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Lady Wildcats lose 2-1 heartbreaker to Middleville TK in OT

April 22, 2015

The Wayland girls' soccer team lost a 2-1 squeaker Wednesday to O-K Gold Conference rival Middleville Thornapple Kellogg on a cold, windy and snowy evening. The girls battled to a 1-1 tie at the end of regulation and conceded the go-ahead goal late in the second overtime to fall on...

Lady Wildcats blitz Ottawa Hills 8-0 to go above .500

April 20, 2015

The Wayland girls' soccer team beat Ottawa Hills 8-0 Monday to bring itsrecord to 4-3-1 and 1-1 in O-K Gold Conference play. Brinley Nieuwenhuis scored twice and Haley Thelen, Madelyn Gray, Ali Cutler, Lynnsey Hooker, Hanna Moulenbelt and Sarrah Sweeris all added one goal apiece. Assists were made by Ali...

Wildcat middle school boys, girls both win track invitational

April 19, 2015

The Wayland boys' and girls' middle school track teams both had a terrific day in their season openers Friday, by placing first in a six-team invitational. The invitational meet included competitors Wyoming, Caledonia-Duncan Lake, Godwin Heights, Wyoming Park and Holland Black River. The girls team earned 125 points to outdistance...

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Viking track teams step up challenges at Hastings Relays

April 19, 2015

The Hopkins boys' and girls' track teams challenged themselves Saturday by taking on higher division opponents in the Hastings Relays. The Vikings were the only Division 3 school in the competition, where the boys took fourth and the girls fifth. The girls' team also was hampered by low numbers for...

Lady Wildcats finish 6th in track invitational meet

April 19, 2015

The Wayland High School girls' track team placed sixth among eight teams in an invitational Saturday. Kenowa Hills was the invitational winner with 837 points and East Grands Rapids accumulated 830. Wayland ended the day with 357 points, finishing ahead of Wyoming and Comstock Park. Among the highlights, Brittany Ludwig...

Lady Wildcats upset by Zeeland West in extra inning 1-0 tilt

April 18, 2015

The Wayland varsity softball team, a perennial Class B state powerhouse, suffered an extra-inning 1-0 shutout loss to Zeeland West Saturday at the Whitehall Invitational. The Wildcats banged out five hits, but could not get one runner to touch the plate. Morgan Engelsman threw the shutout for Zeeland, walking three...

Lady Wildcats play Jenison to a 2-2 non-league deadlock

April 17, 2015

The Wayland girls' soccer team Friday rebounded from a tough loss to South Christian and battled a talented Jenison team to a thrilling 2-2 draw at home. Coach Ben Sleeman said, "The game was close throughout with both teams having opportunities to take the lead and seal the win." Jenison...

Track powerhouse TK defeats Lady Wildcats in dual meet

April 17, 2015

The Wayland girls' track team ran into one of the squads in West Michigan, Middleville Thornapple Kellogg, Thursday afternoon and came away with a 131-15 O-K Gold Conference dual meet loss. Coach Ray Antel said the Wildcat girls produced many seasonal and lifetime personal records tonight in near-perfect weather. Senior...

Clippers sweep doubleheader against Marcellus, 8-5, 7-1

April 16, 2015

The Martin baseball team got on the winning track Thursday by sweeping a doubleheader from Marcellus, winning the first game 8-5 in a stunning comeback and taking the nightcap 7-1. Tyler Smith came on in relief in the first game and picked up the victory as the Clippers scored six...

Perennial league soccer power South Christian tops Lady Wildcats 4-1

April 16, 2015

The Wayland girls' soccer team couldn’t capitalize on their offensive chances and ended up taking their first conference loss of the season, 4-1 to perennial powerhouse South Christian. "They battled strong throughout the game and were the more dangerous team attacking the goal," said coach Ben Sleeman. Indeed, Wayland came...

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