It was a happy week at Jefferson High School as football and volleyball teams got in games. The football team traveled to Whitehall last Friday night to play a game that was put together between the two schools to get the kids on the field, as this was a non-counter for both teams. Due to the COVID-19 problem that is still raging, the non-conference fall games were canceled, leaving both schools in Jefferson County with no games in the first two weeks of the year. It was good to get both teams on the field. A hot afternoon turned very nice after the sun went down, and as of that very day, the Jefferson County Health Board approved a limited number of fans who could go watch the games. Good news for the parents and players.
The Panthers won the coin flip and elected to defer to Whitehall. It was easy to see that it was the first game of the year for both teams. It took some time to get settled in to being on the field playing instead of practicing, as both teams had been doing for a few weeks.
Whitehall returned the opening kickoff to their 32 yard line, and the Panther defense did its job, and faced with 4th and 27, the Trojans punted the ball. The Panther offense started on their own 38 yard line, moved to the Trojan 30 on a run by Braden Morris. Then, on the 4th and 2, the Panthers made it to the Whitehall 22. That was as close as they would get, on 4th and 9 a pass attempt failed and Whitehall took over on their own 19.
