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Oct 20

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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Oct 17

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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Oct 16

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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Oct 15

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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Oct 15

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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Oct 15

Year-to-date offensive stat leaders through Week 8

Here are your offensive stat leaders through Friday night’s 51-0 win over Bosse. Passing leaders Completions: 80 – Evan Deig Attempts: 124 – Evan Deig Yards: 1,249 – Evan Deig Touchdowns: 20 – Evan Deig Longest pass: 80 yards – Evan Deig Rushing leaders Carries: 117 – Malik Higgins Yards: 1,399 – Malik Higgins Longest …

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Oct 15

Year-to-date defensive stat leaders through Week 8

Here are your defensive stat leaders through Friday night’s 51-0 win over Bosse. As always, thanks to Larry Ellington for compiling these. 2014 Defensive Stat Leaders Solo tackles: 26 – Will Brown Tackle assists: 58 – Joey Diekman Total tackles: 66 – Will Brown Sacks: 4 – Brock Ashworth Tackles for loss: 6 – Aaron …

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Oct 14

Historical Reitz vs. Mater Dei articles from @courierpress

We’ve collected links to all the available game previews and recaps for the Reitz-Mater Dei football series as covered by the Courier & Press (their online archive goes back to 2006). PREVIEWS 2008: Reitz and Mater Dei is regular season’s ultimate Game of the Week SIAC football championship comes down to Reitz vs. Mater Dei …

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Oct 14

Reitz vs. Mater Dei: #ReitzFootballFriday Week 9 presented by Tracy Zeller Jewelry

This is the game that everyone’s been anticipating! It’s a battle of undefeateds as the Mighty Panthers “travel” to Reitz Bowl to take on the Mater Dei Wildcats. The winner of this game will gain three titles: The SIAC, city and West Side Nut Club Championship. Both Reitz and Mater Dei are 8-0 overall, 6-0 …

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Oct 13

Higgins up for Week 8 Home Team Friday MVP

Malik Higgins is in the running for Home Team Friday’s Week 8 MVP award. Home Team Friday MVP Candidates Week Eight Also, don’t forget to vote for the Reitz Players of the Game brought to you by Reis Tire!