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Western’s Jonah Engle to carry on family tradition, inks with Spring Arbor Tennis

    SPRING ARBOR, Mich. – The Spring Arbor University men’s tennis team has added another local product to its roster for the 2016-17 season with the signing of Western High School standout Jonah Engle. Engle follows in the footsteps of his father, who also played for the Cougars under head coach Terry Darling.   “This is a special pleasure for me because Jonah’s dad, Jason, played for me on one of our talented national qualifying teams that we had at Spring Arbor in the 1990’s,” said Darling. “I have had my eye on Jonah for many years and it has been gratifying to watch him continually improve over the past several years. Jonah is an excellent tennis player and a great person and we are thrilled that he will be continuing his family tradition as part of the SAU men’s tennis team.”   Engle was selected as the Citizen Patriot Boys Tennis Player of the Year following his senior season where he won a regional title as his team swept the regional. Although he lost his first match of the state finals, Western tied for seventh to match the best finish in school history.   Engle, who posted an…

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Girls District Basketball: Class A, B

Girls District Games Class A At Battle Creek Central 1st Round – Feb 29 Sturgis vs. Richland Gull Lake Western vs. Kalamazoo Loy Norrix Semifinals– March 2 Sturgis/Gull Lake winner vs. Battle Creek Lakeview Western/Loy Norrix winner vs. Battle Creek Central Final – March 4   At Okemos 1st Round – Feb 29 Mason vs. Holt Northwest vs. Jackson Semifinals – March 2 Mason/Holt winner vs. Okemos Northwest/Jackson winner vs. Lansing Everett Final – March 4   Class B At Hillsdale 1st Round – Feb 29 Hillsdale vs. Tecumseh Onsted vs. Columbia Central Semifinals – March 2 Hillsdale/Tecumseh winner vs. Jonesville Onsted/Columbia winner vs. Adrian Final – March 4   At Eaton Rapids 1st Round – Feb 29 Lumen Christi vs. Eaton Rapids Semifinals – March 2 Olivet vs. Leslie Lumen/Eaton Rapids winner vs. Stockbridge Final – March 4

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Now, and later

Western wrestling team in good shape for this season and beyond   By Mike Moore Staff Writer   Parma – Where the desire to compete now, in the conference and in the state tournament is, the Western wrestling team has pieces at the ready.   Where there’s a desire to build the program up for the future, well, the same can be said.   Needless to say, coach Greg Hoffman is in a good spot with his Panthers right now.   “We’ve got a nice lineup, with some young kids and some great veteran leaders,” Hoffman said Thursday night. “We’ve had a lot to deal with this year, from health and injuries and so on. But we’re doing all right.”   Western was 19-9 entering the weekend, and that comes with a lineup that features eight freshmen and sophomores.   But Hoffman refused to even consider the word “rebuild.”   “Because we came into the season with too high of expectations to look at it that way,” he explained.   And many of those expectations had to do with some key guys at the top of the totem pole.   Senior Chase Veydt placed second in the state a year…

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Panthers flex road muscle

Western overwhelms sluggish Lumen team 52-34 for ‘huge’ win on the road   By Mike Moore Staff Writer   Jackson – This was dominance, in every sense of the word.   From the opening tip, to the final buzzer. From outside the arc, to inside the paint.   It was a luau in the stands and a celebration at the bench.   And for the first time since, “I don’t even know when,” as coach Ryan Mulnix would say afterwards, this was Western’s night to shine against the Titans.   “It’s huge,” Mulnix said after his guys rolled past Lumen Christi 52-34 Friday night at Lumen. The Panthers hadn’t beaten Lumen since December of 2007. “It’s a rival. It’s at their place. We’ve had a few tough losses these past few games, but tonight, the effort was there. We were locked in defensively, we hit some early shots, and it was away we go from there.”   The Panthers came out firing, and hitting, on all cylinders, and you would have never known one of their top players, Hunter Page, was on the bench in street clothes with a leg injury.   Brennan Joseph connected on some early 3-pointers from…

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