Long before the 18 seniors of Southern Regional High School marching band stood along the 40-yard line of Hersheypark Stadium on Nov. 2, awaiting the announcement that they’d won, they knew the Golden Rams were taking home the big plaque and banner.
“The talk all day was ‘Oh, we’re going to win.’ Everybody knew it,” said drum major Christian Compitello, moments after he and his bandmates arrived to the high school parking lot off Route 9 the next day, with the big plaque and banner in hand.
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