Polk Panthers Athletics

Week September 10^th -14th Game Reports

Volleyball

The 7th grade Lady Panthers went to Field Middle School to compete in their season opener.

7^th B Team:  The B team came out victorious against the Lady Vikings winning 2 out of the 3 sets played. The girls secured their win with great hustle and serves. The outstanding players were J’Andrea Ickom and Allison Alas.

7^th A Team:  The A team took Field to three sets, but lost the final set 24-26. They played extremely hard and fought to the very last match. Their effort was outstanding.  The outstanding players were Zakiah Kates and Haley Hudson.

What an amazing night our girls had last night. My ears are still ringing from the excitement and Panther pride shown in support of our girls in the Field MS Gym.

8^th B Team:  The B Team stepped on the court to play with heart tonight and it showed through both games.  They had good back court passing that led to several great plays. They are learning their way around the court and were more confident as they played Thursday night.  Several on the team contributed with excellent serving such as Katelyn Ardiles, and Akayla Bolden. Holding the net strong all night was Inaya Lawson as a formidable Center Hitter/blocker.    The B Team ended a drought and celebrated a victory taking the match in two games. 21-25 and  25-22.

8^th A Team:  The A Team had a hard fought night. Their passing in the back court is getting better and better to set up plays at the net.  The Lady Panthers kept both games extremely close bringing the games into a tie situation multiple times thought the night. Zenai Jethroe helped the team with some great back court hitting and blocks at the net.  Marisa Bolden also contributed to her teams cause with an outstanding attack. All the girls worked extremely hard but were unable to pull out the victory in the end.  27-25 and 25-16

Football

The 7^th grade Panthers kicked off their season going to Field Middle School to take on the Vikings.

7^th B Team: The boys came out with outstanding energy and excitement. They battled through tough weather conditions and came out on top with a victory 18-0. Their effort and hard work paid off in a big way. The most outstanding player was Ayden Barrington who had 3 rushing touchdowns and had over 20 tackles. Caiden Napper had some tough runs and played with awesome effort. It was an overall team effort.

7^th A Team: The A team was battled tested and had to with stand the elements to come away with a victory in the last minute of the game to win 8-0 over the Vikings. The players showed awesome effort and left everything they had on the field. Outstanding players of the game were Brandon Patterson with outstanding effort on both sides of the ball, Trevon Wright had the game winning touchdown run and Jordan Jones-Josenberger battled the elements of getting snaps at the quarterback position and came up with some huge plays on the last drive to help get the victory. It was an overall team effort.   

8^th A Team: The 8th grade football team played an outstanding game and came away victorious over Field 32-8. They left everything they had on the field and played with tremendous attitude and effort. We had several of our athletes play extremely well and make some awesome plays. Jamel Jones- Josenberger scored on the opening kick-off to set the tone for the game and then scored another rushing Touchdown later in the game. He also had fumble recovery on defense. Christian Frye played really well on both sides of the ball scoring a rushing touchdown and played really well on defense as well. Elijah Dillard was dominating on defense being in on numerous tackles. This was an overall team effort and a testament to their hard work.