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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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Panthers in the Polls (& Seymour): Week 10

Rankings for Seymour are provided below in parentheses. Human polls AP MEDIA POLL: #5 in Class 4A (Seymour is unranked) IFCA COACHES POLL: #6 in Class 4A (pdf file – Seymour is unranked) GRIDIRON DIGEST POLL: #6 in Class 4A (Seymour is unranked) Computer rankings MASSEY: #28 overall & #5 in Class 4A (Seymour is …

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Year-to-date offensive, defensive stat leaders through Week 9

Here are your offensive & defensive stat leaders through Friday night’s 28-21 loss to Mater Dei. Thanks to Tom “Hawk” Guinn & Larry Ellington for faithfully compiling this information every week! Offensive leaders Passing leaders Completions: 85 – Evan Deig Attempts: 139 – Evan Deig Yards: 1,306 – Evan Deig Touchdowns: 21 – Evan Deig …

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Ashworth, Higgins voted Week 9 Reis Tire Players of the Game

The Reitz Nation has spoken! The readers of ReitzFootball.com have selected Malik Higgins and Brock Ashworth as the Offensive & Defensive Players of the Game! Higgins won with 50 votes (50%), while Ashworth earned 63 votes (35%). This was the fifth time and second week in a row that the Reitz Nation selected Higgins as …

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Historical Reitz vs. Seymour articles from @courierpress

We’ve collected links to all the available game previews and recaps for the Reitz-Seymour football series as covered by the Courier & Press. PREVIEWS 1992: Reitz will be more ready for Seymour this time around 2009: none printed RECAPS 1992: Vaugh leads way as Reitz advances in Class 4A sectional 2009: Running down the quarterback

Reitz at Seymour: #ReitzFootballFriday Week 10 presented by Tracy Zeller Jewelry

It’s the second season and the Mighty Panthers are looking to bounce back following the heart-stopping battle at the Bowl. Reitz will travel to Seymour this Friday for a Class 4A Sectional 24 first round game. The Owls (2-7) are coming off a 56-28 loss to Madison, but had won two in a row going …

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Vote for the Week 9 Players of the Game brought to you by Reis Tire

Here are the Week 8 nominees for the Reis Tire Player of the Game. Voting will be online until Wednesday morning! 2014 Offensive Players of the Game Week 1: Malik Higgins Week 2: Evan Deig Week 3: Malik Higgins Week 4: Evan Deig Week 5: Malik Higgins Week 6: Nate Hansen Week 7: Jackson Barnes …

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Mater Dei beats Reitz, 28-21

In the battle of unbeatens at the Bowl, the Mighty Panthers came up short, falling 28-21 to their West Side rival, Mater Dei. Reitz fell to 8-1 overall and finished 6-1 and 5-1 in the SIAC and city races. They’ll head to Seymour (2-7) next week to start Sectional 24. Mater Dei improved to 9-0 …

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Free Reitz-Mater Dei history booklet now available at Parkway Pizza & Kids Consignment

It’s here! The brand new West Sider’s Handbook to the West Side War: 2014 Edition is now available, and it’s free! You may remember we had one of these in an ebook format back in 2010, but nothing beats holding a copy in your hands. Thanks to Parkway Pizza and Kids Consignment, we have been …

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Panthers in the Polls (& Mater Dei): Week 9

Rankings for Mater Dei, of Class 2A, are provided below in parentheses. Human polls AP MEDIA POLL: #4 in Class 4A (Mater Dei is #1 in Class 2A) IFCA COACHES POLL: #4 in Class 4A (pdf file – Mater Dei is #2 in Class 2A) GRIDIRON DIGEST POLL: #2 in Class 4A (Mater Dei is …

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Dixon, Higgins, Robison voted Week 8 Reis Tire Players of the Game

The Reitz Nation has spoken! Following the Panthers’ 51-0 win over Bosse, the readers of ReitzFootball.com voted and we have a tie for Offensive Player of the Game! Each with 67 votes, AJ Dixon and Malik Higgins are co-Offensive Players of the Game, while Ethan Robison is the Defensive Player of the Game. This was …

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