LHSAA Playoff Brackets: Top Storylines, Prospects | Division-IV 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-IV Non-Select capsule below.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Top 5 seeds: </strong>No. 1 Logansport, No. 2 Kentwood, No. 3 Oak Grove, No. 4 Haynesville, No. 5 Jeanerette</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Lower seeds to watch: </strong>No. 8 Welsh, No. 9 White Castle</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>2022 champion:</strong> Oak Grove </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>2022 runner-up:</strong> Homer</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Top prospects: </strong>2024 Ole Miss DB/ATH [player_tooltip player_id='285617' first='Katrevrick' last='Banks'], 2025 Oak Grove QB [player_tooltip player_id='291089' first='Jackson' last='Bradley'], 2024 Jeanerette TE [player_tooltip player_id='285205' first='Traville' last='Frederick Jr.'], 2024 Oak Grove LB [player_tooltip player_id='421608' first='James' last='Harris'], 2024 Haynesville LB [player_tooltip player_id='902128' first='Alonzo' last='Jackson Jr.'], 2024 Franklin DB/ATH [player_tooltip player_id='285197' first='Jay'Shaun' last='Johnson'], 2025 Oak Grove TE [player_tooltip player_id='291088' first='J.T.' last='Layton'], 2024 West St. John DB [player_tooltip player_id='139625' first='Kylin' last='Smith']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Sleeper prospects: </strong>2025 White Castle QB/ATH [player_tooltip player_id='912278' first='Shadrack' last='Allen'], 2024 Centerville DE/TE Jamari Arrow, 2025 Kentwood WR [player_tooltip player_id='912293' first='Jermaine' last='Brown'] Jr., 2025 Kentwood DL/LB La'Mikal Callahan, 2025 Jeanerette DB/ATH [player_tooltip player_id='915061' first='Dominick' last='Lewis'] </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Intriguing first-round matchup: </strong>No. 13 Arcadia vs. No. 20 General Trass</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Most intriguing possible second-round matchup:</strong> No. 8 Welsh vs. No. 9 White Castle</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Overall Storyline:</strong>&nbsp;Four blue-bloods of Louisiana's rural small schools earned the bracket's four byes. Haynesville's 17 state championships lead a combined 35 with Kentwood (9), Oak Grove (7) and Logansport (2). One of those schools has won a title eight of the past 10 years, including Oak Grove three of the past four years. The bracket features other talented teams such as ascending Jeanerette, 2021 champion Homer, 2017 champion Welsh and 2010 champion White Castle. But cracking that lead quartet would mark a notable upset. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->