Reitz remains in Class 4A

The Indiana High School Athletic Association recently released the sectional football alignments for the next two years, and Reitz will once again compete in Class 4A.

The biggest class has split into 6A & 5A, so each sectional’s numbering has shifted. The Panthers had formerly been in Sectional 16 but will now be in Sectional 24.

Reitz’s sectional opponents are as follows:

• Boonville
• Central
• Harrison
• Jasper
• Owen Vally
• Seymour
• Silver Creek

Madison moved to what is now Sectional 23 (formerly 15) while Owen Valley and Silver Creek are new to the group.

Links of interest

• IHSAA Football Realignment 2013 and 2014

Andy Hape named new Reitz head coach

Following Monday’s EVSC school board meeting, Reitz Football Hall of Fame member Andy Hape was announced as the Panthers’ new head football coach.

Hape, an all-state player for Reitz in the early 1990’s, played college football at Western Kentucky, where he received all-American honors.

After playing, Hape turned his attention to coaching, and had been with Franklin College since 2008.

Hape’s hiring makes it the first time in Reitz Football history that both a father and son have led the Panthers. Bill Hape guided Reitz from 1983 to 1990.

• Reitz, Harrison hire new football coaches
• Andy Hape profile
• Reitz Football head coaching records