A high-powered offense got Leesville this far, and it is not about to change the recipe.

“It’s the same core values and I’m just preaching the same stuff because I think that you find that is where the success lies,” Leesville head coach Robert Causey said. “Can you maintain what you’re doing and not deviate from it?”

No. 7 Leesville (9-2) hosts No. 18 Booker T. Washington-New Orleans (5-6) in the Select Division II quarterfinals on at 7 p.m. Friday. BTW is coached by Wayne Reese Jr., the son of legendary coach Wayne Reese Sr., who died in 2020. Reese Sr. won 255 games during a career that included stops at Washington-Marion, McDonogh 35, BTW and Carver, where he coached Pro Football Hall-of-Famer Marshall Faulk. Reese Jr. has rebuilt the BTW program from the ground up since taking it over in 2018.

“The apple did not fall far from the tree,” Causey said. “He has done a great job of building that program up from scratch.”

The Wampus Cats have scored more than 40 points nine times, led by powerful running back Xavier Ford. Ford is a yard away from 3,000 this season and has 45 touchdowns. For his career, the senior has a school-record 8,124 yards and 113 touchdowns.

“We take what people give us and that’s just kind of within the scheme that he’s brought in three years ago,” Causey said. “It’s nothing fancy. It’s just the intent to improve every day on the base fundamentals. This is what you see where you have an opportunity to have an offense that puts up pretty good numbers.”

Leesville’s offense has grown beyond Ford. Quarterback Trel Broom has thrown for 1,812 yards (104-174-10) and 24 touchdowns. Julius Brown (31 rec., 593 yds., 6 TDs) and Mike Davis Jr. (33-698, 8 TDs) lead the receiver group.

“When they stack the box, you can throw the ball around,” Causey said. “We have six kids that have at least 10 or more catches. That’s just a by-product of a collective effort by everybody from the offensive line all the way to every skill kid.”

Only once has Leesville struggled offensively this season, a 62-28 Week 6 loss at Iowa. It was the one time the offense was held under 400 yards. Leesville has won five consecutive games since.

“That was on me,” Causey said. “I said those things are gonna get rectified and that will never happen again. So far we have been blessed.”

BTW beat Buckeye 56-14 in the bi-district round, led by quarterback Cory McCraney, who threw five touchdown passes, but it also has running back Demeico Barnes, who had a rushing and receiving touchdown in that game.

BTW advanced to the quarterfinals after a judge in Baton Rouge upheld the Louisiana High School Athletic Association’s sanctions against No. 2 University High for use of ineligible players, forcing them out of the playoffs.