Paris High’s football home openers fall short

On an unseasonably warm day, with the smell of cooking hamburgers and hot dogs from the Optimist club, football returned to PDHS with the Junior Panthers against the St John’s Eagles

For the most of the first quarter, the play was between the team’s 40 yd line, with the Eagles opening scoring with a field goal and a touchdown with a two point convert to take a 11-0 lead at the end of the first half.

The beginning of the third quarter, the Panther defence came up large with an interception at their 13 yard, only with the offence fumbling the ball at the 14 yd line and the Eagles taking it in for a touchdown to take a 18-0 lead

In the 4th quarter the Panthers’ offensive unit came up with a well executed 52-yard drive toward the Eagle’s goal line, to score a converted touchdown. Eagles 18 Panthers 7. St. John’s and Paris each scored another to make the final score 25-15. Coach Fergus gave a lot of credit to Panther defence and hopes that his offence comprised of first-year players will be able to get on the score sheet earlier at their next game.

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The Panther seniors were on deck to play St John’s after last week’s win over BCI where they displayed an exceptional run game, featuring Kruz Korslick rushing over 200 yards The crowd high hopes for an offensive game and a win. The opposite was true, with the Eagles dominating the Panther defence with their passing game. In an unfortunate set back, Paris’ dominate running back Kruz Korslick left the game with an injury The final score was St John’s 41, Panthers 0.

Today, the teams have games at 11 AM and 1 PM on home turf again. The Junior and Senior Panthers welcome Assumption College The senior game will feature the return of Paris quarterback Jack Kelly

Both the Paris Panther Football junior and senior (pictured above) teams lost last week at home. They return to the field behind PDHS today with the first game kicking off at 11 am, followed by another one at 1 pm. Photos by Garth Chivers