Sports – Page 184

WHS grad Hope Dollarhide playing at Lawrence Tech

November 11, 2018

Hope Dollarhide Former Wayland girls' basketball standout Hope Dollarhide is a junior forward on the Lawrence Tech women's hoops squad. Dollarhide played in 31 games as a freshman, recorded 82 points, 39 rebounds, 11 assists and 11 steals. She finished with 2.6 points per game, shooting 36.7% from the field...

Brian Huberty named Wayland varsity baseball coach

November 11, 2018

Brian Huberty Brian Huberty, a teacher and coach for Plainwell Community Education, has been hired as head varsity baseball coach at Wayland High School. Huberty succeeds Rob Hamly, who resigned two months ago after one 8-22 season to take on an assistant coaching role at Calvin College. Huberty is a...

Ally Longstreet to play softball next year for GRCC

November 9, 2018

Ally Longstreet, hard-hitting senior outfielder for the Wayland High School softball team, has signed to play for Grand Rapids Community College next year. She is shown (seated) with her father, Ed, GRCC coach Brian Skudre, (standing) Wayland varsity coaches Cheri Ritz and Nicole Cardosa.

Presley Hudson, CMU pick up where they left off

November 8, 2018

Presley Hudson surrounded by CMU teammates. Wayland High School graduate Presley Hudson and her Central Michigan University teammates seemed every bit as formidable as they did last season in their 104-61 victory Thursday night over Oakland University. The Chippewas, who reached the NCAA Sweet 16 last March and fashioned a...

WHS grad wins collegiate coach of the year honor

November 8, 2018

Dustin Buchanan, a graduate of Wayland High School and Grace Bible College, has been named National Collegiate Christian Association Division II Mideast Region coach of the year. He is the soccer coach at Grace Christian University in Grand Rapids.

WHS grad Austen Beggs rolls perfect 300 at Spectrum

November 5, 2018

Wayland High School graduate Austen Beggs, a four-year member of the Wildcat boys' bowling team, rolled his first perfect 300 game this past weekend at Spectrum Lanes in Grand Rapids. A graduate from last spring, he is enjoying high highest scores on the lanes of late, last weekend rolling a...

Six area harriers compete individually at state meet

November 3, 2018

Rylee Cronkright The annual state cross-country meet at Michigan International Speeway near Brooklyn included four runners from Hopkins and one each from Wayland and Martin. The Division 2 girls’ championships Saturday revealed, no one’s surprise, just how good the O-K Gold Conference is. East Grand Rapids won the team title...

Record-setting QB tosses 6 TDs to end Vikings’ season

November 2, 2018

Colin Weber totes the ball against Belding, helped by a block by Brad Langlois. (Photo courtesy of Jill Maley Weber) Hopkins varsity football has absorbed a lot of criticism about pass defense over the last several years, but Friday night it had a pretty good excuse. The Vikings saw their...

WHS cross, track coach receives Ambrose award

November 1, 2018

Raymond Antel III Wayland High School boys’ cross-country coach Raymond Antel III has received the Kermit Ambrose Award by the Michigan Track Coach Association. Antel, who also serves as girls’ track coach at WHS, also is one of the three newest cross-country coach inductees to the Hall of Fame. He...

WHS grad reaches 2,000-yard rushing mark at Hope

October 29, 2018

Mike Miklusicak Mike Miklusicak, a 2014 graduate of Wayland High School, gained 210 yards on 20 carries Saturday for Hope College in the Flying Dutch's 52-23 victory over MIAA rival Alma. The ground total moved his career mark to more than 2,000 yards, making him only the 10th running back...

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