LHSAA Playoff Brackets: Top Storylines, Prospects | D-I 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-I Select capsule below.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Top 5 seeds: </strong>No. 1 Holy Cross, No. 2 Captain Shreve, No. 3 Catholic (Baton Rouge), No. 4 Brother Martin, No. 5 Edna Karr</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Lower seeds to watch: </strong>No. 13 Alexandria, No. 18 Archbishop Rummel</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>2022 champion:</strong> John Curtis</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>2022 runner-up:</strong> Brother Martin</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Top prospects: </strong>2026 Carencro QB/ATH [player_tooltip player_id='710967' first='Chantz' last='Babineaux'], 2025 Edna Karr WR [player_tooltip player_id='426960' first='TaRon' last='Francis'], 2026 Edna Karr DB [player_tooltip player_id='401932' first='Aiden' last='Hall'], 2024 John Ehret DB/ATH [player_tooltip player_id='139477' first='Wardell' last='Mack'], 2024 Acadiana DL [player_tooltip player_id='421603' first='Dominick' last='McKinley'], 2026 St. Augustine DL [player_tooltip player_id='212341' first='Jahkeem' last='Stewart'], 2024 John Curtis WR/DB [player_tooltip player_id='139627' first='Michael' last='Turner'] Jr., 2024 Holy Cross WR [player_tooltip player_id='421518' first='Koby' last='Young'].</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Sleeper prospects: </strong>2024 St. Paul's OL [player_tooltip player_id='678293' first='Cayden' last='Arnold'], 2024 Carencro DL/TE [player_tooltip player_id='1203177' first='Kameron' last='Cyprien'], 2024 John Curtis DL [player_tooltip player_id='901569' first='Zachary' last='Drake'], 2024 Tioga DB/WR Ja'Corian Norris, 2024 Catholic (Baton Rouge) RB [player_tooltip player_id='139472' first='Barry' last='Remo'] II.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Intriguing first-round matchup: </strong>No. 15 Northwood (Shreveport) vs. No. 18 Archbishop Rummel</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Most intriguing possible second-round matchup:</strong> No. 8 Acadiana vs. No. 9 Carencro</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Overall Storyline:</strong> Edna Karr, undefeated through nine weeks with its stacked defensive and explosive receivers, had started to appear to be the favorite in the always competitive gauntlet toward a Division-I Select title. But another perennial power, defending champion John Curtis, sent a 41-7 message last week to not overlook its own capability in making another run. That duo and Catholic (Baton Rouge), itself off a huge win against fellow power Zachary, appear to be the likeliest trio to contend. All that said, Holy Cross put together a not only memorable, but historic season to more than earn the No. 1 seed in the group. But this bracket may have some of the highest potential for chaos with teams well into the double-digits capable of making deep runs.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->