Month: February 2022

Former star Wildcat hurdler 1st at college indoor meet

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Corrina Courser Corrina Courser, a 2020 graduate of Wayland High School, finished first Sunday in the 60-meter hurdles at the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Association indoor track meet. Courser is a sophomore sprinter and hurdler for Grand Valley State University, which dominates the league in both track and cross country....
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WHS foreign exchange student still surviving invasion of Ukraine

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EDITOR'S NOTE: Since posting earlier today, Former WHS foreign exchange student Olya Schenky has sent along updated information as follows: "Ahmed and I are safe today. Russian soldiers tried to destabilize situation in the city we are in, so we spent all day hiding inside the hotel. "It was dangerous...
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Victims of Gun Lake fire, explosion are seeking help

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A GoFundMe page has been established for a family that lost their Gun Lake area home to fire Friday morning (www.gofundme.com). The explosion and fire destroyed the house, routing six people inside. Wayland and Yankee Springs firefighters arrived at the scene and reported the house, located on Sunrise Lane west...
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Former Viking bowling standout is all-WHAC pick

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Hopkins High School graduate Brenden Gossman, who earned all-state accolades during his Viking prep career, added to his personal trophy case Saturday by being named to the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic all-star team in bowling and to the all-academic team. Gossman bowls for Concordia University.
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Keep on rollin’: It’s deja vu for Cats’ Kadence Bottrall

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Kadence Bottrall with another individual trophy. Well, here we go again. Wayland High School junior Kadence Bottrall earned her second straight individual regional bowling championship Saturday and she and senior teammate Isabella Harnish will be back in the state tournament next weekend. Harnish finished third in the competition at Spectrum...
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Local 8th-grader ties state indoor pole vault record

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Wayland Middle School eighth-grader Evie Mathis, daughter of Rick and Cindy Mathis of Wayland, placed sixth amongst high school jumpers Saturday in the Michigan Indoor State Meet at the LAB in Ypsilanti. She also tied the state record for eighth grade indoor pole vault at 11'-6".
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Army Bob: Time is on the side of Putin and Russia

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by Robert M. Traxler As predicted, Russian President Vladimir Putin did what was expected of him, and we are not in a position to stop or even limit him in Ukraine. Our response has been “tough sanctions;” the Russian Bear is quaking in its boots over that one, but in...
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Viking hoops teams split in Hall of Fame night games

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The Hopkins boys' varsity basketball team defeated Belding 69-35 Friday evening, but the girls lost 43-36. The Viking lads now are 4-9 in the O-K Silver Conference standings. The girls finished their Silver campaign at 7-7 and 9-11 overall. Hopkins honored the newest members of the schools' Athletic Hall of...
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Lady ‘Cats follow up league title with regional crown

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The Lady Wildcats and coach Eric Bottrall whoop it up after capturing the regional championship, their second solid success in less than a week. It isn’t often that three different girls’ varsity athletic teams from the same school win three different regional championships in less than a year. But that’s...
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Morning explosion, fire destroys Wayland Twp. home

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An explosion and fire early Friday morning destroyed a Wayland Township home, routing six people inside. Wayland and Yankee Springs firefighters arrived at the scene and reported the house, located on Sunrise Lane west of Patterson Road, was a total loss. All six people were able to escape without serious...
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