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Middleville posts shocking 44-7 romp over Wildcats

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"I was shocked... shocked I tell you." "Who are these guys?" Carson Sevigny These two variations of movie quotes from "Casablanca" and "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" might be the most appropriate reactions to Wayland's awful trip to the woodshed in Middleville Friday night. What WOOD-TV Channel 8 billed...
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Lady Vikings 2nd in meet at Gilmore Car Museum

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Fresh from a championship performance in the Coach B Invitational Monday, the Hopkins girls’ varsity cross-country team was runner-up Thursday at the Delton Invitational at the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners. The Lady Vikings finished second to Paw Paw’s 45 team points with 73 in the 10-team field. The...
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Wildcats capture 1st league dual match tennis victory

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The Wayland boys’ varsity tennis team captured its first O-K Gold Conference dual match victory and second overall Wednesday with a 5-3 decision over Wyoming. The Wildcats, now 1-1 in league action thus far, won three matches in singles encounters and two more in doubles. Two of the matches were...
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Wildcats grind out 4-set victory over South Christian

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The Wayland varsity volleyball team opened its dual match and O-K Gold Conference season Tuesday with an important victory over perennial rival Grand Rapids South Christian. The Lady Wildcats, coached by WHS alum and former Davenport University star Krissy Dill, bested the visiting Sailors in three of four matches. They...
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Wildcat boys’ tennis squad loses 7-1 dual to Plainwell

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The Wayland boys’ varsity tennis team Tuesday lost 7-1 to Plainwell in a non-conference dual match. The only winner for the Wildcats was Triston Richards, who scored a three-set 4-6, 7-6 (7-4) (10-4) decision at No. 4 singles. His season record now is 5-2 overall. Wayland will play today (Wednesday,...
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Rob Hamly resigns WHS baseball coaching post

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  Rob Hamly resigned the head varsity baseball coaching position today to take an assistant’s post at Calvin College. Hamly guided the Wildcats to an 8-22 overall record last spring in his first and only season. A 1996 graduate of Caledonia High School and graduate of Eastern Michigan University, where...
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Lady Vikings win Kellogg division in Coach B Invite

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(From left) Emma Helder, Laura Velderman and Jasmine Fisher. Hopkins girls won the Coach B Invitational at Yankee Springs Monday by just one point in its division while Wayland girls finished in second, well behind a Caledonia team that swept the top five places. Individually, Viking ace junior Todd Henley...
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Wildcats compete in Lakewood tennis tournament

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The Wayland boys’ varsity tennis team competed in the Lake Odessa Lakewood Invitational Saturday. The first doubles team of Colin and Christian Sieffert took third place in their flight, defeating opponents from Hastings, Ionia and Mt. Pleasant. Dilon Kelly at second singles and Triston Richards at fourth singles both finished...
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Clippers stomp River Valley 51-0, improve to 2-1 overall

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Lifted in the air, Cayden Curry (22) celebrates with his teammates after another successful TD.  (Photos by Austin Marsman): by Austin Marsman In just its second home game on a new field, Martin pulled off a made-for-TV 51-0 victory over River Valley. The show put the Clippers at 2-1 on...
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Wildcats move to 3-0 with upset over South Christian

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Devin Jakey OK trivia buffs: When is the last time Wayland defeated South Christian on the varsity gridiron? And when is the last time a Wayland team has started the season with a 3-0 record? The answers — The Wildcats last beat South Christian 21-14 in 2007, 11 years ago....
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