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Lady Wildcat standout Leigha Morse to attend Aquinas College

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So which will it be? Volleyball or softball? Wayland High School standout Leigha Morse has announced she intends to attend Aquinas College in Grand Rapids after she is no longer a Wildcat. With her at her signing ceremony are volleyball coach Nicki Merchant Cardosa and softball coach Cheri Ritz, though...
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Wildcat boys lose 4-1 nonleague soccer game at Otsego

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The Wayland High School boys' soccer team dropped a 4-1 decision to Otsego Wednesday evening to bring its overall season record to 0-3. The Wildcats' Chuck Wroblewski found the back of the net first on an assist from Tristen Ortiz, but he and his teammates were down 4-1 at halftime....
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Lady Wildcats take 3rd in Traverse City volleyball tourney

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The Wayland High School varsity volleyball team opened its season Saturday at the Traverse City Central Invitational and finished in third place. The Lady Wildcats won four matches, lost once and tied once. They beat Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes, Benzie, Glen Lake and Traverse City Central but lost...
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Wayland women dominate Miss Allegan County pageant

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Mary Bush (left) of Wayland Union High School was selected the new Miss Allegan Outstanding Teen 2017 and Rachel Bouterse, a Wayland High School graduate now representing Aquinas College at the Miss Michigan, was chosen the new Miss Allegan County 2017. The Allegan County pageant was held Saturday in Allegan....
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Wildcats, Clippers open Aug. 25, Hopkins plays at Davenport

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High school football season starts a week from Thursday, with Hopkins, Martin and Wayland all shooting for making improvements on identical 2-7 campaigns a year ago. Wayland and Martin will get under way at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25, when both squads will be at home. The Wildcats will entertain...
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Bygone Days: A look at the Wayland area’s past, Part 228

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25 Years Ago — Aug. 14, 1991 The soon-to-be constructed east wing of the Allegan County Building will be called the Ralph B. Sytsma Memorial Center in honor of the County Board chairman and Leighton Township dairy farmer who died earlier this year. Congressman Paul Henry (R-Grand Rapids) stopped in...
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Wayland Athletic Boosters cancel 2nd annual Bash Aug. 20

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The Wayland High School Athletic Boosters Club has canceled this year's Booster Bash fund-raiser, which was scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 20, at Orchard Hills. Wayland Board of Education member Nancy Thelen announced the development at the school board meeting Monday night. She said the reason was a lack of interest....
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WHS grad’s daughter wins Kent County Youth Fair pageant

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McKenna Church, daughter of Wayland High School graduate Jodi Church and Richard Church, this weekend was crowned Kent County Youth Fair Junior Queen. McKenna was competing in the fair from Belding. Her grandmother is Linda Holcomb of Wayland and grandfather, the late Dennis Holcomb.
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Bygone Days: A look at Wayland area’s past, Part 227

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25 years Ago — Aug. 1991 The Dorr Township Board has issued Hillcrest Mall Manager Bernie Hull an ultimatum to live up to obligations of his tax abatement by Jan. 1, 1991, or the tax breaks, which were granted back in 1985, will be canceled. A board statement complained that...
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Funeral Monday for ex-WHS student Michael Van Dorp, 63

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Former Wayland High School student Michael Van Dorp, 63, of Vermontville died of cancer Thursday, July 28. Michael attended Wayland High School and then joined the Marine Corps, serving in Vietnam. He then became a cop, EMT and firefighter, then went on to a career at Amway from which he...
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