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(Carmen Rodgers) Elmore County High School's Jazion Reed stops Handley High School's Devontea Houston during Friday night's game against the P…

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Up by three scores with just four minutes left to play, it looked like the Elmore County Panthers had sealed a homecoming victory and a high point to a disappointing football season. But Dallas County wasn’t willing to let the Gatorade bath flow so easily in the non-region game. 

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Carmen Rodgers/ TPI Elmore County’s Nathan Jones (48) tries to outmaneuver Marbury’s Cedric Calloway (3).

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Elmore County’s football team came up short in its season opener against the Class 5A Marbury Bulldogs, 35-18, but nonetheless ECHS coach Jordan Cantrell said he saw some “tough dudes” among his Panthers.

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File / Tallapoosa Publishers Elmore County will be looking to get back into the playoffs for the first time since 2011.

Elmore County is losing more than three-fourths of its scoring production and returns only 17 percent of its total offense from last season but the Panthers are entering the 2019 season with confidence. ECHS coach Jordan Cantrell saw 17 seniors graduate from his first team in Eclectic and now he’ll be forced to work with small group of players but he believes it is ready to compete.