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Wildcat golfers again rumored to be tourney champs

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The Wayland High School boys' golf team for the second time this spring is rumored to have captured first place in an invitational. This time, according to word on the street, the Wildcats took the championship in the Allegan Invitational Friday at the Lynx Golf Club in Otsego. However, there...
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WHS grad Leigha Morse bangs 3HRs in Aquinas sweep

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Wayland High School graduate Leigha Morse had a huge day for Aquinas Friday in a doubleheader sweep of University of Michigan-Dearborn. The former Wildcat standout belted three home runs and drove in five runs for the Saints, now 37-13 for the season overall. Morse is the starting catcher on the...
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BC Lakeview hires former WHS football coach Diorio

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Former Wayland High School varsity football coach Jerry Diorio has been hired as head coach at Battle Creek Lakeview High School. Diorio, who guided the Wildcats to the post-season playoffs four times, takes over for Matt Miller, who stepped down last season with a 49-29 record as head coach, including...
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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 — April 28, 1993 The Martin Board of Education voted 4-3 to reinstate “Literature of the Supernatural” into the freshman and sophomore curriculum. The board vote earlier in the year was deadlocked at...
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WHS staff giving robotics team a sendoff to a ‘T’

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Wayland Union High School staff members surprised the Robotics team by purchasing T-shirts. They raised $512 for the team to attend the World Championship competition April 26-28 in Detroit. The kids had no idea of the shirt sale and thought they were going to an early morning meeting. They were...
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WHS Theatriks to do ‘I Never Saw Another Butterfly’

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Wayland High School students will perform their spring play I Never Saw Another Butterfly the weekend of May 4-6 at the Fine Arts Center. The play, written by Celeste Raspanti, is a fictionalized piece about the real-life Holocaust survivor Raja Englanderova. The story takes place in the ghetto Terezin, which was...
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Two members inducted into WHS Alumni Hall of Fame

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(From left) Perry Slagter, Dick Miller, Kathy Matthews, Dave Smith and Principal Tom Cutler. (Photo courtesy of Joyce Steffes) Wayland Union Schools inducted two new members into the Alumni Hall of Fame at the Scholastic Honors Night celebration April 17,  Beatrice (Rairigh) Smith and Dick Miller. Bea Smith was inducted...
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‘Cat track teams lose season debuts to GR Christian

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Sophomore Corrina Courser won both hurdling events. Both the Wayland High School track teams got off to a rough season start Wednesday in dual meet losses to O-K Gold Conference rival Grand Rapids Christian. The boys lost 93-44 and the girls were on the short end of a 104-29 count....
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Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

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25 Years Ago — April 14, 1993 The Allegan County Board of Commissioners is likely to approve an amended contract for recycling, dealing with the proposed $25 surcharge for users in municipalities. The Yankee Springs “People Path” plans seem to have hit a dead end, but organizer Jenny Lamoreaux has...
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Lady Wildcats fall short 4-3 to TK in league opener

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The Wayland High School girls' soccer team opened O-K Gold Conference play Tuesday evening by being edged 4-3 by Middleville Thornapple Kellogg. The Lady Wildcats fell to 0-2 overall and 1-0 in league play. They will pay Thursday evening at South Christian. The Trojans took the lead first 20 minutes...
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