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Saints use first-round draft picks to fill offensive needs

METAIRIE (AP) — The New Orleans Saints used their firstround picks in the NFL draft to address offensive needs, trading to move up Thursday night and select Ohio State wide receiver Chris Olave before taking offensive tackle Trevor Penning of Northern Iowa.

Until Next Year

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The spring high school baseball season came to an end for all four parish schools this week as Jennings, Welsh, Lake Arthur and Lacassine fell in the first round of the LHSAA playoffs. File photos

Balencia, Tigers edge past Hounds 1-0 in pitchers’ duel

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DOYLE – The No.22 Welsh Greyhounds and the No.11 Doyle Tigers found themselves in a pitching duel Tuesday afternoon in a Class 2A bi-district playoff game, as Hound ace Cale Navarre and Doyle’s top hurler Caiden Balencia combined to allow just one run over the entire contest. To the dismay of Greyhound fans, it was the Tigers who scored the lone run of the contest to win 1-0 to advance. Doyle improved to 18-14 overall, and will travel to Loreauville for a best-of-three regional round set with the Tigers. The Hounds ended their season with an overall mark of 11-20.

No. 8 Loreauville shuts out LA, 10-0

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LOREAUVILLE — It was a battle between the Tigers in the first round of the Class 2A playoffs as No. 27 Lake Arthur traveled to No. 8 Loreauville Tuesday. Loreauville took advantage of some Lake Arthur fielding errors to take a 10-0 win in five innings.

Tucker’s three-run double helps Javier, Astros beat Rangers 4-3

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Kyle Tucker hit a threerun double in the fifth inning and Cristian Javier won his first start of the season as the Houston Astros held off the Texas Rangers 4-3 on Wednesday night.

Driver dies in Australian rally, fourth fatality in two years

HOBART, Australia (AP) — A 59-year-old driver was killed in a crash at the Targa Tasmania rally on Wednesday, a year after three competitors died in the annual race.

Diamondbacks score twice after error to beat Dodgers 3-1

PHOENIX (AP) — Hits have been hard to come by for the Arizona Diamondbacks and probably will be all season, so they will need to find other ways to win games.

Arenado buzzed, frustrated Mets brawl with Cardinals in loss

By JOE HARRIS Associated Press

Amid NFL draft uncertainty, prospects display confidence

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Very little is certain heading into an NFL draft. Not that the prospects on hand seem to care.

Bad baseballs? New York Mets angry after rash of HBPs

PHOENIX (AP) — New York Mets pitcher Chris Bassitt has a theory about why his bat-swinging teammates have turned into targets at the plate during the season’s first month.