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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. |
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DeWitt, MI (09/08/2025): The DeWitt Panthers will host the Lansing Waverly Warriors this Friday evening at 7:00pm at Memorial Stadium. Waverly (0-0), 0-2) will be the first game in the CAAC Blue Division this season as DeWitt (2-0, 0-0) will try to defend the conference title. Waverly has lost two home games, to Wayland, 50-28, and to southwest power Constantine 36-6.This will be their away game of the season. Warrior coach Korey Ringer hopes to improve greatly from last season's 2-7 campaign. Waverly last made the playoffs in 2012 with six wins and are hoping to achieve that goal again this season. Their program started in 1964. Historically their best team was 1982 with a 8-1 record in the Capital Area Conference. Their last trip to the playoffs was the Covid 2020 season defeating St. Johns 39-7 in the pre-district then losing to DeWitt for the District Championship. The Panthers defeated Waverly last season on the road to begin their 2024 CAAC Blue Championship. DeWitt, MI (09/05/2025): On a prefect football evening at Memorial Stadium in DeWitt, in front of an excellent crowd on both sides of the Stadium, The DeWitt Panthers held on for a 44-37 win over a determined Mason Bulldog team. After a low scoring week one win for both teams, the offenses improved and defenses not so much. Last week, Mason scored 12 offensive points in a shutout against Holt and DeWitt 21 in a 21-3 win over Haslett. DeWitt received the opening kickoff and on the first play from scrimmage, oops, a fumble and Mason recovered it. Two plays and the Bulldogs had a 7-0 lead on a Gerrit Koot to Hayden Hendrickson 24 yard pass play and a Jacob Ackley extra point. DeWitt's Trav Moore directed the Panther offense on a nice drive on their second possession and tied the score with a . The two teams traded punts and Panther Punter Brenden Mensing helped "flip the field" and DeWitt scored on a short drive of 44 yards capped off by Moore an 18 yard run and Vincent Rose extra point. Dang, Mason went 61 yards in 5 plays with Troy Peters scoring from 37 yards for a 14-7 Mason leading score. We'll touch more on Peters later in this. Though the rest of the first quarter and second quarter, the Panther "D" said "sit" or "heel" and the Bulldogs did that. Meanwhile, DeWitt owned that time period scoring four times. Cooper Chambers scored on a 17 yard run, Rose on a 24 yard field goal and Moore pass to Mensin for 8 yards and Channing Ridley an a nifty 12 yard run. At the half, the Panthers led 31-14. DeWitt had 331 yards of offense while Mason only 61. Mason made adjustments in the locker room and unleashed Peters. Last week against Holt, Peters, a sophomore, did not touch the ball on offense, laying in wait to be unleashed against the Panthers. In the third quarter, Peters took direct snaps and ripped through the Panther defensive line in bunches. Mason scored on their next four possessions with Peters doing much of the damage. The Panthers matched them TD for TD to keep at tails length. Peters capped the first possession of the third quarter with a 50 yard TD run. DeWitt marched 79 yards in 11 plays with Moore scoring from 37 yards out. Mason went on their own long walk of 78 yards in 12 plays with Koot passing to a wide open Joey Schild for 20 yards. Mason attempted an onside kick and the Panther recovered. Two Moore rushes and 7 more points when Trav ran 47 yards for a score. Whew.. 44-28. Breathing room. Nope. Mason scored on one play of 63 yards by... Peters. Mason went for two but rather than giving it to Peters (for three yards), they tried a cross field pass that was over the receiver's head and half way to the tennis courts. With 11:00 minutes to play, DeWitt started taking their time in the huddle, but only could muster one first down. Another good Mensing punt put the Bulldogs at their own 24 yard line. But they banged away with Peters and eleven plays later, the Panthers held and Mason's Ackley made the score 44-37 with 2:30 to play. Within a TD and extra point of tying. DeWitt could not make a first down and Mensing punted with :36 seconds to play pinning the Bulldogs at their own 6 yardline. A 14 yard pass play from Koot to Peters gave them a first down at their own 20. Unable to connect on two passes with 10 seconds to play, Everett Cooper sacked Koot for a six yard loss and the time expired. For Mason, Koot was 6 of 16 for 63 yards and 2 TDs passing. Peters carried the ball 17 times for 209 yard and 3 TDs. They had 61 yards of offense in the first half and finished with 310 total yards, 249 in the second half. DeWitt finished with 492 yards of offense, 434 rushing and 58 passing. Moore was 6 of 9 passing for those 58 yards and one TD. On the ground, Moore ran the ball 25 times for 248 yards and three scores. Chambers carried it 11 times for 94 yards and sophomore Ridley 90 yards on 9 carries. Vincent Rose was good on 5 of 6 extra points and a 24 yard field goal and three touchbacks on kickoffs. Miller Wing led the defense with 9 tackles, Jadon Bender 8 along with Braylon Wright-Moore 8. Cooper had four tackles plus two sacks. Next up, Mason (1-1, 0-0) will host Williamston (2-0, 0-0) in a early showdown of CAAC Red front runners. DeWitt (2-0, 0-0) will step into the CAAC Blue by hosting Lansing Waverly (0-2, 0-0) next Friday evening.
DeWitt, MI (08/01/2025): Week four the Panthers will be traveling to Galloway, Ohio to play the Cougars of Westland High School. It is just a bit over four hours travel time on the west side of Columbus. There are hotels a few miles away from the high school. Travel Advisory: If you wear Blue and Gold while traveling to Galloway, make sure it says "DeWitt" on the front of the shirt. Have heard rumors that Ohio State Troopers have specially equiped radars that sniff out blue and gold shirts that have an "M" on them and green and white shirts with an S on them. DeWitt, MI(08/01/2025): DeWittFootball.org would like to congratulate the Brothers Larner, Abram and Elliott, on being selected for the 2025 Michigan High School Football Coaches Association All-Star game. On a hot afternoon at Lawrence Tech Blue Devil Stadium, Elliott was the starting West QB. The West burst out to 28-0 half time lead and a 35-0 lead into the 4th quarter. The final was 35-13. Elliott threw a 93 yard TD for the first TD of the game and scored on a six yard run in the fourth for the West's last TD. It was fun to see the Larners on the field at the same time again as Abram now heads to Grand Valley State and Elliott to Michigan Tech. On these dog days of summer, sit back with a cold glass of lemonaide or ice tea and enjoy the game. Mt. Pleasant, MI (07/26/2025): Looks like former Panther Tommy McIntosh is finally getting the attention he deserves. The All-State receiver McIntosh on DeWitt's 2020 championship team is getting looks after hard work and perseverance at Central Michigan University. Please enjoy these two recent articles from WLNS and from The G5 Hive on Tommy. Let's just sit back and enjoy some vintage Number 10. |
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