It is been almost a decade since the last big shift in the state high school sports scene, and now there is another.

On Friday, the Louisiana High School Athletic Association Executive Committee voted to go with four non-select divisions and four select divisions in split sports, plus changed the number of teams in each playoff bracket.

The change affects football, basketball, baseball and softball.

The vote drops football from nine to eight divisions and basketball, baseball and softball from 12 to eight.

The LHSAA first split football in 2013 and basketball, baseball and softball in 2016-2017.

The change was precipitated by the LHSAA move in June to redefine select and nonselect.

Football playoff brackets for nonselect will have 28 teams while select brackets will have 24 for the select bracket.

Playoff brackets for basketball will be 32 nonselect teams and 28 select, while softball and baseball will be 32 nonselect and 24 select teams.

Also on Friday, the Executive Committee approved Cameron Parish’s appeal to return its four high schools — Grand Lake, Hackberry, Johnson Bayou and South Cameron — to the nonselect designation.

Washington-Marion and Lake Charles College Prep did not appeal their move to select status. W-M will play in Division II along with St. Louis Catholic, while LCCP will be in Division III. Hamilton Christian will be Division IV.

Southwest Louisiana football postseason divisions:

Nonselect

Division I — Barbe, Sam Houston, Sulphur.

Division II — DeRidder, Iota, Iowa, Jennings, LaGrange, Leesville.

Division III — DeQuincy, Kinder, Rosepine, South Beauregard, Vinton, Westlake.

Division IV — Basile, East Beauregard, Elton, Grand Lake, Lake Arthur, Merryville, Oakdale, Oberlin, Pickering, Welsh.

Select

Division II — St. Louis Catholic, Washington-Marion.

Division III — Lake Charles College Prep.

Division IV — Hamilton Christian.