The final night of Louisiana high school football at school sites around the state did not disappoint.
Sixteen teams survived semifinal matchups and a cold, damp Friday night to punch their tickets to next week’s three-day Prep Classic state championship event in Caesars Superdome.
Among more than half a dozen thrillers: Two games took overtime to decide (St. Charles Catholic and Calvary Baptist advancing), another ended on a walk-off touchdown (St. Augustine) and another on a failed hail mary (Dunham).
Two teams will make their first-ever title-game appearances (Iowa and Jena), and two others ended decades-long droughts (Ouachita Parish and St. Augustine).
Here’s the rundown of all 16 semifinal scores around the state.
DIVISION-I NON-SELECT
No. 1 Ruston 21, No. 13 Zachary 17
No. 14 Ouachita Parish 14, No. 2 Neville 7
DIVISION-I SELECT
No. 1 Edna Karr 17, No. 4 Catholic-Baton Rouge 10
No. 3 St. Augustine 31, No. 7 John Curtis 29
DIVISION-II NON-SELECT
No. 1 North DeSoto 58, No. 5 Plaquemine 44
No. 2 Iowa 28, No. 3 Belle Chasse 21
DIVISION-II SELECT
No. 1 St. Charles Catholic 34, No. 4 University Lab 27 (overtime)
No. 7 Archbishop Shaw 27, No. 6 Vandebilt Catholic 0
DIVISION-III NON-SELECT
No. 1 Jena 30, No. 12 Union Parish 6
No. 2 Sterlington 63, No. 3 St. James 38
DIVISION-III SELECT
No 5 Dunham 49, No. 1 Lafayette Christian 48
No. 6 Calvary Baptist 34, No. 2 Notre Dame 28 (overtime)
DIVISION-IV NON-SELECT
No. 1 Haynesville 47, No. 4 Jeanerette 6
No. 2 Mangham 49, No. 3 South Plaquemines 14
DIVISION-IV SELECT
No. 5 Ascension Catholic 45, No. 1 Westminster Christian 14
No. 2 Riverside Academy 42, No. 6 Ascension Episcopal 14