EVANSVILLE — The eyes told one story. The numbers may identify another.

How you view the high school football sectional semifinal round in Southwestern Indiana may depend on your worldview. It was objectively better than a week ago when 50-point blowouts (or worse) were the norm. We also witnessed a championship-level battle in Fort Branch. Legitimately good stuff.

But only one other game involving teams in the Courier & Press coverage area was determined by less than 20 points. Your weekly average margin of victory update: 29.0 across eight games. I'm still waiting for everything to align to give us a truly memorable Friday night this season.

Might it be the sectional championship round?

Only six teams from Southwestern Indiana remain in the state tournament. Here's what we learned fr

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