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Dan Engler's love for Reitz Football goes back a long time. Engler played for the Panthers all four years of high school and graduated in 1996. That summer, as the popularity of the Internet began to explode, Engler's search for Reitz Football information came up empty, so his father suggested he create a website. Engler taught himself HTML and launched the Unofficial Reitz High School Football Home Page that August. Since then, Engler, through ReitzFootball.com, has spent the past 25 years chronicling the rich history and tradition of Reitz High School Football. Engler and his wife, Melissa, have two sons, Logan and Micah, and a daughter, Juliette. Engler has traveled all over the world but is proud to call Evansville his home.

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  1. Reitz coach's show debuts this Thursday on WEOA 98.5 — 11 comments
  2. Amazing performances insert 2014 as No. 6 Most Offensive Team in Reitz Football history — 8 comments
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  4. Reitz beats Memorial, 42-16 — 4 comments
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Galloping Ghost of West High helps 1927 become No. 4 Most Offensive Team in Reitz Football history

The 1927 Panthers are No. 4 on “The Top 10 Most Offensive Teams in Reitz Football History.” Overlooked by many, that year’s team went unscored upon in their first six games and only allowed nine points all season. Central was the only setback for the ’27 Panthers, beating them, 7-6. While that win gave the …

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20 years of covering the Reitz Football Tradition: Part 1

In the early days of the website, Mike Whicker was gracious enough to write this piece on the tradition of Reitz Football. Not sure why I had taken it off in the first place, as it’s a great read. I’ll be revising it soon but wanted to post this to give you an idea of some …

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Welcome to our 20th year of covering Reitz Football!

We have reached quite a milestone! We have been covering the Reitz Football Tradition since 1996, so this is our 20th anniversary! We’ve got some exciting things in store, so we’ve moved from the free self-hosted wordpress.com to Hostgator, which will allow us do some awesome customization! FYI – links on the site will no longer …

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Former Panther coach John Hart returning to Indiana

Former Reitz head coach John Hart will return to Indiana this fall, it was announced this week. Hart is the new head coach at Brownsburg High School, a 6A football team in the Indianapolis area. Hart coached the Panthers from 2001 to 2007. He was at Warren Central from 2008 to 2011 then Huntley (Ill.) for the last four …

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Most Offensive Team in Reitz Football history is 2003

The most offensive team in Reitz Football history was not a state champion. They didn’t even win semi-state. Or regional, for that matter. But that’s part of what makes 2003 so fantastic. They scored an average of 45.31 points, almost more than four more per game than any other Panther team in school history, AND …

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581 points in 14 games make 2010 No. 2 Most Offensive Team in Reitz Football History

Often overshadowed by the 2007 and 2009 state championship teams, the 2010 Panthers had an incredible run that cannot be ignored. They scored 581 points in 14 games to average 41.5 points per game. The Panthers won city and SIAC championships and finished the regular season ranked No. 1 in every poll. Reitz went on to …

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Deig picked Academic All-Star

The 2015 Reitz Football team can add another honor to its resume as Evan Deig, the Panthers’ senior quarterback, was selected as an Indiana Academic All-Star, it was reported by the Evansville Courier & Press. Deig, only one of 25 high school football players from around the state to receive the honor, will be presented with the award before …

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Player of the Year vote ends in tie; Ashworth, Brown declared co-winners

The Reitz Nation has spoken! We asked you to select who you thought was the Player of the Year, and, incredibly, the vote has ended in a tie! Brock Ashworth and Will Brown both received 20 votes to earn 21.5% of the vote. Your webmaster had not yet voted, but, as he was about to …

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Dunham, Ringo named AP all-state; four more honorable mention

Elijah Dunham and Kerrion Ringo were named to the Associated Press’ Indiana high school football All-State first team, it was announced today. Four more Panthers, Will Brown (DB), Tristen Clark (TE), Evan Deig (QB) and Isaac Flowers (DB), were named honorable mention by the AP. Congratulations to these Mighty Panthers and the rest of the team on …

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Vote for the ReitzFootball.com 2015 Player of the Year

ReitzFootball.com is pleased to announce the voting for the MyPantherTees.com Player of the Year is now online! The initial voting was taken down shortly after it went live due to a little controversy. However, one of the coaches suggested we determine the finalists using those honored on the 2015 Team Awards (the team MVP’s and position players of the …

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