The Recruiting Radar: May, 27, 2012

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A star in their own backyard?

Rettig excited to be a part of LSU program

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	The Recruiting Radar: May, 27, 2012 With the Bayou Picnic in the rearview mirror, and another commitment on board, the LSU staff has just a few days left to get out on the road in the Spring Evaluation Period and then it is all about camps. The staff will put the finishing touches on ...
Derek Ponamsky, Publisher
	Carrying the torch Mikie Mahtook will suit up Friday night. It won’t be in Baton Rouge. He won’t wear No. 8.Mason Katz will draw both of those assignments. That’s who Mahtook asked to don his No. 8 when he embarked on his professional baseball career last summer.Maht...
Hunt Palmer, Senior Writer
	Mainieri announces Regional pitching plan Tuesday, LSU head coach Paul Mainieri announced his rotation for this weekend’s Baton Rouge Regional.Freshman Aaron Nola will get the start in the Tigers’ opening game versus ULM Friday (7 p.m.). Mainieri will let Nola go deep into the ballgame wit...
Richard Fischer
	Tigers learn BR Regional pairings After learning they would host a Regional yesterday, the LSU Baseball team received more good news Monday when the NCAA Selection Committee named the Tigers the No. 7 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament.Neither of which were much of a surprise.The Ti...
Richard Fischer
	Around the Horn: SEC Tournament The checklist was complete Friday.Paul Maineiri needed five things done in Hoover over the week, and he got all five of them, some with better results than others. He needed Ty Ross to get some at bats after missing a weekand a half. Ross got 10. Che...
Hunt Palmer, Senior Writer
	LSU Athletics Department spends big to win big Winning championships has its price.Behind all the glitz and glamour of holding up crystal trophies, there’s dollars and cents funding the greatness.Whether it’s college football or general business practices, financial commitment drives success. I...
Richard Fischer
	A star in their own backyard? BATON ROUGE—Once again the Capital City of Baton Rouge has an outstanding prep basketball player that is being recruited by some top-tier Division I-A programs. Stop me if you have heard this one before. Reigning Class B State Player of the Year ...
David Folse
	Tigers exit SEC Tourney in extras HOOVER, Ala. -- Throughout the entire regular season, LSU’s bullpen set down opponents and closed out victories.Throughout the entire regular season, LSU dominated close games and achieved a 15-6 record in one-run ballgames.However, the combination o...
Richard Fischer
	A sleeper for 2012 MONROE—Football career stats: 183 catches, 4082 yards, 46 touchdowns. Four kickoff returns for touchdowns, 22 career interceptions, including two returned for a touchdown and multiple state championships. Baseball career stats: .454 career averag...
David Folse
	LSU trounces Ole Miss, advances to Friday HOOVER Ala.-- In Wednesday’s, 3-2, defeat at the hands on Mississippi State, the bottom six spots in the Tiger order combined for one hit.Wednesday the Tiger lineup hit nearly top to bottom in an, 11-2, thrashing of Ole Miss to eliminate the Rebel...
Hunt Palmer, Senior Writer
	FISCHER: According to plan HOOVER, Ala.-- Paul Mainieri had his plan. Following the rainout this past Thursday night in Columbia, the coach elected to go with Aaron Nola on four-days rest and severely limit his pitch count. He could have pitched Kevin Gausman and felt ...
Richard Fischer
	Tigers drop duel with MSU in SEC's HOOVER Ala.-- The latest Paul Mainieri lineup shuffle bumped Mason Katz and Raph Rhymes up a spot in the order to second a third, respectively, on Wednesday. And it worked. Those two and leadoff man Austin Nola finished the afternoon 4-for-11 a...
Hunt Palmer, Senior Writer
	Rettig excited to be a part of LSU program LOS ANGELES, CA.—Les Miles and his staff have finally found their quarterback for the Class of 2013 and he is a good one. Hayden Rettig is a 6-4, 210-pound signal-caller out of Cathedral High School in Los Angeles, California. Missing most of his ...
David Folse
	Determined Tigers head for Hoover By most accounts, the SEC champion LSU Tigers have all but assured themselves a Top 8 national seed regardless of performance in the SEC Tournament. No one has relayed the message to the team. To a man, the goal is to leave Regions Park Sunday ...
Hunt Palmer, Senior Writer