The LHSAA regular season is officially at its midway mark, and some victories are packing some particular punch as district rivalries start moving into the forefront.
Fans around the state who have followed Louisiana vs. All Y’all on social media through the years will be familiar with our weekly “Statement Wins” feature during each football season. Now, with the site launched, we’ll have the opportunity to devote a little more ink and detail to these spotlighted outcomes.
And Week 5 proved the toughest decisions yet in 2025 — so much so that our small committee of coaches and reporters had to buckle down with a ranked vote that still resulted with a razor-thin difference between several matchups.
Note: “Statement Wins” does not mean the most surprising outcomes of the week. The “statement” may vary between each game, but each game included carried some notable weight that caught our eye.
Here’s a look at the five that ultimately topped the list.
1. LAFAYETTE CHRISTIAN 55, CENTRAL 48
The Knights bounced back from their first loss of the season with upset of the reigning Division-I Non-Select champion, who has once again been a top-10 team in Class 5A polls so far this season. Lafayette Christian now hits the midway mark of the regular season with a 4-1 record against all Class 4A and Class 5A competition — and good competition at that with a combined 13-7 record between the five teams against their non-LCA opponents. And the latest win against the previously undefeated Wildcats, navigating the rigors of the gauntlet as a whole and bouncing back from the loss arguably marks Lafayette Christian’s biggest message yet.
2. ARCHBISHOP RUMMEL 31, BROTHER MARTIN 7
Archbishop Rummel rebounded from a tight loss to John Curtis in its district opener the previous week with an emphatic Week 5 victory. Brother Martin had gotten the best of matchups the past two years and five of the past six meetings in the series. But the Raiders managed to not only get back on the right side of the Catholic League rivalry, but to do so with its biggest margin of victory against the Crusaders since 2019 and biggest margin of victory in a district game since 2023.
3. DESTREHAN 41, TERREBONNE 28
Terrebonne handed Destrehan its first district loss since 2018 when the teams met in 2024, and the Tigers entered this season’s rematch undefeated with back-to-back double-digit defeats of St. James and Hahnville helping headline one of the state’s top power ratings. But the Wildcats took care of business at home, exacted a little revenge and showed that the road to the league championship continues to run through them.
4. JEWEL SUMNER 21, FRANKLINTON 14
Even overtaking the No. 1 spot in the LSWA’s Class 3A poll, the Cowboys have flown more under-the-radar than some of their fellow top Class 3A programs such as University Lab, St. James, Sterlington, Madison Prep or even Bunkie. But a hard-fought road win against a ranked Class 4A opponent and 2024 Division-II Non-Select state runner-up and one of Louisiana’s few 5-0 starts should help open a few more eyes and garner further respect.
5. EDNA KARR 42, ST. AUGUSTINE 21
The showdown in Algiers was easily the highest-profile game on the Week 5 slate. And Edna Karr not only won the Catholic League matchup of top-five teams in the LSWA’s Class 5A polls, it left no doubt and doubled up St. Augustine in front of a packed house, an electric atmosphere and a statewide audience keeping tabs on the outcome. The only counter-argument is that the Cougars have established themselves as a clear No. 1 team in the state in the minds of most coaches, reporters and fans around the state, so how much more of a message can be sent with any win? “It’s only a statement win if someone beats Karr,” one coach said. But the strength of this particular win against the quality of opponent that the Purple Knights represented still managed to catch some eyes and earn enough votes to make the cut as a reiterative Cougars flex that they remain the king of the jungle until proven otherwise.