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Fifteen Shreveport-area teams make the LHSAA football playoffs
Fifteen area teams qualified, and seven host first-round games
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- Shreveport-area teams qualified
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- teams with first-round byes
- 7
- teams with first-round home games
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.
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 |
