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The Bubble Bowl: DeRidder and St. Louis Catholic Are Both Living Near the Playoff Cutoff, and They Play Each Other Thursday, Oct. 29
With two regular-season weeks left, the LHSAA’s own power-rating sheet puts a crowd of Southwest Louisiana teams within a few tenths of a point of the…
Iota Asked Its Defense a Question in August. After Three Straight Weeks of Answers, a Playoff Spot Is Within Reach
The Bulldogs gave up at least 21 points in each of their first five games. In the last three, they’ve allowed 14 total, with back-to-back shutouts.…
Best Margin, Tied for Fourth: Hamshire-Fannett’s Whole Season Comes Down to Oct. 30
Hamshire-Fannett has outscored opponents by 165 points this season, the best margin of any 4A team we cover, yet it sits tied for fourth in its…
Woodville Holds the Pen: Why a 3-5 Team Gets to Write the Ending in 12-3A-DII
Four teams are tied at 2-1, their head-to-head results run in a circle, and the one with the worst overall record plays two of the other…
Eight Spots Taken, 20 Still Open: The SETX Playoff Picture After Week 9
Four teams clinched Friday and three were eliminated, but the number worth chewing on is how little September told us about who’s in.
Four Touchdowns in a Loss: Brynnum Chaney Left Everything in Vinton
Rosepine senior Brynnum Chaney scored all four Eagles touchdowns in a 43-26 loss at unbeaten Vinton, the American Press reported. Afterward he walked Gridiron Gumbo through…
Welsh Shuts Out Basile 44-0 and Sets Up a Nov. 5 Showdown With Unbeaten Notre Dame
Welsh blanked Basile, won its fifth straight and stayed perfect in 7-2A play. Lake Arthur is next, and then comes unbeaten Notre Dame.
Leesville Shuts Out LaGrange 42-0 for Its Sixth Straight Win
Leesville won its sixth straight and stayed perfect in 3-4A play. Next up: a trip to Jena, then a Nov. 6 visit to Lake Charles College…
Two Points Decide It: Avoyelles Wins at Oakdale 42-40 in the 6-2A Opener
Eighty-two points, two-point margin. Avoyelles won its fourth straight, and its Oct. 30 game with Port Barre now looks like the 6-2A title game.
Lakeside Makes the Long Trip to Oberlin Count, Wins 41-7
The visitors from Sibley won their second straight. Oberlin, still searching for its first win, turns to district play next week.
DeRidder Trails Kinder at the Half, Then Shuts Out the Yellowjackets to Win 24-20
Kinder led 20-17 at halftime. DeRidder’s defense didn’t allow a point after the break, and a third-quarter touchdown was enough.
DeQuincy Finally Gets Its District Win, Shutting Out Pickering 41-0
DeQuincy had not scored more than 24 points all season, and had not shut anyone out. Friday it did both, and it did it on the…
St. Louis Catholic Rallies Past Washington-Marion 42-35 in District 3-3A
Washington-Marion scored 35, the most it has all year, and a sophomore scored four touchdowns. It still wasn’t enough for the Chargin’ Indians.
Iowa Scored 32 in the First Quarter and Never Needed More, Beating Westlake 53-22
Iowa led 53-0 at halftime and won its third straight game, setting up a Nov. 5 showdown at DeRidder that could decide second place in 3-3A.
Barbe Puts Up 59 on Sam Houston, Bounces Back From Its Only Loss
Twenty-one in the first quarter, 21 more in the third. Barbe answered last week’s loss at St. Thomas More with its seventh 40-point game of the…
A Week After Its One-Point Thriller, LCCP Needed No Drama: 42-0 at North Vermilion
Last week LCCP beat Sterlington by a point. Friday in Maurice, the Trailblazers won by 42 and pitched their second shutout of the season.
Notre Dame Hands Lake Arthur Its First Loss, Wins 41-21 to Reach 8-0
Lake Arthur hadn’t allowed more than 20 points all season. Notre Dame scored 41 and is now one of two unbeatens left in 7-2A district play.
Two Unbeatens Walked In. Vinton Walked Out 8-0 After a 43-26 Win Over Rosepine
Rosepine scored more on Vinton than anyone had all season, and the Lions still stayed perfect. Now the 5-2A title likely comes down to one Nov.…
SWLA District Race: Standings and Playoff Picture (through Friday, Oct. 23, 2026)
LHSAA Week 8. Records from MaxPreps district standings; next games from MaxPreps schedules. Division tags from the LHSAA power-rating division report as of Oct. 20. Clinch…
14 for 14: Three Southwest Louisiana Kickers Haven’t Missed a Field Goal All Season
Sulphur’s Ethan Stephenson, St. Louis Catholic’s Luke Caraway and Sam Houston’s Brycen Kayode are a combined 14-for-14 on field goals, including a fourth-quarter kick in a…
