High school football enters championship Friday
Class 6A moves into the regional championship round Friday while the rest of the state’s football classes contend for sectional titles.
The biggest game on the schedule will occur in Class 5A Sectional 14 as two unbeaten programs lock up with No. 2 Columbus East hosting No. 1 New Palestine.
Below is the complete list of football games for this week.
CLASS 6A
Regional championships
Penn (10-1) at Merrillville (7-4)
Carmel (9-2) at Homestead (8-3)
Indianapolis Cathedral (8-3) at Avon (9-2)
Center Grove (11-0) at Warren Central (8-3)
CLASS 5A
Sectional championships
Sectional 9
South Bend Adams (8-3) at Mishawaka (7-3)
Sectional 10
Fort Wayne Snider (9-1) at Concord (8-2)
Sectional 11
Lafayette Jeff (8-2) at Westfield (6-4)
Sectional 12
Huntington North (3-7) at Kokomo (10-0)
Sectional 13
Decatur Central (8-2) at Zionsville (4-6)
Sectional 14
New Palestine (10-0) at Columbus East (11-0)
Sectional 15
Terre Haute North (4-6) at Bloomington South (10-0)
Sectional 16
Castle (6-4) at Bedford North Lawrence (5-5)
CLASS 4A
Sectional championships
Sectional 17
Lowell (11-0) at East Chicago Central (6-5)
Sectional 18
South Bend St. Joseph (6-5) at South Bend Washington (8-2)
Sectional 19
NorthWood (8-3) at Plymouth (9-2)
Sectional 20
Leo (10-1) at Fort Wayne Dwenger (10-1)
Sectional 21
Indianapolis Roncalli (7-4) at Greenwood (7-4)
Sectional 22
Pendleton Heights (5-6) at Delta (8-3)
Sectional 23
Seymour (5-6) at East Central (9-2)
Sectional 24
Jasper (10-1) at Evansville Harrison (9-2)
CLASS 3A
Sectional championships
Sectional 25
Hammond (10-1) at Mishawaka Marian (8-3)
Sectional 26
Culver Academy (6-5) at Garrett (9-2)
Sectional 27
Bellmont (9-2) at Fort Wayne Luers (8-3)
Sectional 28
North Montgomery (8-3) at West Lafayette (10-1)
Sectional 29
Indianapolis Chatard (7-3) at Tri-West (8-3)
Sectional 30
Lawrenceburg (7-4) at Batesville (10-1)
Sectional 31
Southridge (8-3) at Brownstown Central (9-2)
Sectional 32
Princeton (9-2) at Gibson Southern (11-0)
CLASS 2A
Sectional championships
Sectional 33
Knox (6-5) at Whiting (10-1)
Sectional 34
Bremen (6-5) at Lewis Cass (8-3)
Sectional 35
Whitko (6-5) at Woodlan (11-0)
Sectional 36
Eastbrook (11-0) at Winchester (9-2)
Sectional 37
Indianapolis Scecina (6-5) at Heritage Christian (9-2)
Sectional 38
Indianapolis Howe (8-3) at Triton Central (7-4)
Sectional 39
Monrovia (10-1) at North Putnam (9-2)
Sectional 40
Evansville Mater Dei (11-0) at North Posey (4-7)
CLASS A
Sectional championships
Sectional 41
North Judson (9-2) at Pioneer (11-0)
Sectional 42
Clinton Prairie (8-3) at Lafayette Central Catholic (11-0)
Sectional 43
LaVille (9-2) at Northfield (6-5)
Sectional 44
Monroe Central (9-2) at Adams Central (10-1)
Sectional 45
North Vermillion (10-1) at South Putnam (8-3)
Sectional 46
Cambridge City Lincoln (5-6) at Indianapolis Lutheran (7-4)
Sectional 47
West Washington (10-0) at North Decatur (8-3)
Sectional 48
North Central (Farmersburg) (7-4) at Linton-Stockton (10-1)
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Tickets available for sectional title contest
Advance sale tickets are available in the New Palestine athletics office for Friday night’s Class 5A Sectional 14 championship game at Columbus East High School. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.
Tickets are $6 and available to purchase until 2:30 p.m. Friday.
Friday’s game pits No. 1 New Palestine against No. 2 Columbus East. The meeting marks the third straight year New Palestine and Columbus East will clash with a championship on the line.
New Palestine defeated Columbus East 30-28 in the Class 4A semistate championship en route to winning it’s first state title last year. In 2013, Columbus East won 49-14 in the semistate title game before clinching the 4A state championship.
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Prep calendar
Today
Girls basketball
Connersville at New Palestine, 7:30 p.m.
Friday
Girls basketball
Greenwood at Greenfield-Central, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday
Girls basketball
Eastern Hancock at Hagerstown, 7:30 p.m.
Mt. Vernon at Warren Central, 7:30 p.m.
Greenfield-Central at Whiteland, 7:30 p.m.
