Tag: Wayland High School

Hannah Sikkema to play softball at Dordt College, Iowa

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Wayland High School senior Hannah Sikkema has announced her intention to attend Dordt College and join the Defenders' softball program. Sikkema batted .333 in 2016 and had an on base percentage of .627.  She had 34 hits, 27 runs batted in with 45 runs scored and 17 stolen bases. She...
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Wildcats swept by O-K Gold champ East Grand Rapids

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Wayland High School's varsity baseball team dropped both ends of a double-header Monday with the newly crowned OK-Gold Conference champion Pioneers of East Grand Rapids. The Wildcats lost the first game by a score of 13-2. They took a 2-0 lead into the fourth inning, but ultimately, 14 walks by Wildcat pitchers...
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Yes It Is, It’s True: Quality female athletes just keep coming

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It was an extraordinary week for female athletes from Hopkins and Wayland High Schools, and it happened over just two days. No fewer than four young ladies, two from Wayland and two from Hopkins, emerged as regional champions in their individual athletic specialties. Considered for your approval: Elena Campon, Wayland...
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WHS foreign exchange student wins regional tennis title

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Wayland High School's No. 1 singles tennis player Elena Campon, a foreign exchange student from Spain, won the Division 2 regional singles championship Thursday and has qualified for the Division 2 state finals next month. She defeated her Middleville Thornapple Kellogg opponent in the finals, 6-4, 6-4. "It's been a...
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City apparently unwilling to call off Reno Drive land purchase

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It’s not a done deal yet, but it appears any attempt to stop the City of Wayland’s agreement with developers Keith Nickels and Josh Otto for the sale on land on Reno Drive near 133rd Avenue will not succeed. The City Council took public comments Monday night on the proposed...
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Graveside services slated for Monday for 1964 WHS grad

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Word has been received of the death Thursday, May 11, of Leonard James Getty, a 1964 graduate of Wayland High School. He was 70 and his address was listed as 531 W. Cherry St. in Wayland. Len enjoyed riding his motorcycles, bowling, but most of all he loved his dogs....
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Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

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(From the archives of the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 years Ago — May 13, 1992 The Southwest Michigan Solid Waste Interim Consortium has been formed, thanks to a $95,000 state grant, and Allegan County has agreed to chip in a $3,041 match to get the...
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Presley Hudson named co-MVP for CMU basketball team

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Presley Hudson, former Wayland High School all-state standout, and Tinara Moore were named Co-Most Valuable Players during the Central Michigan women’s basketball team’s annual banquet last Friday at Buck’s Run Golf Club. Hudson, a sophomore guard, led the Chippewas in scoring (16.8 points per game) and in assists (4.9). She...
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Teunissen’s 2-hit shutout moves Davenport to finals

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Former Wayland High School all-state pitcher Mallory Teunissen tossed a two-hit shutout at University of Michigan-Dearborn Monday in the semifinals of the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference tournament. She and her Davenport University ballclub will take on Madonna in the final round Tuesday. Teunisssen is a sophomore and all-conference pitcher this spring....
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Too much misinformation being spread about football field

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To the editor: I normally don’t take to publicly sharing thoughts, but I can’t stand by and let inaccurate information be spread about our program and facilities. With that being said, I’d like to focus on your claims about the football field. To begin, the football field was approximately 1/55th...
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