5 High School State Football Titles Scheduled For This Weekend
The Acadiana Wreckin’ Rams are one day away from taking part in the Allstate Sugar Bowl/LHSAA Prep Classic, which will feature five state championship games this weekend.
Acadiana, who defeated Zachary, 9-3, in a semifinal thriller last Friday, will be making a return trip to the Mercedes-Banz Superdome in New Orleans, and will play for the state crown on Saturday night at 7 o'clock, against Destrehan.
Last Friday, Catholic High-New Iberia fell in the select Division III state title game, dropping a close 27-24 decision to Calvary Baptist.
Let’s take a look at the updated brackets:
In the non-select brackets, the five state title games are set, with the Class A and Class 2A title games scheduled for Friday, with the Class 3A, Class 4A, and Class 5A state title games slated for Saturday
In Class 5A, 15th-seeded Acadiana will meet 4th-seeded Destrehan on Saturday night at 7 pm.
In Class 4A, #2 Neville will face #5 Warren Easton for the state crown on Saturday afternoon at 3:30 pm.
In Class 3A, top-seeded Livonia will square off with 3rd-seeded Amite for honors on Saturday at noon.
In Class 2A, top-seeded Many will tangle will #2 Kinder on Friday at 8 pm.
In Class A, top-seeded Mangham will battle 2nd-seeded Haynesville for supremacy on Friday afternoon at 4:30.
In the select brackets, four state titles were decided last Friday.
In Division I, 6th-seeded Jesuit won the state crown, defeating top-seeded John Curtis, 17-14.
In Division II, #1 University Lab took home the state title, downing #7 Parkview Baptist, 46-32.
In Division III, 2nd-seeded Calvary Baptist took home honors, after squeaking past top-seeded Catholic High-New Iberia, 27-24.
Finally, in Division IV, the state crown went to #6 Ouachita Christian, who defeated #5 Southern Lab, 52-6