LHSAA Playoffs Division-II Select updates entering regional round
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<p>Louisiana's high school football playoffs kicked off this past weekend.</p>
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<p>Each week, we'll give a quick update of some of the notable outcomes and top performers in each division and potential matchups to watch in the next round.</p>
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<p>Check out the Division-II Select capsule below.</p>
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<p><strong>Biggest upset by seeds:</strong> No. 22 Archbishop Hannan over No. 11 St. Michael the Archangel, 29-20.</p>
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<p><strong>Other upsets: </strong>No. 19 Livingston Collegiate over No. 14 Frederick A. Douglass, 19-18; No. 18 Booker T. Washington (New Orleans) over No. 15 Buckeye, 56-14.</p>
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<p><strong>Closest game:</strong> No. 19 Livingston Collegiate over No. 14 Frederick A. Douglass, 19-18.</p>
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<p><strong>Biggest margin:</strong> No. 16 Loranger over No. 17 Kenner Discovery, 60-7.</p>
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<p><strong>Biggest surprise: </strong>No. 22 Archbishop Hannan over No. 11 St. Michael the Archangel, 29-20.</p>
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<p><strong>Top performers:</strong> 2025 Archbishop Hannan WR [player_tooltip player_id='1598055' first='Hayden' last='Alonzo'], 2026 Archbishop Hannan LB [player_tooltip player_id='1602087' first='Greyson' last='Dupre'], 2026 Loyola Prep LB [player_tooltip player_id='1602090' first='Hayden' last='Horton'], 2027 St. Charles Catholic QB Landree LeBlanc, 2027 Loyola Prep QB Bryce Restovich.</p>
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<p><strong>Other notes:</strong> The biggest news in Division-II Select came off the field as a judge ruled Monday to upheld an LHSAA eligibility ruling against University Lab, a decision which removed the No. 2 Cubs from the bracket. No. 16 Loranger earned its first playoff win since 2017. And fourth-year Livingston Collegiate won a playoff game for a third-straight season.</p>
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<p><strong>Intriguing second-round matchup:</strong> No. 5 Madison Prep vs. No. 12 St. Charles Catholic pits a pair of recent state champions, the Chargers in 2020 and Comets in 2022 against one another early in the bracket.</p>
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<p><strong>Most intriguing possible quarterfinal matchup:</strong> No. 1 Archbishop Shaw vs. No. 8 John F. Kennedy would set up a rematch of a 2023 quarterfinal.</p>
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Louisiana's high school football playoffs kicked off this past weekend.
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