LHSAA Playoff Brackets: Storylines, Prospects | D-II Non-Select

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Louisiana's high school football playoffs kick off this weekend.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The LHSAA's second postseason under a tweaked format features eight brackets — four "nonselect" and four "select" —&nbsp;full of impressive teams and prospects and intriguing matchups and storylines.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We'll give a quick preview of each, including the top five seeds, two lower seeds to watch for a potential run, up to eight top-ranked prospects, up to five sleeper prospects, an intriguing first-round matchup, a most intriguing potential second-round matchup and an overarching storyline entering the tournament.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Check out the Division-II Non-Select capsule below.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Top 5 seeds: </strong>No. 1 North DeSoto, No. 2 Cecilia, No. 3 Assumption, No. 4 Lutcher, No. 5 West Feliciana</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Lower seeds to watch: </strong>No. 10 Jennings, No. 12 Opelousas </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>2022 champion:</strong> Lutcher</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>2022 runner-up:</strong> North DeSoto</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Top prospects: </strong>2025 Opelousas LB [player_tooltip player_id='710273' first='Corey' last='Amos'], 2026 North DeSoto QB [player_tooltip player_id='401978' first='Luke' last='Delafield'], 2025 Opelousas RB [player_tooltip player_id='710072' first='D'Shaun' last='Ford'], 2024 West Feliciana QB/ATH [player_tooltip player_id='421606' first='Joel' last='Rogers'], 2025 Cecilia QB/ATH [player_tooltip player_id='145333' first='Diesel' last='Solari'], 2025 Lutcher DL/OL [player_tooltip player_id='710270' first='Reshad' last='Sterling'], 2024 Franklin Parish DB/WR [player_tooltip player_id='681280' first='Javion' last='White'], 2024 Wossman DL [player_tooltip player_id='902134' first='Jayden' last='Williams']. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Sleeper prospects: </strong>2024 Lakeshore DL Kaiden Broussard, 2024 Iowa QB/ATH [player_tooltip player_id='144875' first='Josiah' last='Bushnell'], 2024 West Feliciana DL [player_tooltip player_id='678301' first='Ted' last='Jackson'], 2024 Assumption RB [player_tooltip player_id='1203205' first='Chase' last='Jacobs'], 2024 Abbeville DL [player_tooltip player_id='678296' first='Tezarron' last='Stewart']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Intriguing first-round matchup: </strong>No. 15 Iota vs. No. 18 Church Point</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Most intriguing possible second-round matchup:</strong> No. 5 West Feliciana vs. No. 12 Opelousas</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Overall Storyline:</strong> North DeSoto surprised much of the state with its first-ever run to a state championship game in 2022 and returns to the postseason this year at the No. 1 seed and anticipated favorite. But the field is full of other challengers with deep experience from last season such as defending champion Lutcher and semifinalists West Feliciana and Iowa, plus highly ranked, talented and well-coached Cinderella stories in their own right — including Cecilia, Assumption, Wossman, Franklin Parish, Opelousas, et al. — who have been confident in their own title potential all calendar year-long. Can the Griffins complete their mission this year? Can the reloaded Bulldogs put together a run to go back-to-back? Will the Saints or Yellow Jackets be the ones who manage to address unfinished business? Or will one of the other hungry teams in the field make a bigger jump?</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->