The JV Soccer team started the week with a strong 3-0 win against Lakewood. Goals were scored by Gibson Pettit, Logan Gabala and Brady Leppard with assists from Jon Schmidtke and Luke Williams. The shutout was earned by Carson Vos and Isaiah Looney-McPhillips in goal. It was an all around dominant effort by the team - PLAINWELL PRIDE! ⚽️
Congratulations to the Varsity Volleyball team on their clean sweep at the varsity tri last night, beating Kalamazoo Central 2-0 and Kalamazoo Christian 2-1. Great job, Trojans! 👏🏼🏐
Let’s take a moment to highlight our Summer Food Service Meet Up and Eat Up Program. Throughout summer, our AWESOME Food Service team served breakfast and lunch daily at Gilkey Elementary, as well as provided weekly grab and go meal bags (seven days worth of breakfast and lunch meals) from PHS each Wednesday. Thanks to participation from PCS families, from June-August, the program served 18,160 breakfast meals and 18,497 lunch meals.
Special thanks goes out to our families for their support, as well as the Food Service team for providing exceptional service to our families throughout summer! PLAINWELL PRIDE! 👏🏼
The Boys Varsity Tennis Team defeated Edwardsburg 5-3 on Wednesday. The following players brought home a win.
🎾 Number 1 Singles: Merlin Kistler
🎾 Number 1 Doubles: Andrew Hampton and Teagen Wilson
🎾 Number 2 Doubles: Austin Susens and Lincoln Benson
🎾 Number 3 Doubles: Anthony Kolhoff and Brayden Triemstra
🎾 Number 4 Doubles: Alex Steele and Sean Mac Ritchie
In addition, the following players brought home a win for the Boys JV Tennis Team:
🎾 Number 1 Doubles: Elba Trowbridge and Jacob Skibbe
Great job, Trojans!
Two WINS for Trojan football tonight!
🏈 The JV team won 14-0 over Coldwater
🏈 The Freshman team won 44-14 over Hastings
Way to go, Trojans - PLAINWELL PRIDE! 🏈
Congratulations to the JV and Varsity Soccer teams on their conference wins against Edwardsburg last night!
⚽️ The Varsity team won 2-0 with goals scored by Levi Kalavitz and Nolan Edgell with assists from John Amaezechi and Levi Kalavitz. The shutout was earned by Chib Amaezechi and the Trojans’ back line.
⚽️ The JV team opened conference play with a 2-1 win with goals scored by Milan Mena and Brady Leppard with assists from Drake Wilson and Lucas Williams.
Way to go, Trojans - PLAINWELL PRIDE! ⚽️
Congratulations to the PHS Varsity Golf Team who played exceptional today and had a 9 shot first place victory at Pine View Golf Club.
Individual Scores :
Ayla Jaeger 43
Anessa Jaeger 43
Emma Taylor 43
Sophia Beck 47
Emma Rayman 49
Avari Merica 50
Overall Team Scores :
Plainwell 176
Otsego 185
Sturgis 186
Paw Paw 191
Vicksburg 195
Way to go, Trojans - PLAINWELL PRIDE! ⛳️
Attention Middle and High School students! There are just a few days left to purchase your 2024/25 Wolverine Conference student pass. This is the final opportunity to purchase the pass for 6th-12th grade students which provides entry into HOME and AWAY Wolverine Conference games for the 2024/25 school year. Please scan the QR code to purchase the pass by Thursday, September 5 at 11:59 PM. GO TROJANS!
Congratulations to the PHS Boys Tennis team on their 5-3 win over Battle Creek Pennfield yesterday.
The team hosted Pennfield where the following players brought home a win:
- Number 1 Single: Merlin Kistler
- Number 1 Doubles: Andrew Hampton and Teagen Wilson
- Number 2 Doubles: Austin Susens and Lincoln Benson
- Number 3 Doubles: Anthony Kolhoff and Brayden Triemstra
- Number 4 Doubles: Alex Steele and Sean Mac Ritchie
Next up, the team travels to Edwardsburg today. GO TROJANS!
REGISTRATION DEADLINE EXTENDED! We are excited to share the registration information for our upcoming Love and Logic Parenting Class! The class is available to any PCS family (present or future) on Saturday, September 21 from 8:00 AM-12:00 PM at the Plainwell Performing Arts Center. Cost is $10 (per workbook). Registration closes on September 7, so please register today by visiting https://plainwell.revtrak.net/Community-Ed-Rec/. Please note that childcare is not provided during the event.
As a reminder, we have two upcoming no school days: Friday, August 30 and Monday, September 2. We look forward to welcoming our students back to school on Tuesday, September 3. Have a great weekend and GO TROJANS!
Tonight, the Girls Varsity Cross Country team continued their hot start to the season with a second place finish at the South Haven Rustbuster Invite. Leading the Trojans with medal winning performances in the varsity race were Claire Vos, Mai Nguyen and Hannah Erlandson.
The JV Girls followed the Varsity team with a second place finish as well. Medal winners for the JV team were: Alison VanDyke, Brooke Carpenter, Audrey Thom, Alexa Salo, Megan VanDyke and Hayden Steele.
Special congratulations goes out to dual sport athlete Hayden Steele for her impressive double medal winning performance today. After finishing in the top 10 at the Lakeview JV Invite, Hayden made it to the South Haven Rustbuster Invite in time to snag a medal in the JV Cross Country race. 👏🏼 PLAINWELL PRIDE!
PHS students and community please join us at Streidl Field beginning at 5:45 AM with homemade tailgate signs, canned goods and excitement to be showcased on Football Frenzy Tailgate with WoodTV on Thursday, August 29.
Attention Trojans! Did you know that PHS and WoodTV have teamed up for a Tailgate Football Frenzy? Join us for a Food Drive to support Good Hands Plainwell by donating canned or boxed food until August 29. On August 29, WoodTV will be at PHS to showcase the food drive collection, while cheering on our teams and student groups during their Tailgate Frenzy! Donations are being accepted at the PHS and PAC Main Entrances. GO TROJANS!
WELCOME BACK! It was a great day at PCS as we welcomed back our students for the 2024/25 school year! It was awesome to see our classrooms and hallways filled with students who are eager and ready to learn. We are looking forward to a great year at PCS - GO TROJANS!
SMILE...we would love to see your back to school pictures. Thank you to all that have already shared your back to school photos. If you are interested in sharing your first day photos, please email elizabeth.gallagher@plainwellschools.org today - we may feature them on an upcoming social media post and/or in one of our upcoming district publications.
The PHS Varsity Girls Volleyball team won the silver bracket at the Lakeshore Invitational this weekend. The team had big wins against Caledonia, Grandville, Grand Ledge, Kenowa Hills and Dewitt. Way to go, PHS Volleyball - TROJAN PRIDE! 🏐
On Friday, the PHS Girls Golf team won 4th out of 22 teams at the Thornapple Kellogg Invitational. They finished the day with a team score of 355 with Ayla Jaeger winning 2nd individually with a score of 75. Also counting towards the team score were Emma Rayman (90), Harper Johnson (94) and Anessa Jaeger (96). Way to go PHS Golf team! ⛳️
Congratulations to the PHS Varsity Tennis team on their victory over Kalamazoo Central 5-3 on Friday. Way to go Trojans - PLAINWELL PRIDE!
Check out the following results from the Trojans!
Singles:
No. 1 - Kevin Vicenzi, Plainwell def. Michael Kubiak, Kalamazoo Central, 6-4 , 6-3
No. 2 - Merlin Kistler, Plainwell def. Justin Nguyen, Kalamazoo Central, 6-1 , 6-0
No. 3 - Benjamin Hudok, Kalamazoo Central def. Trevor Velting, Plainwell, 6-1 , 6-0
No. 4 - Owen Voelker, Kalamazoo Central def. Bryce Stoeffler, Plainwell, 6-4 , 6-0
Doubles:
No. 1 - Andrew Hampton & Teagen Wilson, Plainwell def. Jamison Merkling & Gavin Cullifer, Kalamazoo Central, 6-2 , 6-1
No. 2 - Austin Susens & Lincoln Benson, Plainwell def. Jared Gumbis & James Whitman, Kalamazoo Central, 7-5 , 1-6 , 10-4
No. 3 - Benjamin Burkhart & Ryan VanAvery, Kalamazoo Central def. Anthony Kolhoff & Brayden Triemstra, Plainwell, 2-0 , 2-0
No. 4 - Sean MacRitchie & Alex Steele, Plainwell def. Lincoln Hoffman & Cameron Merkling, Kalamazoo Central, 6-5 , 7-6 (5)
We are excited to welcome the PCS students back to school tomorrow (Monday, August 26) for a half day. We look forward to seeing the Trojans back in the buildings to begin a great year of learning! PCS Families - please check your email for back to school information, reminders and updated transportation information.
SMILE...we would love to see your back to school pictures. Please email elizabeth.gallagher@plainwellschools.org to share your student’s first day of school photos with us - we may even feature them on social media and/or in one of our upcoming district publications.
Wishing our students, staff and families a great 2024/25 school year - GO TROJANS!
Congratulations to the PHS JV Volleyball team who won 9 out of 10 sets at the Vicksburg JV tournament yesterday and secured first place at the Comstock tournament today. GO TROJANS! 🏐
Last night, the PHS Girls Cross Country team ran outstanding at the Grand Rapids South Christian Under the Lights race. In their race, with many Division 1 schools, the Trojans pulled off a Top 10 team finish. Helping lead the team were medal winners Josie Longcore, Mai Nguyen and Claire Vos. Way to go Trojans! 👏🏼
