The Associated Press released their weekly high school football rankings Tuesday, and eight teams in the area found themselves ranked in the top ten of their respective classes.
Evansville Mater Dei, along with Reitz, Jasper, and Gibson Southern all find themselves in the top 10 of their respective classes in Tuesday's weekly Associated Press state-wide football poll.
Beginning this weekend, schools across the entire state of Indiana will serve as a testing ground for a 40-second play clock during high school football. Pending a successful run, the concept could be adopted across the country.
Reitz High School graduate, Lilly King punched her ticket to Rio de Janeiro as a member of the U.S. Olympic Swim Team with a dominating performance in the Women's 100 Meter Breaststroke Final at the Olympic Swimming Trials in Omaha, Nebraska Tuesday evening.
Young Panthers football players will have to wait a couple more weeks to hit the gridiron. Due to the high possibility of rain, this Thursday's football camp has been temporarily postponed.
The former Reitz Panther came up big for the University of Toledo Rockets over the weekend, nailing the game-winning three-pointer against the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay as time expired.
Friday night's Mater Dei versus Reitz game was an instant classic that fans on both sides will remember for a long time. Unfortunately, someone had to lose, and this time around that someone was the Panthers 29-28, causing a ripple effect that has shown itself in this week's Associated Press state rankings.
Rivalries are meant to inspire pride of one's own school, club, organization, or whatever. While some rivalries also involve good-natured (and sometimes not-so-good-natured) ribbing, vandalizing the opposition's property with spray paint absolutely the wrong way to go about it.
As is customary for the Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA), the pairings for the upcoming Sectional round of the state tournament were announced on Sunday, one week before the regular season wraps up. The pairings announced show some teams will face familiar foes to open the tournament, while others will match up against teams they have not yet seen.