Monthly Archives: November 2014
Top 5 biggest Thanksgiving Day games in Reitz Football history
While the Reitz Nation had hopes of the Panthers playing for a state championship during this holiday weekend, unfortunately, it was not to be. However, throughout the Panthers’ amazing history, they have played in several Thanksgiving Day games.
In the early days of Indiana high school football, teams usually ended their season with a big Turkey Day rivalry game. However, as teams anticipated the IHSAA’s implementation of a playoff system, more and more ended their season earlier in November. Reitz was no different and played her last Thanksgiving Day contest in 1959, finishing 14-8-3 in games played on the holiday.
Now, 55 years after the tradition ended, ReitzFootball.com presents the Top Five biggest Thanksgiving Day games in Reitz Football history: Read the rest of this entry
Vote for the 2014 Players of the Year brought to you by Reis Tire
Here are the nominees for the 2014 Reis Tire Player of the Year.
Voting will be online until the end of November!
| 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 Sectional CH: Drew Reuter Regional CH: Tristen Clark Offensive Players of the Year |
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 Sectional CH: Andrew Shaw Regional CH: Zach Cook Defensive Players of the Year |
Player of the Game/Year Archive
As always, thanks to Reis Tire for supporting ReitzFootball.com!
Clark, Cook voted Reis Tire Players of the Game
The Reitz Nation has spoken! Following the Panthers’ regional championship loss to Columbus East, the readers of ReitzFootball.com have selected Tristen Clark and Zach Cook as the Offensive & Defensive Players of the Game!
Clark won with 47 votes (36%), while Cook earned 747 votes for 63%.
This was the first time either Panther won the weekly Player of the Game honor.
===VOTING RESULTS===
Offensive Defensive
47 - Tristen Clark 747 - Zach Cook
26 - AJ Dixon 339 - Trevor Fetscher
22 - Drew Reuter 35 - Aaron Euler
20 - Kerrion Ringo 24 - Andrew Shaw
17 - Evan Deig 22 - Will Brown
6 - Isaac Flowers
6 - Triston Hape
5 - Ethan Robison
3 - Elijah Dunham
2 - Brock Ashworth
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
Regional Championship: Tristen Clark
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
Regional Championship: Zach Cook
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
Final 2014 offensive, defensive stat leaders
Here are your final offensive & defensive stat leaders through the end of the 2014 season. Thanks to Tom “Hawk” Guinn & Larry Ellington for faithfully compiling this information every week!
Offensive leadersPassing leaders
Rushing leaders
Receiving leaders
Combination yards
Scoring
Full offensive stats (on MaxPreps.com) |
Defensive leadersTackles
Sacks
Tackles for loss
Turnovers & stuff
Full defensive stats (pdf files) |
Five Panthers named to Quarterback Club’s All-City team
The Evansville Downtown Quarterback Club announced their 76th all-city football team this past Monday at their final luncheon of the 2014 season.
Running back Malik Higgins topped the list as the Club’s Outstanding Player of the Year. Four more Panthers, Will Brown (linebacker), Trevor Fetscher (defensive line), Isaac Flowers (defensive back) and A.J. Ware (center), were also on the team.
Links of interest
- City football’s top honors go to Reitz’s Higgins, Mater Dei’s Goebel (Courier & Press)
- 2014 Reitz Football results
Correction: When this story was first published, linebacker Will Brown was inadvertently omitted. ReitzFootball.com would like to apologize for this oversight.
Vote for the Regional Championship Players of the Game brought to you by Reis Tire
Here are the Regional Championship nominees for the Reis Tire Player of the Game.
Voting will be online until Thursday evening!
Player of the Game Archive
As always, thanks to Reis Tire for supporting ReitzFootball.com!
Reitz falls to Columbus East, 42-14
Columbus East, ranked No. 1 in Class 4A, overwhelmed the visiting Reitz Panthers Friday night, 42-14, to win the Class 4A Regional Championship.
The Olympians improved to 13-0 and will travel to No. 2 New Palestine (13-0) for the Semi-State title next weekend.
The fifth-ranked Panthers finished their season at 11-2.
On a side note, this year’s team was so much fun to watch. Their offense was simply explosive, and has earned them a spot in the Top 10 Most Offensive Teams of all time (more info coming soon about that). Hats off to this championship team!
Game recaps
- Columbus East’s Jones runs over Reitz in Class 4A regional (Courier & Press)
Game statistics
Historical Reitz vs. Columbus East articles from @courierpress & @therepublicnews
We’ve collected links to all the game previews and recaps for the Reitz-Columbus East football series as covered by the Evansville Courier & Press and Columbus Republic newspapers.
PREVIEWS
- 2007: Regional reunion at Reitz (Courier & Press)
- 2012: Reitz, Columbus East football teams hope to rekindle the magic in Class 4A regional (Courier & Press)
- Gaddis, Reitz’s Lewis ready for ‘family reunion’ (Courier & Press)
- Columbus East, Gaddis return to Bowl Saturday (ReitzFootball.com)
- 2014: As prep career winds down, East senior defensive lineman dominates (Republic)
- Columbus East’s Gaddis will renew acquaintances, rivalry with Reitz (Courier & Press)
RECAPS
- 2007: ‘Not over ’til the last play’ (Courier & Press)
- 2012: Olympians bounce back for regional crown: East overcomes slow start for win & Converted rusher solid backup plan (Republic)
- Columbus East powers past Reitz (Courier & Press)
Please note that both the Courier & Press and Columbus Republic require a subscription to read their articles.
The series is tied, one game to one.
Panthers in the Polls (& Columbus East) Week 12
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. 12)
- MASSEY: #30 overall & #6 in Class 4A (Columbus East is #6 overall & #1 in Class 4A)
- MAXPREPS: #34 overall & #7 in Class 4A (Columbus East is #1 overall & #1 in Class 4A)
- SAGARIN: #36 overall & #8 in Class 4A (Columbus East is #8 overall & #2 in Class 4A)
- INDIANA FOOTBALL DIGEST (COLTS.COM): #3 in Class 4AÂ (Columbus East is #1)
Polls and rankings that ended with regular season
- AP MEDIA POLL: #5 in Class 4A (Columbus East was #1)
- IFCA COACHES POLL: #6 in Class 4A (pdf file – Columbus East was #1)
- GRIDIRON DIGEST POLL: #6 in Class 4A (Columbus East was #1)
- PCS: #6 in Class 4A (Columbus East was #1)
* – Rankings for Columbus East are provided in parentheses
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!
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