High School FootballMonday, November 9
Fifteen Shreveport-area teams make the LHSAA football playoffs
The Daily Shreveport team
If you follow Shreveport-area football, your team's path is set. The LHSAA released its 2026 playoff brackets Sunday afternoon, and fifteen area schools qualified to play for state championships.
Fifteen area teams qualified, and seven host first-round games
- 15
- Shreveport-area teams qualified
- 4
- teams with first-round byes
- 7
- teams with first-round home games
Logansport is the highest-seeded local team at No. 3 in Non-select Division IV, and North DeSoto is No. 4 in Non-select Division II. Both have byes. In Select Division III, Calvary is No. 5 and Loyola is No. 8, and they would meet in the semifinals if both advance.
- Byes: North DeSoto, Logansport, Calvary and Loyola
- Bye teams wait on Northwest-Erath, Elton-Montgomery, Baker-Helix Mentorship and Dunham-Fisher winners
- On the road: Parkway, Minden, Northwood and Huntington
For the complete brackets, click each division's heading at LHSAA.org.
Seven area teams host first-round games
| Host | Visitor | Division |
|---|---|---|
| Haughton (8-2) | Parkway (5-5) | Non-select I |
| Airline (7-3) | Central-BR (5-4) | Non-select I |
| Green Oaks (7-2) | Donaldsonville (5-5) | Non-select III |
| Mansfield (8-2) | St. Helena (4-6) | Non-select III |
| Evangel (6-4) | Warren Easton (4-6) | Select I |
| Captain Shreve (5-4) | Hammond (4-6) | Select I |
| Booker T. Washington (7-3) | McKinley (4-6) | Select II |