A total of seven Teche Area teams had their playoff tickets punched Friday as the Louisiana High School Athletic Association announced which teams qualified for the postseason play starting Monday and ending with the LHSAA/State Farm Fastpitch 56 state tournament at Frasch Park in Sulphur May 1-2.

In Class 5A, New Iberia Senior High rode a third place finish in District 4-5A to an 18th seed and will travel to Gonzales Monday to face No. 15 seed East Ascension Monday at 5 p.m.

“I’m extremely happy we’re in,” said NISH coach Mitzi LaLande. “We’re going in as the third place team in district but with power rankings now everyone is 0-0 as the playoffs start.

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“I would have like to have a home game for the first round but we’re hitting stride right now and I like our chances.”

In Class 4A, St. Martinville Senior High drew the 26th seed and will travel to No. 7 Alexandria Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.

The Catholic High Lady Panthers used the strength of winning the District 6-3A title to gather the No. 8 seed and will place host to No. 25 seed Church Point Monday at 5:30 p.m.

“We’re excited about being in the playoffs,” said CHS coach Jeri Beck. “We want to play several games in the playoffs but we can only play them one game at a time.

“I thought that we’d be anywhere from 6-10 and we fell right in the middle at the No. 8 seed. I don’t think that there is any one dominant team this year in Class 3A.

"The team that wins is going to be the team that is playing well and the most consistently.”

In Class 2A, the Loreauville Lady Tigers finished second in District 7-2A and ended up with the No. 19 seed and will travel to Plaquemine to face district rival and No. 14 seed St. John Tuesday at 4 p.m.

“I’m proud of the girls and how hard they worked to get to this point,” said LHS coach Brett Blakey. “It’s a new season starting Tuesday and we have to go out and play hard.

“It’s the third time this year we play St. John and the last time we played them we won which gives us some confidence. It’s a little better to play someone you know because we don’t have to call around the state looking for information on a team.”

The defending Class A state champion Delcambre Lady Panthers drew the highest seed of the local teams. DHS used a strong schedule and the District 8-A championship to draw the No. 2 seed in Class A and will play host to No. 31 Ecole Classique at 4 p.m. Tuesday.

“Last year is last year and it won’t help us this year,” said DHS coach Mark Suire. “We have to be ready to play this year and not rest of what we did last year or what we did so far this year.

“I knew that we would probably be one of the top four seeds in Class A. It’s speaks to the tradition of the program and that fact that people know that when we come we show up to play.”

The 2007 state champion Hanson Lady Tigers finished second in District 8-A, garnering the 11th seed in Class A. Hanson will play host to No. 22 Haynesville Tuesday at 5 p.m.

In Class B, Centerville drew the No. 32 and final seed and will travel to face No. 1 Forest.

Finally in Class C, Assembly Christian used the District 7-C title to get the 11th seed. In Class C, all 16 teams that qualified for the playoffs got a first round bye and will only have to play one game to reach the state tournament.

ACS will travel to No. 6 seed Singer in a game that must be played by Saturday.

No game date or time has been set yet but is expected to be decided Monday