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Spectator Information: Gates open at 6:00pm 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. BLT's Wearable Art Nicole says... "We did very well Friday evening with our sales. The fans were excited to see so many items. And we did really well on the "Let EM Know" shirts and sweat shirts for the Touchdown Club." Wishing you had purchased an item? BLT's has them available at their store (1541 Round Lake Road, DeWitt) and will also have them available in two weeks. We got ours, with the Panther on the front! Please plan on purchasing an item so they can "Keep the Fire Lit!" |
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Enjoy Panther Drive on a perfect autumn afternoon. |
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DeWitt, MI (10-09-2026): Another perfect night for DeWitt Panther Football and the Panthers did not disappoint the loud and raucous homecoming crowd of nearly 3,800 by defeating the Holt Rams 44-0. The boisterous Zimm Zone was in fine cheering volume with the band and Cheerleaders (The Spirit of DeWitt) and fans were in a festive mood. Great to see so many people tailgating. The Panthers did not wait long to give the fans a chance to cheer. Senior Tyler Bayshore recovered a Holt fumble at the Ram 27 yard line on the first series. They waited even less time when on the first play, Senior QB Griffin Braman hit senior Landon Kurncz on a picture perfect pass and catch. Vincent Rose did his usual thing, make an extra point, to give DeWitt an early 7-0 lead. Forcing a Holt punt, DeWitt took over at their own 44 yard line. A six yard pass by Braman to Benjamin Roberts and then Braman handed off to Joseph Bobeda who outsprinted the defense for a 50 yard TD on DeWitt's third play of the game. Bayshore punched in the extra point to make it 15-0 DeWitt. Late in the first quarter, DeWitt put together a drive of four plays and 74 yards which Bayshore capped with a one yard run. The TD was set up by a 59 yard run by Caedin Martin-Seymour. Issac Bean passed to Trevor Preston for the two point conversion to make it 23-0 Panthers at the end of the first quarter. Midway through the second quarter was a Braman to Kurncz drive with a five yard pass play then a 47 yard pass play for the touchdown. Rose. DeWitt took a commanding 30-0 lead into the half time. The crowd roared as the Panther Royalty was announced and crowned. Then the award winning Panther Marching Band put on their awesome show. The second half, DeWitt had the ball first and scored on six plays over 60 yards with Braman scoring from a yard out. He had a 26 yard run to start the drive. Rose. DeWitt 37-0 and running clock, except TIPS. (Timeouts, Injuries, Penalties and Scores. When the score is more than 50 points, then the clock runs.) Later in the quarter, the Panthers went nine plays and 70 yards in just over four minutes. Braman ended the drive with a two yard run. Nash Sosebee carried the ball five times for 48 yards on the drive. In the fourth quarter, Holt put together a 50 yard nine play drive lasting nearly 7 minutes before having to punt. DeWitt pushed it back 61 yards on eight plays in over four minutes, before turning it over on downs. Holt ran out the last four minutes of the clock. Good team effort with a lot of new jerseys. The defense was able to pitch the shutout, yielding only 25 total yards at the half and 142 total yards for the game. Again, a different player led the Panthers defensively. Krew Koutsoubus had twelve tackles and a batted pass. Trevor Preston had eleven tackles which included a nice sack. Gavin Braska had seven total tackes and Cameron Christman six. Caleb Nolen and Nash Sosebee had interceptions and Nolen had a fumble recovery. AJ Jones also had a batted pass. Offensively, Braman was 10 of 15 for 145 yards and two scores, each to Kurncz. Kurncz had six catches for 107 yards. Braman also rushed for 43 yards and two scores. Martin-Seymour had three carries for 87 yards, Sosebee 69 yards on seven carries, Bobeda 59 on three, and AJ Jones 48 yards on just four carries. Rose was good on all four extra points. With the Panther's win over Holt, DeWitt is 5-0 in the CAAC Blue. Grand Ledge defeated Lansing Everett 46-7 and is 6-0 in the CAAC Blue. Next week, at Grand Ledge's Community Stadium, the Panthers will try to win the CAAC Blue outright in a tremendous battle of unbeaten teams in the CAAC Blue. It will be the last league game for the Comets while DeWitt will have one more game in the league in week 9 against Okemos. The Wolves are 3-2 in the league and 5-2 over all. Special thanks to so many people for a great homecoming, especially DeWitt's finest with the Fire & Rescue team treating several fans and the police helping make sure we all exited the Stadium and onto the roadways safely. Oh, by the way, Jon is Ok, but bumped his noggin pretty good on the turf. We have good news and bad news on the Junior Varsity. Good news is they defeated Holt Thursday night 72-0. Bad news, Brandon told us that Lansing Everett did score on them in week three, so they won 65-8. For the season, the are 7-0 and have outscored opponents 360-8. And a handful of sophomores are on the Varsity. The Freshmen defeated Hartland 56-30. The Freshmen are 6-1. Plan on coming out next Thursday afternoon and evening, have some pizza, popcorn and pop for supper at Memorial Stadium as these two fine teams play their final home games of the season.
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