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All 3 area girls’ basketball teams open with victories

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The Wayland High School girls’ varsity basketball team had a hugely successful season opener Wednesday night on its home court with a convincing 65-24 victory over O-K Gold Conference rival Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills. The Wildcat boys lost a very competitive game at Ottawa Hills, 59-55. Meanwhile, both Martin boys’...
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Stephanie Ainsworth to join brother at Cornerstone

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Stephanie Ainsworth Wayland High School basketball star Stephanie Ainsworth has signed on the dotted line to play hoops next season for Cornerstone University. Ainsworth joins her older brother, Cory, who leads the Golden Eagles and scoring and rebounding as a sophomore. She also joins former local rival Kennedy Helderop, former...
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Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

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(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Feb. 14, 1996 The first public school academy, also known as a charter school, in this area is being established at Byron Center by Mark Dixson of Hopkins. The school, which will...
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Optimistic signs continue in fight against Coronavirus

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Wayland Union Schools is having its last week of hybrid instruction in preparation for transition to all-day, every day in-person classes, as statistics continue to look positive in the battle against Covid-19. The average number of cases over seven days in Allegan County has fallen from 43.7 a month ago...
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WHS has 1,000 Covid-19 vaccinations administered

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Scott Corbin (far left, cover photo) and his Allegan County Emergency Management team coordinated 1,000 vaccinations for the Covid-19 virus at the Wayland High School auxiliary gym Saturday. A large number of National Guard members took part, along with nurses and other public health officials. The visiting group was fed...
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Wayland NHS students help at Meals on Wheels

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Wayland Union High School National Honor Society students donated their time to volunteer at Meals on Wheels of West Michigan to package personal care items for the elderly who can’t do their normal shopping due to the Coronavirus pandemic. NHS students shown here are Amaya Truong, Emily Drew, Jada Mohon,...
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TK bowlers give Wildcats 2 shellackings on the lanes

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It was a bad day at the Hastings Bowl Tuesday, as both the Wayland High School boys' and girls' varsity teams too a beating from Middleville Thornapple Kellogg. "I thought our ladies would sweep our conference this year and that TK would be our toughest match," said coach Eric Bottrall....
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Two former Wildcat stars playing ball at Cornerstone

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Cory Ainsworth Carter Nyp Two former Wayland High School basketball stars are helping to lead the charge for the Cornerstone University hoops squad this season. Sophomore Cory Ainsworth leads the Golden Eagles in points scored and rebounds and junior Carter Nyp is third on the team in rebounding. Ainsworth is...
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Alzheimer’s takes 1953 Wayland grad Jack DeVries

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Jack DeVries, a 1953 graduate of Wayland High School, died Thursday, Jan. 28, after an 18-year battle with Alzheimer's disease. Jack, born in Dorr on July 17, 1935,  had a gregarious personality, both a handful and a heartful. A devoted family man: husband, father and grandfather, he was a self-made...
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Seven WHS students take part in solo & ensemble

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Congratulations to seven Wayland High School students (shown in photo) for participating in the Virtual Solo and Ensemble event. These choir students, Danielle Chapman, Mark Musgrave III,  Ashlynn Flanagan, Kapry Purefoy, Liberty Laker, Cooper Sidebotham and Stephen Harnish, learned two songs on their own and created a video to submit...
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