high school football

Abbeville Rep. Bob Hensgens has decided to drop his bill that would have attempted to stop the Louisiana High School Athletic Association from enforcing a split playoff system in high school football, beginning this fall. It was on the La. House Education Committee's agenda.

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The Louisiana High School Athletic Association released their 2012 high school playoff pairings on Sunday, and as always, the Acadiana area is well represented.

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The Carencro High Bears came up just a little bit short in their quest for a state championship, falling to the West Monroe Rebels, 20-13, in the Class 5A title game, on Saturday night.

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The 2011 LHSAA State Farm Prep Classic is set for this weekend, at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, in New Orleans.

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We've reached the semifinal round of the LHSAA football playoffs, and three teams from the Acadiana area remain alive in their quest for a spot for the state finals.

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We've reached the quarterfinal round of the 2011 LHSAA football playoffs, and the Acadiana area has teams remaining all five classifications.

In class 5A, the 7th-seeded Carencro High Bears will be on the road tonight, to take on 2nd-seeded
Jesuit.

In the 4A bracket, the 2nd-seeded St. Thomas More Cougars will host 7th-seeded Edna Karr, while the 4th-seeded Breaux Bridge Tigers will travel to take on 21st-seeded Alexandria, and the 6th-seeded Teurlings Catholic Rebels will visit 3rd-seeded Lutcher.

Moving over to class 3A, the 9th-seeded Jennings Bulldogs will host 16th-seeded Marksville, and the 26th-seeded Rayne Wolves host 2nd-seeded St. Charles.

The class 2A bracket has the 4th-seeded Catholic-New Iberia Panthers hosting 5th-seeded Evangel Christian, and  the 1A bracket features the 2nd-seeded Vermilion Catholic Screaming Eagles hosting the 10th-seeded Westminster Christian Crusaders, while 9th-seeded Central Catholic travels to top-seeded Ouachita Christian.

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A number of teams from the Acadiana area are in action tonight, in the regional round of the LHSAA football playoffs.

In class 5A, 11th-seeded Acadiana travels to New Orleans, to take on Archbishop Rummel, while 7th-seeded Carencro plays host to 10th-seeded Ouachita Parish.

Three teams from the area are still alive in the 4A bracket, with 2nd-seeded St. Thomas More on the road to take on 18th-seeded Franklin Parish, 4th-seeded Breaux Bridge hosting 13th-seeded Salmon, and 6th-seeded Teurlings Catholic hosting 11th-seeded O.P. Walker.

In class 3A, 6th-seeded Notre Dame will be hosting 11th-seeded Parkview Baptist, while 8th-seeded Eunice hosts 9th-seeded Jennings, and 26th-seeded Rayne hosts 10th-seeded Bossier.

Moving to class 2A, 4th-seeded Catholic-New Iberia will play host to 13th-seeded Welsh, with 10th-seeded Loreauville on the road to take on 7th-seeded Episcopal, while 17th-seeded Ville Platte will entertain top-seeded John Curtis.

Finally, in the class 1A bracket, 2nd-seeded Vermilion Catholic will host 15th-seeded St. Edmund, with 9th-seeded Central Catholic on the road to meet 8th-seeded Elton, and 10th-seeded Westminster traveling to 7th-seeded Kentwood.

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Tonight begins week one of the 2011 LHSAA football playoffs, with a number of Acadiana-area teams starting their run for a possible state title.

The playoffs consist of five brackets, with 32 teams in each, lasting for five weeks, and concluding with the State Farm Prep Classic, set for Friday, December 9, and Saturday, December 10, at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, La.

Acadiana-area teams in action in week one of the playoffs are listed below, with seedings:

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The 2011 LHSAA has unveiled their 2011 high school football playoff brackets, with numerous Acadiana area teams involved in the field.

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Each week we will be updating you with the local high school football schedules and scores. Here are the scores from week ten.

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