Paulding Panther Football History

With Friday's win over Hicksville, Jim Menzie has tied the man who coached him, Jim Caserta @coachjimcaserta, for fourth place in all-time Panther coaching wins. Congrats to Coach Menzie on another Panther milestone! (And apologies for the AI-face on Coach Caserta)

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Should have been 52-0. Oh well. Time to #BeatWayneTrace 💪

10 YEARS AGO (2016): • Paulding goes 1-9 in Tyler Arend’s second season as head coach. • Sr. RB/DB/KR Preston Ingol led the Panthers and was named first-team all NWC. • Paulding was at its best against county rivals, beating Antwerp and falling to Wayne Trace by 5 points.

25 YEARS AGO (2001): • Paulding finishes 0-9 (this is the last time PHS played fewer than 10 games in a season) • This was Bill Hrabak’s first and only season as head coach. • Sr. QB Eric Tipton was involved in 12 of the team’s 14 total TD’s

50 YEARS AGO (1976) • Paulding goes 4-6 in Steve Clark’s third year as head coach • NWC first-teamers include Jr. G Mike Cramer, Sr. SB Jim Miles and Sr. RB/LB Dick Bakle, who was selected team MVP • 4 Panthers played college football this season

100 YEARS AGO (1926): • Paulding goes 6-3 under second-year head coach SF Hesrick • Highlights include a 13-12 comeback win over Defiance and a 47-0 spanking of rival Payne • Senior standouts include FB James Dillery and HB Howard Hoffman

The Panthers will be lining up against some top-notch competition tonight 👀 Gonna be a good measuring stick! Light em up fellas! 💪💥

Anybody else counting down the days? 🏈

What do we think about the 2026 schedule? 💪 Love the tough scrimmages ⚔️ Crestview makes for a good Week 1 test 🦅 Will we put up 60 on NC again? 🏆 Week 10 possible GMC title game?