2026 SWLA High School Football Schedules

Lake Charles, Louisiana - As summertime winds down and school gets ready to get underway once again, that means football season will be here before we know. We've got a look at every team in the Southwest Louisiana area's High School Football schedule.

We've got a few exciting teams getting ready to take to the field here in 2026, and that starts with the defending LHSAA State Champion Iowa Yellow Jackets. Other teams that are expected to be very good this year are Lake Charles College Prep, Barbe, Sam Houston, Kinder, and more.

Be sure to stay up to date with 92.9 The Lake and Chaston Tavares Sports to stay up-to-date with the latest in SWLA High School Football, and where our SWLA Game of the Week will be going week in and week out. 92.9 The Lake will also be bringing back the premier SWLA Football Show, the Pigskin Preview, again this season and will broadcast every Wednesday Night from Walk-On's Lake Charles from 7-8.

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2026 SWLA Area High School Football Schedules

BARBE BUCCANEERS
Week 1 (September 3) – vs. Iowa
Week 2 (September 10) – at St. Louis Catholic
Week 3 (September 18) – vs. Cecilia
Week 4 (September 25) – vs. Lafayette
Week 5 (October 2) – at Sulphur
Week 6 (October 9) – vs. Acadiana
Week 7 (October 16) – at St. Thomas More
Week 8 (October 23) – vs. Sam Houston
Week 9 (October 30) – at New Iberia
Week 10 (November 6) – at Southside

DEQUINCY TIGERS
Week 1 (September 3) – vs. Grand Lake
Week 2 (September 11) – at Lake Arthur
Week 3 (September 18) – vs. Westlake
Week 4 (September 24) – at Elton
Week 5 (October 2) – vs. Welsh
Week 6 (October 8) – at East Beauregard
Week 7 (October 16) – vs. Vinton
Week 8 (October 23) – at Pickering
Week 9 (October 30) – at Sacred Heart
Week 10 (November 6) – vs. Rosepine

DERIDDER DRAGONS
Week 1 (September 4) – at Leesville
Week 2 (September 10) – vs. Many
Week 3 (September 18) – vs. Newton (TX)
Week 4 (September 25) – vs. Washington-Marion
Week 5 (October 2) – at Westlake
Week 6 (October 8) – at Jennings
Week 7 (October 16) – vs. South Beauregard
Week 8 (October 23) – at Kinder
Week 9 (October 30) – at St. Louis Catholic
Week 10 (November 5) – vs. Iowa

EAST BEAUREGARD TROJANS
Week 1 (September 3) – vs. Merryville
Week 2 (September 11) – at Northwood-Lena
Week 3 (September 18) – at Many
Week 4 (September 25) – vs. Lakeside
Week 5 (October 2) – vs. Beau Chene
Week 6 (October 8) – vs. DeQuincy
Week 7 (October 16) – at Pickering
Week 8 (October 23) – vs. Pine Prairie
Week 9 (October 30) – at Rosepine
Week 10 (November 6) – at Vinton

ELTON INDIANS
Week 1 (September 4) – vs. Basile
Week 2 (September 11) – at Vinton
Week 3 (September 18) – at Montgomery
Week 4 (September 24) – vs. DeQuincy
Week 5 (October 1) – at JS Clark
Week 6 (October 9) – vs. Merryville
Week 7 (October 15) – vs. Oakdale
Week 8 (October 22) – at Grand Lake
Week 9 (October 29) – at Gueydan
Week 10 (November 5) – at Oberlin

GRAND LAKE HORNETS
Week 1 (September 3) – at DeQuincy
Week 2 (September 10) – vs. Rosepine
Week 3 (September 17) – at Oakdale
Week 4 (September 24) – vs. Vinton
Week 5 (October 1) – at Port Barre
Week 6 (October 9) – vs. Oberlin
Week 7 (October 15) – at Merryville
Week 8 (October 22) – vs. Elton
Week 9 (October 29) – OPEN
Week 10 (November 5) – vs. Lake Arthur

IOWA YELLOW JACKETS
Week 1 (September 3) – at Barbe
Week 2 (September 11) – vs. Leesville
Week 3 (September 18) – vs. Vidor (TX)
Week 4 (September 25) – at Jennings
Week 5 (October 2) – at South Beauregard
Week 6 (October 9) – BYE
Week 7 (October 16) – vs. St. Louis Catholic
Week 8 (October 23) – vs. Westlake
Week 9 (October 29) – vs. Washington-Marion
Week 10 (November 5) – at DeRidder

JENNINGS BULLDOGS
Week 1 (September 4) – vs. Church Point
Week 2 (September 11) – at Eunice
Week 3 (September 17) – vs. Welsh
Week 4 (September 25) – vs. Iowa
Week 5 (October 2) – at Washington-Marion
Week 6 (October 8) – vs. DeRidder
Week 7 (October 15) – at Westlake
Week 8 (October 22) – at South Beauregard
Week 9 (October 30) – at Winnfield
Week 10 (November 6) – vs. St. Louis Catholic

KINDER YELLOW JACKETS
Week 1 (September 4) – at Westlake
Week 2 (September 11) – vs. Northwest
Week 3 (September 18) – vs. Eunice
Week 4 (September 24) – at Lake Charles College Prep
Week 5 (October 2) – at Bunkie
Week 6 (October 9) – at Welsh
Week 7 (October 15) – at Lake Arthur
Week 8 (October 23) – vs. DeRidder
Week 9 (October 30) – vs. Notre Dame
Week 10 (November 6) – vs. Basile

LAGRANGE GATORS
Week 1 (September 4) – at Washington-Marion
Week 2 (September 11) – at Westlake
Week 3 (September 18) – vs. St. Louis Catholic
Week 4 (September 25) – vs. Peabody
Week 5 (October 2) – vs. Vinton
Week 6 (October 8) – vs. Lake Charles College Prep
Week 7 (October 16) – vs. Rayne
Week 8 (October 23) – at Leesville
Week 9 (October 30) – vs. North Vermilion
Week 10 (November 6) – at Crowley

LAKE ARTHUR TIGERS
Week 1 (September 4) – at Holy Savior Menard
Week 2 (September 11) – vs. DeQuincy
Week 3 (September 18) – vs. Iota
Week 4 (September 25) – vs. Oakdale
Week 5 (October 2) – at Covenant Christian
Week 6 (October 9) – vs. Basile
Week 7 (October 15) – vs. Kinder
Week 8 (October 22) – at Notre Dame
Week 9 (October 30) – vs. Welsh
Week 10 (November 5) – at Grand Lake

LAKE CHARLES COLLEGE PREP TRAILBLAZERS
Week 1 (September 4) – vs. East Feliciana
Week 2 (September 11) – at Peabody
Week 3 (September 18) – vs. Sam Houston
Week 4 (September 25) – vs. Kinder
Week 5 (October 2) – at Lafayette Renaissance
Week 6 (October 9) – at LaGrange
Week 7 (October 16) – vs. Sterlington
Week 8 (October 23) – at North Vermilion
Week 9 (October 30) – at Rayne
Week 10 (November 6) – at Leesville

LEESVILLE WAMPUS CATS
Week 1 (September 4) – vs. DeRidder
Week 2 (September 11) – at Iowa
Week 3 (September 18) – vs. Tioga
Week 4 (September 25) – vs. Pineville
Week 5 (October 2) – at Many
Week 6 (October 8) – vs. Rayne
Week 7 (October 16) – at North Vermilion
Week 8 (October 23) – vs. LaGrange
Week 9 (October 30) – at Jena
Week 10 (November 6) – vs. Lake Charles College Prep

MERRYVILLE PANTHERS
Week 1 (September 3) – at East Beauregard
Week 2 (September 10) – vs. Pine Prairie
Week 3 (September 18) – at Northwood-Lena
Week 4 (September 25) – vs. Pickering
Week 5 (October 1) – at Linden-Kildare (TX)
Week 6 (October 9) – at Elton
Week 7 (October 15) – vs. Grand Lake
Week 8 (October 23) – OPEN
Week 9 (October 29) – vs. Oberlin
Week 10 (November 6) – OPEN

OAKDALE WARRIORS
Week 1 (September 4) – at Sacred Heart
Week 2 (September 11) – vs. Oberlin
Week 3 (September 17) – vs. Grand Lake
Week 4 (September 25) – at Lake Arthur
Week 5 (October 2) – at Delcambre
Week 6 (October 9) – vs. Vinton
Week 7 (October 15) – at Elton
Week 8 (October 23) – vs. Avoyelles
Week 9 (October 30) – vs. Holy Savior Menard
Week 10 (November 6) – at Port Barre

OBERLIN TIGERS
Week 1 (September 4) – vs. Vinton
Week 2 (September 11) – at Oakdale
Week 3 (September 18) – vs. Centerville
Week 4 (September 25) – at Rosepine
Week 5 (October 2) – at Basile
Week 6 (October 9) – at Grand Lake
Week 7 (October 16) – vs. Carroll
Week 8 (October 23) – vs. Lakeside
Week 9 (October 30) – at Merryville
Week 10 (November 6) – vs. Elton

PICKERING RED DEVILS
Week 1 (September 4) – vs. Pine Prairie
Week 2 (September 11) – at Montgomery
Week 3 (September 18) – vs. Delcambre
Week 4 (September 25) – at Merryville
Week 5 (October 2) – OPEN
Week 6 (October 8) – at Rosepine
Week 7 (October 16) – vs. East Beauregard
Week 8 (October 23) – vs. DeQuincy
Week 9 (October 30) – vs. Vinton
Week 10 (November 6) – OPEN

ROSEPINE EAGLES
Week 1 (September 4) – vs. Montgomery
Week 2 (September 10) – at Grand Lake
Week 3 (September 18) – at Basile
Week 4 (September 24) – vs. Oberlin
Week 5 (October 2) – at Delhi
Week 6 (October 8) – vs. Pickering
Week 7 (October 16) – vs. Plain Dealing
Week 8 (October 23) – at Vinton
Week 9 (October 30) – vs. East Beauregard
Week 10 (November 6) – at DeQuincy

SAM HOUSTON BRONCOS
Week 1 (September 4) – at Natchitoches Central
Week 2 (September 11) – vs. East Ascension
Week 3 (September 18) – at Lake Charles College Prep
Week 4 (September 25) – at Sulphur
Week 5 (October 2) – vs. Southside
Week 6 (October 9) – at Lafayette
Week 7 (October 16) – vs. Acadiana
Week 8 (October 23) – at Barbe
Week 9 (October 30) – vs. St. Thomas More
Week 10 (November 6) – vs. New Iberia

SOUTH BEAUREGARD KNIGHTS
Week 1 (September 4) – vs. St. John
Week 2 (September 11) – at Rayne
Week 3 (September 18) – at Buna (TX)
Week 4 (September 25) – at St. Louis Catholic
Week 5 (October 2) – vs. Iowa
Week 6 (October 8) – vs. Washington-Marion
Week 7 (October 16) – at DeRidder
Week 8 (October 22) – vs. Jennings
Week 9 (October 30) – at Westlake
Week 10 (November 6) – at St. Edmund

ST. LOUIS CATHOLIC SAINTS
Week 1 (September 4) – at Sulphur
Week 2 (September 10) – vs. Barbe
Week 3 (September 18) – at LaGrange
Week 4 (September 25) – vs. South Beauregard
Week 5 (October 2) – at Kaplan
Week 6 (October 9) – vs. Westlake
Week 7 (October 16) – at Iowa
Week 8 (October 23) – at Washington-Marion
Week 9 (October 29) – vs. DeRidder
Week 10 (November 6) – at Jennings

SULPHUR TORS
Week 1 (September 4) – vs. St. Louis Catholic
Week 2 (September 10) – at Iota
Week 3 (September 17) – vs. Pineville
Week 4 (September 25) – vs. Sam Houston
Week 5 (October 2) – vs. Barbe
Week 6 (October 9) – at Southside
Week 7 (October 16) – at New Iberia
Week 8 (October 23) – at Acadiana
Week 9 (October 30) – vs. Lafayette
Week 10 (November 6) – at St. Thomas More

VINTON LIONS
Week 1 (September 3) – at Oberlin
Week 2 (September 11) – vs. Elton
Week 3 (September 18) – vs. Washington-Marion
Week 4 (September 24) – at Grand Lake
Week 5 (October 2) – at LaGrange
Week 6 (October 9) – at Oakdale
Week 7 (October 16) – at DeQuincy
Week 8 (October 23) – vs. Rosepine
Week 9 (October 30) – at Pickering
Week 10 (November 6) – vs. East Beauregard

WASHINGTON-MARION CHARGING INDIANS
Week 1 (September 4) – vs. LaGrange
Week 2 (September 10) – vs. Mansfield
Week 3 (September 18) – at Vinton
Week 4 (September 25) – at DeRidder
Week 5 (October 2) – vs. Jennings
Week 6 (October 9) – at South Beauregard
Week 7 (October 16) – at Welsh
Week 8 (October 23) – vs. St. Louis Catholic
Week 9 (October 30) – at Iowa
Week 10 (November 6) – vs. Westlake

WELSH GREYHOUNDS
Week 1 (September 4) – at Abbeville
Week 2 (September 11) – vs. Opelousas Catholic
Week 3 (September 17) – at Jennings
Week 4 (September 25) – vs. Vermilion Catholic
Week 5 (October 2) – at DeQuincy
Week 6 (October 9) – vs. Kinder
Week 7 (October 16) – vs. Washington-Marion
Week 8 (October 23) – at Basile
Week 9 (October 30) – at Lake Arthur
Week 10 (November 5) – vs. Notre Dame

WESTLAKE RAMS
Week 1 (September 4) – vs. Kinder
Week 2 (September 11) – vs. LaGrange
Week 3 (September 18) – at DeQuincy
Week 4 (September 25) – at South Terrebonne
Week 5 (October 2) – vs. DeRidder
Week 6 (October 9) – at St. Louis Catholic
Week 7 (October 16) – vs. Jennings
Week 8 (October 23) – at Iowa
Week 9 (October 30) – vs. South Beauregard
Week 10 (November 6) – at Washington-Marion