High School playoffs are a joke

[Geaux]

LHSAA should move to a 16 team playoff across all divisions.

In a 32 team playoff, the first round is a waste of resources and a potential safety risk for the lower seeded teams.

[MarlinMan3]

Ironically, public magnet schools were pulled into the select brackets to help fill out their brackets.

Or was ot because they get to "select" who goes there

[UL_Cajuns]

Bunkie was converted into a magnet school several years ago.

I understand that it is now Bunkie Magnet High School, but these public magnet schools can only get kids from the Parish they are in in this case just Avoyelles Parish.
The private Catholic and Christian schools can pull kids from anywhere, have tons of money, and are actually paying their kids and kids families along w/ Free tuition. public Magnet schools and private schools should not be in the same division for playoffs.

[MarlinMan3]

Southside high to northside high is listed as 15 miles and 25 minutes distance. The airport in kenner to brother martin is listed as 14 miles and 15 minutes

[MarlinMan3]

Southside high to northside high is listed as 15 miles and 25 minutes distance. The airport in kenner to brother martin is listed as 14 miles and 15 minutes

Plus kenner has no high school. Even the new kenner HS has a metairie address

[ZoomZoom]

I understand that it is now Bunkie Magnet High School, but these public magnet schools can only get kids from the Parish they are in in this case just Avoyelles Parish.
The private Catholic and Christian schools can pull kids from anywhere, have tons of money, and are actually paying their kids and kids families along w/ Free tuition. public Magnet schools and private schools should not be in the same division for playoffs.

I’ll admit Lafayette High Soccer used the gifted program as a tool to build their rosters in the 00’s. However, with the GT program back then, you had to academically qualify and also be tested, not simply declare.

[Duggie35]

LHSAA should move to a 16 team playoff across all divisions.

In a 32 team playoff, the first round is a waste of resources and a potential safety risk for the lower seeded teams.

Maybe also throw in a requirement that a school must have at least a .500 record!

[MarlinMan3]

Maybe also throw in a requirement that a school must have at least a .500 record!

P4s allow bowl eligibility without it, esp conference records below .500

[MarlinMan3]

Too many first round blowouts? No problem, we will take one for the team...."BM expected to runaway with game"...

BM 17 Liberty 16, please send thank you notes and donations for saving the LhSAA to the brothers of the sacred heart HQ

[RedBug58]

I understand that it is now Bunkie Magnet High School, but these public magnet schools can only get kids from the Parish they are in in this case just Avoyelles Parish.
The private Catholic and Christian schools can pull kids from anywhere, have tons of money, and are actually paying their kids and kids families along w/ Free tuition. public Magnet schools and private schools should not be in the same division for playoffs.

You are making a good point and it’s understandable. My daughter was a cheerleader at Teurlings a few years ago and we went to all of the games. Before the game started, Teurlings listed all of the starters on the scoreboard. All were from the feeder schools of St Leo, St Gen, St Bernard, and a couple from St Cecilia. Teurlings (and St Thomas More) each have a great feeder school system.