Category: Sports

Lady Wildcat volleyball frosh cop Comstock tourney title

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The Wayland High School freshman volleyball squad got off to a fast start to the 2017 season by claiming the championship Friday in the Comstock Invitational. The Lady Wildcats defeated Coldwater in the final round to capture the crown. (Photo supplied)
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Lady Wildcats, 1st-ever Martin team highlight Wayland Invite

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Riley Cronkright Maggie Whitney The annual Wayland High School Cross-Country Invitational Friday afternoon revealed a couple of startling developments. One was historic, as Martin showed up with a boys’ team for the first time the school’s history and didn’t do badly, scoring 91 points and taking fourth place. The other...
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WHS grad Sidney Ritz starts 2nd year with Spring Arbor

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Sidney Ritz Wayland High School graduate Sydney Ritz is starting her second season with the Spring Arbor University volleyball team. A sophomore, she is an outside hitter. She appeared in 62 sets last season as a freshman and came up with 40 kills, 11 assists, 34 digs and 15 blocks....
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Wayland High graduate named AD at Muskegon Oakridge

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Wayland High School graduate Santino Di Cesare has been hired as athletic director for Muskegon Oakridge Middle School ans High School. Di Cesare, who starred in football and basketball at Wayland High School and was an all-conference defensive back at Hope College, was previously employed with The Potter’s House High...
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Former WHS standout to compete in Seoul, South Korea

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Joann Worden (Lodenstein) , a 1992 Wayland High School graduate. is headed to Seoul, South Korea, in November to compete in the world championships in kettlebell lifting. This past Saturday she won the AKA national championships. The winner of the Harry Multer Award for female athletic excellence in 1992, she...
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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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