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Showing posts with label WO Athletics. Show all posts

Desmond Morgan named all-area football defense player of the year

Read more about our very own Desmond Morgan's football accomplishments in the Holland Sentinel article HERE.

Congratulations Coaches and Athletes!

We have a very strong athletic program here at West Ottawa and many students and coaches were recently honored for their hard work. Shelby Lacy signed a Division 1 scholarship to swim at Michigan State. Jorddan Myrick signed a Division 1 scholarship to play basketball at Central Michigan. Mackenzie Stephens signed a Division 1 scholarship to play volleyball at Marist. Also, congratulations to Steve Bowyer on being named Division 1 Coach of the Year for swimming and Brent Wykoff on being named District Coach of the Year for soccer. Finally, Eric Anderson was named 2nd team All-State. GO PANTHERS!

Weekend WO Athletics - GO PANTHERS!

We have a huge weekend of athletics taking place. Please go out and support our student-athletes this weekend.

Friday- District Championship football @ Rockford 7:00
Meet at WOHS at 4:10 to give the boys and Coach Caserta a send-off as they board the busses to Rockford.

Fri/Sat.- O.K. Red Conference swim/dive @ East Kentwood

Sat.- Stephen Rich is running in the state cross country meet in Brooklyn.

Sat. District Championship volleyball @Holland 11:00 vs. Hudsonville

More WO Sports Results from the Weekend

SOCCER
The boys varsity soccer team lost to East Kentwood in the final round of regional games. The score was 4-0.

WATER POLO
Panthers lost in the 1st round of Regional play to Rockford, the defending state champs, by a score of 18 - 4.Nate Stefanovsky and Nate Supanich each scored a goal and an assist. Chris Maj & Luke Hein each added a goal while Keegan Fluharty had 2 assists. In goal Alex Radke had 11 saves.


VOLLEYBALL
West Ottawa finished 5th at the OK Red Conference tournament going 2-2 on the day. The panthers improve to 33-22-2 headed into the MHSAA districts at Holland this week. Mackenzie Stephens had 51 kills, 12 blocks and 29 digs. Erin Henson finished with 84 assists, 11 kills and 11 blocks. Nikki Erickson added 21 kills and Amy VanderStoep had 20. Sammie Govert led in digs with 33 and Kailey Nelson served 10 aces.

CROSS COUNTRY
The womens CC team finished their season at Allendale in the Regional Finals. The Panthers placed 12th. Julie VanDeRiet, Alyssa Shepard, Emily Martinie, Maegen Wallaker, Tyler Jansma, Karina Cooke, and Abbie Dryfhout all ran their last race of the year. We are proud of their efforts for West Ottawa.
The men's cross-country team battled a tough regional line-up and finished 6th out of 14 teams. Stephen Rich qualified for the State Finals for the 4th year in a row. He is one of only three panther men to accomplish that and his older Brother, Jake, was the first. Stephen will be competing in the Division I State Finals this Saturday at Michigan International Speedway.

WO Varsity Football advances in Playoffs

West Ottawa, 23
Grand Haven, 21

Football playoff game highlights available from the Holland Sentinel HERE.

WO hits the Football Playoffs Friday

The playoff football game this Friday will be at 7pm at Grand Haven High School.
All students should attend and support your panthers as they strive to make a playoff run.
Tickets will be on sale later in the week in the athletic office for $5.

Basketball for a Good Cause

It's not basketball season here at WO yet, but there is a game this Thursday that all of us at WOBN thought you B-Ball fans might be interested in. Plus it's for a good cause! Thursday night at 7 pm, the Harlem Ambassadors All-Star Basketball team will challenge a team comprised of alumni basketball players from Hope and Calvin Colleges. This event is to support Lakeshore Habitat for Humanity in the restoration and construction of homes for deserving and qualified families in our neighborhoods. Tickets are $10 for the game. It will be held at the DeVos Fieldhouse.

Dig Pink

Get excited West Ottawa! This Thursday, October 7th, the West Ottawa Volleyball teams will be hosting the Homecoming Dig Pink Rally! The match against Muskegon starts at 6:30 at the North High School. All proceeds benefit breast cancer research. T shirts will be on sale for $10 the night of the match! Come out and support your West Ottawa Volleyball teams and the fight against breast cancer!
 
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