Fundraiser for 1971 football team reunion

ReitzFootball.com has once again partnered up with SellMyTees.com for the 2016 season. We are very excited to bring to you this awesome t-shirt that shows off the state championship tradition of the Mighty Panthers. Proceeds will be used to help the 1971 football team cover costs associated with their reunion on Sept. 2, 2016. Additional …

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#RFgameday preseason outlook

Updated Aug. 5, 2016, 5:58 P.M. Tomorrow’s Blue/Gray scrimmage to serve as testing grounds for 2016 Panthers (ReitzFootball.com) ================================================================================== The 2016 season is officially here! Practice began on Monday and the boys in blue will have their annual Blue/Gray Scrimmage this Saturday. The local media has also begun previewing teams in the area, and here are …

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2016 Blue/Gray Scrimmage this Saturday

The 2016 edition of Reitz Football’s Blue/Gray Scrimmage will be held this Saturday, Aug. 6. Following their first week of official practice, it will be a chance to see all levels of the Mighty Panthers in action at the Reitz Bowl. Be there!

Hall of Famer Jim Byers dies

It is a sad for the Reitz Nation as Panther legend Jim Byers passed away today. Byers was an all-state player for the Panthers’ 1953 state championship team and also played for the University of Michigan. He went on to have a wonderful coaching career and was a member of the University of Evansville, Missouri Valley Conference, …

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Two Reitz games on Home Team Friday’s fall schedule

Home Team Friday announced its high school football schedule for this fall, which will include two games featuring Reitz. Local 7 will broadcast eight live games over nine weeks, including the Mighty Panthers’ season opener at Henderson County on Aug. 19 and the Sept. 16 homecoming game against the Harrison Warriors, which are the defending …

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Reitz Football Legendary Game Series: A Year of Tragedy & Triumph Under the Stars (Nov. 30, 1940) #TraditionTuesday

[The 1940 game against Memorial] would be long remembered as one of the toughest, hardest hitting games the locals had ever seen. The papers the next day would call it “a cruel affair.” Mike Whicker Legendary Game Series Reitz vs. Memorial: November 30, 1940 by Mike Whicker Tragedy was no stranger to the world in …

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WANTED: 1971 team photo for class fundraiser

Does anyone have a good copy of the 1971 football team picture? That class is doing a fundraiser and would like to use a good quality copy of the picture. While there is the large version that exists in the gym (pictured below), it would be very difficult to not only take the picture down, but also scan …

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All are in invited to Reitz Football Family Fun Day!

Tristen Clark latest to represent Reitz Football in IFCA North-South All-Star Game

While Tristen Clark will be the most recent Reitz High School alumni selected by the Indiana Football Coaches Association to participate in the annual North-South All-Star Football Game, he certainly isn’t the first to represent the Mighty Panthers over the course of the game’s 50-year history. Clark will join 39 other players, coaches and others who have represented …

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Reitz Football Legendary Game Series: A Gift for the Heart (Oct. 7, 1933) #TraditionTuesday

Oct. 7, 1933 is a date that should be remembered by all Reitz faithful. For on that day, the Reitz Football Tradition was born. Mike Whicker Legendary Game Series Reitz vs. Memorial: October 7, 1933 by Mike Whicker Let us return a little back. In the fall of 1933, people were looking for changes. The …

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