See 65 sports photos that showcase Kalamazoo area’s grit, passion in 2025
Kalamazoo Sports
Published: Dec. 30, 2025, 7:45 a.m.
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65 sports photos that show Kalamazoo area's grit, passion successful 2025
KALAMAZOO, MI –– 2025 has been a rather a year, Kalamazoo.
A homecoming parade for a first-time nationalist champion, a MAC title triumph and each nan jubilation and woes of precocious schoolhouse sports; There was nary shortage of action connected and disconnected nan court, crystal and field.
MLive/Kalamazoo Gazette sports newsman Matthew Ehler and photojournalist Devin Anderson-Torrez were location to archive it.
To spot 65 photos that seizure nan joyousness and sorrow wrong these large and quiet moments, scroll done nan assemblage astatine nan apical of nan page aliases click this link.
To spot immoderate of our favorites from nan year, scroll below.
Portage Central’s Sam Dietzel (23) celebrates aft scoring nan game-winning punishment footwear successful a Division 1 boys shot authorities semifinal crippled betwixt Portage Central and Clarkston astatine Lansing Eastern Athletic Fields successful Lansing, Mich. connected Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025.Matthew Ehler | MLive.com
Kalamazoo Christian's Laila Rashid (16), left, celebrates scoring a extremity pinch Lilly Locker (19) ,right, during a Division 4 girls shot authorities title crippled against Grosse Pointe University Liggett astatine Michigan State’s DeMartin Stadium successful East Lansing, Mich. connected Saturday, June 14, 2025.Matthew Ehler | MLive.com
A brace of boots remainder connected a container arsenic Lawton players hole for their homecoming crippled successful nan locker room astatine Lawton High School connected Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. Schoolcraft defeated Lawton, 18-14.(Devin Anderson-Torrez | MLive.com)
Schoolcraft elder Drew Enright (8) leaps to drawback a walk during a shot crippled astatine Lawton High School connected Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. Schoolcraft defeated Lawton, 18-14.(Devin Anderson-Torrez | MLive.com)
Portage Central elder Max Bailey (3) hits a header during a shot lucifer astatine Portage Central High School connected Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. Portage Central defeated St. Joseph, 1-0, to triumph nan SMAC tourney championship. (Devin Anderson-Torrez | MLive.com)
Western Michigan caput coach Lance Taylor hugs a crying Nadame Tucker (11) aft a rivalry shot crippled astatine Waldo Stadium successful Kalamazoo, connected Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. Western Michigan defeated Central Michigan, 24-21.(Devin Anderson-Torrez | MLive.com)
Plainwell celebrates aft winning a girls hoops crippled against Paw Paw astatine nan Plainwell Field House connected Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. (Devin Anderson-Torrez | MLive.com)
Kalamazoo United elder Keegan McCue (12) hugs Hopkins elder Austin Schaendorf (5) pursuing a D5 first information playoff crippled astatine Mattawan High School connected Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. Kalamazoo United defeated Hopkins, 41-20. Following nan game, earlier celebrating pinch his ain team, McCue saw Scahendorf squatting down astatine midfield and crying. He lifted him up nan brace embraced. (Devin Anderson-Torrez | MLive.com)
Paw Paw's Elizabeth Vanderburg (9) looks astatine nan crowd cheer aft hitting walk-off two-run location tally successful nan bottommost of nan seventh inning during an MHSAA D2 softball authorities semifinal astatine Secchia Stadium connected Thursday, June 12, 2025. Paw Paw defeated Carleton Airport, 3-2.(Devin Anderson-Torrez | MLive.com)
Western Michigan guardant Alex Bump (20) holds nan trophy arsenic guardant Tim Washe (16) sprays champagne, during nan team’s return to Lawson Ice Arena connected Sunday, April 13, 2025. The Broncos returned to a hero’s welcome, aft defeating Boston University successful nan nationalist title nan nighttime before. The nationalist title is nan first successful programme history.(Devin Anderson-Torrez | MLive.com)
Schoolcraft’s Evan Feller (44) celebrates their first rivalry triumph against Constantine successful 5 years aft a crippled astatine Constantine High School connected Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. Schoolcraft defeated Constantine, 32-14.(Devin Anderson-Torrez | MLive.com)
Chris Wheeler, a Western Michigan ace fan, is flooded pinch emotion arsenic he watches Western Michigan triumph successful double overtime connected nan screens astatine Lawson Ice Arena successful Kalamazoo, Michigan, connected Thursday, April 10, 2025. Western Michigan defeated Denver successful St. Louis, sending nan squad to its first nationalist title crippled successful programme history.(Devin Anderson-Torrez | MLive.com)
Scenes from nan Kalamazoo Growlers location opener against nan Lakeshore Chinooks astatine Homer Stryker Field successful Kalamazoo, Michigan, connected Wednesday, May 28, 2025. The location opener was 1 of nan Growlers’ acquisition days and brought successful complete 3000 kids from complete 20 different area schools.(Devin Anderson-Torrez | MLive.com)
Western Michigan linebacker Sefa Saipaia Jr. (10) prays astatine nan 50-yard statement aft a MAC shot crippled connected Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, astatine Waldo Stadium successful Kalamazoo, Michigan. Western Michigan defeated Ohio, 17-13. Saipaia Jr. prays aft each game, triumph aliases loss, keeping God first successful everything he does. He said nan dream helps crushed him. “We travel from victory,” Saipaia Jr. said.(Devin Anderson-Torrez | MLive.com)
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Devin Anderson-Torrez, 24, is simply a Multimedia Specialist astatine MLive-The Kalamazoo Gazette. A Michigan native, Anderson-Torrez graduated from Michigan State University successful 2023 and joined MLive arsenic a photograph intern at...
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