The EP Panthers celebrate their final regular season home win over Mercer County.

Football Panthers Receive First-Round Bye

Dan Eyrich, APT Sports

The EP Panthers, with a 7-2 regular season record, have advanced to the IHSA Football playoffs for third straight season.

On Saturday night, the Panthers found out that they received the #7 seed on the north side of the 48 team 2A bracket and received a first round bye.

In the second round they will host the winner of #23 seed Georgetown (Ridge Farm) [Coop] (3-6) and #10 seed Warrensburg (W.-Latham) (6-3). The game day and time are TBD.

With a win, EP will face a possible matchup with #2 seed El Paso-Gridlely (9-0). The Titans reached the 2A semi-finals last season and boast 19 returning starters.

EP coach Tyler Whitebread was excited for the team’s selection. “We feel very fortunate to have earned a first round bye. The credit goes to our kids for working so hard in the off-season and for the the past 12 weeks of the season. We are very excited to see the winner of Warrensburg-Latham versus Georgetown Co-op.”.

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