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WHS grad Sierra Mutschler cracks 28th career homer

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Former Wayland High School standout Sierra Mutschler (left) crushed a three-run homer in the fifth inning in Saturday's NCAA Division III regional softball championship game for Hope College against Franklin (Ind.) The Flying Dutch won 6-1 to advance to the tourney finals against Calvin at noon Monday in Holland. Mutschler,...
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Howard Thomas service is at United Church of Wayland

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Howard Thomas, a 1969 graduate of Wayland High School and son of former Wayland Supt. James Thomas, has died of cardiac arrest. Thomas, who lived in Grand Rapids and was a machine operator at Reed & Hoppes, was well known in West Michigan as a crew chief at Berlin Raceway....
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Mallory Teunissen named to all-GLIAC team as pitcher

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Wayland High School graduate Mallory Teunissen has been named to the first unit of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Association (GLIAC) all-star team. Teunissen, a Davenport University junior pitcher from Dorr and 2015 graduate of Wayland High School, pitched in 36 games throughout the season and finished with a record...
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Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

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(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — May 12, 1993 Robert Beck presented the Hopkins Township Board and Supervisor Kevin Cronin with petitions bearing about 200 signatures opposing the Rabbit River restoration project prompted by flooding in the area....
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‘Cats’ 5th-place Bedford Valley finish earned notice

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Perhaps one huge reason the Wayland High School golf team has been ranked as high as No. 5 among Division 2 teams in the state is that the Wildcats finished in fifth place April 28 at the star-studded Bedford Valley Invitational in Battle Creek. Wayland combined efforts for a 322...
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Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

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(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — May 5, 1993 The sale of the former Kessler’s building on South Main is imminent, according to Wayland businessman Dennis Reno, who also is a member of the Allegan County Economic Development...
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Lady Wildcats getting back to normal on softball field

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Sydney Urben The Wayland High School varsity softball team seems back on track after a bit of difficult start for the season. The Lady Wildcats Tuesday recorded their sixth victory in their last seven outings by sweeping Wyoming 16-0 and 19-2 in an O-K Gold Conference doubleheader on their home...
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Wildcat golfers ranked No. 5 in state in Division 2

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The Wayland High School boys' varsity golf team is rated No. 5 in Division 2 in the April 29 state-wide poll by the Michigan Interscholastic Golf Coaches Association. The Wildcats have won the Thornapple Kellogg and Allegan Invitationals and finished second in a couple of O-K Gold Conference jamborees. O-K...
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Lady Wildcat Sydney Urben on Free Press Dream Team

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Wayland High School senior Sydney Urben, the Division 2 individual state champion bowler this past winter, has been named to the Detroit Free Press “Dream Team.” Urben was joined on the special unit by Macailin Rodriguez of Caledonia, Barbara Hawes of Flint Kearsley, Natalie Klein of Brighton, Caitlyn Lee of...
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Lady Wildcats’ offense explodes in 8-2 non-league win

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A goal scoring flurry enabled the Wayland High School varsity girls' soccer team to register its third win of the season Friday, 8-2 over Grand Rapids Covenant Christian 8-2. Grace Dunkle scored three of the goals, Amanda Brown added two more, and McKenna Bruin, Kennedy Thelen and Emily Thompson had...
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