When Friday night lights meets the big stage in Western New York, there's a heightened sense of excitement in the air. The emotions are higher, the crowd is louder and the stakes have never been greater.

Buffalo Bills linebacker Joe Andreessen knows the feeling.

"You feel everyone in your section is watching, everyone in Western New York is watching," Andreessen said.

This week, thousands of families and community members will once again descend on Orchard Park, NY for the annual Section VI High School Football playoffs. For high school football players in Western New York, it's a moment you dream about at the start of every season.

"That's your goal at the beginning of the year. You have the big media day before where you get to meet the other team captains from Section VI," Andreesse

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