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Calvary Baptist’s softball team is playing in its ninth consecutive state semifinal this weekend aiming for its fifth state championship when the LHSAA state championships are played at the North Frasch Softball Complex in Sulphur. 

The Lady Cavaliers take their No. 1 seed in the Select Division III bracket against No. 4 seed Houma Christian Friday with first pitch set for 5 p.m. Calvary has a 24-10 record entering the semifinal game while Houma Christian is 24-6. 

Calvary holds the Shreveport-Bossier record with four state championships, one more than Evangel. Loyola and Shreveport Country Day both have one with Country Day winning the first by a local team in 1987.  

Below is a list of state title wins, state runner-ups and top-ranked teams from Shreveport-Bossier that have competed in the LHSAA playoffs.  

Local teams with state championships 

4 – Calvary (2016, 2017, 2021, 2022) 

3 – Evangel (2009, 2010, 2011) 

1 – Loyola (1996)

1 – Country Day (1987) 

State runner-ups 

2 – Airline (2007, 2021) 

2 – Southwood (1997, 1999) 

1 – Evangel (2012) 

1 – Byrd (1995) 

The LHSAA started using power rankings in 2008 to seed the teams for the playoff brackets. Here is a list of top-ranked teams from Shreveport-Bossier with the classification they competed in, year of ranking, rank and result of how it fared. Until recently, the state tournament included quarterfinal games, but now, just semifinals and finals.  

Classification | Year | Seed | Finish 

Airline 

5A | 2021 | #5 seed | State Runner-up, lost to Barbe, 3-1 

5A | 2019 | #2 seed | Semifinals, lost to Barbe, 7-6 

5A | 2018 | #6 seed | Quarterfinals, lost to Sam Houston, 2-0 

Benton 

4A |2014 | #7 seed | Quarterfinals, lost to North DeSoto, 19-1 

4A | 2008 | #6 seed | Quarterfinals, lost to Live Oak, 3-2 

Byrd 

5A | 2008 | #2 seed | Semifinals, lost to Mt. Carmel, 2-1 

Calvary 

Div. IV | 2022 | #2 seed | State Champs, def. Opelousas Catholic, 8-4 

Div. IV | 2021 | #1 seed | State Champs, def. Catholic-PC, 1-0, 8 innings 

Div. III | 2019 | #2 seed  | Semifinals. lost to Menard, 9-7 

Div. III | 2018 | #1 seed  | Semifinals, lost to Menard, 7-3 

Div. III | 2017 | #1 seed | State Champs, def. Notre Dame, 1-0 

2A | 2016 |#1 seed | State Champs, def. Menard, 8-4 

2A | 2015 | #1 seed | Semifinals, lost to Menard, 10-0 

2A | 2014 | #2 seed | Semifinals, lost to Menard, 4-1 

2A | 2013 | #8 seed | Regionals, lost to Winnfield, 3-2 

Evangel 

Div. I | 2019 | #4 seed |Semifinals, lost to Dominican, 5-2 

Div. I | 2018 | #3 seed | Semifinals, lost to John Curtis, 7-3 

Div. I | 2017 | #1 seed | Semifinals, lost to Dominican, 9-3 

3A | 2014 | #8 seed | Quarterfinals, lost to John Curtis, 3-1 

2A | 2013 | #3 seed  | Semifinals, lost to Riverside Acad., 5-2 

2A | 2012 | #2 seed | State Runner-up, lost to John Curtis, 2-0 

2A | 2011 | #4 seed | State Champs, def. Kinder, 14-4 

2A | 2010  | #2 seed | State Champs, def. St. Charles, 8-0 

2A | 2009 | #1 seed | State Champs, def. Rosepine, 3-1 

2A | 2008 | #1 seed | Second round, lost to St. John, 5-0 

Haughton 

5A | 2012 | #6 seed | First round, lost to Dominican, 3-0 

4A | 2011|  #3 seed | Quarterfinals, lost to Cabrini, 3-1 

4A | 2010 | #4 seed | Quarterfinals, lost to Teurlings, 5-3 

4A | 2009 | #6 seed | Second round, lost to Teurlings, 3-0 

Southwood 

5A | 2009 | #9 seed | First round, lost to Ponchatoula, 4-0 

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