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Lady Wildcats claim district volleyball championship

November 3, 2017

The Wayland varsity volleyball team captured the district championship at Hopkins Thursday evening with a straight-set 25-14, 25-19 and 25-22 victory over Plainwell. The Lady Wildcats will be at Allegan High School Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7, to play Edwardsburg in the regional tournament. (Photo courtesy of Terry...

Wayland to meet Plainwell in district volleyball finals tonight

November 2, 2017

Wayland and Plainwell will meet at 6:30 tonight at Hopkins High School to play in the finals of the Division 2 district volleyball tournament. Wayland swept Otsego in three sets Tuesday night in the semifinals. Hopkins bowed out of the tourney Wednesday evening by losing three of four sets to...

Climax-Scotts upsets Martin in 3 sets, advances to finals

November 1, 2017

by Austin Marsman Kathryn Anderson serving for the Clippers during the first set. Martin's volleyball season ended Wednesday evening in the district tournament semifinals on it home court. Visiting Climax-Scotts swept the Clippers in three sets, 25-16, 25-8 and 26-24 to earn a berth in the Division 4 tournament finals...

Martin boys 5th, girls 8th in Division 4 C-C regionals

October 29, 2017

Martin's first cross-country boys' team and later four more girls made the Lady Clippers a team. Martin polished off a successful first year in cross country by taking fifth place in the Division 4 boys’ regional meet at Allendale Saturday. The Clippers recorded 96 team points and four of...

WHS grad Tristen Ortiz to play in MIAA soccer semifinals

October 29, 2017

Tristen Ortiz, a 2017 graduate of Wayland High School, will be in action at 7 p.m. Wednesday evening at Calvin College in the semifinals of the MIAA soccer tournament. Ortiz is a freshman forward for Trine University. He has scored three goals and has come up with two assists for...

Two former Wildcat standouts reunited for the last time

October 29, 2017

Two old Wildcat pals reunited for the fourth and last time Saturday as members of their respective MIAA college football teams. Linebacker Quentin Sweeny intercepted a pass for Kalamazoo College. but his Hornets lost 50-0 to a streaking Hope College squad, which has missed the services of running back Mike...

Lady Clipper spikers edge 4 teams to win SAC tourney

October 28, 2017

by Austin Marsman The Lady Clippers after their victory in the finals over Lawton (from left) back row) Briana Balder, Kathryn Anderson, Faith Guritz, Gabby Hansen, Kaitlyn Gulbranson, Jordyn Seiser, (front row) Jasmin Patterson, Kiaya Warner, Jaclyn Hildebrand, Briana Warner, Sydney Eckman. Martin’s varsity volleyball team endured a rough 1-7...

WHS grad guides Colorado school to top 10 finishes

October 28, 2017

Robby Young, a 2003 Wayland High School graduate, guided his Rampart High School cross-country teams to top 10 finishes in the Colorado state championship meet Saturday. The Ram boys placed third and the girls, though unrated all season, captured eighth. Young also is head varsity track coach at the Colorado...

Lady Wildcats qualify for trip to Division 2 state meet

October 28, 2017

Punching their ticket to the state cross country meet were (from left) Zoe Antel, Naomi Oosterhouse, Abbie Hasse, Mie Tornbjerg, Rylee Cronkright, Maggie Whitney and Corrina Courser. Though the Wayland girls’ cross-country team finished tied for fourth place in the O-K Gold Conference final standings, it’s going to the Division...

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Lady Vikings just miss another trip to state C-C meet

October 28, 2017

Jasmine Fisher Todd Henley The Hopkins girls’ varsity cross-country team just missed a trip to the state championship meet Saturday by finishing in fourth place in the Division 2 regionals at the Red Bud Moto Cross Park in Buchanan. However, Viking junior Jasmine Fisher and sophomore Todd Henley from the...

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