BLOOMINGTON ― For the second game in a row, Bloomington South's football team had to deal with plenty of adversity.

The first time, it was planned well in advance when head coach Gabe Johnson added Class 6A powerhouse Center Grove to the Week 9 schedule. Two weeks later, the IHSAA playoff pairings ad-libbed, and the Panthers faced a new challenge: playing in a close game with their season on the line.

An 11-point win over Martinsville was as close as Bloomington South got to a nail-bitter this year. But the Panthers made every play they needed to after turning it over in the red zone with 6:30 left trailing by one, pulling out a 41-34 victory on Friday, Oct. 31, over Terre Haute South in 5A sectional semifinal game.

"That's the kind of game that we need," South coach Gabe Johnson said.

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