We' reached the LHSAA football state semifinals as the battle for state championships and top rankings heightens.

We've got all the high school football scores for teams near Baton Rouge and across Louisiana. Quarterfinal playoff games are this week.

Four No. 1 seeds in the quarterfinals are from the New Orleans area: Archbishop Shaw (Select Division II), Edna Karr (Select Division I), Franklinton (Non-Select Division II), and St. James (Non-Select Division III).

The LHSAA football playoffs heat up as Manny Williams returns for Central, Destrehan rolls past Airline, and Bunkie reaches its first semifinal since 1988. Discover all the key storylines from the quarterfinals.

A championship, 12:30 p.m. Editor’s note: Teams eligible for the Bay Area News Group rankings come from leagues based predominantly in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. The news organization’s high school staff chooses the teams.