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North DeSoto vs. Iowa: Live Score Updates of this Louisiana Division II Non-Select Football Championship

Follow along as the top-seeded Griffins and No. 2 Yellow Jackets square off with one program to win its first crown

Mike Coppage

Undefeated North DeSoto is back in the title game after a runner-up finish in 2022
Undefeated North DeSoto is back in the title game after a runner-up finish in 2022 / Henrietta Wildsmith/The Times / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

A pair of undefeated programs take the field in the first matchup of Friday's slate of LHSAA state football championship games at Caesars Superdome.

Top-seeded North DeSoto (13-0) and No. 2 Iowa (13-0) are both seeking their first football crown. Iowa is playing in its first championship, although the Yellow Jackets reached the semifinals in 2024. Check out our preview and prediction here.

Louisiana Division II Non-Select High School Football Playoff Bracket

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PREGAME

-Kickoff is set for 12 p.m. Updates will appear here.

First Quarter

-CJ Bellow, listed as a tight end, burst up the middle for a 20-yard gain on the first play from scrimmage for Iowa.

-Iowa sharp on its first drive. Lawston Broussard throws for a first down to Maydon Simon. J'Vien Adams takes a toss around the left side for another first down. Versatile Kaston Lewis takes a Wildcat snap, and the Yellow Jackets are inside the Griffins 15 with a fresh set of downs.

-TOUCHDOWN, IOWA! Broussard play-action fake, then gets it in the flat to top receiver Jeremiah Bushnell, who sheds tacklers. Iowa always goes for two points instead of a PAT. 19 yards on the score. Penalty on the point after moves it half the distance. Lewis scores the two-pointer. Iowa 8, North DeSoto 0

-North DeSoto QB Luke Delafield runs it up the middle for nine yards. Griffins' offense operates at a breakneck pace. Delafield scrambles and completes a pass to RB Kenny Thomas, who carries inside the Iowa 20 on the next play. TOUCHDOWN, GRIFFINS! Delafield pass to junior Colton Lacour. Griffins get two points on a pass to Miller Warren. Iowa 8, Griffins 8 5:10 1st

-Broussard to Bushnell again. The Houston signee gets a first down on a reception, then takes a a handoff and breaks free for a 45-yard score on a reverse. TOUCHDOWN, IOWA! Two-point try fails. YELLOW JACKETS 14, GRIFFINS 8 3:35 1st

-We have a wild one on our hands. Kenny Thomas returns the ensuing kickoff to the Iowa 28. BIG PLAY!

-TOUCHDOWN, GRIFFINS! Quarterback Luke Delafield carries up the middle for the third gain of at least 9 yards. 1:48, 1st Quarter. PAT good. North DeSoto 15, Iowa 14.

-TOUCHDOWN, IOWA! Kaston Lewis answers for the Yellow Jackets from over 60 yards. Lewis tries for the 2-pointer and is stopped short. Iowa 20, North DeSoto 15 less than a minute left in the quarter. The failed conversion is under review.

-We're on pace for 1,300 yards of offense between both teams.

Second Quarter

-Defensive stop for Iowa. Delafield evades the pass rush but is tackled. He punts it on fourth down. Iowa takes over at its own 18.

-On 4th-and-1 inside its own 30, Iowa goes for it. Kaston Lewis takes the direct snap and gains big yardage out to the 45. Broussard keeps it for 15 yards on the next play.

-Adams exploits the Griffins' defense for another 15 yards around the right side. 9:32, 2nd Quarter.

-4th and 5 at the North DeSoto 20. Iowa goes for it again. Broussard throws it to Simon on an out route. 7:47, 2nd. 1st down at the 12.

-TOUCHDOWN, IOWA! Direct snap to Adams, who scores on a 12-yarder. Yellow Jackets 28, Griffins 15. Bellow converts for two points on a run. 7:22, 2nd

-ANSWER! Kenny Thomas returns the ensuing kickoff to the Iowa 35.

-FUMBLE! Turnover! Iowa gets it back again.

-North DeSoto defense holds, taking advantage of a fumble on an errant snap. Iowa to punt. 5:40, 2nd Quarter

-TOUCHDOWN, GRIFFINS! Delafield scrambles for big yardage, throws a pass to TE Miller Warren to the 1, and Braelyn Latin plunges in for his 27th rushing TD. Iowa 28, North DeSoto 22 2:45, 2nd

-Lewis, who has over 100 yards rushing, moves the chains with less than a minute left n the first half. Timeout, Yellow Jackets

-Broussard completes a pass to Bushnell at the North DeSoto 15, Timeout, three seconds left in the half. The Yellow Jackets don't kick field goals, so look for Broussard to try to find Bushnell again in the end zone.

HALFTIME Broussard ran to the Griffins' four-yard line on the final play of the half. Iowa 28, North DeSoto 22

-Iowa outgained the Griffins in the first half, 359 to 189 yards.

THIRD QUARTER

-Thomas, a Louisiana Tech signee, and Latin were held under a combined 50 yards irushing n the first half.

-Delafield with pinpoint passing on the first drive of the second half On 4th-and-Goal from the 1, Latin scores. TOUCHDOWNS, GRIFFINS! North DeSoto 29, Iowa 28.

-TURNOVER! Broussard completes a pass to Simon, who fumbles and Hayden Bell is there to recover. 7:30, 3rd. North DeSoto with the ball at its own 39.

-INTERCEPTION! North DeSoto made a first down by moving the chains on fourth (teams are combined 5-for-5) down, but Delafield throws a pick. 5:00, 3rd

-First down! Iowa converts on 4th-and-2, Teams are a combined 6 for 6 on fourth downs. Lewis runs it, and the Yellow Jackets are inside North DeSoto territory. TOUCHDOWN, IOWA! Broussard to Bushnell, who weaves his way past several defenders and can't' be tackled. Iowa 34, North DeSoto 29 2:43, 3rd. Pending two-point try.

--Iowa 34, North DeSoto 29 two-point conversion fails.

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Mike Coppage
MIKE COPPAGE

Mike Coppage is a Louisiana-based veteran reporter with decades of experience covering recruiting and high school sports for Scout, Rivals, The Acadiana Advocate and The Daily Iberian. He has been freelancing for High School On SI since 2024.

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