DETROIT — Here is quick reaction from DeWitt's 54-20 victory over Mount Pleasant in the Division 3 state championship game at Ford Field on Sunday, Nov. 30.
Player of the game
▶TRAVESE MOORE, DEWITT: The Central Michigan commit had a memorable ending to his high school career, delivering one of the best performances in MHSAA state championship game history. Moore had 32 carries for 397 rushing yards and four touchdowns and threw for 58 yards and a score. He set a single-game record for rushing yards in a state final, breaking the record of 314 set by Jackson Lumen Christi's Kadale Williams in a 2024 Division 6 title game win over Lansing Catholic. Moore's efforts helped the Panthers finish with 575 rushing yards and break the team state record for rushing yards in a season with 5,638.
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Mount Pleasant scored on its second drive to tighten the score at 13-7 in the middle stages of the opening quarter. But the Panthers answered quickly when Moore rushed for a 74-yard touchdown on the opening play of the following drive. That started a stretch of 27 unanswered points for DeWitt as it took control.
What it means
DeWitt's Miller Wing holds on to the championship trophy after defeating Mount Pleasant in the Division 3 football state final on Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025, at Ford Field in Detroit.DeWitt football captures its second state title in program history with the victory and completes an undefeated season at 14-0. The 14 wins sets a school record for the Panthers, who captured their first state title since also finishing as the Division 3 champion in 2020.
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"We talk about our tradition and what tradition means at DeWitt and what the expectation is every single year and it's special. It just means so much to bring (a state title) back to the community. I can't tell you how many texts I got from former players and stuff like that this morning and this whole week. You can feel how much it means to the community. The crowd today was amazing. The student section was amazing. This is something I'm going to remember for the rest of our life. I'm always going to look back to this and how our team played together and how close this group was. That's stuff that translates to the rest of life. It just means a whole lot. Words can't describe how special it is." — DeWitt's Miller Wing on state title
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This article originally appeared on Lansing State Journal: Four downs from DeWitt football capturing Division 3 state title
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