IN 1986 THE LHSPLA REACHED A MILESTONE IN REGARD TO THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS IN A STATE MEET. ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN LIFTERS WOULD REPRESENT THIRTY HIGH SCHOOLS. IN ADDITION, THE LHSPLA WOULD FINALLY SEE A NEW OVERALL CHAMPION. SPRINGHILL HIGH SCHOOL SCORED 22 POINTS TO DETHRONE WEST MONROE, RUMMEL REPLACED ZACHARY AS THE PERENNIAL 2ND PLACE FINISHER BY SCORING 19 POINTS TO THIRD PLACE ZACHARY’S 18. THE 4-A: CLASS CHAMPION WAS RUMMEL, FOLLOWED BY 2ND PLACE PINEVILLE AND 3RD PLACE WEST MONROE. IN 3-A, ZACHARY WAS 1ST FOLLOWED BY SECOND PLACE RAYNE HIGH SCHOOL, WITH BELLE CHASE HIGH SCHOOL FINISHING THIRD. IN 2-A, SPRINGHILL HIGH SCHOOL WON ITS FIRST CLASSIFICATION STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, FOLLOWED BY SECOND PLACE WEST FELECIANA AND THIRD PLACE CALHOUN. OUACHITA CHRISTIAN CONTINUED IT’S DOMINANCE IN SINGLE-A, FINISHING FIRST FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR, FOLLOWED BY SECOND PLACE CENTRAL CATHOLIC AND THIRD PLACE LOUISIANA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF. ONLY TWO NEW STATE RECORDS WERE SET AT THIS MEET.