Sports – Page 193

WHS grad Carter Morse’s RBI wins Bos All-Star game

June 19, 2018

Wayland High School graduate Carter Morse, shown hurling for a couple of innings here, drove in the winning run Tuesday evening with a gap shot in the seventh inning to power the O-K Gold Conference all-star team to victory over the O-K Green Conference. The occasion was the annual John...

Hopkins senior makes 2nd unit of all-star bowling team

June 15, 2018

Brenden Gossman, who will be a senior this fall at Hopkins High School, earned the top spot of the second unit of the 2018 Michigan State USBC Youth All Michigan bowling team. Gossman rolled a 223.72 average in the summer competition. Mitchell Rusinek of Western Wayne County had the top...

Bowling champ decides on where she’ll go to college

June 15, 2018

Michigan Division 2 state bowling champion Sidney Urben finally has made her choice for college next fall. She will attend the Catholic Mount Mercy University in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where she intends to continue her bowling career as a member of the Mustangs. Urben graduated from Wayland High School this...

Wildcat golfers finish 9th in rainy state tournament

June 9, 2018

Wildcat golfers Rory Myers, Rory Bessinger, Tyler Omness, Carson Sevigny and Mitch Salisbury, ninth best in the state. (Photo courtesy of Jill Buchanan Salisbury) A record-breaking performance seemed to be a fitting finish for a record-breaking season for the Wayland High School boys' golf team at the Division 2 state...

Lady Wildcats’ season ends with 2-1 loss in regionals

June 9, 2018

Abby Merice The Wayland varsity girls' softball team's season was concluded Saturday in the regionals with a tough 2-1 loss to Spring Lake. The Lady Wildcats, who this year won their 24th O-K Gold Conference championship and 10th straight district tournament, completed their season with a 20-7-1. It is indeed...

WHS 1600-meter relay team wins all-state accolades

June 8, 2018

The four members of the Wayland High School 1600-meter relay team were awarded all-state accolades for finished eighth in their event last Saturday in the Division 2 state meet. They were (from left) Ashton Ordway, Josh Butler, Seth Sevenski-Popma and Caleb Wolf. Also earning all-state honors was sprinter Brittney Houseman...

WHS grad Teunissen earns another collegiate honor

June 7, 2018

Wayland High School graduate and Davenport University junior pitcher Mallory Teunissen has earned NCAA Division II All-Academic accolades. The 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America Softball Team was selected by CoSIDA, recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom. She boasted a cumulative...

Hopkins girls score 2, Wayland boys 1 at state meet

June 3, 2018

Caleb Wolf It wasn't a particularly good day for Wayland and Hopkins at the Division 2 state meet Saturday at Zeeland. The Wildcat boys scored just one point with an eighth-place finish in the 1600-meter relay and the Viking girls earned two points. Wayland's Ashton Ordway, Josh Butler, Seth Sevenski-Popma...

Lady Wildcats make it 10 in a row for district titles

June 3, 2018

Showing off the district tourney plaque are (from left) assistant coach Nicki Cardosa, seniors Chanlyn Commons, Abby Merice and Sidney Urben and head coach Cheri Ritz. The Wayland varsity softball team claimed its 10th consecutive district championship Saturday afternoon with a 3-1 victory in the final round against Grand Rapids...

Wildcat boys’ golf squad qualifies for state tourney

May 30, 2018

The Wayland High School boys' golf team Wednesday qualified for the Division 2 state tournament by taking second in the regional tournament at Hawkshead Links, South Haven. The Wildcats fired a team score of 312, finishing runner-up to regional champion East Grand Rapids, which carded a 298 for the...

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