Reuter, Shaw voted Reis Tire Players of the Game

The Reitz Nation has spoken! Following the Panthers’ sectional championship win over Jasper, the readers of ReitzFootball.com have selected Drew Reuter and Andrew Shaw as the Offensive & Defensive Players of the Game!

Reuter won with 106 votes (46%), while Shaw earned 528 votes for 60%.

This was the first time either Panther had been nominated, let alone won, the Player of the Game honor.

===VOTING RESULTS===
Offensive                        Defensive
106 - Drew Reuter                 528 - Andrew Shaw
 80 - Evan Deig                   214 - Aaron Euler
 18 - AJ Dixon                     69 - Malik Higgins
 17 - Malik Higgins                28 - Brock Ashworth
  8 - Tristen Clark                11 - Leroy Winston
  1 - Offensive Line                8 - Will Brown
  1 - Kerrion Ringo                 8 - Trevor Fetscher
  1 - Andrew Shaw                   7 - Isaac Flowers
                                    4 - Elijah Dunham
                                    1 - linebackers

Congratulations to these fine young men and the entire Reitz Football team!

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
Week 8: AJ Dixon & Malik Higgins
Week 9: Malik Higgins
Sectional First Round: Evan Deig
Sectional Second Round: Malik Higgins
Sectional Championship: Drew Reuter

2014 Defensive Players of the Game
Week 1: Trevor Fetscher
Week 2: Trevor Fetscher
Week 3: Aaron Euler
Week 4: Entire defense
Week 5: Aaron Euler
Week 6: Ethan Robison
Week 7: Trevor Fetscher
Week 8: Ethan Robison
Week 9: Brock Ashworth
Sectional First Round: Caleb Crowe
Sectional Second Round: Trevor Fetscher
Sectional Championship: Andrew Shaw

Thank you to Reis Tire for their support of the our weekly Player of the Game fan vote!

ReitzFootball.com Players of the Game/Year Archive

Year-to-date offensive, defensive stat leaders through Sectional Championship

Here are your offensive & defensive stat leaders through Friday night’s 45-38 win over Jasper. Thanks to Tom “Hawk” Guinn & Larry Ellington for faithfully compiling this information every week!

Offensive leaders Passing leaders Completions: 120 – Evan Deig Attempts: 192 – Evan Deig Yards: 2,037 – Evan Deig Touchdowns: 30 – Evan Deig Longest pass: 82 yards – Evan Deig Rushing leaders Carries: 176 – Malik Higgins Yards: 1,899 – Malik Higgins Longest run: 87 yards – Malik Higgins Touchdowns: 23 – Malik Higgins Receiving leaders Receptions: 37 – Malik Higgins Yards: 583 – Malik Higgins Longest catch: 82 yards – Kerrion Ringo Touchdowns: 10 – Nate Hansen & Malik Higgins Combination yards Total yards (rushing & passing): 2,112 – Evan Deig Yards from scrimmage (rushing & receiving): 2,482 – Malik Higgins All purpose yards (rushing, receiving & punt/kick/interception returns): 2,784 – Malik Higgins Scoring Touchdowns: 35 – Malik Higgins Extra points: 54 – Drew Reuter Two-point conversions: 1 – Nate Hansen Field goals: 3 – Drew Reuter Safeties: 0 Scoring: 210 points – Malik Higgins Full offensive stats (on MaxPreps.com) Year-to-date (through Sectional Championship) Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Sectional First Round Sectional Second Round Sectional Championship

Defensive leaders Tackles Solo: 40 – Will Brown Assists: 67 – Joey Diekman Total: 94 – Will Brown Sacks Total: 6.5 – Brock Ashworth Yards lost: 35 – Brock Ashworth Tackles for loss Solo: 7 – Aaron Euler Assists: 9 – Trevor Fetscher Total: 14 – Trevor Fetscher Yards lost: 34 – Tanner Duran Turnovers & stuff Interceptions: 5 – Isaac Flowers Fumbles caused: 2 – Joey Diekman & Trevor Fetscher Fumbles recovered: 2 – Trevor Fetscher, Ethan Robison & Alex Welcher Passes deflected: 16 – Elijah Dunham Hurried passes: 19 – Brock Ashworth Blocked kicks: 3 – Isaac Flowers Defensive score: 2 – Elijah Dunham Full defensive stats (pdf files) Year-to-date (through Sectional Championship) Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Sectional First Round Sectional Second Round Sectional Championship

Vote for the Sectional Championship Players of the Game brought to you by Reis Tire

Here are the Sectional Championship 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 Week 8: AJ Dixon & Malik Higgins (tie) Week 9: Malik Higgins Sectional 1R: Evan Deig Sectional 2R: Malik Higgins

2014 Defensive Players of the Game Week 1: Trevor Fetscher Week 2: Trevor Fetscher Week 3: Aaron Euler Week 4: Reitz Defense Week 5: Aaron Euler Week 6: Ethan Robison Week 7: Trevor Fetscher Week 8: Ethan Robison Week 9: Brock Ashworth Sectional 1R: Caleb Crowe Sectional 2R: Trevor Fetscher

Player of the Game Archive

As always, thanks to Reis Tire for supporting ReitzFootball.com!

Deig, Higgins up for Week 12 Home Team Friday awards

After a gutsy, never-quit performance from Reitz this past Friday night in their 45-38 win over Jasper for the sectional championship, two Panthers have been nominated for Home Team Friday’s two weekly awards.

Evan Deig is up for Home Team Friday MVP while fans can vote for Malik Higgins for the Home Team Friday Play of the Night.

• Vote for Week 12 Home Team Friday MVP
• Vote for Week 12 Home Team Friday Play of the Night

Congrats to the entire team for a job well done!

Reitz beats Jasper, 45-38, to earn sectional crown

Second-year head coach Andy Hape addresses the Panthers after winning his first championship at Reitz

Friday night’s game at Reitz Bowl was a classic battle that went back and forth throughout the night. However, Malik Higgins’ interception in the end zone with mere seconds remaining sealed the 45-38 victory.over Jasper to give the Panthers the Class 4A Sectional 24 Championship.

Reitz (11-1), advanced to the regional championship game, where they’ll meet the defending state champions and Class 4A’s No. 1 team, Columbus East (12-0). The Olympians, coached by former Panther head coach Bob Gaddis, will play host.

The win gave second-year head coach Andy Hape his first championship.

Jasper finished at 10-2.

Game recaps

• Higgins’ hands the key on offense, defense as Reitz beats Jasper for sectional title (Courier & Press)
• VIDEO: HTF Reitz Beats Jasper in Class 4A Sectional Championship (Home Team Friday)

Game statistics

• Offensive (MaxPreps)
• Defensive (pdf)

Historical Reitz vs. Jasper articles from @courierpress & @DuboisCoHerald

We’ve collected links to all the game previews and recaps for the Reitz-Jasper football series as covered by the Courier & Press and Dubois County Herald.

PREVIEWS

• 1985 not available in archive
• 1986 not available in archive
• 2007 ‘Unknown’ Deig difficult to miss (Courier & Press)
• 2008 Reitz heads to Jasper in a Friday football sectional semifinal & Reitz, Jasper: A look in the mirror (Courier & Press)
• 2009 Look for a crowd at 4A showdown, Filling the Bowl with talent: Jasper vs. Reitz, Finally, the wait is over & Game of the Week: No. 3 Jasper at No. 4 Reitz (Courier & Press)
• 2010 Unbeaten Reitz and Jasper battle at the Bowl & Jasper, Reitz football teams in a familiar place (Courier & Press)
• 2012 Reitz looks for Jasper to maintain tradition and run, run, run & Switch to multidimensional attack suceeds big time for Reitz football team (Courier & Press)
• 2013 Defense keys Reitz as it heads into 4A football sectional title game at Jasper & Jasper’s Alles impacts both sides of the football (Courier & Press)
• 2014 Cats mindful of chase in latest Reitz installment (Herald)
  • Reitz hasn’t forgotten sectional final loss to Jasper (Courier & Press)

RECAPS

• 1985 not available in archive
• 1986 not available in archive
• 2007 Running it up the gut (Courier & Press)
• 2008 Reitz dethroned by Jasper (Courier & Press)
• 2009 How Reitz lit up the Bowl for a title & It’s Reitz in a rout (Courier & Press)
• 2010 Reitz wrongs Wildcat perfection again (Herald)
  • Reitz rolls at the Bowl (Courier & Press)
• 2012 Jasper’s grasp slips in final seconds (Herald)
  • Reitz overtakes No. 2 Jasper 31-30 with late field goal (Courier & Press)
• 2013 Some risks flop, but others pay big for Jasper & Cats find salvation, clear Reitz roadblock (Herald)
  • Nolan Ahrens leads Jasper to Class 4A sectional football title over Reitz (Courier & Press)

Please note that both the Courier & Press and Dubois County Herald require a subscription to read their articles.

Reitz leads the series, five games to three.

Panthers in the Polls (& Jasper) Sectional Second Round

While the human polls and the PCS ended with the conclusion of the regular season, ReitzFootball.com will continue to track the computer rankings as the Mighty Panthers progress through the postseason.

Computer & other rankings (Current through Nov. 5)

• MASSEY: #34 overall & #7 in Class 4A (Jasper is #48 overall & #9 in Class 4A)
• MAXPREPS: #35 overall & #7 in Class 4A (Jasper is #36 overall & #8 in Class 4A)
• SAGARIN: #47 overall & #11 in Class 4A (Jasper is #44 overall & #9 in Class 4A)
• INDIANA FOOTBALL DIGEST (COLTS.COM): #4 in Class 4A (Jasper is #6)

Polls and rankings that ended with regular season

• AP MEDIA POLL: #5 in Class 4A (Jasper was #6)
• IFCA COACHES POLL: #6 in Class 4A (pdf file – Jasper was #5)
• GRIDIRON DIGEST POLL: #6 in Class 4A (Jasper was #5)
  
• PCS: #6 in Class 4A (Jasper was #5)

* – Rankings for Jasper are provided in parentheses

Reitz vs. Jasper for the Sectional Championship: It’s #ReitzFootballFriday presented by Tracy Zeller Jewelry!

The Mighty Panthers will host the Jasper Wildcats this Friday night in the Class 4A Sectional 24 Championship Game.

The only setback for Jasper, at 10-1 and ranked No. 6 in Class 4A, was a one-point overtime loss to Vincennes on Sept. 19. Since then, they’ve won six in a row and earned a share of the Big Eight conference championship.

The Panthers lead the series, 5-3, but Jasper won last year’s sectional championship game, 17-9. In 2012, Reitz upset then-No. 2 Jasper, 31-30, battling back from a 17-0 deficit.

Coach Hape is 18-5 overall and 0-1 against the Wildcats, while Jasper head coach Tony Ahrens is 2-4 against Reitz.

The winner will face the winner of the Columbus East vs. East Central game for the regional championship. Here are the potential match-ups and locations:

• Reitz at Columbus East
• East Central at Reitz
• Columbus East at Jasper
• East Central at Jasper

Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.

2014 Schedule/Results

• 2014 Reitz Football results
• 2014 Jasper football results (AlmanacSports.com)

Game previews

• Reitz hasn’t forgotten sectional final loss to Jasper (Courier & Press)
• Higgins hopes to shake loose against Jasper in 4A sectional title game (Courier & Press)
• Cats mindful of chase in latest Reitz installment (Dubois County Herald)
• High School Football Game of the Week Preview – Jasper at Reitz (ESPN Evansville)

Statistics (on MaxPreps)

• Reitz Football stats
• Jasper football stats (none entered)

Historical information

• All-time series results (AlmanacSports.com)

Radio/TV/Internet

• RADIO: NewsTalk 1280 AM
• WEB: newstalk1280.com

Thanks again to our friends at Tracy Zeller Jewelry for sponsoring #ReitzFootballFriday!