The Evansville Central Bears are taking a road trip to face off against the Evansville Reitz Panthers at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 40-7, which was the final score in Evansville Central's tilt against Vincennes Lincoln on Friday. The Bears haven't had much luck with the Alices recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Meanwhile, Evansville Reitz put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They took down Evansville North 28-12. The Panthers pushed the score to 28-6 by the end of the third, a deficit the Huskies cut but never quite recovered from.
Evansville Reitz's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Kyler Hamby led the charge by picking up 103 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Hamby showed off some serious burst, connecting on a big catch for 51 yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Jamontre Johnson, who picked up 67 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Evansville Reitz wouldn't let Evansville North keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Evansville Reitz can thank Will Friday and Ryder Cartwright for forcing both of them.
Evansville Central's loss dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Evansville Reitz, their victory bumped their record up to 4-0.
Evansville Central was dealt a bruising 69-7 defeat at the hands of Evansville Reitz in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Evansville Central was down 69-7.
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