IN 1985 THE LHSPLA BEGAN TO AWARD STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN EACH CLASSIFICATION, AS WELL AS RECOGNIZING A COMPOSITE TEAM CHAMPION. WEST MONROE HIGH SCHOOL WAS THE BEST 4-A TEAM, FOLLOWED BY SHAW HIGH SCHOOL IN 2ND, WITH RUMMEL HIGH SCHOOL PLACING 3RD IN 4-A. IN 3-A, ZACHARY HIGH SCHOOL FINISHED FIRST, FOLLOWED BY MANSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL AND PINEVILE HIGH SCHOOL. IN 2-A, ASCENSION CATHOLIC WON THE STATE TITLE, WITH SIMSBORO PLACING SECOND. OUACHITA CHRISTIAN WON THE SINGLE-A TITLE. OVERALL, WEST MONROE WON THE FIRST COMPOSITE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP BY SCORING 42 POINTS. ZACHARY FINISHED IN SECOND PLACE WITH 23 POINTS FOLLOWED BY OUACHITA CHRISTIAN IN THIRD WITH 13 POINTS. EIGHTY MALE LIFTERS REPRESENTED TWENTY-TWO SCHOOLS. NINE NEW LHSPLA STATE RECORDS WERE SET AT THE 1985 STATE MEET. COACHES OF THE YEAR AWARDS WERE GIVEN FOR THE FIRST TIME TO THE COACH OF EACH CLASS CHAMPION.