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Wildcat baseball team has gone 13-5 to climb to .500

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Wayland swept Hopkins 8-4 and 16-1 Friday in a doubleheader to even its overall season record to 16-16. The Wildcats have fashioned a 13-5 record in their last 18 games under first-year head coach Trenton Wilcox. Wayland got past the Vikings in a special contest that featured leukemia patient Dawson...
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Yes It Is, It’s True: Churches should have to pay to play

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Kevin Phillips, Republican strategist for Richard Nixon, wrote a book in 1969, "The Emerging Republican Majority," in which he correctly predicted the fall of the rust belt, the rise of the sun belt and proliferation of suburban Yuppies to indeed create the emerging Republican majority from 1969 to 1992. But...
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Service is Sunday for former Leighton Twp. woman

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Marilyn Cone, 80, a member of the Hooker family of Leighton Township, died Thursday, May 19, of congestive heart failure. Marilyn was an active and faithful member of Good News Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Hazen and Jeanette Hooker; and a very special brother, Kenneth...
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Wildcat boys tie for 7th, girls 10th in regionals

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The Wayland boys’ varsity track team finished tied for seventh among 15 teams and the girls’ squad placed 10th at the Division 2 regional meet Friday at Houseman Field in Grand Rapids. The Wildcat guys, who claimed three fourth-place finishes, accumulated 37.16 points, tied with Comstock Park. Grand Rapids Christian...
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Lady Vikings reclaim D-3 regional track crown in style

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The Hopkins girls’ varsity track team is back with a vengeance, capturing its first regional Division 3 championship since 2013. It’s not as though the Lady Vikings were far away in the last three years. In 2014 they missed the title by just three points. But this year they blew...
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Five WHS cagers may play in Champions of Character

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Nearly all of the seniors on the Wayland girls' varsity basketball team this past winter will be team members or alternates in the annual "Champions of Character" all-star basketball games at Davenport University Wednesday, June 15. The roster, announced Friday, included Ali Cutler, who will play at Cornerstone University next season;...
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WHS magna cum laude, cum laude academic students noted

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Wayland High School has announced the seniors who have achieved magna cum laude academic honors and cum laude accolades. Listed in alphabetical for magna cum laude: Alexis Adrianse, Audrey Annable, Perry Carter, Madalyn Crawford, Aliya Cutler, Nicole Damveld, Hope Dollarhide, Madelyn Gray, Benjamin Gunnett, Emily Henderson, Jacob Jager, Austin Johnson,...
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Basura: What would happen if prayer actually worked?

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“I thought about praying for a bicycle, but then I realized it didn’t work that way. So I stole a bike, and prayed for forgiveness.”  —  Emo Phillips                     I thought about this question when, upon arising, I felt some slight soreness in my left ankle. If prayer actually worked, I would...
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Lady Wildcats win last home match of season, 3-1

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The Wayland girls' varsity soccer team defeated Hastings 3-1 Wednesday in its last regular season home game of the year completing its season sweep of the Saxons. The first half saw the Wildcats have plenty of opportunities to score, but just couldn’t find the back of the net. The Saxons...
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Vikings beat Kent City at the home of the Whitecaps

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The Hopkins varsity baseball team beat Kent City 3-1 in seven innings Thursday in a game played at Fifth Third Park, the home of the West Michigan Whitecaps. The Vikings, now 8-6-1 on the season, received excellent efforts from Brock Eller, who went 2-for-2 offensively and pitcher Zach Brechting, who...
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