Evan Deig named scholar athlete by National Football Foundation

Evan Deig, the Panthers’ senior quarterback who recently signed with Wabash College, will be honored by the National Football Foundation as one of the group’s 2016 scholar athletes. Deig will receive the award at the Foundation’s Southern Indiana Chapter banquet on April 17 at St. Mary’s Health Manor. The event will start at 4 p.m. and will …

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Tristen Clark will represent Panthers in IFCA All-Star game

Tristen Clark, who last month announced his decision to play college football for Lindenwood University, will have one more opportunity to represent the Mighty Panthers when he pads up for the Indiana Football Coaches Association All-Star game on July 15, 2016. Clark will play tight end for the South squad in the 50th edition of the annual …

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Evan Deig signs with Wabash College

Evan Deig will extend his football-playing career with Wabash College, it was announced on Tuesday. Deig, voted the Offensive Most Valuable Player by his teammates, will attend the Crawfordsville, Ind.- based college this fall. Evan Deig’s Reitz Football individual awards 2015 Indiana Academic All-Star 2015 AP All-State Honorable Mention quarterback 2015 All-SIAC second team quarterback 2015 Team Offensive …

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Brock Ashworth signs with University of the Cumberlands

Brock Ashworth will extend his football-playing career with the University of the Cumberlands, it was announced last week. Ashworth, who was voted the co-Player of the Year by the readers of ReitzFootball.com, will attend the Williamsburg, Ky.-based university this fall. Brock Ashworth’s Reitz Football individual awards 2015 All-SIAC defensive line 2015 Courier & Press All-Metro defensive line 2015 Downtown Quarterback Club All-City …

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Brown signs with Butler University

Will Brown announced his decision to attend college and continue his football-playing career. Brown, an all-state defensive back and co-ReitzFootball.com Player of the Year, will go to Butler University. The Bulldogs are in Indianapolis, Ind. Links of interest 2015 Reitz Football results Reitz’s Brown, Clark announce college choices (Courier & Press) Butler University Football Official Page Will …

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Tristen Clark signs with Lindenwood University

Tristen Clark announced his decision to attend college and continue his football-playing career. Clark, an honorable mention all-state tight end, will attend Lindenwood University in Belleville, Ill. The Lynx program is only in its fifth season and competes in the NAIA. Links of interest 2015 Reitz Football results Reitz’s Brown, Clark announce college choices (Courier & Press) Lindenwood Lynx …

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Three Panthers named to IFCA Region 9 All-Star team

Three members of the Reitz Football team were selected by the Indiana Football Coaches Association as part of the Region 9 All-Star team. Will Brown, outside linebacker/strong safety Tristen Clark, tight end Kerrion Ringo, running back Links of interest 2015-16 IFCA Region 9 All-Star Team 2015 Reitz Football results

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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