See which 28 Lafayette-Area baseball teams made the LHSAA Playoffs

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The march to Sulphur is officially on as the 2026 LHSAA Baseball State Tournament brackets are officially out.

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Last year, three 337-area teams got to bring home some hardware and, now, the journey starts all over again.

This year, 28 teams hailing from Lafayette Parish and its surrounding areas have earned a spot in the playoffs. Securing the highest seeding is Opelousas Catholic, earning the No. 1 seed in Select Division IV bracket. Teurlings Catholic earned the No. 3 seed in the Select Division II bracket, following the Rebels is Acadiana Renaissance Charter at No. 4.

Coming in at No. 4 of the Select Division I bracket is St. Thomas More, while Erath secured the No. 5 seed in the Non-Select Division III bracket. All of those teams, along with Eunice and Rayne, will receive byes in the first round of the playoffs. While they wait in the wings, postseason begins for the rest of the area with the three-game, first-round series set to begin April 16.

Here’s a roundup of the playoff matchups happening across Louisiana that’ll feature 337 area baseball teams.

(Listed in order by division)

Non-Select

Division I

  • No. 15 Southside at No. 18 Haugton
  • No. 20 New Iberia at No. 13 Ruston

Division II

  • No. 6 Eunice will play winner of No. 22 Albany at No. 11 West Feliciana
  • No. 7 Rayne will play winner of No. 23 A.J. Ellender at No. 10 Belle Chasse
  • No. 17 Cecilia at No. 16 DeRidder
  • No. 20 West Ouachita at No. 13 Breaux Bridge
  • No. 21 Grant at No. 12 North Vermilion
  • No. 24 South Terrebonne at No. 9 Iota

Division III

  • No. 5 Erath will play winner of 21 Lakeside at No. 12 Pine
  • No. 19 Loreauville at No. 14 Church Point
  • No. 20 Springfield at No. 13 Port Barre
  • No. 22 St. Martinville at No. 11 Kaplan

Division IV

  • No. 22 Plain Dealing at No. 11 Delcambre

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Select

Division I

  • No. 4 St. Thomas More will play winner of No. 20 Ponchatoula at No. 13 Lafayette
  • No. 10 Acadiana at No. 7 Holy Cross

Division II

  • No. 3 Teurlings Catholic will play winner of No. 19 Madison Prep at No. 14 Leesville
  • No. 4 Acadiana Renaissance Charter will play winner of No. 20 Washington-Marion at No. 13 The Willow School

Division III

  • No. 10 Notre Dame at No. 7 St. Louis Catholic
  • No. 11 Dunham at No. 6 Lafayette Christian Academy
  • No. 12 Holy Savior Menard at No. 5 Catholic-N.I.

Division IV

  • No. 1 Opelousas Catholic will play winner of No. 17 Hanson Memorial at No. 16 Central Catholic
  • No. 9 St. Mary’s at No. 8 Vermilion Catholic
  • No. 10 Sacred Heart at No. 7 St. Edmund
  • No. 20 Ascension Episcopal at No. 13 Westminster Christian-Opelousas

Shannon Belt covers high school sports and the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns for The Daily Advertiser as part of the USA TODAY Network. Follow her high school and Cajuns coverage on Twitter: @ShannonBelt3. Got questions regarding HS/UL athletics? Send them to Shannon Belt at [email protected].

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