Daviess County Football History
There has been football in Daviess County since the early 1900s, when the
Hatchets of Washington High School fielded a squad. The school discontinued the
sport around 1911 "after several local players suffered injuries, and public sentiment was turned against the sport,"
according to the Sep. 6 Evansville Sunday Courier & Journal, but was
reinstated in 1936 and has continued until today.
Football playing schools in Daviess County
- North Daviess High School (1971 to present)
- Washington High School (~1907 to 1911, 1936 to present)
The first game between North Daviess and Washington was in 1972, but a 46-0 win that year
and a 53-0 win the next for the Hatchets ensured that the rivalry would lay dormant for another
thirty years. The series was renewed in 2003 and is now played for the Highway
57 Helmet Traveling Trophy.
Daviess County Football Results
| Year |
Final Score |
| 1972 |
Washington 46, North Daviess 0 |
| 1973 |
Washington 53, North Daviess 0 |
| 2003 |
Washington 20, North Daviess 12 |
| 2004 |
North Daviess 46, Washington 22 |
| 2005 |
Washington 62, North Daviess 0 |
| 2006 |
Washington 23, North Daviess 19 |
| 2007 |
Washington 14, North Daviess 0 |
| 2008 |
North Daviess 26, Washington 10 |
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