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New light poles installed at WHS football stadium

May 29, 2020

New light poles are being installed at Wayland High School's Ron Stehouwer football stadium. Workers are replacing light poles that are more than 35 years old. The new poles are energy efficient, reducing the carbon footprint and energy consumption up to 80%. It will reduce the virtual glare and light...

Hopkins’ Kennedy Gill joins all-state D-3 bowling team

May 26, 2020

Kennedy Gill Hopkins High School junior Kennedy Gill has been selected to the all-state bowling team for Division 3. Gill, who once rolled a sizzling 277 in one game last winter, was chosen by the Michigan High School Interscholastic Bowling Coaches Association.

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WHS assistant joins Hopkins football coaching staff

May 23, 2020

Mike Salisbury Mike Salisbury has joined the football coaching staff at Hopkins High School. Salisbury the past three seasons has been part of the coaching staff at Wayland Union High School and before that at Caledonia, entering his 12th year coaching high school football. "I'm really looking forward to joining...

Work begins on new turf for WHS football stadium

May 15, 2020

Work has begun on the football stadium at Wayland High School, with plenty of dirt moving and machines. Because of savings accrued from previous physical projects, the school district was able to approve implementing artificial turf at Ron Stehouwer Stadium and soccer fields and finally eliminate the much-despised "crown" in...

Wildcat ace hurdler signs to run for GVSU track team

May 7, 2020

Wayland High School senior Corrina Courser has turned down a scholarship offer from Central Michigan University and instead signed with Grand Valley State Universityu. Courser is a state-ranked hurdler and sprinter who missed out on a chance to run varsity track for her fourth season at Wayland High School this...

Two former Wildcats earn Cornerstone hoops honors

April 27, 2020

Cory Ainsworth Carter Nyp Two Wayland High School graduates earned honors for their performances for Cornerstone University's season cut short in March because of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. Freshman Cory Ainsworth, a 2019 WHS grad, received the school's Male Breakthrough Athlete of the Year, awarded to a first-year athlete who...

WHS grad selected to all-star collegiate golf team

April 23, 2020

Rory Myers Rory Myers, a 2018 graduate of Wayland High School, has been selected the PING All-North Region Team. He finished his freshman campaign for Spring Arbor University with a win at Eygpt Valley and a runner-up finish at Sultans Run! An outstanding golfer during his prep career at Wayland,...

Wildcat hurdle star Corrina Courser will run for CMU

April 22, 2020

Corrina Courser (Photo courtesy of Terry Ellis) Wayland High School senior Corrina Courser missed out on a chance to run varsity track for her fourth season this spring because of COVID-19, but she's learned she has earned a track scholarship from Central Michigan University. Courser, who plans to enroll in...

WHS grad is All-America honorable mention bowler

April 18, 2020

Sydney Urben Wayland High School graduate Sydney Urben earned honorable mention accolades on the National Collegiate Bowling Coaches Association All-America team announced last Wednesday. Urben, who was Division 2 individual state champion as a Wildcat in 2018 and runner-up in 2016, now is a sophomore at Mt. Mercy in Illinois....

Paul Goodwin takes over WHS freshman football team

April 17, 2020

Doug Goodwin earlier this spring with his niece, Blakely Merren. Paul Goodwin, a 2008 Wayland High School graduate, has been named freshman football coach for Wayland High School. Goodwin, who played four years of football at WHS and at Olivet College, has been on the staff for the football program...

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