Year-to-date offensive, defensive stat leaders through Week 9

Here are your offensive & defensive stat leaders through Friday night’s 28-21 loss to Mater Dei. Thanks to Tom “Hawk” Guinn & Larry Ellington for faithfully compiling this information every week!

Offensive leaders Passing leaders Completions: 85 – Evan Deig Attempts: 139 – Evan Deig Yards: 1,306 – Evan Deig Touchdowns: 21 – Evan Deig Longest pass: 80 yards – Evan Deig Rushing leaders Carries: 146 – Malik Higgins Yards: 1,564 – Malik Higgins Longest run: 87 yards – Malik Higgins Touchdowns: 18 – Malik Higgins Receiving leaders Receptions: 27 – Malik Higgins Yards: 391 – Malik Higgins Longest catch: 80 yards – Kerrion Ringo Touchdowns: 10 – Nate Hansen Combination yards Total yards (rushing & passing): 1,371 – Evan Deig Yards from scrimmage (rushing & receiving): 1,955 – Malik Higgins All purpose yards (rushing, receiving & punt/kick/interception returns): 2,168 – Malik Higgins Scoring Touchdowns: 25 – Malik Higgins Extra points: 35 – Drew Reuter Two-point conversions: 1 – Nate Hansen Field goals: 1 – Drew Reuter Safeties: 0 Scoring: 150 points – Malik Higgins Full offensive stats (on MaxPreps.com) Year-to-date (through Week 9) Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9

Defensive leaders Tackles Solo: 32 – Will Brown Assists: 67 – Joey Diekman Total: 76 – Will Brown Sacks Total: 5 – Brock Ashworth Yards lost: 25 – Trevor Fetscher Tackles for loss Solo: 7 – Aaron Euler Assists: 8 – Trevor Fetscher Total: 12 – Trevor Fetscher Yards lost: 32 – Tanner Duran Turnovers & stuff Interceptions: 5 – Isaac Flowers Fumbles caused: 2 – Joey Diekman Fumbles recovered: 2 – Trevor Fetscher Passes deflected: 11 – Elijah Dunham Hurried passes: 9 – Brock Ashworth Blocked kicks: 3 – Isaac Flowers Defensive score: 1 – Will Brown, Elijah Dunham, Triston Hape & Malik Higgins Full pdf files of defensive stats Year-to-date (through Week 8) Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9

Ashworth, Higgins voted Week 9 Reis Tire Players of the Game

The Reitz Nation has spoken! The readers of ReitzFootball.com have selected Malik Higgins and Brock Ashworth as the Offensive & Defensive Players of the Game!

Higgins won with 50 votes (50%), while Ashworth earned 63 votes (35%).

This was the fifth time and second week in a row that the Reitz Nation selected Higgins as Offensive Player of the Game. This is Brock’s first week winning the award.

Offensive Player of the Game voting results
50 – Malik Higgins
19 – AJ Dixon
13 – Evan Deig
2 – AJ Ware
1 – Kerrion Ringo
1 – Offensive line
1 – Brock Ashworth
1 – how could there be anyone other than Malik when thats all wwe do (sic)

Defensive Player of the Game voting results
63 – Brock Ashworth
33 – Aaron Euler
24 – Joey Diekman
19 – Trevor Fetscher
12 – Will Brown
12 – Malik Higgins
6 – Isaac Flowers
5 – Tanner Duran
3 – Austin Volkman
1 – Triston Hape

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

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

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

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 Week 8: AJ Dixon & Malik Higgins (tie)

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

Player of the Game Archive

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

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 overall, their second straight undefeated regular season. The Wildcats won the city & SIAC championships with 5-0 & 6-0 marks, respectively, and also retained the West Side Nut Club Trophy. Mater Dei will face Forest Park (1-8) at Reitz Bowl next Friday.

Game recaps

• Wilderman shakes off mistakes, sparks Wildcats (Courier & Press)
• VIDEO: Home Team Friday (TriStateHomepage.com)

Game statistics

• Offensive stats
• Defensive stats

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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 #2 in Class 2A)
  

Computer rankings

• MASSEY: #24 overall & #5 in Class 4A (Mater Dei is #20 overall & #1 in Class 2A)
• MAXPREPS: #24 overall & #5 in Class 4A (Mater Dei is #26 overall & #2 in Class 2A)
• SAGARIN: #26 overall & #6 in Class 4A (Mater Dei is #37 overall & #2 in Class 2A)

Other rankings

• INDIANA FOOTBALL DIGEST (COLTS.COM): #2 in Class 4A (Mater Dei is #2 in Class 2A)

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
  • Separated at birth
• 2009: Reitz takes aim at unbeaten season
  • Oh, brother! McIntosh on a roll
• 2010: It’s Mater Dei and Reitz in battle of the unbeatens
• 2011: Reitz, Mater Dei set to battle for West Side Nut Club trophy
• 2012: Camaraderie helps spark Reitz football team’s surge
  • Reitz football team riding four-game winning streak entering game with archrival Mater Dei
• 2013: Mater Dei, Reitz to clash for City, SIAC football titles
• 2014: Year 2 has been perfect so far for Reitz’s Hape

RECAPS

• 2006: Panthers’ plan works to perfection
• 2007: Seasoned to perfection
• 2008: Nerves can’t shake Reitz
• 2009: A history-making rout
  • Reitz blows past Mater Dei in second half
• 2010: Reitz rolls past rival Mater Dei
• 2011: Mater Dei rolls past Reitz
• 2012: Reitz withstands rally to beat Mater Dei
• 2013: Mater Dei remains undefeated, defeats Reitz 16-14

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 in the SIAC and 5-0 in the city.

The Panthers lead the series, 44-18. Coach Hape is 16-4 overall and 0-1 against the Wildcats. Mater Dei head coach Mike Goebel is 178-49 overall and 8-9 against Reitz.

Kickoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.

2014 Schedule/Results

• 2014 Reitz Football results
• 2014 Mater Dei football results (AlmanacSports.com)

Game previews

• Year 2 has been perfect so far for Reitz’s Hape (Courier & Press)
• Mater Dei seniors Butler, McCann lead swarming Wildcats defense into battle of unbeatens (Courier & Press)
• Rivalry defined by unbeaten showdowns (Courier & Press)
• Mater Dei coach sees many similarities between West Side rivals (Courier & Press)
• In the middle of a divided family, Emma Bullock, 10, likes both Reitz and Mater Dei (Courier & Press)
• Higgins, Weidner have sparked Reitz, Mater Dei to 8-0 records (Courier & Press)
• Final Week: Touchdown Live Preview (14news)
• Reitz vs Mater Dei Rivalry Expands to Habitat for Humanity Fundraiser (ESPN Evansville)

Statistics (on MaxPreps)

• Mater Dei Football stats
• Reitz Football stats

Historical information

• 2013: Mater Dei 16, Reitz 14 (ReitzFootball.com)
• All-time series results (AlmanacSports.com)

Radio/TV/Internet

• Radio 105.3 & 106.7 FM
• Internet: ESPNEvansville.com & WYFXfm.com

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