Four high school football teams from the Sports Michiana area earned regional championship Friday night.

Penn (6A), Warsaw (5A), Northridge (4A) and North Judson (1A) will represent the area in northern semistates next week after capturing trophies tonight.

Penn snared its first regional crown since 2017 with a dominating 44-27 win at Crown Point. Chase Buckwheat scored three touchdowns for the Kingsmen, who will head to Carmel for the 6A semistate next week.

Warsaw wins its second regional crown in school history after outgunning Lafayette Jeff, 49-39. Bart Curtis’ Tigers ran for 497 yards. Quarterback Mark Hakynes rushed for two touchdowns and threw for another.  The Tigers will play host to Chesterton, which won its first regional ever, downing Concord, 40-27. All-State linebacker Zane Westerlund also played running back, carrying 16 times for 116 yards and four touchdowns.

Northridge blasted Hobart, 56-10, to claim its regional at Interra Field. Keivontre Copeland scored touchdowns on both offense and defense for the Raiders, who visit defending state champion Fort Wayne Dwenger next Friday.

North Judson is headed to its fifth semistate in six seasons after a commanding 42-7 triumph over Cliton Prairie. Brett Lambert’s team gets home field for the semistate showdown with powerful South Adams.

Here’s the full McKinnes Realty “Around the Area” scoreboard for the state.