This Whitehall game didn’t count. But it mattered.

With the realignment of teams in Class-B football, Jefferson High’s season-opening game against Whitehall didn’t count toward the conference standings. But the Panthers still made it matter, dominating from start to finished in a 35-14 win.

It was a great night for football, and a large number of fans from both schools turned out in Boulder to watch the game without the COVID restrictions that were in place last year.

The Panthers received the opening kickoff, and it did not take long for them to reach the end zone. A pass from Braden Morris to Joey Visser put the first points on the board just 5 minutes into the game, and a kick by Dylan Root made it 7-0.