Football Had Rough Couple of Weeks

The varsity football team has been struggling of late after dropping a pair of GLAC contests the past two weeks.

The Panthers started slow and fell to rival Leslie 57-12 Friday, September 24.

The Blackhawks jumped out to a 22-0 lead after one quarter and it would grow to 29-0 in the second before the Panthers would get on the board.

Drew Robinson would find the endzone when he broke free for a 46-yard TD run to cut the lead to 29-6. Leslie would score one more time to make it 36-6 at the half.

The Blackhawks would push the lead to 43-6 before Robinson would score his second of the game from five yards out to make it 43-12.

The rest of the night belonged to the Blackhawks as they outgained the Panthers 360-180 in total yards.

Robinson had his biggest night as a Panthers with 63 yards rushing on seven carries and two TD’s.

Jeremy Pilch rushed for 39 yards on 13 carries. The Panthers completed just 3 of 12 passes on the night with Jalen Rogzinski connecting on two for 39 yards and Riley Kennedy one for 29. Zach Fletcher caught one pass for 34 yards, Zach Miller one for 29, and Brock Rochow one for five.

The Panthers then fell to Lakewood 41-14 October 1.

Lakewood jumped out to a 19-0 lead in the first but the Panthers would rally back. Pilch returned a fumble 50 yards for a score and ran one in from 11 yards out to cut the lead to 19-14 after three quarters.

Lakewood would own the fourth quarter, scoring three times and pulling away for the win.

Pilch rushed for 85 yards on 10 carries and a score. He also completed one pass for 30 yards to Kennedy.

Kennedy rushed for 60 yards on nine carries and Kevin Killinger 16 yards on eight carries.

The Panthers travel to Perry Friday night before retruning home for their Homecoming game against St. Charles October 22.