At last, it’s playoff football season in Louisiana.
Beginning this week, high school teams from all corners of “The Pelican State” now start its postseason journey, one each squad hopes culminates with a trip to the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, site of the Louisiana High School Athletic Association’s Prep Classic.
One team that is seeking to repeat on the Superdome turf is New Orleans-based school Edna Karr, which received the top seed in the Division I Select bracket. The Cougars, last season’s Division I Select champions, enter the playoffs at 10-0 and were ranked No. 13 in the recent edition of The Sporting News Top 25 national rankings.
The top seed in Division I Non-Select is Ruston, which won the title two seasons ago and returned to New Orleans last season, but lost in the Division I Non-Select title game. The Bearcats come in at 8-2, having played a tough schedule which included several out-of-state schools.
North DeSoto, which went a perfect 10-0 in the regular season, received the top seed in Division II Non-Select, while the top seed in Division II Select goes to St. Charles, which is 9-1 entering postseason play.
We’ll update the brackets here each week for Louisiana’s top two divisions as the playoffs get under way.
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Louisiana LHSAA Division I/II playoff brackets
Note: All kickoff times are at 7 p.m. Central Standard Time. All games are on Friday, Nov. 14 unless listed otherwise
MORE LOUISIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL BRACKETS
LHSAA Division I Non-Select
First Round
No. 1 Ruston (8-2), bye
No. 16 Westgate 49, No. 17 Airline 14
No. 9 Terrebonne 27, No. 24 Natchitoches Central 24
No. 8 Southside 52, No. 25 Prairieville 14
No. 5 Central-Baton Rouge 52, No. 28 Dutchtown 24
No. 12 East Ascension 57, No. 21 West Ouachita 17
No. 13 Zachary 48, No. 20 Salmen 15
No. 4 Denham Springs (8-2), bye
No. 3 Destrehan (8-2), bye
No. 14 Ouachita Parish 24, No. 19 St. Amant 21
No. 11 Hahnville 52, No. 22 Slidell 39
No. 6 Parkway 51, No. 27 Covington 30
No. 26 Barbe 49, No. 7 Northwood-Shreveport 21
No. 10 West Monroe 49, No. 23 South Lafourche 21
No. 18 Mandeville 48, No. 15 Thibodaux 21
No. 2 Neville (7-3), bye
LHSAA Division II Non-Select
First Round
No. 1 North DeSoto (10-0), bye
No. 16 DeRidder 35, No. 17 Eunice 16
No. 9 Jennings 56, No. 24 St. Martinville 18
No. 8 Franklinton 51, No. 25 Rayne 14
No. 5 Plaquemine 55, No. 28 Livonia 0
No. 21 Wossman 35, No. 12 Minden 14
No. 13 Cecilia 56, No. 20 Carroll 7
No. 4 Lakeshore (8-2), bye
No. 3 Belle Chasse (9-1), bye
No. 19 Opelousas 13, No. 14 Pearl River 0
No. 11 West Feliciana 49, No. 22 Bossier 6
No. 6 Brusly 42, No. 27 Albany 6
No. 7 Franklin Parish 62, No. 26 Abbeville 6
No. 10 Lutcher 49, No. 23 Iota 7
No. 15 Northwest 45, No. 18 South Terrebonne 0
No. 2 Iowa (10-0), bye
LHSAA Division I Select
First Round
No. 1 Edna Karr (10-0), bye
No. 17 Jesuit (5-5) 46, No. 16 McDonogh 35 7
No. 9 St. Paul’s 56, No. 24 Pineville 7
No. 8 Evangel Christian (8-2), bye
No. 5 Alexandria (8-2), bye
No. 12 Brother Martin 17, No. 21 Liberty 16
No. 20 Captain Shreve 61, No. 13 Hammond 21
No. 4 Catholic-Baton Rouge (8-2), bye
No. 3 St. Augustine (9-1), bye
No. 14 Acadiana 29, No. 19 Carencro 21
No. 11 Rummel 24, No. 22 Holy Cross 0
No. 6 Tioga (8-2), bye
No. 7 John Curtis (7-2), bye
No. 10 St. Thomas More 41, No. 23 Lafayette 7
No. 18 Bonnabel 28, No. 15 Riverdale 14
No. 2 Teurlings Catholic (10-0), bye
Division II Select
First Round
No. 1 St. Charles (9-1), bye
No. 17 Northside 27, No. 16 L.B. Landry 20
No. 9 St. Michael 35, No. 24 Loranger 12
No. 8 E.D. White (7-3), bye
No. 5 Madison Prep (8-2), bye
No. 12 John F. Kennedy 55, No. 21 Douglass 0
No. 13 Booker T. Washington-Shreveport 22, No. 20 Istrouma 14
No. 4 University (8-2), bye
No. 3 Lake Charles College Prep (8-2), bye
No. 14 Leesville 52, No. 19 Kenner Discovery 7
No. 11 Carver 24, No. 22 Livingston Collegiate 17
No. 6 Vandebilt Catholic (9-1), bye
No. 7 Shaw (6-4), bye
No. 10 Haynes 41, No. 23 Abramson 0
No. 18 Belaire 42, No. 15 Patrick Taylor 31
No. 2 Loyola Prep (9-1), bye
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