Acadiana Thanksgiving Football: 12 Teams Left in the LHSAA Quarterfinals
(103.3 The Goat) - If you play high school football, one of the things you aim for in the offseason is to be practicing during Thanksgiving week. That means you've made it deep into the playoffs.
Well, it's the holiday week and there are still a dozen Acadiana area teams alive in the LHSAA Football Playoffs.
Next Round of 2025 LHSAA Football Playoffs
The quarterfinal round is up next in the eight respective divisions. The top 8 teams in each division will be squaring off for the rights to move on to the semifinal round, one step closer to the 2025 LHSAA Football Prep Classic in the Caesars Superdome.
Acadiana's Head-to-Head: The Division III Select Bracket
While a total of 12 Acadiana teams are still alive in the playoffs, four of those teams are competing in the Division III Select bracket.
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There's good news and bad news for those teams -- they play each other. Top-seeded Lafayette Christian is hosting defending state champs Catholic New Iberia while the second-seed, Notre Dame, will be hosting Lafayette Renaissance Charter Academy.
The Road to the 2025 LHSAA Football Prep Classic
Below is the complete quarterfinals schedule this week in the LHSAA Football Playoffs, with Acadiana area schools in bold.
#8 Southside @ #1 Ruston
#13 Zachary @ #5 Central - B.R.
#14 Ouachita Parish @ #6 Parkway
#26 Barbe @ #2 Neville
#8 Franklinton @ #1 North DeSoto
#13 Cecilia @ #5 Plaquemine
#11 West Feliciana @ #3 Belle Chasse
#10 Lutcher @ #2 Iowa
#8 Mansfield @ #1 Jena
#12 Union Parish @ #4 Kinder
#6 Oak Grove @ #3 St. James
#7 Loreauville @ #2 Sterlington
#9 Jonesboro-Hodge @ #1 Haynesville
#5 Logansport @ #4 Jeanerette
#6 North Iberville @ #3 South Plaquemines
#7 East Feliciana @ #2 Mangham
# 9 St. Pauls @ #1 Edna Karr
#5 Alexandria @ #4 Catholic - B.R.
#11 Archbishop Rummel @ # 3 St. Augustine
#7 John Curtis Christian @ #2 Teurlings Catholic
#8 E.D. White @ #1 St. Charles
#5 Madison Prep @ #4 University Lab
#6 Vandebilt Catholic @ #3 Lake Charles College Prep
#7 Archbishop Shaw @ #2 Loyola Prep
#9 Catholic - N.I. @ #1 Lafayette Christian
#5 Dunham @ #4 Isidore Newman
#6 Calvary Baptist @ #3 Jewel Sumner
#7 Lafayette Renaissance Charter Academy @ #2 Notre Dame
#9 St. Edmund @ #1 Westminster Christian
#5 Ascension Catholic @ #4 Catholic - P.C.
#6 Ascension Episcopal @ # 3 Hamilton Christian
#7 Ouachita Christian @ #2 Riverside Academy
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