LHSAA Playoffs first-round updates | Division-IV Non-Select
In this article:
Louisiana’s high school football playoffs kicked off this past weekend. Each week, we’ll give a quick update of some of the notable outcomes and top performers in each division and potential matchups to watch in the next round. Check out…
Access all of Prep Redzone
Continue reading this article and more.
Continue ReadingLouisiana’s high school football playoffs kicked off this past weekend.
Each week, we’ll give a quick update of some of the notable outcomes and top performers in each division and potential matchups to watch in the next round.
Check out the Division-IV Non-Select first-round capsule below.
Biggest upset by seeds: No. 22 Centerville over No. 11 Oberlin, 40-26.
Other upsets: No. 20 General Trass over No. 13 Arcadia, 22-6; No. 19 Lake Arthur over No. 14 Montgomery, 46-35.
Closest game: No. 5 Jeanerette over No. 28 West St. John, 12-6.
Biggest margin: No. 9 White Castle over No. 24 Varnado, 52-0.
Biggest surprise: No. 22 Centerville over No. 11 Oberlin.
Top performers: 2025 White Castle ATH Shadrack Allen Shadrack Allen 5'9" | 150 lbs | ATH White Castle | 2025 State LA , 2024 Oakdale QB/ATH Deekota Johnson, 2024 Lake Arthur QB/ATH Ray Levi Ray Levi 6'3" | 185 lbs | ATH Lake Arthur | 2024 State LA .
Other notes: Centerville has made the playoffs every season since 2015, but won a first-round game on the field for the first time in that span. The Bulldogs reached the 2020 quarterfinals with a first-round forfeit by an opponent and a second-round win— which was their only previous postseason victory of the past decade.
Intriguing second-round matchup: No. 8 Welsh vs. No. 9 White Castle.
Most intriguing possible quarterfinal matchup: No. 2 Kentwood vs. No. 7 Homer.