Reitz's First Basketball Sectional Crown



The March 9, 1934 Reitz Mirror annonuced the first Sectional
Championship for the Rietz Basketball team.

 Reitz High School won its first Basketball Sectional Title in March of 1934.  To capture the title, the Panthers had to win 4 games.  In the first round, Reitz faced Chandler High School.  Reitz secured an early lead that it never relinquished.  The final score was 38-17.  In the second game of the tournament, Reitz face Evansville Central High school.  Central was the toughest team in the tournament and had just defeated Bosse High School in their first round game.  Reitz crushed the Central Bears by a score of 27-9.  After Central, Newburg was next on the Panther's list. The Reitz Mirror described Newburg as the "classiest of the out of town teams".  After defeating them by a score of 38-23, Reitz went on to face Elberfeld in the final.  After trailing 9-7 at the end of the first quarter, the panthers came back to post a 42-21 victory, securing the first Basketball Sectional Title in school history.

A Piece of History Returns to the Hill

Original section of the 1956 basketball floor from the Large Gym.

A section of basketball court containing the jump circle has returned to Reitz High School.  The piece of floor is approximately 8' square, with a large grey "R" in a blue circle.  The artifact dates from 1956 when the current gym was added to the school.  The jump circle was saved in the mid 1980's when the original floor was replaced.  Immeditely after it's removal, the R was displayed in Mr. Don Henry's health classroom.  For the past 15+ years, it has been in EVSC storage.  Mr. Schmidt's industrial technology class is currently building a frame with plans of displaying it near the gym entrance.