SPRINGTOWN — The Jim Ned defense limited a quality Paradise offense to just 217 yards and a single touchdown Friday night, but it wasn’t quite enough in a 10-7 loss to the Panthers in a Region I-3A Division I semifinal matchup at Porcupine Stadium.

On a night when the Indians stop troops were nothing short of dominant, the Paradise ‘D’ was just a little more so, holding JNHS to just one score in four trips inside the 30 to help the Panthers escape with a hard-fought win.

Jim Ned had a pair of empty red zone trips around its only touchdown in the first half, and those missed opportunities proved too much to overcome after halftime, when scoring chances were few and far between for both teams. The result was a season-ending loss full of “what ifs” and “if onlys” for an Indians squad that looked poised on multiple occasions Friday night to extend its campaign to the state quarterfinals.