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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2015 team awards announced at Award Ceremony

The Reitz Football team announced the 2015 Team Awards at Sunday’s awards ceremony. For clarification, the winners in each category were not selected by ReitzFootball.com,  but instead were determined by the players themselves and their coaches. Team Most Valuable Player Will Brown Offensive Most Valuable Player Evan Deig Defensive Most Valuable Player Aaron Euler Special Teams Most Valuable Player Caleb Moll …

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Brown, Dunham, Ringo named IFCA all-state

Three Panthers will see their names added to the all-state players section on ReitzFootball.com as Will Brown, Elijah Dunham and Kerrion Ringo were named to the Indiana Football Coaches Association’s 2015 all-state team. Brown was a defensive back while Ringo was a wide receiver on the IFCA Class 4A Senior Team. Dunham was a defensive back on the Junior …

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Seven Panthers named to Courier & Press All-Metro team

Seven members of the Reitz Football team were honored by the Evansville Courier & Press, when they announced their annual All-Metro football team in today’s paper. For the purposes of this award, the paper defines the Metro area as the Evansville-football playing schools and Newburgh (in effect, the Southern Indiana Athletic Conference). Brock Ashworth, defensive …

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This Day in #ReitzFootball History (Dec. 5): Panthers fall in postseason city championship

ReitzFootball.com proudly presents “This Day in #ReitzFootball History,” as we look back through almost 100 years of The Mighty Panthers. Saturday, Dec. 5, 1931 Bosse 13, Reitz 0 Bosse Field Bosse earned a bit of revenge as they shutout the Panthers, 13-0, winning the city championship in a special postseason charity game. During part of the …

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POLL: If a netflix-like service existed in which you could watch past #reitzfootball games, would you subscribe?

If a netflix-like service existed in which you could watch past #reitzfootball games, would you subscribe? — ReitzFootball.com (@reitzfootball) December 4, 2015

This Day in #ReitzFootball History (Nov. 30): Panthers tame 1940 Tigers for first time in seven years

ReitzFootball.com proudly presents “This Day in #ReitzFootball History,” as we look back through almost 100 years of The Mighty Panthers. Saturday, Nov. 30, 1940 Reitz 7, Memorial 0 Bosse Field “An eager, overly anxious Reitz High School eleven struck quickly in the opening quarter at Bosse Field Saturday afternoon to beat Don Ping’s Memorial Tigers, …

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This Day in #ReitzFootball History (Nov. 29): Hape’s "mighty tackle" proved difference in 1934 victory; 1928 Panthers stopped on one-yard line as time expired

ReitzFootball.com proudly presents “This Day in #ReitzFootball History,” as we look back through almost 100 years of The Mighty Panthers. On November 29: Overall: 1-1 (2 games) Every game on this day has been at Reitz Bowl, on Thursday and on Thanksgiving 1928: Central 6, Reitz 0 (Tiny Ten Conference game) “The vaunted all powerful …

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This Day in #ReitzFootball History (Nov. 28): Panthers secure two state titles

ReitzFootball.com proudly presents “This Day in #ReitzFootball History,” as we look back through almost 100 years of The Mighty Panthers. On November 28: Overall: 2-1-1 (4 games) At Reitz Bowl (1957): 1-0 At Bosse Field (1929, 1935): 0-1-1 At Lucas Oil Stadium (2009): 1-0 On Thursday (1929, 1935, 1957): 1-1-1 On Saturday (2009): 1-0 Reitz …

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This Day in #ReitzFootball History (Nov. 27)

ReitzFootball.com proudly presents “This Day in #ReitzFootball History,” as we look back through almost 100 years of The Mighty Panthers. On November 27: Overall: 3-1 (4 games) The Panthers have never played at Reitz Bowl on this date At Boonville (1919): 1-0 At Bosse Field (1942): 1-0 At Enlow Field (1924, 1930): 1-1 On Thursday …

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