Napoleon at Vandercook Lake Manchester at Michigan Center Grass Lake at Hanover-Horton Columbia Central at Onsted Addison at East Jackson Jackson at Grand Ledge Northwest at Battle Creek Pennfield Springport at Concord - JTV Harper Creek at Western - JTV Lumen Christi at Coldwater - JTV
Lansing Sexton at Jackson - JTV Lumen Christi vs. Marshall at Albion College - JTV Hastings at Western Northwest at Coldwater Manchester at East Jackson Bronson at Concord Blissfield at Columbia Central - JTV Homer at Springport Grass Lake at Vandercook Lake Michigan Center at Addison Napoleon at Hanover-Horton
By Mike Moore Staff Writer Parma — This will be recorded as another win, another small step toward what the Western football team hopes to do in the fall of 2017. But, really, this was anything but any of the above. Program defining? Maybe. Historic in one sense or another? Without a doubt. “I think we probably turned some heads in the conference with this one,” coach Dave Mifsud said bluntly but modestly. “It really is a statement-type win.” As you know by now, Mifsud was speaking of last Friday’s game against Coldwater. First things first, though. Entering the trip to Coldwater, the Panthers were 0-10 all time in the series and 0-4 since Mifsud took over. The teams played once last year, a 28-14 Cardinals victory. In 2015, they played twice, with Coldwater winning 34-0 in the regular season and then ending the Panthers’ playoff party with a 31-7 win in the pre-district. Now to the present, with the game tied 21-21 and overtime all but certain. Then, a bit of magic, as Landon Raczkowski blocked a Coldwater punt, then promptly scooped the ball and…
Friday, September 15th 2017 Hanover-Horton at Vandercook Lake Springport at Bronson East Jackson at Michigan Center Grass Lake at Manchester Columbia Central at Ida Concord at Reading Western at Coldwater Jackson at East Lansing Northwest at Lumen Christi - JTV Addison at Napoleon - JTV
By Mike Moore Staff Writer Parma — Dave Mifsud called the last three meetings of the last three years, “wild.” And when it comes to what’s happened with Mifsud’s Western football team and Marshall since 2014, well, that’s a pretty accurate, maybe even undersold, statement. “And we expect more of the same this time around,” Mifsud said simply. In 2014, the teams battled in overtime, an eventual 45-44 Marshall victory. In 2015, Western “had a chance to win before we fell apart,” Mifsud said of a 41-13 loss which was closer than the final score. Last fall, Western earned just its second win in 15 meetings over Marshall with a 32-30 victory. “These are two teams that plat at a very similar level,” Mifsud said. There’s been few teams that have played at Western’s level so far this year, especially on the offensive side of the ball. Steele Fortress continues to dominate from under center, tossing five touchdowns in a 62-12 Week 1 victory over Lansing Eastern, and then two more last weekend in a 32-20 win against Battle Creek Pennfield. The Western senior quarterback has seven passing scores and…
Friday, September 3rd 2017 Holt at Jackson - JTV Harper Creek at Lumen Christi - JTV Marshall at Western Northwest at Hastings Grass Lake at East Jackson Jonesville at Concord Hudson at Columbia Central Napoleon at Michigan Center - JTV Manchester at Hanover-Horton Springport at Union City Vandercook Lake at Addison
Thursday, August 31st 2017 Lumen Christi at Hastings Western at BC Pennfield BC Harper Creek at Northwest East Jackson at Vandercook Lake Homer at Concord - JTV Leslie at Columbia Central Napoleon at Grass Lake - JTV Michigan Center at Hanover-Horton - JTV Reading at Springport Friday, September 1st Zeeland East at Jackson