Reitz climbs over Owen Valley, 35-10

Despite a safety which gave Owen Valley a 2-0 lead to end the first quarter, the Panthers scored 14 unanswered second-half points and cruised to a 35-10 victory over the visiting Patriots Friday night.

Reitz (10-1), which earned their first ten-win season since 2010, will host Jasper next week in the Class 4A Sectional 24 championship game. The Wildcats (10-1) won their semifinal game, defeating Central, 35-20.

Owen Valley, which finished 8-3, had their best season since 2005.

Game recaps

• Reitz’s Higgins too much for Owen Valley (Courier & Press)
• Higgins runs Reitz past Patriots, 35-10 (Herald Times – requires subscription)
• VIDEO: Home Team Friday Week 11 Segment 1 (Tristatehomepage.com)
• VIDEO: Owen Valley vs. Evansville Reitz (WTHItv.com)

Game statistics

• Offensive
• Defensive (pdf)

Historical Reitz vs. Owen Valley articles from @courierpress

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

PREVIEWS

• 2007: He now has an arm to go with his legs
• 2013: None posted
• 2014: None yet posted

RECAPS

• 2007: Reitz rides its defense to win in 4A sectional
• 2013: Reitz gives Owen Valley zero chance of winning

Reitz leads the series, two games to none.

Higgins wins Week 10 Home Team Friday MVP

Malik Higgins was voted the Home Team Friday MVP for Week 10 by the visitors of TriStateHomepage.com. The running back/wide receiver racked up 162 yards and three touchdowns en route to the Panthers’ 59-35 win over Seymour last week.

• Malik Higgins Wins Home Team Friday MVP in Week Ten (TriStateHomepage.com)

Crowe, Deig voted Reis Tire Players of the Game

The Reitz Nation has spoken! The readers of ReitzFootball.com have selected Evan Deig and Caleb Crowe as the Offensive & Defensive Players of the Game!

Deig won with 65 votes (47%), while Crowe amassed 122 votes for 62%.

This was Deig’s third time winning Offensive Player of the Game, while Crowe won the defensive award for the first time.

===VOTING RESULTS===
Offensive                        Defensive
65 - Evan Deig                   122 - Caleb Crowe
31 - Malik Higgins               36 - Trevor Fetscher
21 - Kerrion Ringo               22 - Elijah Dunham
20 - Alex Malchioni              13 - Tanner Duran
2 - Offensive line               2 - Triston Hape
                                 1 - Aaron Euler
                                 1 - Bailey Sanford

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

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

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

Panthers in the Polls (& Owen Valley) 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 Oct. 30)

• MASSEY: #35 overall & #6 in Class 4A (Owen Valley is #154 overall & #38 in Class 4A)
• MAXPREPS: #41 overall & #7 in Class 4A (Owen Valley is #150 overall & #37 in Class 4A)
• SAGARIN: #51 overall & #10 in Class 4A (Owen Valley is #156 overall & #39 in Class 4A)
• INDIANA FOOTBALL DIGEST (COLTS.COM): #5 in Class 4A (Owen Valley is not ranked in Class 4A Top 15)

Polls and rankings that ended with regular season

• AP MEDIA POLL: #5 in Class 4A (Owen Valley was unranked)
• IFCA COACHES POLL: #6 in Class 4A (pdf file – Owen Valley was unranked)
• GRIDIRON DIGEST POLL: #6 in Class 4A (Owen Valley was unranked)
  
• PCS: #6 in Class 4A (Owen Valley was #37 in Class 4A)

* – Rankings for Owen Valley are provided in parentheses

Reitz vs. Owen Valley: #ReitzFootballFriday Sectional Second Round presented by Tracy Zeller Jewelry

The Mighty Panthers will host the Owen Valley Patriots Friday night in the second round of Class 4A Sectional 24.

Standing at 8-2, Owen Valley is having their best season since 2005 when they finished with the same record. The Patriots’ only losses were in September and they are now on a five-game winning streak.

The Panthers lead the series, 2-0, winning in 2007 and last year. Coach Hape is 17-5 overall and 1-0 against Owen Valley, while Patriot head coach Duane Potts is 64-67 overall and 0-2 against Reitz.

Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.

2014 Schedule/Results

• 2014 Reitz Football results
• 2014 Oven Valley football results (AlmanacSports.com)

Game previews

• High School Football Game of the Week – Reitz vs Owen Valley (ESPNEvansville.com)
• Reitz junior Kerrion Ringo getting his chance to shine (Courier & Press)

Statistics (on MaxPreps)

• Reitz Football stats
• Owen Valley football stats

Historical information

• All-time series results (AlmanacSports.com)

Radio/TV/Internet

• Radio: 105.3 FM ESPN Evansville
• Internet: ESPNEvansville.com

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

Year-to-date offensive, defensive stat leaders through Sectional First Round

Here are your offensive & defensive stat leaders through Friday night’s 59-35 win over Seymour. Thanks to Tom “Hawk” Guinn & Larry Ellington for faithfully compiling this information every week!

Offensive leaders Passing leaders Completions: 94 – Evan Deig Attempts: 150 – Evan Deig Yards: 1,579 – Evan Deig Touchdowns: 25 – Evan Deig Longest pass: 80 yards – Evan Deig Rushing leaders Carries: 151 – Malik Higgins Yards: 1,631 – Malik Higgins Longest run: 87 yards – Malik Higgins Touchdowns: 19 – Malik Higgins Receiving leaders Receptions: 30 – Malik Higgins Yards: 506 – Malik Higgins Longest catch: 80 yards – Kerrion Ringo Touchdowns: 10 – Nate Hansen Combination yards Total yards (rushing & passing): 1,654 – Evan Deig Yards from scrimmage (rushing & receiving): 2,137 – Malik Higgins All purpose yards (rushing, receiving & punt/kick/interception returns): 2,350 – Malik Higgins Scoring Touchdowns: 28 – Malik Higgins Extra points: 43 – Drew Reuter Two-point conversions: 1 – Nate Hansen Field goals: 2 – Drew Reuter Safeties: 0 Scoring: 168 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 Sectional First Round

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: 11 – Brock Ashworth Blocked kicks: 3 – Isaac Flowers Defensive score: 2 – Elijah Dunham 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 Sectional First Round

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

Here are the Sectional First Round nominees for the Reis Tire Player of the Game.

Voting will be online until Wednesday afternoon!

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

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

Player of the Game Archive

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

Reitz stops Seymour, 59-35

The Panthers used 49 unanswered first-half points to cruise to a 59-35 win Friday night over Seymour. Going into the game, the Owls had won two of their last three but were unable to use any momentum against the visitors, ranked No. 5 in Class 4A. Seymour finished 2-8.

Reitz, which improved to 9-1, will host Owen Valley (8-2) in the second round of the Class 4A Sectional 24 tournament next Friday. The Patriots advanced by downing Boonville, 28-21.

The winner of next week’s semifinal will earn a berth in the sectional championship game against the winner of the other semifinal (Jasper @ Central).

Game recaps

• Deig, Reitz win over Seymour

Game statistics

• Offensive
• Defensive (pdf)

Panthers in the Polls (& Seymour): Week 10

Rankings for Seymour are provided below in parentheses.

Human polls

• AP MEDIA POLL: #5 in Class 4A (Seymour is unranked)
• IFCA COACHES POLL: #6 in Class 4A (pdf file – Seymour is unranked)
• GRIDIRON DIGEST POLL: #6 in Class 4A (Seymour is unranked)
  

Computer rankings

• MASSEY: #28 overall & #5 in Class 4A (Seymour is #213 overall & #49 in Class 4A)
• MAXPREPS: #30 overall & #6 in Class 4A (Seymour is #206 overall & #49 in Class 4A)
• SAGARIN: #26 overall & #6 in Class 4A (Seymour is #213 overall & #51 in Class 4A)
• PCS: #6 in Class 4A (Seymour is #50 in Class 4A)

Other rankings

• INDIANA FOOTBALL DIGEST (COLTS.COM): #5 in Class 4A (Seymour is unranked)