LHSAA Playoff Brackets: Top Storylines, Prospects | D-I Select
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Louisiana’s high school football playoffs kick off this weekend. The LHSAA’s second postseason under a tweaked format features eight brackets — four “nonselect” and four “select” — full of impressive teams and prospects and intriguing matchups and storylines. We’ll give a…
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Continue ReadingLouisiana’s high school football playoffs kick off this weekend.
The LHSAA’s second postseason under a tweaked format features eight brackets — four “nonselect” and four “select” — full of impressive teams and prospects and intriguing matchups and storylines.
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.
Check out the Division-I Select capsule below.
Top 5 seeds: No. 1 Holy Cross, No. 2 Captain Shreve, No. 3 Catholic (Baton Rouge), No. 4 Brother Martin, No. 5 Edna Karr
Lower seeds to watch: No. 13 Alexandria, No. 18 Archbishop Rummel
2022 champion: John Curtis
2022 runner-up: Brother Martin
Top prospects: 2026 Carencro QB/ATH Chantz Babineaux Chantz Babineaux 6'0" | 185 lbs | ATH Carencro | 2026 State LA , 2025 Edna Karr WR TaRon Francis TaRon Francis 6'1" | 190 lbs | WR Edna Karr | 2025 State LA , 2026 Edna Karr DB Aiden Hall Aiden Hall 6'2" | 185 lbs | DB Edna Karr | 2026 State LA , 2024 John Ehret DB/ATH Wardell Mack Wardell Mack 6'1" | 180 lbs | DB John Ehret | 2024 State LA , 2024 Acadiana DL Dominick McKinley Dominick McKinley 6'5" | 275 lbs | DL Acadiana | 2024 State LA , 2026 St. Augustine DL Jahkeem Stewart Jahkeem Stewart 6'6" | 280 lbs | DL St. Augustine | 2026 State LA , 2024 John Curtis WR/DB Michael Turner Michael Turner 6'1" | 145 lbs | ATH John Curtis | 2024 State LA Jr., 2024 Holy Cross WR Koby Young Koby Young 6'1" | 180 lbs | WR Holy Cross | 2024 State LA .
Sleeper prospects: 2024 St. Paul’s OL Cayden Arnold Cayden Arnold 6'4" | 275 lbs | OL St. Paul's | 2024 State LA , 2024 Carencro DL/TE Kameron Cyprien Kameron Cyprien 6'3" | 225 lbs | DL Carencro | 2024 State LA , 2024 John Curtis DL Zachary Drake Zachary Drake 6'3" | 220 lbs | LB John Curtis | 2024 State LA , 2024 Tioga DB/WR Ja’Corian Norris, 2024 Catholic (Baton Rouge) RB Barry Remo Barry Remo 5'10" | 180 lbs | ATH Catholic (Baton Rouge) | 2024 State LA II.
Intriguing first-round matchup: No. 15 Northwood (Shreveport) vs. No. 18 Archbishop Rummel
Most intriguing possible second-round matchup: No. 8 Acadiana vs. No. 9 Carencro
Overall Storyline: 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.