Division-III Select Preview Notes | LHSAA State Championships

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The LHSAA's annual Prep Classic football state championship event concludes Saturday with Division-II Select, Division-III Select and Division-I Non-Select matchups.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Prep Redzone Louisiana will break down the overall storylines, paths teams took to reach the Superdome, programs' histories and players to watch.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Division-III Select game will be the middle of the three-game schedule.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>No. 1 St. Charles Catholic (13-0) vs. No. 2 Calvary Baptist (13-0)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The only state championship of the weekend between two still-undefeated teams, the Comets and Cavaliers arrive battle-tested with resumes that include defeats of higher-classification programs. St. Charles Catholic has won back-to-back state championships and is seeking a third before moving up in classification, while Calvary Baptist returns to a title game for the first time since 2020. The teams have the potential to provide the Superdome one of its top matchups of the week.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>The Paths</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>St. Charles Catholic </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>— First-round bye</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>— Beat Ascension Episcopal, 43-0</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>— Beat Notre Dame, 31-21</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>— Beat University Lab in overtime, 10-7</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Calvary Baptist</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>— First-round bye</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>— Shutout Holy Savior Menard, 49-0</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>— Beat Parkview Baptist, 49-28</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>— Beat Isidore Newman, 35-27</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Recent Meetings</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Calvary Baptist and St. Charles Catholic meet for the first time since a 2016 quarterfinal matchup, which the Comets claimed, 21-0, at home.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Players to Watch</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>St. Charles Catholic</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>2024 DB/P [player_tooltip player_id='1204752' first='Brayden' last='Bertucci'], 2024 DB Kayden Cambre, 2024 LB [player_tooltip player_id='285619' first='Kyle' last='Cannon'], 2024 DB Kaden Foster, 2025 DB [player_tooltip player_id='1221209' first='Reshawn' last='Hilaire'], 2024 TE Brandon Kragle, 2024 QB Brandy St. Pierre, 2024 RB [player_tooltip player_id='1202562' first='Jeramiah' last='Wills'].</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Calvary Baptist</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>2024 DB/LB [player_tooltip player_id='285616' first='Hutch' last='Grace'], 2024 WR [player_tooltip player_id='139473' first='Aubrey' last='Hermes'], 2027 DB Braylon Huglon, 2025 LB [player_tooltip player_id='291164' first='Cole' last='Miller'], 2025 DB/RB [player_tooltip player_id='144896' first='Julius' last='Moss'], 2025 Calvary Baptist RB [player_tooltip player_id='710073' first='James' last='Simon'], 2024 WR John "Jay" Simon, 2024 DB [player_tooltip player_id='145363' first='Landon' last='Sylvie'], 2025 QB [player_tooltip player_id='144901' first='Abram' last='Wardell'].</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>State Championship History</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>St. Charles Catholic: 3-2</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>— Win in 2011, 2021, 2022</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>—&nbsp;Losses in 2015, 2018</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Calvary Baptist: 3-0</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>— Wins in 2013, 2014, 2020</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>— No losses</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->