Wayland High School

Former Wildcat gridder Quentin Sweeney is 2nd team All-MIAA

November 16, 2015

Former Wayland High School football standout Quentin Sweeney has been named to the second team of the All-MIAA football squad. Sweeney, a 2014 graduate of Wayland High School, is a sophomore linebacker at Kalamazoo College. Sweeney recorded the second-most tackles on the team (66) and recorded the second-most interceptions on...

Memorial service will be Saturday for Rickey Lynn Gardner, 65

November 16, 2015

Rickey Lynn Gardner, age 65, formerly of Wayland, died Monday, Nov. 16. Rickey proudly served in the U.S. Army during Vietnam (1968 to 1971) and he graduated from Wayland High School. Surviving is his wife, Su; children, Kristy Gardner, Hollie Williams, Stacey Carlson and Ryan DeYoung; grandchildren, Nolan and Bailey...

Former Wayland High School custodian Edith Butler passes

November 16, 2015

Edith Butler, 88 of Wyoming, formerly of Wayland, died Sunday Edith retired as a custodian from Wayland High School. Edith is survived by her sons: Rollin (Marilyn) Butler and Larry Butler; her grandchildren: Michelle, Christopher, and Tracy; and her ten great-grandchildren; her sister-in-law, Katherine Milheim; and several nieces and nephews....

Former Wildcat grid friends oppose each other in MIAA contest

November 14, 2015

Former Wayland High School football standouts Quentin Sweeney (34) and Mike Miklusicak (22) were best friends and teammates on the Wildcat team that made it to the district finals two years ago. However, on Saturday they were on the opposite sides of the field and on opposite sides of the...

WHS superstar golfer Ali Martus to play for Northwood University

November 13, 2015

Ali Martus, the greatest female golfer in Wayland High School history, has signed on to play the sport and seek a degree at Northwood University next year. Martus, shown here seated in the middle and flanked by her parents, Warren and Diane, completed her career on the links with a...

WHS grad Molly Lameyer is all-league for Davenport volleyball

November 12, 2015

Wayland High School graduate Molly Lameyer has been named to the first unit of the All-Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference volleyball team. The 2012 WHS grad also was selected to the league's All-Academic team. Lameyer finished her senior year with a .329 hitting percentage and 432 kills. She finished second in the...

Kindergartners skype WHS grad, soldier in Qatar on Veterans’ Day

November 11, 2015

For Veteran's Day, Kim Anderson's kindergarten class from Baker Elementary School held a skype session with Wayland High School graduate (Class of 2012), Lexi Hott, who is stationed in Qatar in the Middle East. Lexi is an Airman First Class and serves in the Air Force. Students asked her questions...

WHS volleyball setter is 2nd team all-conference for KVCC

November 9, 2015

Samantha Geivett, a 2014 graduate of Wayland High School, has been selected to the second unit of the all-conference volleyball team for the community colleges of Michigan. Geivett, the setter on the Wayland High School volleyball team two years ago that went all the way to the state Division 2...