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Ex-Wildcat coach Diorio enjoying Benton Harbor playoff adventure
It was just about a year that Jerry Diorio gave up the head football coaching position at Wayland and it was just a couple of months ago he began his…
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Does it always have to rain for Halloween? It was wet and wild
Somebody on Facebook Saturday afternoon asked, "Why does it always rain on Halloween? It probably doesn't, but seems that way. Trick-or-treaters were fewer in number as temperatures hovered in the…
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Two Wildcats qualify for state C-C meet; team 5th in regional meet
Wayland senior Perry Carter and junior Jonathan Zuiderveen both qualified Saturday for the Division 2 state cross-country meet by placing among the top 15 individuals in the regionals at Portage.…
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Hopkins harriers qualify for state; Velderman is regional champ
Laura Velderman is the individual regional champion and the Hopkins cross-country team is going back to the Division 3 state meet next Saturday at Michigan International Speedway near Brooklyn. Velderman,…
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Hopkins FFA among nation’s top 10 as ‘Model of Innovation’
The Hopkins High School chapter of the FFA was selected as one of the top ten chapters in the nation as a "Model of Innovation" for community development out of…
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Seven Wayland Middle School students to join State Honors Choir
Eleven Wayland Middle School choir students sang in the Michigan School Vocal Music Association (MSVMA) Regional Honors Choir concert Oct. 24 and auditioned for the State Honors Choir. The students…
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Shelbyville man killed in crash of semi-trucks in Indiana
A Shelbyville man died Thursday morning in a traffic crash in Swayzee, southwest of Marion, Ind. David Hoffman, 54 of Shelbyville, died at the scene. Authorities said it wasn’t clear…
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Former Wildcat volleyball players among top Davenport scorers
Wayland High School alum Molly Lameyer (6) is leading the Davenport University volleyball team in scoring and fellow former Wildcat Krissy Dill is third. The Panthers came from behind earlier…
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Aten, NAIA No. 1-ranked Cornerstone to debut tonight in hoops
Dilon Aten, a 2015 graduate of Wayland High School, is a member of the defending champion Cornerstone University basketball team, which opens its season tonight at Indiana Wesleyan. The Golden…
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Army Bob: We must eliminate ISIS cancer now, or have to face it later
Some 19 months ago I wrote in this column that we needed to deploy a reinforced Armored Brigade (6,000 troops) to Iraq and eliminate the ISIS threat. At that point…