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Western Middle School Track Teams Defeat Hastings

Posted on 04/24/2025

Both Western Middle School Track Teams defeated Hastings on Wednesday. The Western Girls defeated Hastings, 102-59, while the Western Boys won by a score of 96.5-65.5. Kylie VanCalbergh had a perfect day, winning both short sprint races and the Pole Vault. VanCalbergh broke the school record in the 70 Meter Dash with a time of 9.85. VanCalbergh ran a 13.63 to win the 100 Meter Dash and cleared 8’ in to win the Pole Vault, rounding out a 15-point day for the Panthers. The Boys and Girls teams each won three of the four relay races.Lucas Johnston, Derek Boldt, Kannon Kelch and Micah Good scored a come-from-behind victory to win the 4x400 Meter Relay with a time of 4:19.92. Logan Cristian, Leland Sowle, Josiah Rivera and Micah Good won the 4x800 Meter Relay with a time of 9:45.82, and Drago Djudjevic, Joel Toyer, Wyatt Griswold and Alexander Fausz won the 4x200 Meter Relay for Western with a time of 1:55.02. Madisyn Blair, Whitney Parker, Harpe

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JV Baseball Tonight Cancelled

Posted on 04/24/2025

The JV Baseball Game tonight has been cancelled against Michigan Center.

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JV Softball Goes 4-0!

Posted on 04/24/2025

Grass LakeIn game 1 against Grass Lake Kaileigh Stiles drove in four runs on two hits to lead Western High School JVSB past Grass Lake 20-9 on Monday. Stiles singled in the first inning, scoring one run, and doubled in the second inning, scoring one.Western High School JVSB collected 15 hits and Grass Lake had four in the high-scoring affair.Grass Lake got on the board in the top of the first inning.Western High School JVSB tied the game in the bottom of the first thanks to a single by Stiles, a single by Ava Buckland, and a triple by Taryn Sawyer.Grass Lake took the lead in the top of the second. Scoring three runs, to give Grass Lake the edge, 7-4.Western High School JVSB took the lead in the bottom of the second inning after Anna Pohl singled to center field, Stiles doubled to center field, Ryleigh Wellman singled down the right field line, and Grass Lake committed an error, each scoring one run. Western collected 15 hits in the game. Yanovich and Buckland each collected three hits.

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Varsity Soccer Defeats Coldwater!

Posted on 04/24/2025

The Panther varsity soccer team beat Coldwater 5-0 Wednesday night to bring their conference record to 2-0-0. It took awhile for the team to get going as they went into halftime with just a 1-0 lead off the foot of Freshman Jillian Barnes. After figuring some things out at halftime the team looked much better on the attack and would score four more by the final buzzer. Nevaeh Hartshorn, Kaydence Watson and Claudia Allen each scored one and Barnes contributed another as well. Ceci Graetz, Jordan Goolsby, Emrick Boobyer and Bella Miles each had an assist. Shelby Vivian recorded the shutout for the Panthers in goal. Freshman Ellie Hackworth had another solid game playing multiple defensive positions. The Panthers will play their 3rd game in four days Thursday at home against a strong Marshall team. Both teams enter the game with a 2-0 start in the Conference. Season Record 4-4-0Conference 2-0-0

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JV Girls Soccer Defeats Coldwater

Posted on 04/24/2025

Western girls soccer traveled to Coldwater Wednesday April 23rd to take on the Coldwater Cardinals. Western cam out strong connecting passes and moving the ball around. The Panthers first goal came from a free kick from Veronica Allen to Sophie Gienapp who had 2 for the evening. Once the Panthers saw one go in the rest followed with goals from Emma Paquin, Emi Miles, Olivia Sine, and 3 from Lily Kalenchick. Assists for the evening came from Emi Miles, Jillian Barnes, Emma Paquin with 2, Jade Dillay, and Sophie Gienapp with 2. The Panthers are back in action April 24th at the Panther bowl against Marshall at 5:00

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Varsity Softball Battled Strong Hitting Marshall

Posted on 04/23/2025

The varsity softball team couldn't match up to Marshall's strong hitting performance tonight. The I8 match up didn't go as the Panther as hoped. In game one, Western only collected three hits led by seniors Bayli Stewart (3B) and Kenadee Golas with two and one respectively. Final score Marshall 16, Western 1. Game two, the Panthers only gathered four hits. Anna Benn, Kenadee Golas (3B), Amber Gregory, and Savanna Vo got on base. Gregory took the pitching loss striking out 5. The Panthers will grind the next three days and be back in action on Saturday at home 10am.

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Varsity Baseball Battled I8 Foe Marshall

Posted on 04/23/2025

Western Varsity Baseball Write UpVs. Marshall Game 1Marshall 11 Western 8 Despite leading by as many as four runs, Parma Western Panthers Varsity 2025 fell to Marshall Varsity Redhawks 2025 11-8 on Tuesday at Western High School. Parma Western Panthers Varsity 2025 got on the board in the bottom of the first inning after Luke Nally singled, scoring two runs, Brody Parrott singled, scoring one run, and Cody Spitzer drew a walk, scoring one run. Parma Western Panthers Varsity 2025 tied the game in the bottom of the sixth thanks to a double by Lincoln Levy, a ground out by Andrew Parrott, and a single by Jackson Luke. Marshall Varsity Redhawks 2025 took the lead in the top of the seventh. A wild pitch scored one run, to give Marshall Varsity Redhawks 2025 the advantage, 8-7. B Parrott doubled to start the 7th, Chapko moved him over and a wild pitch scored the runner to tie the game up. The Panthers couldn't match the 8th inning rally by Marshall.&

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Panthers defeat Saxons in I-8 duel

Posted on 04/23/2025

Western’s men’s track and field team made the trek to Hastings for an Interstate-8 dual meet Tuesday night and beat the Saxons, 122.5 to 37.5. On the track Adam Carlson won the 100m, Jackson Jones won the 200m, Ryan Good won the 400m, and Roan VanSumeren won the 800m. Titan Parker won both the 110m and 300m hurdles, and with Jones, William Melton, and Jackson Barnes won the 4x200m relay. Melton, Jones, Jackson Barnes, and Parker Yokom got the win in the 4x100m relay. In the 4x800m relay Seth Good, Trevin Warner, VanSumeren, and Caleb Lynd finished first, while VanSumeren, Ryan Good, Parker, and Isaac Fullerton won the 4x400m relay. In the field events, AJ Scutt won the discus, La’zay’vair Akines won the high jump, Carlson won the long jump, and Brennan Vainner won the shot put. Full results can be found by HERE. To see how our team's season bests, listed by event, click HERE.

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Western Defeats Hastings

Posted on 04/23/2025

Hastings Recap The Lady Track & Field Panthers traveled to Hastings Tuesday for an opportunity to compete in a dual conference meet with the Saxons. The ladies had outstanding performances, sweeping all relay events, putting up 52 PR times/distances/heights, finishing multiple top 4 (scoring) places and winning the meet with a score of 96-67. Notable performances are: 100–L. Coleman 1st, E. Wilcox 3rd PR, A. Baker 4th SR, N. Kuhl PR, Y.Zuniga PR, A. Elser PR, Z. Scott PR, B. Kulhawik PR, A. Friend PR, J. Rowdon PR, E. Boyd PR200–A. Weatherspoon 2nd PR, A. Marshall 3rd SR, K. Sawyer PR, E. Wells PR, A. Elser PR, B. Kulhawik PR, Y. Zuniga PR, L. Myers PR, S. St.John SR, C. Villa PR400–C. Damron 2nd SR, N. Gough 3rd, K.Sawyer PR, E. Wells PR, R. Keena PR, C. Jones PR800–B. Fullerton 2nd PR (HS), E. Wilcox 3rd PR, L. Coppernoll 4th, T. Wielenga PR, M. Rice SR, E. Lee PR (HS)1600–B. Fullerton 2nd PR (HS), M. Rice 3rd SR, E. Lee PR (HS)3200–N. Kuhl 2nd PR, L. Cl

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JV Tennis Battles East Grand Rapids

Posted on 04/23/2025

On 4/22/25, the Western JV Girls Tennis team travelled to East Grand Rapids. The Western JV Girls Tennis team had their first loss against a very strong and large team of East Grand Rapids. We had many close and competitive matches with two tie breakers. Highlights from the match was 2 Doubles of Mara and Sylvia Bivens in a hard and close fought match losing in a tie breaker and then winning the remaining exhibition matches. Our season’s record is now at 8-1-0. Next up the JV team travels with varsity to Hastings High School on Thursday, April 24, for a match at 4pm following varsity. Go Panthers!

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Varsity Girls Tennis Battled East Grand Rapids

Posted on 04/23/2025

On Tuesday, the #8 Western Girls Tennis Team traveled to #9 East Grand Rapids and battled in a 1-7 loss. 1 singles player Dru Porter got the lone win with a 6-2, 6-1 performance. The team played hard and elevated their game tremendously but ultimately fell to the multi-time state champion school. Next up for the Panthers is an away match on Thursday vs Hastings at 4 pm. Let's go Panthers!

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Boys JV Tennis vs. Holt Senior High School

Boys JV Tennis

Posted on 08/20/2024

Parma Western JV Tennis travelled to Holt on 8/19 for our first match. We split with Holt as we had wins at 1 Singles Isaac Chilson 8-5, 2 Singles Drew Gillett 8-2, 3 Singles Tyler Gilbert 9-8(7-4) and 1 Doubles Luke Collins and Brady Smith 8-3. Congrats and good work guys. Tomorrow, Western JV Tennis hosts Chelsea JV at 4. Go Panthers!

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Girls Varsity Soccer vs. Northwest High School

Girls Varsity Soccer

Posted on 05/24/2024

ByRebecca Villagracia rvillagracia@mlive.comPARMA, MI – Western earned a key victory Friday night in a district quarterfinal matchup of Jackson area soccer teams. Western faced rivals Northwest at Western High School’s Panther Bowl in Parma. Western emerged victorious with a final score of 7-0.

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Girls Varsity Basketball vs. Olivet

Girls Varsity Basketball

Updated on 03/07/2024

Western 36, Olivet 30

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