February 2022 – Page 2

Former star Wildcat hurdler 1st at college indoor meet

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…

Editor February 27, 2022

Features

WHS foreign exchange student still surviving invasion of Ukraine

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…

Editor February 27, 2022

Community Notices

Victims of Gun Lake fire, explosion are seeking help

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…

Editor February 27, 2022

Sports

Former Viking bowling standout is all-WHAC pick

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…

Editor February 26, 2022

Sports

Keep on rollin’: It’s deja vu for Cats’ Kadence Bottrall

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…

Editor February 26, 2022

Sports

Local 8th-grader ties state indoor pole vault record

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…

Editor February 26, 2022

Columns

Army Bob: Time is on the side of Putin and Russia

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…

Editor February 26, 2022

Sports

Viking hoops teams split in Hall of Fame night games

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…

Editor February 25, 2022

Sports

Lady ‘Cats follow up league title with regional crown

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…

Editor February 25, 2022

Community Notices

Morning explosion, fire destroys Wayland Twp. home

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…

Editor February 25, 2022