5A Bracket - 1st Round Picks

32 Shreve at 1 Rummel - Rummel

Rummel is 10-0, Shreve is a mediocre team in a weak district a long way from home

17 Airline at 16 Jesuit - Jesuit
Jesuit is 6-4 and has played some very good teams tough, Airline is another mediocre team in a weak district a long way from home

24 South Terrebonne at 9 Barbe - Barbe

Barbe has two tough losses (Evangel and Rummel) but they have been winning with their 2nd and 3rd string QBs and ST doesn't matchup with them at all

25 Lagrange at 8 Hahnville - Hahnville

this shouldn't be a game at all but Lagrange is better than a 25 seed and could give HHS a scare for a little while. HHS will be too much for them at home.

28 Central Lafourche at 5 South Lafourche - South Lafourche

rematch of week 10 that SLHS won comfortably and I expect them to win comfortably again

21 Westgate at 12 Mandeville - Westgate

Westgate is better than a 21 seed and Mandeville is worse than a 12 seed. Westgate has a difference maker at QB (Diontae Spencer) and they are a speed team that has been hurt by all of the bad weather we have had on 8 of the 10 Friday nights. Mandeville hasn't played a team with a winning record since 9/25 (they lost).

20 West Jefferson at 13 Ouachita Parish - OPHS

WJ lost their first three then won 7 in a row and I want to give them some love but SELA public schools always seem to have trouble when they have to go up north in the playoffs. So give this to OPHS with the home field advantage

29 New Iberia at 4 Central - Central

This one will be over early. CHS may be the best offensive team in 5A and NISH won't be able to stop them.

30 Terrebonne at 3 Acadiana - Acadiana

Veer machine rolls all over Terrebonne and sets up a nifty Shaw at Acadiana Rd 2 game

19 Higgins at 14 Shaw - Shaw

Higgins lost to Shaw in week one and I expect more of the same although it could be closer than some would think

22 Denham Springs at 11 Catholic BTR - Catholic

the two best teams DSHS played this season (CHSBR and Central) drummed them and I don't expect this to much of a game.

27 Comeaux at 6 Dutchtown - Comeaux

Dutchtown has some nice wins and some ugly losses but I can't help but think they are over seeded at 6. Comeaux is under seeded at 27 because they lost some games they shouldn't have (NISH and Carencro). I am predicting an upset here on a hunch because Dutchtown is very one dimensional and Comeaux is tough against the run. Comeaux QB Michael Strentz has been nursing a bad shoulder but he should be able to make some plays with his legs and throw it enough to keep Dutchtown off balance. If DTown blows them out I won't be surprised, if Comeaux wins a squeaker I won't be surprised either.

26 Destrehan at 7 St Paul- St Paul

St Paul's has a big OL and a smart, physical football team that won't beat themselves. Destrehan has come back to reality after winning 5A back to back and St Paul's wins comfortably.

23 Thibodaux at 10 St Thomas More - STM

the most interesting matchup in round one for various reasons. Thibodaux has some ugly losses when they were playing without QB Trevon Reed. STM has played a brutal schedule and done far more than the experts forecasted for them in the preseason. STM's strengths are the OL and DL, Thibodaux's OL and DL are average at best. I don't think Reed is enough to beat STM by himself, but he is enough to keep it close until the STM power running game wears the Tigers out.

18 St Aug at 15 East St John - St Aug

Two teams that have feasted on the weak on their schedule and struggled with the better teams on their schedule. St Aug gets the edge because I think St Aug is better defensively than ESJ.

31 Brother Martin at 2 West Monroe - West Monroe

won't be a game at all and sets up an interesting 2nd round matchup with WMHS at St Aug