Sports – Page 329

Ali Martus fires career-tying 76, ‘Cat golfers 7th in invitational

August 20, 2015

Four-year Wayland High School girls’ golf standout Ali Martus opened her season by tying her best 18-hole round with a 76. Martus, who will be seeking her fourth trip to the state championship meet later this fall, pulled off the feat at the Diamond Springs Gof Course in the Hamilton...

Head Martin grid coach steps down, will remain as assistant

July 31, 2015

Travis Farris, the coach who guided the Martin High School football team last fall and oversaw the end of a 56-game losing streak, will not be back at the helm this season. Farris, who in his first season as head coach led the Clippers to a 2-7 overall record, will...

Teunissen officially presented with Miss Softball Pitcher award

July 22, 2015

Wayland High School's Mallory Teunissen officially received her Miss Softball Pitcher award at the state-wide all-star game this summer. Presenting the award is the president of the Michigan Softball Coaches Association, Tom Calnen of Troy. Teunissen, who obviously was all-state pitcher in Division 2, will hurl next year for Davenport...

WHS grad Brittini Merchant named assistant coach at SIUE

July 12, 2015

Brittini Merchant (left), shown here with her aunt Cheri Ritz, has been named an assistant coach for the softball team at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Merchant, a 2007 graduate of Wayland High School, was Miss Softball in 2007 and later played for graduated from Central Michigan University. She played at...

Three Lady Wildcats selected to play in softball all-star game

June 25, 2015

Three members of the Wayland Union Division 2 softball championship team have been selected to play in the Michigan High School Softball Coaches Association 2015 Senior All-Star game. They are seniors first sacker Morgan Teunissen, pitcher Mallory Teunissen and second sacker CJ Miller. The Wayland Athletic Boosters are sponsoring these young ladies...

Four members of WHS softball champion team are all-state

June 19, 2015

Four members of the state champion Wayland softball team have been named to the Division 2 All-State team. Seniors Mallory Teunissen and Caroline (C.J.) Miller were joined by freshmen Abby Merice and Sydney Urben. Teunissen was a concensus choice for pitcher, having an impressive 0.15 earned run average during the...

New WHS varsity baseball coach brings strong family ties

June 14, 2015

Wayland High School’s new varsity baseball coach is no stranger, of course, to baseball, but he’s no stranger to Wayland, either. Though he grew up in Carson City, Travis Wilcox is the son of former Wildcat baseball player Tom Wilcox and the grandson of longtime local residents Gale and Roberta...

Yes It Is, It’s True: Hailey Houck stars as Bobby Thompson

June 13, 2015

Baseball has such a rich history of more than a century that it offers special events never forgotten. One such event occurred almost 64 years ago, in the fall of 1951, when Bobby Thompson hit “The shot that was heard ‘round the world.” Thompson’s three-run homer was a walkoff in...

Lady Wildcats capture 2nd state championship in 9 years

June 13, 2015

Coach Cheri Ritz and her Wayland softball team Saturday morning proved they were indeed the No. 1 Division 2 team in the state all along. The Lady Wildcats defeated Frankenmuth 11-0 in the state championship game at Michigan State University. It was their first state title since they did the...

Lady Wildcats seek their 2nd state softball crown Saturday

June 11, 2015

The Wayland softball team will be on a mission at 10 a.m. Saturday morning at Michigan State University — to win its second Division 2 state championship. The Lady Wildcats Thursday afternoon took care of business in surprisingly easy fashion with a convincing 11-0 victory over a St. Clair team...

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