TWENTY YEARS AGO — Shaquille O’Neal, the nation’s leading rebounder and SEC Player of the Year, is cleared to play for LSU when it plays Connecticut in the first round of the Midwest Regional.

TEN YEARS AGO — Brock Barlow allows three earned runs on six hits in six innings and Floyd Newman hits a home run as the Natchez High Bulldogs defeat the Franklin County Bulldogs 10-4.

FIVE YEARS AGO — Jordan Wilson throws a one-hitter and strikes out 10 batters and A.J. Sharp homers and has three RBIs as the Block Bears cruise past the Harrisonburg Bulldogs 10-0.