Congratulations to the Varsity Wrestling Team on winning their District Championship! The Trojans beat Gull Lake in the District Championship 51-21 to secure a trip to Team Regionals. Next up, they will travel to Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg on Wednesday, February 18 to chase a Team Regional Title. GO TROJANS!
Plainwell High School Band students performed on Saturday at MSBOA District XI Solo & Ensemble. Out of the 17 events, 9 of them walked away with second division medals and 6 others earned first division medals qualifying them for State Solo & Ensemble in March! Students that qualified for State include seniors Brooklyn Barrows, Jules Whitney, and Rachel Sherer; juniors Laynie Harris, Aiden Glass, and Kohler Smith; sophomores Joshua Pembrook, Astrid Boyer, Tessa Dunckel, and Elba Trowbridge; and freshman Olivia Blakely. Congratulations to all for your hard work and fantastic performances!
We are excited to share that tickets are now available for the 2026 PHS spring musical: "Hadestown". There are three showtimes available at the Performing Arts Center:
- Friday, March 27 at 7 PM
- Saturday, March 28 at 7 PM
- Sunday, March 29 at 2 PM
Online tickets are available! To purchase tickets, please visit plainwellschools.ludus.com.
The PHS Girls Wrestling team competed on Friday in the Girls Southwest Conference Wrestling Finals. The event featured teams from various conferences, including Wolverine, I-A, SAC, SMAC and Southwest 10, with a total of 212 wrestlers participating. PHS secured an impressive 2nd place, with Madison Nieuwenhuis and Evangeline Coutuearning earning the title of Conference Champions in their weight classes! TROJAN PRIDE!
The PHS Boys Wrestling team finished 2nd in the Wolverine Conference today! Individual Conference Champs are Austin Gyorkos and Dylan Nieuwenhuis. Congratulations Trojans - PLAINWELL PRIDE!!
📣 Wolverine Conference Champions! 📣 Congratulations to both the JV and Varsity Cheer teams for securing FIRST PLACE at the Wolverine Conference Finals this evening! The Varsity team is proudly led by nine PHS seniors who were also recognized tonight. TROJAN PRIDE!
As a friendly reminder, there is no school from Thursday, February 5-Monday, February 9 for Mid-Winter Break. We look forward to welcoming our students back to school on Tuesday, February 10.
We wish our students, staff and families a wonderful break.
🗓️ 2026/27 School Year Calendar 🗓️ We are excited to share the 2026/27 School Year Calendar Highlights! Please visit https://5il.co/3tmi3 to view the document.
Shoutout to the PHS seniors for crushing their FAFSA goals! To celebrate, they enjoyed popcorn and candy bars for FAFSA completion. Great job, Trojans!
Seniors - mark your calendar, there is another FAFSA and Scholarship Night on Wednesday, February 18 from 5:30-7:00 PM at Plainwell High School.
Congratulations to PHS Senior, Drew Rayman, on signing his letter of intent to golf at Northwood University. We are incredibly proud of Drew's athletic achievements while at PHS and wish him all the best next year. From all of us at PCS, congratulations and best wishes!
The Trojans Boys Basketball teams competed against Edwardsburg tonight. Both the Freshman and Varsity teams won, with the Freshman team winning 46-42 and Varsity 50-43. GO TR🏀JANS!
A friendly reminder! Join us tomorrow (2/3) for a heartfelt dedication ceremony as we honor Mr. Ryan Meert by renaming the gymnasium at Plainwell Middle School to “The Ryan Meert Memorial Gymnasium”. The ceremony will begin at 4:45 PM, followed by the Middle School Wrestling Meet.
If you are unable to attend, we will share the dedication ceremony at the following links after the event:
🔗 https://www.facebook.com/PlainwellPAC
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/@phstrojantv
🔗 Trojantv.net
🔗 https://player.nfhsnetwork.com/#/events/plainwell-high-school-plainwell-mi/evtcd47cd7bb9
We are also making efforts to try to stream the video live, at the same links, during the presentation.
The Trojan Ski Team (Plainwell/Thornapple Kellogg) powered their way to a 3rd-place finish in their conference race at Timber Ridge last week! Their strong seniors, Mark Gielincki and Gerrit Tabor, led the way with consistency on the slopes, while Corben Harrington (freshman) and Ben White (junior) delivered great runs that helped lock in their podium finish. A special shout-out to PHS Principal, Mr. Marvin Taylor, for braving the cold to come cheer on all the Trojans!
Congratulations to senior Brooklyn Barrows (clarinet) and sophomore Joshua Pembrook (trombone) on their stellar performance with the 2026 MSBOA All State Band at DeVos Hall in Grand Rapids this past Saturday. This performance marked the culmination of their auditions for All State in October when they were selected out of over 2,500 auditions from all over the state to earn the honor of being an All State musician. 🎶 PLAINWELL PRIDE! 🎶
The PHS Cheer team recently participated in their final regular conference competition, and both the JV and Varsity teams remain 📣 UNDEFEATED 📣 this season. Their next challenge is the conference finals, set to take place at home on February 4. The competition is scheduled to begin at 6:00 PM at the Plainwell Field House, where both teams will be striving to defend their title from last year. At 5:45 PM, the team will celebrate Senior Night before the competition begins - let’s fill the stands with Trojan Pride!
January is School Board Recognition month and we would like to take a moment before the month ends to thank our outstanding Board of Education for their dedication to our school district. They work tirelessly to provide the best for our staff, students and families - thank you to (L ➡️ R) Mike Hopson, Shannon Zabaldo, Jill Dunham, Rex Hall, Jr., Julli Bennett, Andrea Barrows and Derek Dunn for representing PCS as our Board of Education. You are greatly appreciated!
The Plainwell High School Red Cross Club recently hosted a blood drive, successfully collecting 38 units of blood, which can save 114 lives. A heartfelt thank you goes out to all the donors and the Red Cross volunteers who made this event possible.
‼️ Dine to Donate Cancelled ‼️ The Culver’s Grad Bash Fundraiser that was scheduled for tonight (1/27) has been cancelled due to weather! Watch for their reschedule announcement soon!
Due to continued winter weather and difficult travel conditions, all afternoon and evening activities are canceled today (Tuesday, January 27). This cancellation includes all events, games and practices district-wide.
Have a great day and GO TROJANS!
Due to winter weather conditions, Plainwell Community Schools will be closed today (Tuesday, January 27). An update regarding afternoon and evening activities will be communicated by noon today.
We wish our students, staff and families a safe snow day! Have a great day and GO TROJANS!
