Putnam Football In Review: A Very Special Season

Rams drop down to SSAC play, go unbeaten, win title with senior-laden club

  • Interlachen Junior-Senior High School football coach Erik Gibson (center) hoists the Sunshine State Athletic Conference Atlantic Division championship trophy after his Rams took down Jacksonville Paxon, 16-0, on Nov. 4 and finished the season at 10-0. (RITA FULLERTON / Special to the Daily News)
    Interlachen Junior-Senior High School football coach Erik Gibson (center) hoists the Sunshine State Athletic Conference Atlantic Division championship trophy after his Rams took down Jacksonville Paxon, 16-0, on Nov. 4 and finished the season at 10-0. (RITA FULLERTON / Special to the Daily News)
Rarely does a tournament championship come from a high school football season in Putnam County. The 1981 Palatka High School Florida High School Athletic Association 3A championship team is the only…

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