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Lady Clippers enjoy merry 59-16 romp in home opener

November 28, 2017

by Austin Marsman Jaclyn Hildebrand It was an impressive basketball season opener for the Lady Clippers Tuesday night, as the team maintained a huge lead for the entire game and posted a 59-16 triumph over Potter's House. Martin’s girls in the early going scored all of the points until late...

Wildcat bowlers, Clipper girls opening winter seasons

November 27, 2017

Sydney Urben The winter sports season will be kicked off Tuesday evening, Nov. 28, when the Martin girls' basketball team is host to Potter's House. This Saturday, the Wayland boys' and girls' bowling teams will compete in the Wyoming Invitational. Martin last season had one of the youngest outfits in...

Presley Hudson named hoops tourney MVP in Bahamas

November 27, 2017

Former Wayland High School basketball star Presley Hudson last weekend was selected most valuable player in the Junkanoo Jam women's collegiate basketball tournament in the Bahamas. Hudson became only the fourth player in Central Michigan University women's hoops history to make all of her three-point field goal attempts (minimum of...

Otsego teacher Jake Jewitt new Hopkins varsity hoops coach

November 22, 2017

Jake Jewett, a middle school social studies and computers teacher in Otsego, has been named head varsity basketball coach for Hopkins High School. He is in his seventh year teaching in Otsego and eighth overall. A graduate of Michigan State University, he moved to Phoenix, Ariz., for his first year teaching to do third...

WHS grad wins gold in international kettlebell lifting

November 20, 2017

Joann (Lodenstein) Worden, a 1992 graduate of Wayland High School, won the gold medal at the 2017 Kettlebell Lifting Championships this past weekend in Seoul, South Korea. Hungary took the bronze and Japan took the silver. She earlier won the AKA national championships to win the tight to compete in the...

Presley Hudson notches 1,000th career point for CMU

November 18, 2017

CMU coach Sue Guevara high-fives junior guard Presley Hudson after the pair were presented commemorative balls by CMU Associate Vice President/Director of Athletics Michael Alford (right) prior to CMU's game against College of Charleston Friday at McGuirk Arena. Guevara notched her 300th career coaching victory and Hudson surpassed the 1,000...

Ali Martus shoots career best 148 for 2 rounds

November 17, 2017

Wayland High School golfing standout Ali Martus completed a strong fall season competing for the Northwood University team last month. Martus, four-time state qualifier for the Lady Wildcats and a 2016 graduate, had her career best score of 148 (75-73) for two rounds of 18 holes in the Saginaw Valley...

Former Wildcat Quentin Sweeney all-MIAA for 3rd time

November 14, 2017

Former Wayland High School football standout Quentin Sweeney was named to the second unit of the all-MIAA team from Kalamazoo College. It was the third time in three years that Sweeney has earned all-league accolades. An all-around impact player from his linebacker position, he was third on the team with...

Sydney Ritz is collegiate all-league honorable mention

November 13, 2017

Sydney Ritz Sophomore outside hitter Sydney Ritz, a 2016 graduate of Wayland High School, has earned honorable all-conference volleyball accolades at Siena Heights University. Ritz, who also was a basketball standout at Wayland, enjoyed a breakout season for Siena Heights in 2017. The 5-foot-10 outside emerged as one of the top...

Three-sport athlete Meghan Schulz to make it 4 at MSU

November 13, 2017

Meghan Schulz has demonstrated solid performances in volleyball, basketball and as a shot putter in track at Hopkins High School. Yet she plans to attend Michigan State University next year and join the crew team.

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