Vikings crack final LSWA 5A football poll

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Airline, the undefeated District 1-5A champions for the first time since 1998, finally made it into the LSWA Class 5A football poll at No. 10. The Vikings finished the 2022 regular season with a 42-14 win over Southwood and are riding a seven-game win streak.

Calvary finished as the only other Shreveport-Bossier Journal school to be ranked statewide in voting by a panel of sports writers from around Louisiana. The Cavaliers were No. 5 in the final 2A poll of the season. 

Rosepine, in Vernon Parish, was the only other school alongside Airline to climb into one of the polls at No. 10 in 2A.

LSWA   Prep Football Polls
Class 5A W-L Pts. Prev.
1. Destrehan (3) 10-0 118 1
2. Karr (8) 6-3 117 2
3. Catholic-BR 9-1 112 3
4. Ruston 9-1 98 5
5. Zachary 7-2 87 4
6. Southside 9-1 76 8
7. John Curtis 8-2 60 6
8. St. Augustine 9-1 55 9
9. Acadiana 7-3 40 10
10. Airline 7-3 35 NR
Others receiving votes: West Monroe 33, Carencro 11, East St. John 7, Benton 4, Slidell 3, Parkway 2.
       
Class 4A W-L Pts. Prev.
1. St. Thomas More (8) 9-1 127 1
2. Warren Easton 8-1 112 2
3. Teurlings Cath. 9-1 101 3
4. De La Salle 10-0 92 4
5. Neville 7-2 85 6
6. Lutcher (1) 9-1 47 7
7. Lafayette Chr. 7-3 72 5
8. Opelousas 9-1 56 9
9. North DeSoto 9-1 42 8
10. West Feliciana 10-0 41 10
Others receiving votes: Northwood 28, Westgate 12, Shaw 12, Plaquemine 6.
       
Class 3A W-L Pts. Prev.
1. Union Parish (8) 9-1 130 1
2. E.D. White (2) 8-2 121 2
3. University 7-3 104 5
4. Iowa 9-1 84 6
5. Church Point 9-1 83 3
6. Madison Prep 7-3 74 7
7. St. James 8-2 67 4
8. Bogalusa 8-1 60 9
9. John F. Kennedy 9-1 40 10
10. Carroll 8-1 37 8
Others receiving votes: Amite 16, St. Louis 15, Iota 12, Parkview Baptist 9, St. Martinville 5, Abbeville 1.
       
Class 2A W-L Pts. Prev.
1. Many (11) 9-0 132 1
2. Dunham 9-1 103 3
3. St. Charles Cath. 7-3 97 7
4. Mangham 8-1 96 4
5. Calvary 8-2 92 5
6. Newman 7-2 90 2
7. Notre Dame 8-2 73 6
8. Oak Grove 7-3 45 9
9. Episcopal-BR 9-1 39 10
10. Rosepine 8-2 28 NR
Others receiving votes: North Caddo 25, Welsh 23, Avoyelles 14, General Trass 1.
       
Class 1A W-L Pts. Prev.
1. Ouachita Chr. (7) 9-1 127 1
2. Vermilion Cath. (3) 10-0 117 2
3. Kentwood 9-1 106 3
4. Glenbrook (1) 10-0 97 4
5. Riverside 9-1 84 5
6. Southern Lab 6-3 78 6
7. Homer 7-3 73 7
8. St. Mary’s 8-1 43 9
9. Haynesville 8-2 40 8
10. Ascension Cath. 8-2 30 10
Others receiving votes: Catholic-Pointe Coupee 23, St. Frederick 13, St. Martin’s 11, Central Catholic-Morgan City 7, Basile 6, Logansport 6, Delhi Charter 1.