next month or so. A motion was made by Council Member Kenneth Gordon, seconded by Council Member Katherine Andre to approve Ratification of Condemnation Order for derelict structure/s located

ALL MEETING INFORMATION INCLUDING MINUTES AND VIDEOS CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE WBRPARISH.ORG UNDER THE AGENDA AND MINUTES TAB. RESOLUTION 22 OF 2026 A Resolution Authorizing The Parish President To Enter Into A Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with the Louisiana Department of Treasury WHEREAS, West Baton Rouge Parish agrees to enter into a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement, with the Louisiana Department of Treasury; and WHEREAS, in order to proceed with said agreement, West Baton Rouge Parish requires that the legislative body of the local government authorizes its chief executive “The Parish President” to execute agreement titled: COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY AND WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH FIRE DISTRICT NO. 1 WHEREAS, the West Baton Rouge Parish Fire District agrees to authorize the Parish President to sign said agreement in regard to receiving $1,000,000 appropriation funds from Act 3 of 2026 RLS. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the West Baton Rouge Parish Council acing as the West Baton Rouge Fire District No. 1 Board of Commissioners does hereby authorize Parish President Jason P. Manola to execute on behalf of the Parish of West Baton Rouge, an agreement with the Louisiana Department of Treasury and sign and execute all future documentation and funding regarding the same. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if any portion or item of this resolution or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications of this resolution which can be given effect without invalid provisions, items or applications and to this end the provisions of this resolution are hereby declared severable. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that all resolutions or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. The Foregoing Resolution Was Considered, And, After Public Discussion, A Motion To Approve Was Made By Council Member Alan Crowe_, Which Was Seconded By Council Member Kirk Allain_. The Resolution Was Submitted To A Vote, The Vote Thereon Was As Follows: YEAS: 9 (Crowe, Allain, Walker, Babin, Denstel, Hotard, Gordon, Andre, Joseph) NAYS:

0 (None)

ABSENT: 0 (None) ABSTAIN: 0 (None) As a result of the votes the resolution was adopted this 10th Day of September, 2026. CERTIFICATE I, Michelle Tullier, Council Clerk of the West Baton Rouge Parish Council do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of a resolution adopted by said body at its Regular Meeting of September 10, 2026 at which meeting a majority of the members were present and voting.

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ACOSTA, ERIK PAUL

59405 ISLAND DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7424

AGUILLARD, SHAWN NICOLE

59340 RAGUSA RD PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-6554

ALLEMAN, LYNN JOSEPH

20430 CHARLES ORY DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5315

ALLEN, RODNEY J

23605 KEARNEY ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2965

ANDERSON, CAROLYN MARIE

32410 LEONA AVE WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-2424

ANDERSON, JOSHUA DAVID

11845 SPARKS LN MARINGOUIN, LA 70757-4003

ANDERSON, KAYLAND RENEE

77300 IBERVILLE DR MARINGOUIN, LA 70757-3703

ANDERSON, SEAN MARQUAND

28298 HWY 405 PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7900

ARMSTEAD, TORRIS JOSEPH

24570 PECAN POINTE DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-6054

ARNOLD, BRODY COLE

76925 JESSIE ROMIG DR GROSSE TETE, LA 70740-3438

ARNOLD, TY J

58841 ALLEN ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3063

BAKER, STEVEN WOLFGANG

2335-B HWY 75 ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-4900

BARTLEY, TIFFANY RENEE

5679 MAGNOLIA DE CHRISTOPHE DR CARVILLE, LA 707212131

BATISTE, ERICA C

77375 COLEMAN DR MARINGOUIN, LA 70757

BATTISTE, MARTIN KEITH

24665 HIGH SCHOOL ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-4035

BAYHAM, GAVIN MATTHEW

23800 HWY 386 GROSSE TETE, LA 70740-3707

BEARD, KENNETH JAMES

25524 SPRING ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-6318

BELL, MARLON DEWAYNE

25035 PIN OAK AVE PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7522

BESSIX, DELDRIAN I

10760 CHURCH ST MARINGOUIN, LA 70757

BILLIOT, JONATHAN ADAM

23816 FERDINAND ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764

BONIN, RODNEY JOHN

1325 BELLE TERRE DR ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-5221

BOUDREAUX, GREGORY PAUL

24225 CROSS ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764

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LEE, JULIEN AHMAD

58955 MARTIN LUTHER KING BLVD PLAQUEMINE, LA 707643031

LEGRANGE, BENJAMIN PAUL

59200 ISLAND DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7426

LEWIS, JALACY J

56600 BREAUX ST # LOT A BAYOU GOULA, LA 70788-3032

LEWIS, OSHARQUA MARNAE

33465 BOUDREAUX ST WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-2705

LEWIS, PARIS M

33160 ADAMS DR WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-2608

LOWRANCE, LARRY RANDLE

58115 MERIAM ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2718

MABILE, EMILY BUSINELLE

59355 EMMA AVE PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3447

MACK, TRISTEN

4955 LANDRY ST ST GABRIEL, LA 70776

MAJOR, PATRICIA TALBOT

16375 SIDNEY RD ROSEDALE, LA 70772

MAPLE, JALYNNE TANA

1350 BESSON LN SUNSHINE, LA 70780-3539

MARINO, ANGELLE MANCUSO

22280 WALKER ST #28 PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764

MARTIN, ROSALIND DORSEY

78275 KARL RD ROSEDALE, LA 70772

MCCLURE, DANIEL ROSS

5505 ROSE DOWN AVE ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-5211

MCKINLEY, GERALDNESHIA ROSHANDA

59055 W W HARLEAUX ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2966

MCPHATE, DERRICK MICHAEL

23685 HWY 386 GROSSE TETE, LA 70740

MELANCON, RODDY RICHARD

430 PECAN DR ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-5503

MELLIEON JR, OSCAR K

58475 NATS ALY PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2856

MENDOZA, DORIS D

62440 BAYOU JACOB RD PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5525

MEYER, GAYLYN MARIE

24880 HWY 386 GROSSE TETE, LA 70740-3717

MIDDLEBROOKS, CHRISTOPHER JACY

1900 WILLOW BEND RD ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-5353

MILITELLO, TRACY MONTGOMERY

305 FACULTY DR ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-4447

MILLIGAN, KENDRICK TERRELL

59110 W W HARLEAUX ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2967

MONIR, SAAJID

5455 SPRING LN # C CARVILLE, LA 70721-2149

MORRIS, HALLE T

1145 MADRID AVE ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-5332

MOSBY, TNYRA

58075 NICHOLAS ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2238

MOUZON, EVAN ANTHONY

22505 GLORIA ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5207

BOURLIEA, BRET JAMES

1130 MADRID AVE ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-5332

BOUSER, MERCEDES W

58936 MARTIN LUTHER KING BLVD PLAQUEMINE, LA 707643032

BRACKEN JR, KENNETH JEROD

57856 GOVERNMENT ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2347

MUHAMMAD, ABDULRAHMAN SALAAM

58025 GEORGE ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2207

BRIGNAC, DANNY MICHAEL

36360 HWY 69 WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-4704

MYLES, LATOYA SHANTEL

24830 VESSELS STREET PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3437

BROWN, JORDAN TREVON

59655 HWY 1148 # 2 PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5333

NAY, MADELINE GRACE

6720 BAYOU PAUL RD ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-5600

BROWN, KRISTIE ANNE

57898 HOMESTEAD DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2143

NGUYEN, CODY

175 POLITZ AVE ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-4442

BRUMFIELD, JACQUELINE LEJEUNE

20125-B SIDNEY RD GROSSE TETE, LA 70740-3610

OLIVER, STANFORD WALLY

10640 3RD ST MARINGOUIN, LA 70757

BUCHOLTZ, DANIEL R

58375 ISLAND DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7427

ORTIS, ANN PINELL

58330 ISLAND DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7427

BURKE, SHANE MICHAEL

58315 ELM ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3151

OSMER, ASHLYN NICOLE

24665 BELLEMOOR DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3823

BYLAND, DAVE D

2040 BAYOU PAUL LN ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-4936

PANIA, BRITTANY MICHELLE

58410 BARROW ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-4274

CAMPO, VICTORIA RICE

59178 LAUREL ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3814

PELICHET, SAIGE

14610 CENTERVILLE RD ROSEDALE, LA 70772

CANOVA JR, LEO PHILLIP

24522 PECAN MEADOW DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-6055

PERRY, EMMA GRACE

76745 PERRY RD ROSEDALE, LA 70772

CARLIN JR, GLEN LOUIS

58815 IRON FARM RD PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3027

PERRY, MARIAM SONYA

130 POLITZ AVE ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-4442

CARRIER, SADIE D

77690 MCBAY DR GROSSE TETE, LA 70740-3525

PIERCE, JANAY D

23435 RICH ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2643

PITTS, DACIA KYA

5556 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR PKWY # LOTA CARVILLE, LA 70721

CARTER, TAKIRAH LASHAY

53275-B POINT ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-6957

CAUSIN, DEREK ALAN

33055 HWY 75 PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7109

CHANEY, GOLDEN TYRONISHA PRAY

32805 LEE ST WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-2311

CHUSTZ, DAVID CHARLES

77055 HURDLE RD ROSEDALE, LA 70772

COLLIER, BRENDA ANN

39035 HWY 75 PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7731

COLLIER, TAMMERA LYNN

57860 HOMESTEAD DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2108

COLLINS III, CHARLES HARRY WESLEY

58340 ROBERTSON ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3518

COX, CHRISTOPHER JUDE

59635 MYRTLE GROVE DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7437

CRUMP, JEREMIA MICHAEL

11375 BAYOU RD MARINGOUIN, LA 70757-3410

CURRY, DENNIS LOUIS

23087 DALBOR ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2302

DAVID, BLAINE JOSEPH

17010 THOMAS LN GROSSE TETE, LA 70740-3026

DAVID, LINDA B

63005 BELLEVIEW RD # A PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-6313

DAVIS, JAMIE CHRISTINA-MARIE

11935 SPARKS LN MARINGOUIN, LA 70757-4004

DAVIS, YVONNE BELONEY

24650 FERDINAND ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-4024

DEVILLE, ALBERT MITCHEL

32845-A BAYOU SORREL RD PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7124

DEVILLIER, GUY J

58340 DESOBRY ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3502

DIEZ, CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL

36640 HWY 69 WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-4707

DORSEY, GRETCHEN MARIE

1695 RAVIER LN SUNSHINE, LA 70780-3519

DOWNS JR, RL

56210 HWY 404 WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-4316

DUPONT, DONNA BREAUX

23645 EDEN ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2738

EDWARDS SR, DAMEONN JOSEPH

26210 HWY 77 PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5705

EDWARDS, ISABELLA BREEANNA

26210 HWY 77 PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5705

ELPHEAGE, STACIE CHANTE

23926 JACKSON ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3030

ELSTROTT JR, SCOTT ARTHUR

1505 TASAJILLO DR ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-5339

FAIRCHILD, KAMERYN BROOKE

65300 MENDOZA DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-6223

FERACHI, BRADY A

58125-A BAYOU JACOB RD PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5236

FOSTER, RODNEY JERMAINE

33480 BOWIE ST WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-2730

FRAZIER, FREDERICK DWAYNE

4820 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR PKWY ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-4206

GARRISON, AQUINDICE DESIREE

33615 BOUDREAUX ST WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-2729

GAUTREAUX, MARY ANN HODGE

17825 HWY 77 GROSSE TETE, LA 70740

GAUTREAUX, VICKEY DEVILLIER

29870 HWY 75 PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-6108

GAVILANES, EDUARDO ROMAN

3690 GRENADA DR ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-4644

GRAHAM, JEFFREY WAYNE

58510 VILLAGE DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7421

GREZAFFI, HUNTER JOSEPH

58979 DARBY AVE PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3401

HALL, MATTIE J

58360 ISLAND DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7427

HANDY IV, CHARLEY

22980 JADE DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5231

HAWKINS, JAYNELL ROCKELL

58465 CAPTAIN T HARRIS ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3141

HAYNES MITCHELL, ANNGERALD NEINARBAR

5673 MAGNOIA DE PERCY DR CARVILLE, LA 70721

HAYNES, TAHLOR

31410 HWY 405 WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-3608

HEARNS, NYREN JOSEPH

24855 BUTLER ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-4211

HEBERT, TORY DANIEL

38425 HWY 75 PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7725

HENDERSON, BARRY RAY

22925 GUY ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764

HENDERSON, HERBERT JUNE

58995 IRON FARM RD PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764

HENDY, SARAH AINSWORTH

3025 HWY 75 ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-4411

HERPIN, CRAIG MAURICE

76350 GRIFFIN DR ROSEDALE, LA 70772-3834

HOLMES, ROSALYN D

10465 HWY 977 MARINGOUIN, LA 70757-3238

HOOKS, JAHMAD WESLY

58521 WARE DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-4247

HUGUET, ROSEMARIE RENZ

39117 BAYOU PIGEON RD PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7746

HYMEL, RANDI HAYMON

1137-B RIVER RD SUNSHINE, LA 70780

JACKSON, KELVIN CYPRUS

6100 MARGARET DR #24 ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-4650

JACKSON, LAVONTRA LENISE

4745-A POINT CLAIR RD ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-4107

JAMES, CRAIGNISHA TRESHAWN

24735 DAMON ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-4117

JEFFERSON JR, HERBERT

24000 SEMINARY ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3358

JENKINS, ARYION DWAYNIA

59655 HWY 1148 # LOT 40 PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764

JOHNSON, DAVID CARL

23984 TAYLOR ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3041

JOHNSON, KOLBY TYRELL

56760 CHURCH ST BAYOU GOULA, LA 70788-3154

JOSEPH, CARLA DENISE

5564 MAGNOLIA SPRINGS PKWY # B CARVILLE, LA 707212101

KILGORE, KATHRYN ADLER

845 RIVER RD SUNSHINE, LA 70780-3100

KINCHENS, MICHAEL JOSEPH

29849 HWY 75 PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-6108

KING, TORI RENEA

59020 OBIER AVE PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3428

LANDRY JR, ALTON J

29195 HWY 1 PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7030

LANDRY, BOBBI D

36166 HWY 75 PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7702

LANDRY, ROBERT

58465 VILLAGE COURT PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7420

LAPLACE, ALEXA LEIGH

1243 HWY 75 SUNSHINE , LA 70780

LAPLACE, TIM G

740 PECAN DR ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-5506

PLANT, KATINA MARIE

58260 COURT ST # A PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2808

PONVELLE, NICOLE HARVEY

1915 PINEGLEN DR ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-4619

PORCH, ASHLEY DANIELLE

58785 CAPTAIN T HARRIS ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3003

PREJEAN, GENEVIEVE MARIE

57737 CARDINAL ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-4401

PRICE, MALLORY GUIDROZ

1210 ETTA DR ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-5624

RATAJCZYK, RYAN ALEXANDER

29315 INTRACOASTAL RD PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5815

REECH, RAEGAN MICHELLE

1403 TASAJILLO DR ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-5337

RICHARDSON, ALVIN BERTELL

32420 CHAIRMONTE ST WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-2022

RODDY, CHARLOTTE SUE

65780 TOT CARLINE DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7302

ROSS, TROYLYNN

1955-B JAKE LN SUNSHINE , LA 70780-3502

RUFFINS, GEVONNE LYNNETTE

25020 HWY 405 PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7504

SADDEN, ROSALIND CRESCIONNE

63210 BAYOU JACOB RD PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5605

SANCHEZ, BRENT DAVID

55705 GRAND RD WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-4623

SANCHEZ, JEREMY MICHAEL

31230 HWY 405 WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-3606

SANCHEZ, MARK ANTHONY

20735 SIDNEY RD GROSSE TETE, LA 70740-3510

SAVOIE II, CHARLES CLARENCE

175 SOUTH CLUB AVE ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-4438

SAYLOR, DALAYCIE JAYLAN

57955 NEW ERWIN DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2327

SCOTT, BETTY JEAN

57480 CPL HERMAN BROWN JR DR BAYOU GOULA, LA 70788-3123

SCOTT JR, DERRICK DARNELL

10740 3RD ST MARINGOUIN, LA 70757

SERRETT, MICHAEL JAMES

22140 WALKER ST #22 PLAQUEMINE , LA 70764-2033

SHEPHEARD, CRYSTAL LYNN

10070 HWY 77 MARINGOUIN, LA 70757-3030

SIMS, SHENIQUA JENEE

23010 WEST ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2210

SIMS, TIFFANY ANN

57764 BRODE ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-4540

SKIDMORE, SHANEKWA QUINTELL

23810 SEMINARY ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3760

SMITH, BRENDA JEAN

10702 2ND ST MARINGOUIN, LA 70757

SMITH JR, MEDRIC ANTHONY

57865 NEW ERWIN DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2325

SPARKS, BRITTANY KICHELLE

24705 DAMON ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-4117

ST ANGELO JR, AUBREY JEROME

58645 DELACROIX AVE PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3527

STASSI, BRETT M

59640 THOMAS ROSS DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5270

STEPTEAU, CHADRICK ALEX

4985 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR PKWY ST GABRIEL, LA 70776

STEVENSON, JARMARCUS ERIC

32345 MAGGIO ST WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-2429

STEWART, HAROLD A

57725 MORRISON BLVD PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7521

TACKNO, TONYA RENEE

11350-B CHURCH ST MARINGOUIN, LA 70757-3615

TEMPLET, NOAH JAMES

6630 LEGION DR ST GABRIEL, LA 70776

THOMAS, DAJA D

6400 MARGARET DR ST GABRIEL, LA 70776

THOMAS, DENIS CAMILLE

27810 HWY 405 PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-6912

THOMAS III, FRANK

23725 CYPRESS ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2835

THOMPSON, LARRY

4885 LANDRY ST ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-4245

TILLMAN, RODNEISHA CHARDAE

23045 JADE DR # C PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5260

TOMKINS, JILL ELSIE

1030 BEEHIVE DR ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-5116

TRAHAN, JAMIE DYLAN

77375 C AUGUSTA AVE ROSEDALE, LA 70772

TRAIGLE, ROXANNE B

58140 CHINN ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3608

TULLIER, CARTER

36495 HWY 75 PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764

TYLER, ERNEST JACK

5270 BETTY MARTIN DR CARVILLE, LA 70721-2126

VAUGHN, DESTINY IRIE

6610 HWY 74 #801 ST GABRIEL, LA 70776

WASHINGTON, DEMETRICK

57932 BARROW ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-4160

WASHINGTON, PATRICIA ANNE

58515 IRON FARM RD PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3070

WASHINGTON, TRACY JOHNSON

23630 KEARNEY ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2965

WHITAKER, MALCOLM LEWIS

54975 TASSIN DR WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-2331

WHITE, TABETHA R

77450 WHEELOCK LN MARINGOUIN, LA 70757-3731

WILKINS JR, JIMMY

5465 POINT CLAIR RD CARVILLE, LA 70721-2108

WILLIAMS, DAMON JOEL

5695 OAK TRACE DR ST GABRIEL, LA 70776

WILLIAMS, EDWARD MITCHELL

24135 BAIST ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3650

WILLIAMS, GEORGE E

58290 BELL ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2236

WILLIAMS, KAREN M

56895 CPL HERMAN BROWN JR DR BAYOU GOULA, LA 70788-3117

WINTZ, TIMONTHY JOHN

1320 AGATHA ST SUNSHINE, LA 70780-3219

YOUNG, AUSTIN

57910 GOVERNMENT ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2308

YOUNG, CATHY MICHELLE

56460 BREAUX ST BAYOU GOULA, LA 70788-3030

YOUNG, DIANNE MARIE

57470 CPL HERMAN BROWN JR DR BAYOU GOULA, LA 70788-3123

YOUNG, NEDRA DENISE

24580 PECAN POINTE DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-6054

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