Ray Unger

taught industrial arts and yearbook classes at DeWitt from 1969 until his retirement in 1994.  He was the mastermind and head craftsman behind the fire-breathing panther that sits atop the scoreboard in DeWitt Memorial Stadium.  The panther has been a high school football icon not only in the mid-Michigan area but throughout the entire state.  The loud siren and shooting flames that come from the panther every time DeWitt scores have been intimidating opponents ever since the panther’s creation in 1988 and have become part of DeWitt’s football lore.