Sports – Page 283

WHS grad Tyler Merren to be in his 3rd Paralympics in Rio

July 12, 2016

Tyler Merren, a 2002 graduate of Wayland High School, is training for his third trip to the Paralympic Games later this summer in Rio. Merren, 32, is a U.S. Paralympic athlete and personal trainer at 24 Hour Fitness. He is visually impaired, married with four children (his wife is also...

Hopkins’ Laura Velderman to compete in Jr. Olympics finals

July 10, 2016

Hopkins High School sophomore Laura Velderman placed second n the 800-meter run Saturday at the Junior Olympics regional meet in Ohio to earn a berth in the national meet in a couple of weeks in California. Velderman also competed in the open 400, but did not make the final four...

Nicole Bush misses in 2nd bid to be in Olympic Games

July 8, 2016

Nicole Bush, who was a frequent guest with the Wayland Road Runners summer group and all-state cross-country runner for current Wayland harriers' coach Ray Antel at Kelloggsville, lost her bid to be in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro next month. Bush, who was national collegiate champion in the...

WHS grad Sam Geivett earns national academic accolades

July 7, 2016

Samantha Geivett, a 2014 graduate of Wayland High School, has earned a special national academic award from the National Junior College Association. Geivett, who was named to the second unit of the all-conference volleyball team for the community colleges of Michigan last fall, was setter on the Wayland High School volleyball...

Wildcat soph Rory Myers scores an ace on MSU golf course

July 6, 2016

Wayland High School sophomore Rory Myers already has some special accomplishments in his young career as a golfer. The 15-year-old Wildcat last spring was district tournament champion as a freshman with an 18-hole score of 71. Myers this week added to his growing legend by carding a hole-in-one at the...

WHS grad named assistant bowling coach at Indiana Tech

June 29, 2016

Wayland High School graduate Doug Cutler has been selected as one of the assistant coaches for the Indiana Tech bowling teams. Cutler, who lives in Ft. Wayne, Ind., with his wife, Erica, and family, will be working with Tom Osborne and Jeff Dreyfus. “It is going to be great to...

Wildcat senior Auston Whitley is academic all-state

June 23, 2016

Wayland High School senior Auston Whitley, a multi-sport athlete, has been named to the Academic All-State team, along with 34 other student athletes. Whitley is shown here with a basketball last winter as a junior guard for the O-K Gold Conference champions. He earned a 4.0 grade point average over...

Raymond Antel III to coach Wildcat boys’ harriers this fall

June 21, 2016

Raymond Antel III has been hired as head coach of the boys' cross-country team at Wayland High School this fall. Antel, currently head coach of the Wildcat girls' track team, succeeds Steve Harcourt, who guided the Wayland boys for a quarter of a century. Harcourt retired from teaching math and...

Laura Velderman refuses to rest on running laurels

June 18, 2016

After astonishing West Michigan high school running fans in her freshman year at Hopkins High School, Laura Velderman hasn't slowed down at all for the summer. The Lady Viking track and cross-country star won two more medals Saturday at the USA track and field regional Junior Olympics meet at Olivet...

Lady Wildcats’ ‘rebuilding’ season ends in quarterfinals

June 14, 2016

The Wayland girls' softball season came to an end in the state Division 2 quarterfinals Tuesday afternoon at Davenport University. The Lady Wildcats lost 14-2, much in the same manner they won all season long. The Bulldogs blew the ballgame open early, scoring five times in the first inning and...

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