Final from Indiana.

Great win. Upset special.

Big win for the Red Devils. Reitz is no joke.

Way to represent Kentucky Owensboro Red Devils!

This s a really good team here!

O will be a much tougher out this year!

Terrific win Red Devils!

Anytime you can go into the Reitz Bowl and come out with a win it's a good thing. F.J. Reitz High School has a long and storied history with 11 state championships to show for it.

 

I thought the Owensboro defense was horrible most of the 1st half. The Red Devils actually lead 21-20 heading towards halftime, but they could not get off the field on 3rd down. Reitz went back ahead with a couple of minutes left in the first half. After going 3 and out the OHS special teams let them down again with a botched snap on the punt which led to a Panther TD putting Reitz up 34-21 with 30 seconds in the half. Special teams also hurt the Red Devils spotting the Panthers 98 yards on the opening kickoff to set up 1st and goal from the 2.

 

I give credit to the Owensboro coaching staff, because whatever adjustments they made at halftime really had an impact. It was a different defense in the 2nd half and they shut out Reitz the rest of the game. I think Reitz only had like one drive in the 2nd half in which there really threatened to do anything.

 

The Owensboro offense came out hot to start the 2nd half and quickly got back on top 35-34. But then they really stalled. They had three drives which resulted in turnovers inside the red zone. Two interceptions and 1 fumble. Had they taken care of the ball they might have blown this game wide open.

 

I've watched a lot of Owensboro teams and they have struggled in the passing game more often than not. I've always wondered what they could do if they could just throw the ball a little bit. Well that no longer seems to be a problem.

 

As a side note, Imonte Owsley is just another level of fast. If he got in space, Reitz couldn't do anything about it.

The really scary thing is, OHS could have won this game by 2-3 touchdowns. They gave up 4-5 3rd &4th and longs in the first half and made a bad mistake in the punting game. The 2nd half they were able to get off the field on those long 3rd downs BUT their offense turned it over 3 times in the redzone. You can tell the Devils are a work in progress BUT when they do play a clean game, lookout. This team has a long postseason run in them. The Owsley kid is one of the more special players ive seen come through town in quite some time.