Louisiana Football Magazine 2026 Class 1A Football Preview (Written by Lee Brecheen)

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District 4

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Block Bears

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Head Coach:Sam’Mel Washington(5^th year)

2025 Record:0-9

Signees Colleges: TE/DE Caleb Henderson(Grambling State)

2026 Non District Games: Week 1 Ringgold (Home), Week 2 Lincoln Prep HS (Away), Week 3 North Central HS (Home), Week 4 Vidalia HS (Home), Week 5 Avoyelles HS (Away)

Team Outlook: “Pretty good senior class coming back for the Bears," said coach Washington. “These kids are hungry and all of these seniors I have coached all 4 years of me being the head coach here.” “I am proud of this group and glad to be back coaching them for their senior year.”

The Offense will be led by leader, experienced returning starter Quarterback Marquese Bullitts 5'9" 165 pounds, also a WR/RB/FS when not at QB, and you have QB/WR/CB Bryan Bowie 6'3" 165 pounds, who can play all three positions to help this team win too.

More key players to watch in 2026 are RB/LB Dominigue Atkins 5'10" 175 pounds, OL/DL Jaion Curry 5'11" 315 pounds, 3-year starter, leader, OL/DL/LB Janario Banks 5'10" 180 pounds, 3-year starter, leader, Athlete/QB Javorian Johnson 5'9" 140 pounds, also in the mix at QB, WR/RB/DB Michael Freeman 5'10" 155 pounds, TE/DE Javorious Johnson 6'3" 200 pounds, WR/CB Aiden Long 6'2" 155 pounds, OL Braylon Duncan 5'7" 175 pounds, and DT/OT Andrew Lebeau 6'3" 215 pounds, a starter since his 8th-grade season.

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Delta Charter Storm

Head Coach:Blake Wheeler(10^th year)

2025 Record:8-4

2025 Playoffs: 1^st Round beat St. Martins, and 2^nd Round lost to Riverside HS

2026 Non District Games:St. Fredericks HS, Week 2 Vidalia HS, Week 3 Ferriday HS, Week 4 Logansport HS, Week 5 Delhi Charter HS, and Week 7 Holy Savior Menard HS.

Team Outlook: “Our motto in 2026 is: Forged and Fire,” said coach Wheeler. “Up’ed our work this Summer off season trying to be the best conditioned team on the field and win in the 4^th quarter of games.”

The Storm program returns some really quality Linemen, Fullbacks/Tight Ends, and Linebackers in 2026, led by OT/DL Dalin Golston 6'3" 270 pounds, OG Brennan Watts 6'2" 255 pounds, DE Carson Graves 6'0" 190 pounds, OT Al Davis 5'9" 275 pounds, TE Slade King 6'2" 200 pounds, LB Jaxon Meyers 6'1" 175 pounds, FB Steven Lemoine 5'6" 230 pounds, OL/DL Jerald Coyle 6'0" 270 pounds, and OL/DL Murphy Roche 6'2" 275 pounds.

Key skill players coming back to watch will be returning starting QB Tylen Bailey, RB Tyler Simpson 5'9" 195 pounds, FS Jadyn Jones 5'10" 160 pounds, RB Tayton Fife 5'9" 180 pounds, WR Carter Clayton 5'8" 165 pounds, and several young players competing for positions and playing time.

Special Teams: The Kicking and Punting jobs are still not decided going into the Summer.

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LaSalle Tigers

| Colton Taylor

| Photo by: Abby Fontenot

Head Coach:Hunter Johnson(3^rd year)

2025 Record:6-4

2025 Playoffs:1^st Round lost to Elton HS

Team Outlook: “We are working hard as a team to get better. We will have a small senior class in 2026. The young classes of kids, the Sophomore and Junior classes are really strong and I am excited about the future,” said coach Johnson.

The Tigers are led by 2-way starter Wyatt King 6'1" 235 pounds, with 4.7 legit speed in the forty, who will play RB/LB/TE and will be a big part of the team getting back to the playoffs in 2026.

The starting QB returns in Luke Lasiter, who has a cannon arm and will be even better in 2026. With his 1st year starting in 2025, he got a lot of experience at QB.

More key players back to lead this program are RB/Safety Mason Lee 5'7" 170 pounds, FS/WR Alex Richmond 5'10" 175 pounds, has put on more than 25 pounds since the 2025 season, CB/WR Jace Corley 6'3" 155 pounds, OL/DL Tanner Dulaney 5'9" 270 pounds, 2nd Team All-District in 2025, RB/DB Brayden Tanneyhill 5'8" 160 pounds, 4.59 speed in the forty, OLB Daniel Stowe 5'10" 165 pounds, 2nd-year starter, OT Hunter Boyd 6'2" 240 pounds, 2nd-year starter, OL Brady Kirkland 6'0" 290 pounds, 2nd-year starter, WR Kasen Maxwell 5'9" 160 pounds, 4.65 speed, 2nd-year starter, DE Colton Taylor 6'0" 220 pounds, 2nd-year starter, and 2nd-year starter DE Casen Cockerham 6'0" 205 pounds.

Special Teams: Starting Punter will be Luke Lasiter, and the Kicking job was open going into the Summer for the program.

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Northwood-Lena Gators

| Kadorian Brown

| Photo by Lee Brecheen (Louisiana Football Magazine)

Head Coach:Tommy Moore(6^th year)

2025 Record:2-8

2026 Non District Games: Week 1 Plain Dealing HS, Week 2 East Beauregard HS, Week 3 Merryville HS, Week 4 Pine Prairie HS,Week 5 Ringgold HS, and Week 8 Glenbrook HS.

Team Outlook: “Young football team in 2026,” said coach Moore. “We do have opportunities to do some good things in 2026.” “The program graduated 7 senior starters which is 14 starters total for us.” “We also only have 1 starting Offensive Lineman back from the 2025 season.” 

The good news is most of the starters will be young and players with not much experience, but the team does return their best player in Athlete/WR/QB/OLB Radorian Brown 6'1" 190 pounds, a sleeper college prospect that will never leave the field for this young team (All-District in 2025).

More players coming back with experience to build around will be OL/DL Carter Basco 5'9" 210 pounds and RB Jeffrey Warner 5'7" 165 pounds, a tough, hard-working kid who will also play some Defense for this young team in 2026.

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