Editor

Vikings end regular season as O-K Silver champions

James Wubben tossed a three-hit shutout, Hopkins swept a doubleheader from Wyoming Godwin Heights Wednesday and the Vikings laid claim to the O-K Silver Conference baseball championship. Wubben went seven…

Editor May 25, 2017

Sports

Wildcats upend O-K Gold baseball champ East Grand Rapids

The Wayland varsity baseball team picked up a huge conference victory over the OK-Gold Conference champion Pioneers of East Grand Rapids High School by a score of 15-5 Wednesday. Picking…

Editor May 25, 2017

Sports

Three Lady Wildcats score places in all-star track meet

Wayland girls’ track standouts freshman Corrina Courser, junior Maggie Whitney and freshman Rylee Cronkright earned places Wednesday in the Metro Health Sports Medicine Scholarship Invitational. The meet, held at Comstock…

Editor May 24, 2017

Sports

Lady Wildcats wind up 3rd in O-K Gold soccer standings

The Wayland girls’ varsity soccer team finished third in the final O-K Gold Conference standings, behind co-champions South Christian and Middleville Thornapple Kellogg. Coach Ben Sleeman’s group completed league dual…

Editor May 24, 2017

Sports

Lady Wildcats capture 24th O-K Gold softball championship

The Wayland High School varsity softball team earned its 24th O-K Gold Conference championship Wednesday with a 28-3, three-inning victory over East Grand Rapids. They were supposed to play a doubleheader, but…

Editor May 24, 2017

Obituaries

Gary Belka Jr.’s Mass of Christian Burial will be Friday

Gary Lee Belka Jr., age 51, of Wayland died on Tuesday, May 23. Gary was born on Aug. 24, 1965, to Gary Lee Sr. and Mary Lou (Kiel) Belka in Plainwell.…

Editor May 24, 2017

Features

Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

(From the archives of the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — May 27, 1992 Mary Ellen Mynatt DeYoung wrote a letter to the editor…

Editor May 24, 2017

Community Notices

Top WHS male athletes honored in annual ceremony

Codey Clewell won the Louis Japinga Award Tuesday night at the Wayland High School awards assembly and Jacob Omness was presented with the Senior Athlete Award. The Japinga Award is…

Editor May 24, 2017

Community Notices

Terry ‘Sunshine’ Ellis chosen Booster of the Year at WHS

Terry "Sunshine" Ellis, shown here with his wife, was presented with the 2016-17 Booster of the Year Award Tuesday night at the annual Academic and Athletic Award Night at Wayland High…

Editor May 24, 2017

Sports

Coughlin, Morse win top WHS female athletic awards

Wayland High School seniors Leigha Morse (left) and Taryn Coughlin were announced as the winners of the Senior Athlete Award and Multer Award, respectively, Tuesday night at the Wayland High…

Editor May 24, 2017