Westville Jr High Baseball defeated Tuscola 8 - 5 in the 1sr round of Regionals. They play St Joe tomorrow (9/25) at 4:30 pm at St Joe. The bright spots begins with Owen Atwood who made some great plays at shortstop late in the game and he caught 3 innings at catcher where he once again did a fantastic job. This effort earned Owen the Defensive Player of the Game. On the Offensive side of the ball, Jayden Baxter was 2 for 4 with 2 RBIs and a run scored. The effort won him the Offensive Player of the Game. Ryder Burns earned the game ball for pitching the final 4 innings and only gave up 1 run and 3 Ks.
The Westville Wildcats have won their 3rd straight game. Last evening was the 8th grade night and they were pumped up to play as they defeated Rossville 17-2 in just 3 innings. Ryder Burns took the mound and struck out 9 players and gave up just 1 hit. This would earn him the Defensive Player of the Game. Owen Atwood took care of business on the offensive side as he went 3 for 3 including 2 Home Runs and a triple. He also knocked in 5 RBIs and scored 3 Runs. This effort would earn him the Offensive Player of the Game.
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The Westville Jr High Baseball team is now 2-2 after beating Chrisman. The Wildcats had 13 hits and won the game 14-1. Ryder Burns earned the Defensive Player of the Game as he threw 4 innings and allowed only 1 hit/1 run. For the Offensive Player of the Game goes to Owen Atwood. Owen was 2 for 2 with a single, triple and a walk. In addition, he scored 3 runs and had 1 RBI. Congrats boys.
Carson Roberts earned The Defensive Play of the Heritage Game with his catch in centerfield in the last inning. Way to go Carson
Tomorrow, Friday August 23, WJHS will be having a safety day. We will be running all of our safety drills. This will include a fire drill, storm drill, and a lock-down drill. We will be running these drills throughout the day.
Westville Jr High Wildcats Baseball played Heritage and won by the score of 20-7. Great job boys! The Wildcats brought their bats and hope to continue this as Chrisman comes our way on Thursday. Owen Atwood was the Offensive Player of the Game by going 2 for 3 including 5 RBIs and 2 runs scored. The Defensive Player of the Game goes to Carson Roberts for his jaw dropping catch made in centerfield. Stay tuned for a picture Thursday night of Carson.
Westville Jr. High will be having a parent meeting for 8th graders on Wednesday, Aug. 21 at 6:00 PM. All 8th grade families are encouraged to attend. The meeting is about the Washington DC trip.
WJHS girls softball team picked up two more wins over the weekend at the Leroy Round Robin. In the first game vs. Cerro Gordo Lillian Pabst pick up the offensive player of the game with 2 hits and 2 RBI’s. Sophia Bays earned defensive player of the game for her stellar performance behind the plate. The girls won 17-2. In game number two vs. Leroy Kinley Barney received offensive player of the game for her pitching performance. She pitched 7 innings allowing 4 runs and striking out 8. The defensive player of the game was Denim Zaayer. Denim was 3 for 4 at the plate with 1 RBI and 2 runs scored. They beat Leroy 6-4. The girls will travel to Milford on Wednesday for their next game.
Opening day for WJHS Softball ended with a win against Paris Mayo. Kinley Barney threw a complete game with 13 strikeouts making her the defensive player of the game. Lillian Pabst earned offensive player of the game with 3 hits and an RBI. Congratulations to both girls. The Lady Wildcats will be in action again on August 10th with a round robin in Leroy.
Westville Jr High 7th grade and new student orientation on Tuesday, August 13 6-8 PM. 8th graders may come in to check lockers on Wednesday, August 14 from 1-3. There will be an 8th grade parent meeting at WJHS on Wednesday, August 21 at 6:00 pm
The Westville Jr High Baseball info has been released. Parent/Player meeting will be Aug 4 at 5 pm at the Westville High School Turf Baseball Field. I would like to get the Game Changer app set up ahead of time; so if you would, please text me your player's name and grade level. Please share
7th grade and teachers had an amazing time in Springfield visiting Lincoln's Tomb, the Lincoln Museum, and the Lincoln home. Students made their teachers proud with their outstanding behavior!
7th grade class trip to Springfield! Lincoln Museum, Lincoln's Home, and Lincoln's Tomb. It was a pretty awesome day and our students did an amazing job representing WJHS!
WJHS Student Council trip to City Museum and Fitz Rootbeer in St Louis! We had so much fun!
Westville's Cameron Steinbaugh has been nominated for the News Gazette's Athlete of the Week. Please click on the link below to vote.
https://www.news-gazette.com/sports/prep-sports/
Liam Hughes has won his first two rounds at the iesa state wrestling tournament. He will now wrestle in the semi finals tomorrow (3/9) at approximately 12:00. Keep up the great work Liam.
Families,
Due to the weather, the junior high and 5th/6th grade track will practice inside at Judith Giacoma until 4:00. Junior high students will be bussed to Giacoma at 2:20. Please pick your child up at 4:00 from the Judith Giacoma parking lot. Thank you
Concert announcement:
Yearbooks are now available to order at WJHS. Students were given order forms today and extra forms are in the office. Yearbooks are $15 if ordered by Feb 12th, after Feb 12th the price goes up to $20. No orders will be accepted after March 1st. You can order online at: https://inter-state.com/order with code: 81820X.