Wayland High School

Wildcats touch out Hopkins in district tourney opener

The Wayland High School boys’ varsity basketball team Monday evening defeated Hopkins 47-36 in the opening round of the Division 2 post-season district tournament. The homestanding Wildcats improved to 6-15…

Editor March 7, 2022

Sports

Two WHS star bowlers join final 4 at state tournament

Wayland High School standout bowlers senior Bella Harnish and junior Kadence Bottrall finished second and third, respectively, in the Division 2 individual state tournament at Salem Super Bowl Saturday. Kadence…

Editor March 5, 2022

Features

Four WHS choir members to sing in concert March 17

Four Wayland Union High School choir students have been accepted into the South West Vocal Music Festival Honors Choir (from left): Mark Musgrave lll, Destiny Buckner, Kaprya Pureifoy and Stephen…

Editor March 3, 2022

Sports

Former WHS hoops star is 2nd team all-WHAC choice

Despite battling injuries this season, Cornerstone University junior Cory Ainsworth has earned second team honors on the all-Wolverine-Hoosier Conference (WHAC) basketball team. Ainsworth was a star 6-8 center for the Wayland…

Editor March 3, 2022

Sports

To the Lady Wildcat bowl champions go the spoils

Wayland High School girls' varsity bowling coach Eric Bottrall this week decided to get his Lady Wildcats a limousine and a fancy dinner as a treat for winning the O-K…

Editor March 3, 2022

Features

Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now historical library in downtown Dorr) Members of the Wayland High School Home Economics Club in the late 1930s. 25 Years Ago…

Editor March 2, 2022

Community Notices

Wayland Middle School band wins Division 1 rating

The Wayland Middle School band earned a Division 1 rating Tuesday from the judges at the Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association district festival at Lakewood High School. The ensemble…

Editor March 2, 2022

Features

WHS foreign exchange student has left Ukraine

Olya Schenky, Wayland High School foreign exchange student from Ukraine, has left her home country. In a message to American mother Connie VanHouten, she wrote, “Well, today I will finally…

Editor February 28, 2022

Articles

WHS Principal Tom Cutler to retire effective June 30

Tom Cutler Wayland High School Principal Tom Cutler has announced he will retire effective June 30, the end of the current academic year. Superintendent Dr. Christina Hinds confirmed the development,…

Editor February 27, 2022

Sports

Former star Wildcat hurdler 1st at college indoor meet

Corrina Courser Corrina Courser, a 2020 graduate of Wayland High School, finished first Sunday in the 60-meter hurdles at the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Association indoor track meet. Courser is…

Editor February 27, 2022