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Lady Wildcats get sweet revenge in winning Centreville tourney

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The Wayland varsity softball team captured the championship in the Centreville Invitational Saturday in a particularly satisfying manner. The Lady Wildcats defeated Richland Gull Lake in the finals, turning the tables on a team that earlier this season pinned perhaps the worst loss on Wayland in a long time, 17-0....
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Wildcats defeat Merrill, Harrison to win Evart Invitational

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The Wayland varsity baseball team captured the championship trophy Saturday in the Evart Invitational. The Wildcats defeated Merrill 5-4 in ten innings in first game to hand coach Travis Wilcox his 100th career victory.They came back to defeat Harrison 11-0 in the title game. The Wildcats' season record overall now...
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Lady Wildcats 6th in toughest girls’ track conference in state

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The Wayland girls' varsity track team finished sixth in the O-K Gold Conference track meet Saturday at Houseman Field in Grand Rapids. The performance really wasn't shabby, considering that the O-K Gold has four of the top Division 2 girls' track  teams in the state in Forest Hills Eastern, East...
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Martin earns a doubleheader split with Holland Calvary

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Martin played a doubleheader at Fifth Third Bank field Friday and came away with a split against Holland Calvary. The Clippers scored four times in the seventh inning to win the opener 4-3 behind the excellent pitching of Jacob Robinson and Ethan Gorton. Gorton earned his second victory of the...
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Lady Vikings settle for O-K Silver track co-championship

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The Hopkins girls’ track team will have to settle for an O-K Silver Conference co-championship this year. The Lady Vikings came into the league meet Friday leading the pack of seven teams, undefeated in six dual meets. However, Belding, a perennial power in the sport, rebounded from its loss to...
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Lady Vikings’ late rally falls short in 7-5 loss to FHE

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The Hopkins varsity softball team's overall season record slipped to 11-7 Friday with a 7-5 non-conference loss to Forest Hills Eastern. The Lady Vikings put together a five-run rally in the sixth inning, but it wasn't enough. Hailey Burch threw five innings, gave up nine hits and struck out two. Kelsey...
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The ‘Rest of the Story’ about the city’s sweetheart land deal

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ACHTUNG: The following is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. The City of Wayland’s purported “sweetheart deal” for a 25-acre parcel deserves a Paul Harvey-style “Rest of the Story” comment. At first glance, there is good reason for outrage over the City Council...
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Ranger Rick: The Wayland Magical Mystery Land Deal

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(Tap your heels three times and say I want it cheap!) The continuing drama of the “Outstanding Wayland Land Deal” reminds me of the Chicken Man radio series popular in the 1960s when the announcer would start the show with and exasperating “Weelll, what will the caped crusader do now.”...
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Nagel’s shutout gives Vikings split with Forest Hills Eastern

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Ethan Nagel pitched a three-hit shutout in the nightcap as Hopkins earned a split of a doubleheader Thursday with Forest Hills Eastern. The Vikings took game two 3-0 after being edged 2-1 in an eight-inning heartbreaker in the opener. Nagel allowed just three hits in seven innings of work, striking...
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Elyshia Schafer named director at Dorr and Hopkins libraries

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When Hopkins and Dorr Libraries Director Natalie Bazan left in March, Elyshia Schafer was selected as interim director for both. This week she was announced as new permanent director. Schafer has a master's degree in library and information science from Wayne State University. She earned her liberal arts degree at Michigan Technological...
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