Editor’s note: This is the continuation of our new Flashback Friday series, as we look back chronologically at every Reitz game ever played. It was hyped as the young Panthers’ biggest challenge, but this game would go into the history books for all the wrong reasons! What happens when an established football school plays a …
January 2019 archive
Jan 18
Flashback Friday – The Mysterious October of 1919
Editor’s note: This is the continuation of our new Flashback Friday series, as we look back chronologically at every Reitz game ever played. Much of the early days of Reitz Football remain a mystery, especially the October of 1919. We know Reitz played Owensville, but how many times? And how could the Panthers have lost …
Jan 11
Flashback Friday – the Panthers’ first win ever (Oct. 4, 1919)
Editor’s note: This is the continuation of our new Flashback Friday series, as we look back chronologically at every Reitz game ever played. The Panthers picked up their first win in school history on Oct. 4, 1919, defeating the Central second team, 6-0. The only score came late in the first half, when Ralph Woods …