Overview
- Kickoff is 3:30 p.m. CST at the Caesars Superdome with live streaming on the NFHS Network, and the venue opened its second deck pregame to handle the crowd.
- Edna Karr enters 13-0 as the No. 1 seed and defending champion on a 27-game win streak.
- St. Augustine is 12-1 as the No. 3 seed and appears in its first state final since 1979.
- Karr won the Oct. 3 meeting 42-21, a game that stayed tight into the second half before the Cougars pulled away.
- Key players include Karr quarterback John Johnson (West Virginia signee) and LSU-bound defenders Richard Anderson and Aiden Hall, with St. Augustine led by quarterback Vashaun Coulon under coach Robert Valdez.