Division-IV Non-Select Preview Notes | LHSAA State Championships
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The LHSAA’s annual Prep Classic football state championship event kicks off Thursday with the two Division-IV matchups kicking off a slate of eight title games in three days. Prep Redzone Louisiana will break down the overall storylines, paths teams took…
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Continue ReadingThe LHSAA’s annual Prep Classic football state championship event kicks off Thursday with the two Division-IV matchups kicking off a slate of eight title games in three days.
Prep Redzone Louisiana will break down the overall storylines, paths teams took to reach the Superdome, programs’ histories and players to watch.
The Division-IV Non-Select game will wrap Thursday’s two-game schedule.
No. 3 Oak Grove (11-2) vs. No. 4 Haynesville (12-1)
The Tigers and Golden Tornado are two of the state’s blue-blood programs among smaller, rural public schools with a combined 24 state championships between them — with Haynesville’s 17 second only to the 28 for John Curtis — and a similarly physical, run- and defensive-oriented style. And they arrive with plenty of recent head-to-head history to go with all that tradition.
The Paths
Oak Grove
— First-round bye
— Beat Lake Arthur, 49-20
— Beat district rival Mangham, 31-30, to sweep the season series
— Beat Kentwood, 49-28, on the road for the second straight postseason
Haynesville
— First-round bye
— Beat General Trash, 48-22
— Beat Jeanerette, 36-6
— Upset top-seeded Logansport, 31-14, in a rematch of a wild 2016 title game
Recent Meetings
This will mark the teams’ fourth meeting in the past two years. Haynesville won, 28-21, in Week 6 last season before Oak Grove got the best of a rematch in the semifinals, 48-7, and then won this year’s regular-season date, 61-27.
Players to Watch
Oak Grove
2025 QB Jackson Bradley Jackson Bradley 6'3" | 200 lbs | QB Oak Grove | 2025 State LA , 2025 RB/ATH Jay Freeman Jay Freeman 5'8" | 150 lbs | ATH Oak Grove | 2025 LA , 2024 DL Gunner Hale, 2024 LB James Harris James Harris 6'2" | 225 lbs | LB Oak Grove | 2024 State LA , 2025 TE J.T. Layton J.T. Layton 6'3" | 200 lbs | TE Oak Grove | 2025 State LA .
Haynesville
2024 OL Jake Acklin, 2025 RB Byruss Burns, 2025 RB Zykerius Fielding, 2024 LB Alonzo Jackson Jr. Alonzo Jackson Jr. 6'1" | 210 lbs | LB Haynesville | 2024 State LA , 2024 OL Kamarion Penegar, 2025 LB Keizavion Woods Keizavion Woods 6'3" | 215 lbs | LB Haynesville | 2025 State LA .
State Championship History
Oak Grove: 7-5
— Wins in 1989, 1991, 1999, 2001, 2019, 2020, 2022
— Losses in 1964, 1986, 1997, 2004, 2018
Riverside 17-9
— Wins in 1924, 1929, 1936, 1970, 1971, 1984, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2009, 2013, 2014
— Losses in 1932, 1938, 1972, 1983, 1988, 1989, 2012, 2015, 2016