Overview
- The published brackets confirm first-round matchups across Louisiana with most games scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday.
- A reported 44 Acadiana-area teams made the postseason, with seven local schools receiving first-round byes.
- The format separates Non-Select brackets of 28 teams with byes for the top four and Select brackets of 24 teams with byes for the top eight.
- Thirty-two Lafayette-area teams qualified, highlighted by No. 1 Lafayette Christian Academy in Select Division III and No. 1 Westminster Christian-Opelousas in Select Division IV, plus No. 2 seeds Teurlings Catholic (Select I) and Notre Dame (Select III).
- Notable opening matchups include Carencro at Acadiana, Lafayette at St. Thomas More, and Prairieville at Southside, while teams with byes include LCA, Westminster Christian-Opelousas, Teurlings Catholic, Notre Dame, Ascension Episcopal, and Jeanerette.