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Boys, Lady Wildcats compete in Portage Invitational C-C meet

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The Wayland High School girls’ cross-country team checked in at 30th place in the Portage Invitational Saturday. The Lady Wildcats had a team score of 672. Fellow O-K Gold Conference member East Grand Rapids won the 47-team race with 131 points. The Wayland boys’ team finished 44th in the 49-team...
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Lady Wildcats miss return to state tourney by 3 strokes

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The Wayland High School girls' varsity golf team concluded it season by finishing fourth in the Division 2 regional tournament Thursday at the Stonewater Country Club in Kentwood. The Lady Wildcats fired an 18-hole score of 386, which was just three strokes away from third-place Forest Hills Eastern's 383. The...
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Service Friday for Frank Urias of Hastings, graduate of WHS

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Frank W. Urias aged 47, of Hastings, a Wayland High School graduate, died Wednesday Oct. 5. Frank was above anything a devoted husband and father. Throughout his life, Frank has proved that “it’s not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the...
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Bygone Days: A look at Wayland area’s past, Part 236

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25 Years Ago — Oct. 9, 1991 Fire destroyed the James Garage and Used Cars building near 137th Avenue and 10th Street, just north of the Wayland city limits. Owner Gene James was in Grand Rapids and his son, Gene Jr., was having coffee at the Auction Café when the...
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Survey shows Wayland schools have work to do to pass bond

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The third public forum on Wayland Union schools’ plans to seek a bond proposal next May for new and improved facilities featured results of a survey of 300 district residents. Epic/MRA last month conducted a telephone poll to try to get information about the public’s attitude toward a bond issue...
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Sweeney shines on defense, but Kalamazoo loses league opener

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Wayland High School graduate Quentin Sweeney led Kalamazoo College in tackles and had a sack Saturday in the team's MIAA season opener. Unfortunately, the Hornets lost 56-26 to Alma and saw their overall record slip to 2-2. Sweeney was a decorated linebacker and running back for the Wildcats' 2012 football...
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Lady Wildcats 9th, boys 16th in Otsego C-C Invitational

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The Wayland High School girls’ and boys’ cross-country teams competed in the star-studded Otsego Invitational Saturday morning, with the girls finishing ninth with 237 points and the boys 16th with 408. Coach Sue Brewer said her Wildcat ladies, missing Maggie Whitney and Peyton Sidebotham with injuries, “had a really good...
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Homecoming parade grand marshals have to duck lots of raindrops

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Managing somehow to avoid significant raindrops Friday evening were 2016 Wayland High School homecoming parade grand marshals Roger Van Volkingburg, Wayland Township supervisor, and longtime teacher and coach Cheri Ritz. (Photo supplied)
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Grant may help revive interest in Wayland bowling program

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Wayland High School math teacher and boys’ bowling coach Sherry Miklusicak has earned a $1,500 Bowler’s Education grant this past summer and last week received the equipment. Miklusicak and girls’ coach Bill Holbrook will use the money and equipment to build the schools’ bowling program, both in interscholastic competition and...
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Bygone Days: A look at the Wayland area’s past, Part 235

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25 Years Ago — Oct. 2, 1991 A special prosecutor has been appointed to investigate the shooting death of Dennis Roxbury of Hopkins, a Vietnam veteran who was killed by Michigan State Police troopers Sept. 12. Authorities insisted Roxbury was drunk and in an agitated state when he pointed his...
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