Bayou Brew 7/25: Three For All

Good morning. We’re going to have a home run kind of Tuesday, so let’s kick things off with Jared Jones in the Cape Cod League’s Home Run Derby! He raked five homers with two of them being over 420 feet.

What else is in today's Brew?

🏀 HVL in red, white, & blue
🥈 Silver for one former Tiger
🐯 And much, much more!

Tigers Win. Back in March, Olympic Gold Medalist Maggie MacNeil stopped by the studio to talk Olympics, her decision to come to Baton Rouge, and much more. She is one of the most decorated athletes to step foot in the Hey Fightin’ Podcast studio, holding two World Records and a 2020 Tokyo Olympic Gold Medal. When you scroll down, you’ll see why we’re highlighting Maggie today.

🎥 Tigers Win: Maggie MacNeil

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🔼 Three For All. LSU continues to put on the red, white, & blue as Hailey Van Lith competes in the 3×3 U23 Nation’s League for Team USA this week. In June, she won gold at the FIBA 3×3 World Cup. HVL will suit up against Canada and Chile today and you can stream the games on www.youtube.com/fiba3×3.

📆 You can see Team USA’s entire schedule for the week here.

🔼 Tiger Takeover. The Tigers completely took over the 2023 LSWA individual honors for the All-Louisiana Track and Field Team, taking nine of the ten awards:

Track Athlete of the Year: Godson Oghenebrume & Michaela Rose

Field Athlete of the Year: Tzuriel Pedigo & Morgan Smalls 

Freshman of the Year: Matthew Sophia & Brianna Lyston

Newcomer of the Year: Brandon Hicklin & Shani’a Bellamy

Head Coach of the Year: Dennis Shaver

🔼 Shining Silver. Former LSU swimmer Maggie MacNeil took home a silver medal for Canada at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships. She had an epic turn around after sitting in fifth at the 50m mark to jump all the way to second-place in the 100m butterfly final. She holds four LSU records after just one season as a Tiger and earned the Commissioner’s Trophy at the SEC meet.

There are 40 days until LSU’s football season.

Today’s trivia question…

Do you know how many games the Tigers scored more than 40 points last season?

Think you got it? Scroll to the bottom of this email for the answer. 

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Tuesday 7/25

🏀 Team USA vs. Canada at 3×3 Nations League @ 1:00pm CT | Stream

🏀 Team USA vs. Chile at 3×3 Nations League @ 4:40pm CT | Stream

Wednesday 7/26

🏀 Team USA vs. Venezuela at 3×3 Nations League @ 1:00pm CT | Stream

🏀 Team USA vs. Puerto Rico at 3×3 Nations League @ 4:40pm CT | Stream

Friday 7/28

🏀 Team USA vs. Venezuela at 3×3 Nations League @ 1:00pm CT | Stream

🏀 Team USA vs. Argentina at 3×3 Nations League @ 4:40pm CT | Stream

Saturday 7/29

🏀 Team USA vs. Canada at 3×3 Nations League @ 1:00pm CT | Stream

🏀 Team USA vs. Puerto Rico at 3×3 Nations League @ 4:40pm CT | Stream

Answer: Five

LSU scored more than 40 points in their wins over Southern, Florida, Ole Miss, UAB, and Purdue last year.

🐯 Have a great Tuesday, y'all!