Panther boys soccer squad drops OT heart-breaker to Grandview during Division V district title competition
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October 29, 2024
A Grandview player falls to the turf as Fairbanks keeper Nate Russell (right) comes up with a save. Also pictured to the left for FHS is Spencer Beekman. The Panthers dropped a 2-1 overtime verdict to the Bobcats in the Division V district championship match Saturday evening at Westerville North High School. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)

Panther boys soccer squad drops OT heart-breaker to Grandview during Division V district title competition

By Tim Miller 

The 2024 season could not have come to a more heart-breaking end than it did Saturday evening for Fairbanks’ boys soccer squad.

The No. 2-seeded Panthers went up against a familiar foe in No. 1 Grandview with the Division V district championship at stake.

Both teams, which have played each other num...

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