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Abby Merice latest Wildcat star to go to Davenport

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Davenport University has been the beneficiary of many Wayland High School softball players and it has just added yet another one. Senior Abby Merice, shown here at her signing ceremony with parents Shane Donahue Merice and David Merice, will become the latest in a long line of Panthers, including pitcher...
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Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

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(From the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Nov. 11, 1992 Wayland and Holland are regarded as the top destinations for gypsy moths in Allegan County, according to the Cooperative Extension Service Task Force. Four traps are in operation in the City...
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Lady Wildcats lose in regional semifinals to Edwardsburg

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The Wayland High School varsity volleyball team's season came to an end Tuesday evening with a three-set loss to Edwardsburg in the regional semifinals at Allegan. The Lady Wildcats had captured the district championship last Thursday evening with a three-set victory over Plainwell.
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Like grandmother, like granddaughter, history repeats itself?

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Madison, the 12-year-old granddaughter of 1974 Wayland High School graduate Kathy Worfel, just finished her first complete season as a member of a sixth grade football team in Texas. Her grandmother is no stranger to being the only girl on the team, having played boys' tennis for the Wildcats in...
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Wayland to meet Plainwell in district volleyball finals tonight

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Wayland and Plainwell will meet at 6:30 tonight at Hopkins High School to play in the finals of the Division 2 district volleyball tournament. Wayland swept Otsego in three sets Tuesday night in the semifinals. Hopkins bowed out of the tourney Wednesday evening by losing three of four sets to...
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Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

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(From the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Nov. 4, 1992 The Wayland Township Board granted an excavation permit to enable the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to commence the cleanup of the contaminated site on 132nd Avenue. Neighboring residents are...
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Seven WHS singers advance to Regional Honors Choir

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Regional Honors Choir qualifiers from Wayland are (back row from left) Hannah Damveld, Avery Sallie, Olivia Gamelin, Zack Spoors, (front row) Anna Sanger, Andrew VanBaal and Mikayla Biesbrock. (Photo courtesy of Ricci Sabin) Seven Wayland Union High School students have advanced to the High School Regional Honors Choir. They will...
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‘Seussified Christmas Carol’ to be presented Nov. 17-19

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The players (kneeling, from left) Will Hurt, Chris Niemchick, Aubree Wooten, Sam Rahm, Missy Whitney, Olivia Peets, Dakota Busby (standing) Carla Janke, Collin Majewski, Keely Standish, Kai Weaver, Evan Cater, Ally Maynard, Mike Wnuk, Camber Barko, Benjamin Niemchick, Khylea Wells, Maiwenn Knapsong, Alanya Foster, Nick Wnuk, Avery Sallie, Cami Huyck and...
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WHS grad Tristen Ortiz to play in MIAA soccer semifinals

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Tristen Ortiz, a 2017 graduate of Wayland High School, will be in action at 7 p.m. Wednesday evening at Calvin College in the semifinals of the MIAA soccer tournament. Ortiz is a freshman forward for Trine University. He has scored three goals and has come up with two assists for...
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Two former Wildcat standouts reunited for the last time

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Two old Wildcat pals reunited for the fourth and last time Saturday as members of their respective MIAA college football teams. Linebacker Quentin Sweeny intercepted a pass for Kalamazoo College. but his Hornets lost 50-0 to a streaking Hope College squad, which has missed the services of running back Mike...
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