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Louisiana (LHSAA) high school football playoffs: quarterfinals schedule, matchups, times, scores, 2024 brackets
The Louisiana high school football playoffs continued last week, and now it’s time for Round 3 — the state quarterfinals.
Stick with High School on SI for complete coverage of the 2024 LHSAA football playoffs.
Here are the Louisiana high school football playoff brackets, with matchups and game times for every LHSAA division:
(1) Vermilion Catholic vs. (8) St. Edmund
Friday
7 p.m.
(12) Kentwood vs. (13) Southern Lab
Friday
7 p.m.
(3) Covenant Christian vs. (11) Ouachita Christian
Friday
7 p.m.
(2) Ascension Catholic vs. (7) Riverside Academy
Friday
7 p.m.
(1) Haynesville vs. (9) Welsh
Friday
7:30 p.m.
(4) Jeanerette vs. (12) General Trass
Friday
7 p.m.
(6) Logansport vs. (19) Franklin
Friday
7 p.m.
(2) South Plaquemines vs. (7) Mangham
Friday
7 p.m.
(1) Dunham vs. (9) Lafayette Christian
Friday
7 p.m.
(4) Jewel Sumner vs. (5) Bunkie
Friday
7 p.m.
(3) Calvary Baptist vs. (6) Episcopal
Friday
7 p.m.
(2) Isidore Newman vs. (7) Catholic – N.I.
Friday
7 p.m.
(1) St. James vs. (9) Pine
Friday
7 p.m.
(4) Kinder vs. (5) Union Parish
Friday
7 p.m.
(3) Oak Grove vs. (6) Sterlington
Friday
7 p.m.
(7) Jena vs. (15) Loreauville
Friday
7 p.m.
(1) Archbishop Shaw vs. (8) John F. Kennedy
Friday
7 p.m.
(5) Madison Prep vs. (13) Istrouma
Friday
7 p.m.
(3) E.D. White vs. (6) Vanderbilt Catholic
Friday
7 p.m.
(7) Leesville vs. (18) Booker T. Washington – N.O.
Friday
7 p.m.
(1) Franklinton vs. (8) Lakeshore
Friday
7 p.m.
(4) Franklin Parish vs. (5) Iowa
Friday
7 p.m.
(6) Plaquemine vs. (14) Opelousas
Friday
7 p.m.
(7) North DeSoto vs. (18) Cecilia
Friday
7 p.m.
(1) Edna Karr vs. (8) St. Thomas More
Friday
7 p.m.
(4) Catholic – B.R. vs. (5) Archbishop Rummel
Friday
7 p.m.
(6) Teurlings Catholic vs. (19) John Curtis Christian
Friday
7 p.m.
(2) Alexandria vs. (10) C.E. Byrd
Friday
7 p.m.
(1) Neville vs. (24) Chalmette
Friday
7 p.m.
(4) Central – B.R. vs. (21) West Monroe
Friday
7 p.m.
(3) Ruston vs. (6) Southside
Friday
7 p.m.
(2) Airline vs. (10) Destrehan
Friday
7 p.m.
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Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Davante Lewis arrested on DWI count, State Police say
Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Davante Lewis was arrested on a count of driving while intoxicated over the weekend, a Louisiana State Police spokesperson said.
Lewis, 33, was arrested in West Baton Rouge Parish, officials said.
It is the West Baton Rouge Parish jail’s policy to not book first-offense DWI offenders, therefore Lewis was not held.
First offense DWI is a misdemeanor charge.
State police said Lewis was initially stopped for driving without headlights.
In a statement, Lewis said he “will be working with lawyers to contest the charge.”
“I have great respect for the men and women who serve our community in law enforcement, and I believe everyone, myself included, is accountable to the law,” he said. “I appreciate the professionalism shown during the encounter.”
Lewis said he understands “the gravity of the situation” and why the community is concerned.
“As I always have, I plan to remain accountable through both my words and my actions, not just through my words,” he said in the statement. “My hope is that our focus remains on the consistent, good work we have accomplished advocating for Louisiana’s citizens.”
The five-member Public Service Commission regulates utilities in Louisiana, like electricity, water, gas and some telecommunications. Lewis’ district covers majority-Black communities stretching from New Orleans up to West Baton Rouge Parish.
Lewis, a Democrat, is the first openly gay person elected to state office in Louisiana. Since ousting longtime commissioner Lambert Boissiere III in a 2022 election, he has been a prominent critic of Entergy and other utilities.
Lewis is also a frequent foe of Gov. Jeff Landry. In February, the PSC board voted to remove him from his role as vice chair after he called Landry an “a**hole” on the social media app X in response to a post Landry made mocking a transgender Department of Health Official in former President Joe Biden’s administration. Lewis argued he was being held to a different standard because he is Black.
Louisiana
Trump announces Louisiana Governor as envoy to Greenland
Trump says he has ‘no problem’ informing Congress of Venezuela attacks
President Donald Trump said he has ‘no problem’ informing Congress of future attacks regarding Venezuela.
President Donald Trump announced Sunday he is appointing Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry as the special envoy to Greenland.
In a Truth Social post on Dec. 21, Trump said “Jeff understands how essential Greenland is to our National Security, and will strongly advance our Country’s Interests for the Safety, Security, and Survival of our Allies, and indeed, the World,”
It was not clear whether Landry, who became governor in January 2024, would need to step down to assume this role.
Louisiana
Last of three inmates who escaped Louisiana jail by breaking through wall captured
Louisiana authorities captured the third and final inmate who escaped from St. Landry Parish Jail following a weeks-long manhunt.
In early December, three inmates — all 20-somethings jailed on “charges of a violent nature” — removed the mortar and concrete blocks of a deteriorating part of a jail wall, then used sheets and other materials to scale the side of the building, dropped to the first-floor roof, and escaped, the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office has said.
The last remaining escapee, 24-year-old Keith Eli, was apprehended Friday without incident in Opelousas by narcotics detectives and SWAT, the sheriff’s office said. Eli faces one count of attempted second-degree murder.
Eli’s capture comes weeks after authorities apprehended Johnathan Jevon Joseph, 24, on December 8. Joseph had been jailed on charges of principal to first-degree rape, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, among other counts. “Numerous tips” and “intelligence gathering” led authorities to find the escapee, the sheriff’s office said.
Days earlier, Joseph Allen Harrington, a 26-year-old in custody on numerous felony counts, including home invasion and cruelty to juveniles, died by suicide after authorities found him, Port Barre Police Chief Deon Boudreaux told the Associated Press.
A tipster had recognized Harrington, who was pushing an e-bike. Authorities found the e-bike at the home and then used a loudspeaker to urge the individual to come out of the house. They later heard a gunshot and authorities found his body inside with a hunting rifle, Boudreaux said.
Authorities announced the inmates had escaped on December 3.
Maj. Mark LeBlanc, of the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office, told the AP that he hadn’t heard of anyone escaping from the jail in this manner before.
“These three were just a little more creative than in years past,” he told the outlet.
However, the three men’s jailbreak came months after 10 inmates at another Louisiana jail — the Orleans Justice Center — in May.
The group was able to open a faulty cell door inside the New Orleans-area jail, squeeze through a hole behind a toilet, and then scale a barbed-wire fence to freedom. They escaped in the early hours of May 16.
Authorities found a message drawn around the hole: an arrow pointing at the gap and the words “To Easy LoL.”
While nine of the escapees were captured within six weeks of their jailbreak, the final inmate — who had the most violent criminal record of the group — wasn’t found until October.
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