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Spectator Information: Watching Games: Visit www.NFHSnetwork.com and search DeWitt High School. There is a subscription required. This will allow you to watch games from your easy chair. But, we'd rather have you with us at Memorial Stadium. Listening to games: Games are on the DeWitt Panthers Network by Matt Merrifield live or recorded. Accessing the broadcast can be done by going to www.HighSchoolStreaming.com and click on DeWitt at the top. Announcer: Those of you regulars at the DeWitt home games may have noticed a different voice this season. DeWitt Football's new Sta Entering the high school on a perfect fall afternoon. 2024 Highlight Video A must see for Panther Fans. Enjoy other DeWitt Panther Football videos. |
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Okemos, MI (10/17/2025): The DeWitt Panthers defeated the Okemos Wolves at Okemos Friday evening, 51-0. With the victory, the Panthers will assured themselves of at least a tie of the CAAC Blue division championship. It was a picture perfect evening for football with the temperatures dipping into the upper 50s. The Panthers scored on all possessions except the end of the half and end of the game. On the Wolves initial drive, they did creep into Panther territory but Lucas Brandell jumped on an Okemos fumble to get the Panther offense onto the field. Playing a conservative offense, the Panther offense drove 60 yards in 7 plays to take the lead with 8:00 minutes to play in the opening quarter on a Channing Ridley 12 yard run off tackle. Trav Moore punched in a two point conversion to make it 8-0 DeWitt. Okemos turned their second possession over on downs and DeWitt had 51 yards to cover and they did in 9 plays. Tyler Bayshore took the last three plays to score on a one yard run. On a fumbled snap, Brandell tossed the ball to Cooper Chambers for the 2 point conversion to make it 16-0, still in the first. Early in the second quarter, a 25 yard run by Moore set up another Bayshore TD, this time 7 yards. Finally Vincent Rose got to kick an extra point and it was good. The next Okemos possession ended up a touchdown... for DeWitt. Forcing a punt by Okemos, Landon Kurncz scooped up the ball at the DeWitt 29 and with several good blocks, expecially by Jadon Bender, he returned the punt 71 yards for the TD. The following drive by Okemos took a shade over four minutes, yet yielded one first down and 5 net yards thanks to a sack by Luke Nolen and DeWitt took over on downs at 2:46 of the second quarter. On a 4th and 10 from the Wolves 30, Ridley not only made up the 10 yards for a first down, he kept going and scored on a 30 yard run to close out the scoring in the first half. DeWitt led 37-0. The third quarter DeWitt took the ball 66 yards in five plays with Ridley closing out his night with a 61 yard end run and when he turned the corner, he was Full Throttle. Okemos had two drives in the 4th with both ending in turnover on downs. Those drives were sandwiched between a 50 yard 10 play drive with Donovan Hillard blasting in from the 2 yard line. Blake Burke led Okemos with 12 of 16 passing for 89 yards. Isaiah Cohoon was 3 of 7 for 53 yards, with a combined 15 of 25 for 142 yards. Xavier Ford had five catches for 71 yards. The rushing game for Okemos only yielded 19 yards. DeWitt ended up with 410 yards of offense on 36 carries. Ridley continues to get better each week and carried the ball 6 times for 145 yards and 3 TDs. Moore ran the ball 10 times for 103 yards, Bayshore ended the night with 45 yards and 8 carries, two of them for TDs. Rose was 5 of 5 on extra points. Cooper Chambers led the Panther defense with 8 tackles, Trevor Preston had six as did Miller Wing. Bender had four tackles and a sack and Nolen and Noah Deneen had a sack as well. Next week, the Panthers will travel to Lansing Everett for a 5:00 kickoff. We will get to see one of the area's best running back in Javari Funches who has 1,700 yards rushing on the season.
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