Pelican State Prep Football Preview: Week 7

One week after Hurricane Isaias forced schools in southern Louisiana to move their games en masse to a Thursday night, prep football in the Pelican State returns to normal as district and regional rivalries heat up.

One of the biggest rivalry games pits the Eastbank of St. Charles Parish against the Westbank. Destrehan and Hahnville are both undefeated in District 7-5A play entering Friday night's matchup. In addition to pride and local bragging rights, the district championship will be on the line. The team that wins will be in the driver's seat for the district crown and will likely cruise to the title in the final three weeks of the season.

This week also features several Top-10 matchups, including Sterlington at Lake Charles College Prep, St. Thomas More at Barbe, and Archbishop Rummel at Edna Karr.

We break down all of these games and the other high-profiles matchups happening across Louisiana in this week's edition of the Pelican State Prep Football Preview.

Louisiana Sportswriters Association Poll--Week 7

Class 5A

1. Edna Karr

2. Ruston

3. St. Augustine

4. Archbishop Rummel

5. Alexandria

6. Jesuit

7. St. Thomas More

8. Brother Martin

8. Barbe

10. Mandeville

Class 4A

1. Westgate

2. Neville

3. North DeSoto

4. Archbishop Shaw

5. Franklin Parish

6. Madison Prep

7. John F. Kennedy

8. Lake Charles Prep

9. Lafayette Renaissance

10. Leesville

Class 3A

1. St. Charles

2. St. James

3. University

4. Sterlington

5. Jena

6. Eunice

7. West Feliciana

8. Marksville

9. Jewel Sumner

10. Vandebilt Catholic

Class 2A

1. Calvary Baptist

2. Notre Dame

3. Mangham

4. Amite

5. Newman

6. Dunham

7. Lafayette Christian Academy

8. Catholic-New Iberia

9. Lake Arthur

10. Mansfield

Class 1A

1. Ouachita Christian

2. Ascension Catholic

3. Riverside Academy

4. Haynesville

5. Southern Lab

6. Kentwood

7. Westminster-Lafayette

8. Jeanerette

9. Cedar Creek

10. Logansport