Here are 10 snap judgements from sectional championship night of the high school football season:

A state championship setting in a sectional championship. Man, what a scene at New Palestine on Friday night. Beautiful setting on a November night for the No. 1 team in Class 5A (New Palestine) and No. 2 (Cathedral). It felt like a big game before kickoff. The parking lots were packed and filled with tailgaters close to the stadium and the Irish entered the stadium from the locker room with the bagpipes playing. Then New Palestine’s Ryder Gardner returned the opening kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown and we were off and running in a hard-hitting, defensive battle where yards and points were hard earned. New Palestine’s 20-15 win over Cathedral for the Sectional 13 championship was one of t

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