October 19, 2026

Catholic-Baton Rouge, Lutcher and Loreauville joined the top 10 in Class 5A, Class 3A and Class 2A, respectively, of the Louisiana Sports Writers Association’s statewide polls after major rivalry wins Friday.

The latest lists released Monday morning featured minimal shakeup overall as many teams have appeared to clarify their positions in the overall pecking order through a month and a half of great slates of highly competitive matchups scheduled by contenders.

[ RECAP HOW RANKED TEAMS FARED IN WEEK 7 ]

Edna Karr, Westgate, St. Charles Catholic, Calvary Baptist and Ouachita Christian continue to lead their respective classifications as they have much of the season.

St. Charles Catholic joined Calvary Baptist as a unanimous No. 1, and Ouachita Christian (10), Edna Karr (9) and Westgate (8) each earned more than two-thirds of the 11 available first-place votes in their classes.

The other biggest climbs this week were two-spot moves by Mandeville to No. 8 in Class 5A, Lake Charles College Prep to No. 6 in Class 4A and Jena and Eunice to No. 3 and No. 4, respectively, in Class 3A.

Class 1A was entirely unchanged in terms of rankings with only slight shifts of voting totals.

Class 5A

School, 1^st rec, points, Prev. rank

1. Edna Karr (9)                                  7-0                                   130                1
2. Ruston                                             6-1                                   118                2
3. St. Augustine (2)                             7-0                                   106                3
4. Alexandria                                       6-1                                     94                5
5. Archbishop Rummel                       6-1                                     87                4
6. St. Thomas More                            6-1                                     77                7
7. Brother Martin                                5-2                                     63                8
8. Mandeville                                      7-0                                     39               10
9. Jesuit                                               5-2                                     37                6
10. Catholic-Baton Rouge                4-3                                     35              NR

Others receiving votes: Barbe 20, Destrehan 16, John Curtis 9, Northshore 6, Acadiana 5, West Monroe 3, Haughton 2, Thibodaux 1.

Class 4A

School, 1^st rec, points, Prev. rank

1. Westgate (8)                                6-0                                   128                 1
2. Neville (2)                                   5-1                                   122                2
3. North DeSoto (1)                        7-0                                   119                 3
4. Archbishop Shaw                        6-1                                   101                 4
5. Madison Prep                              5-2                                     76                 6
6. Lake Charles College Prep       6-1                                     70                  8
7. John F. Kennedy                         6-1                                      66                  7
8. Franklin Parish                           5-2                                      62                  5
9. Lafayette Renaissance               5-2                                      52                  9
10. Leesville                                    6-1                                     28                10

Others receiving votes: Cecilia 22, Salmen 11, St. Michael 8, Plaquemine 3, Tioga 1.

Class 3A

School, 1^st rec, points, Prev. rank

1. St. Charles Catholic (11)           6-1                                 132                  1
2. University Lab                            5-2                                  121                 3
3. Jena                                              5-2                                 101                 5
4. Eunice                                          7-0                                    85                6
5. Sterlington                                   4-3                                    76                4
6. St. James                                     5-2                                     74                2
7. West Feliciana                             7-0                                     62                7
8. Marksville                                   6-1                                     57                8
9. Lutcher                                        5-2                                     45             NR
10. Jewel Sumner                            5-2                                     35                9

Others receiving votes: Vandebilt Catholic 33, Iowa 19, Loyola Prep 9, Jennings 6, Northwest 1.

Class 2A

School, 1^st rec, points, Prev. rank

1. Calvary Baptist (11)                           7-0                       132                 1
2. Notre Dame                                        7-0                       119                 2
3. Mangham                                            6-1                       110                 3
4. Amite                                                  6-1                          95                4
5. Isidore Newman                               6-1                         79                 5
6. Dunham                                              4-3                          73                6
7. Lafayette Christian                            5-2                          64                7
8. Lake Arthur                                        7-0                          55                 9
9. Mansfield                                            6-1                          36               10
10. Loreauville                                        5-2                         34               NR

Others receiving votes: Catholic-New Iberia 17, Vinton 15, Oak Grove 8, Welsh 6, Green Oaks 3, West St. Mary 3, Country Day 1, Rosepine 1. 

Class 1A

School, 1^st rec, points, Prev. rank

1. Ouachita Christian (10)                      7-0                     131                  1
2. Ascension Catholic                             7-0                     116                  2
3. Riverside Academy (1)                       6-1                     113                  3
4. Haynesville                                         6-1                       96                  4
5. Southern Lab                                      6-0                        84                 5
6. Kentwood                                           7-0                        75                 6
7. Westminster-Lafayette                     7-0                        64                 7
8. Jeanerette                                            6-1                        52                 8
9. Cedar Creek                                        7-0                        42                 9
10. Logansport                                        6-1                       36                 10

Others receiving votes: East Feliciana 20, Ascension Episcopal 4, South Plaquemines 4, Jonesboro-Hodge 3, Elton 2, Sacred Heart-VP 2, St. Mary’s 2.