LHSAA Playoffs Division-III Non-Select updates entering quarters

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Louisiana's high school football season is down to its final 64 teams with quarterfinals of eight different brackets scheduled for Friday.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <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> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Check out the latest Division-III Non-Select capsule below.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Biggest upset by seeds:</strong> No. 15 Loreauville over No. 2 Erath, 28-7.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Other upsets: </strong>No. 9 Pine over No. 8 Kaplan, 21-6.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Closest game:</strong> No. 9 Pine over No. 8 Kaplan, 21-6.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Biggest margin:</strong> No. 3 Oak Grove over No. 14 Mansfield, 62-14.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Biggest surprise: </strong>No particularly big surprises. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Top performers:</strong> 2025 Oak Grove QB [player_tooltip player_id='291089' first='Jackson' last='Bradley'], 2027 Sterlington RB T.J. Burch, 2025 Sterlington RB [player_tooltip player_id='1221214' first='Gaven' last='Evans'], 2025 Pine WR/DB D.J. Garrett, 2027 Jena RB [player_tooltip player_id='1610266' first='Daniel' last='Hatcher'], 2025 Kinder RB Logan Leboeuf, 2025 Union Parish DB/WR [player_tooltip player_id='1221195' first='Chase' last='Meeking'], 2025 Loreauville RB Maddox Savoy, 2027 Kinder QB/ATH [player_tooltip player_id='1610273' first='Isaiah' last='Thomas'], 2026 Jena RB/DB [player_tooltip player_id='1601958' first='Sedrick' last='Wilson'], 2025 Union Parish LB/RB [player_tooltip player_id='710084' first='Tyquereis' last='Wilson'].</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Other notes:</strong> No. 15 Loreauville got its revenge of a season-opening loss to No. 2 Erath to advance to its first quarterfinal appearance since back-to-back berths in 2019 and 2020. No. 4 Kinder is also back for the first time since back-to-back trips the same years, including a 2020 title-game run. The other six quarterfinalists — No. 1 St. James, No. 3 Oak Grove, No. 5 Union Parish, No. 6 Sterlington, No. 7 Jena and No. 9 Pine — are back for at least a second-straight year. Union Parish has been to the quarters every year since 2018, and Oak Grove has been every year since 2015. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Intriguing quarterfinal matchup:</strong> No. 3 Oak Grove vs. No. 6 Sterlington continues an old northeast Louisiana rivalry in the first year in decades in which they didn't meet in the regular season. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Most intriguing possible semifinal matchup:</strong> No. 1 St. James vs. No. 5 Union Parish could post a 2023 state-title rematch.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->