Monthly Archives: November 2013
Reitz Football Banquet Set
Reitz football has set the Date and Time for the 2013 football season. This year’s banquet will be held Sunday December 15th at 6pm in the Reitz cafeteria. Hape says “I am excited to celebrate the 2013 season and “R” seniors.” The banquet RSVP form is attached below.
BANQUET RSVP FORM: FOOTBALL BANQUET RSVP
Football Banquet Date and Time Finalized
The 2013 Reitz Football Banquet has been finalized. This years banquet will be held on Sunday December 15th at 6pm in the Reitz Cafeteria.
A printable RSVP brochure is attached below. Please join us as we celebrate the 2013 season and seniors.
Printable Brochure: FOOTBALL BANQUET RSVP
Reitz vs. Mater Dei Rivalry Selected as One of the Best for 2013
The Reitz vs Mater Dei rivalry has been selected as one of the top football rivalries for 2013. The second annual Best High School Football Rivalry competition begins Nov. 18, and this time, there is even more competition.
USA TODAY High School Sports selected five high school football rivalries in each state and Washington, D.C. after more than a month of conversations with local media and other state/school officials with high school football expertise. From there, the fans will decide which rivalry emerges from a list of 255 – more than 100 more rivalries overall than a year ago.
This year’s best rivalry competition will end Dec. 18 after three rounds of voting. The 51 state winners – each state plus D.C. – advance to one of eight regionals. The winners of the eight regions, along with two wild cards, move onto a final round of 10.
The winning rivalry receives a cash price to be split evenly between the two schools, with other cash prizes going to all of the national finalists.
Contest Details:
USA TODAY High School Sports begins its Best High School Football Rivalry competition at 12 p.m. ET Monday, Nov. 18 with 255 coaches – five per state and Washington D.C. – in the state round, which ends at 12 p.m. ET Nov. 27. The 51 winners will advance to the second round, where they will be divided among eight regions. The regional round will begin at 12 p.m. ET Dec. 2 and ends at 12 p.m. ET Dec. 10. The eight winners – along with the two highest vote-getters that did not win a regional – advance to a national round, which begins at 12 p.m. ET Dec. 11 and ends at 12 p.m. ET Dec. 18.
Use the link to vote:
Reitz Football Helping to Spread Christmas Cheer
The Reitz football team will be helping children from around the world enjoy the holiday season by participating in Operation Christmas Child. Coach Hape states, “Having our coaches and players get involved with organizations such as Samaritans Purse is something I feel is an important part of being a well-rounded individual. It is important to get involved in our local community as well as outside our community to really understand how blessed we are.”
Since 1993, more than 100 million boys and girls in over 130 countries have experienced God’s love through the power of simple shoebox gifts from Operation Christmas Child. Samaritan’s Purse works with local organizations to deliver the gifts and spread peace and joy to those less fortunate.
ALL ARE WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE – HELP US REACH “R” GOAL OF 250 SHOEBOXES
National collection week begins November 18th-25th. Shoeboxes will be collected all next week and can be dropped off to the Reitz Athletic Office anytime during the school day. For more information please contact Coach Hape @ 812-435-8206 or whape@evsc.k12.in.us
Link to Operation Christmas Child: http://www.samaritanspurse.org/what-we-do/operation-christmas-child/
Two Panthers Selected Academic All-State
Congratulations to Reitz High School football seniors Andy Brown and Brett McCullough who have been selected to the 2013 Colts Academic All State Football Team. These two young men were selected on a team that includes 24 students ranked #1 in their graduating class, 5 students ranked #2 and 1 student ranking in the top 0.7 % of a class of nearly 600.
The team members and families will be recognized on Sunday December 1st at Lucas Oil Stadium as part of the Colts/Tennessee Titans game that will include a recognition ceremony earlier that morning. Details for all of the events will be forthcoming from the Colts Office.
Thank you Andy and Brett for all your hard work and representing Reitz High School!
Panthers Place Eight on All SIAC Team
Coach Andy Hape has announced that eight panthers have been selected to represent Reitz High School on the All SIAC football team for the 2013-2014 season. “I am extremely proud of these eight young men for the commitment and dedication that they have given to our program. They have been instrumental in laying a foundation that our program can build on for many years to come” Congratulation to the following:
First TEAM All SIAC
Athlete- Malik Higgins – JR
Defensive Line- Mike McDowell – SR
Linebacker- Link Dierks -SR
Defensive Back- Jordan Summers -SR
Second TEAM All SIAC
Running Back- DeWanye Esters – SR
Offensive Line- Andy Brown -SR
Linebacker- Kenny Hansen -SR
Punter- Josh Springer -JR
Player of the Year nominations
While the season ended a little sooner than we all would have liked, the end is upon us.
ReitzFootball.com would like to have your nominations for Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year. Tell us who and why you think they should be nominated.
Once we have several nominees in place, we’ll open up a vote to let you decide which players best represented Reitz Football this year!
Jasper 17, Reitz 9: Week 12 GameDay Central presented by Tracy Zeller Jewelry
Recap
Reitz put up a strong effort, but came up short in Friday night’s Class 4A Sectional 24 Championship game against Jasper, 17-9.
Despite a 1-2 start, the Mighty Panthers and first-year head coach Andy Hape put together a great season and finished 8-4.
Jasper improved to 11-1 and will face Columbus East (12-0), led by former Reitz coach Bob Gaddis, this Friday in a regional championship game.
Preview
Reitz has developed quite a postseason rivalry with Jasper, facing the Wildcats in five of the last six years. The Panthers won last year’s match-up, 31-30, and are 5-2 overall against Jasper all-time. The next chapter in this series will continue tonight at Jasper, when the Wildcats, at 10-1 and ranked No. 6 in Class 4A, host Reitz (8-3).
- Reitz Panthers Ready for Jasper in Sectional Title Game
- Reitz travels to Jasper for 4A sectional title game
- Defense keys Reitz as it heads into 4A football sectional title game at Jasper
- Jasper’s Alles impacts both sides of the football
- Reitz vs. Jasper all-time series
Thanks to Tracy Zeller Jewelry for sponsoring GameDay Central!
Reitz 49, Silver Creek 15: Week 11 GameDay Central presented by Tracy Zeller Jewelry
Recap
Reitz took a big lead early and never looked back Friday night, defeating the Dragons, 49-15. Silver Creek finished 4-7 while Reitz improved to 8-3. The Panthers will travel to Jasper this Friday night to take on the Wildcats for the Class 4A Sectional 24 Championship.
Preview
Reitz will face Silver Creek for a berth in the sectional finals tonight. The Dragons won their first-ever playoff game last week and were scheduled to host a second-round game, but because of limited facilities, the IHSAA ruled that they could not and the game has been moved to Reitz Bowl.
This will be the first meeting between the schools.
Thanks to Tracy Zeller Jewelry for sponsoring GameDay Central!
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