Six parish teams in the high school playoffs

The second season begins on Friday for six parish football teams, based on the LHSAA Playoff Brackets released on Monday.
In Class 3A, Abbeville (9-1) is seeded No. 2 and will play the No. 31 seed Richwood (4-6) in Wildcat Stadium on Friday.
Abbeville head coach Roderick Moy said, “I am very excited to be the No. 2 seed. It is amazing how far the Wildcats have come. Two years ago, they were 1-and-9. Now they are 9-and-1.”
Also in Class 3A, No. 15 Erath (7-3) will entertain No.18 Wossman (5-4) and No. 25 Kaplan (4-6) will travel west to play No. 8 Madison Prep (9-1). Both games are Friday.
If Erath and Abbeville win, Erath must travel to Abbeville for a rematch in the second round.
In Class 2A, No. 20 Delcambre (5-4) travels to No. 13 Winnfield (6-4).
In Class 1A, No. 18 Gueydan (3-7) is at No. 15 Northwood-Lena (6-4).
In Division IV, No. 6 Vermilion Catholic (7-3) plays host to No. 11 Catholic of Point Coupee (6-4).
Typically, the playoff brackets are released Sunday morning, but the pairings came out Monday because of an appeal to the LHSAA from a Class 3A team.
Before the pairings came out, the LHSAA released the power rankings, letting coaches see who they could be playing, depending on the outcome of Booker T. Washington High School's, a Class 3A school, appeal.
Booker T lost its appeal.
Kaplan head coach Cory Brodie and Moy did not worry too much about the appeal. However, when the power rankings came out, both coaches began moving forward with who they thought they would play based on power ranking.
“We rolled the dice and started getting ready for Richwood,” said Moy.
Depending on the outcome of the appeals, there was a chance Kaplan would have to travel four hours north to play Union Parish.
Brodie said, “We never prepared for Union Parish. Appeals rarely get overturned with the LHSAA. The only thing that changed today was finalizing the travel plans.”