Jasper senior Adam Goepfrich has decided to attend Hanover College and play football this fall.

Scott Buening firmly believes in the adage “everything happens for a reason.” It’s why the 36-year-old decided to come to Southridge. Now, he’ll aim to discover what that reason is.

Jasper High School senior Nick Gobert has landed a spot on the Grange Insurance North-South All-Star football team.

After eight years working as both the football coach and assistant principal at Southridge High School, Kelly Murphy is stepping away from the football program. Murphy will funnel his focus on administration. The Southwest Dubois school board accepted his resignation at Thursday night’s meeting.

Devon Traylor was released from St. Mary’s Medical Center in Evansville on Saturday night, less than 24 hours after sustaining a frightening injury in his team’s 31-30 defeat to Evansville Reitz in the Class 4A sectional championship.

Evansville Reitz nicked Jasper 31-30 in Friday’s Class 4A sectional championship, nosing past the Cats when Zachary Phillips boomed a 34-yard field goal with 9.1 seconds to play.

It doesn’t take sifting through old record books covered in cobwebs to unveil the history and tradition of Jasper football.

A statistical breakdown of Friday night's Class 4A sectional championship between No. 2 Jasper and Evansville Reitz.

The Beard has sprouted a life of its own around the Jasper football locker room. And yes, it’s The Beard, because anything growing for two and a half months is worthy of a proper name.

Jasper rolled by Seymour to reach next Friday's sectional championship against Evansville Reitz.

Facing different circumstances, Travis Schnell and Austin Egloff both wanted to return this season for the same reason: This year’s Forest Park football team was memorable in its own way.

It’s practically a universal principle in football — especially for the better teams. The offensive line could gash open ground wide enough to fit a Buick through, and coaches will still insist their offensive line can be better.