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WHS soph Charlie Toman wins Dwarf Games archery silver

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It's been a remarkable journey to Guelph, Ontario, for Wayland High School sophomore Charlie Toman (left, dressed in black), son of John and Jada Hinkle Toman of Shelbyville. He and his teammates on one of two USA basketball teams qualified for the finals in the basketball tournament at the World...
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WHS sophomore’s team makes World Dwarf hoops finals

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Charlie Toman, a sophomore at Wayland High School, is a member of one of two USA teams competing in the 2017 World Dwarf Games in Guelph, Ontario. He and his team will play in the championship contest Wednesday evening after fashioning four victories. He is the son of John and...
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Hopkins’ Gossman wins bronze in State Games bowling

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Hopkins High School junior Brenden Gossman (right) bowled in the State Games of America U20 division Saturday. He took a bronze medal with scores of 245, 210 and 222. (Photo supplied)
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WHS junior is flag bearer for State Games of America

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Wayland High School junior Seth Sevenski-Popma was Michigan flag bearer during the opening ceremony of the State Games of America Friday night at VanAndel Arena in Grand Rapids. Sevenski-Popma, a member of the Wildcats' track and field team as a sophomore last spring, has suffered from and overcome two brain tumors in...
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Caleb Campbell takes over as WHS boys’ soccer coach

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Caleb Campbell has accepted the position of varsity boys' head soccer coach for Wayland High School. A teacher in the district for five years, he has a fourth grade class at Dorr Elementary. He succeeds Ben Sleeman, who resigned after the past season. "He comes to us with some great...
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Jessica Merchant takes assistant coaching post at Stanford

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Jessica Merchant, perhaps Wayland High School's most famous female athletic alum, has decided to join the coaching staff as an assistant at Stanford University. Merchant, an all-state and Miss Softball selection while a Wildcat in 2001, had been an assistant coach at the University of Minnesota for the past several...
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Local high school football seasons open Aug. 24 and 25

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Both Wayland and Hopkins will open their 2017 varsity football seasons on Thursday evening, Aug. 24, but Martin will open Friday, Aug. 25. Wayland will play play at Grand Rapids Union and Hopkins will play at home against Newaygo in nonconference contests. Martin will be host the following evening to...
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New Hopkins Athletic Hall of Fame inductees announced

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The second group of inductees into the Hopkins High School Athletic Hall of Fame has been announced. The newest four members of the select group are retired football coach Rex Weaver, community boosters Dennis and Judy Kennedy, basketball player and coach Tracy Hazen Iciek and members of the 1999 football...
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WHS baseball coach Wilcox takes Carson City AD post

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Travis Wilcox has resigned his post as head baseball coach and behavior intervention specialist for the Wayland Union school district. Wilcox, a 2001 graduate of Carson City-Crystal, has returned to his high school alma mater to become the school’s new athletic director. The position became vacant when Devin Pringle stepped down to take...
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Four local women bowlers competing in national tourney

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Four Wayland-area women are taking part in a national women's bowling tournament in Baton Rouge, La. this week. The four are (clockwise, from top left) Heather Siegwart, Connie Sevigny Cassie Merren and Jessica Schwartz. Photo supplied)
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