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Wildcats blanked in non-conference match vs. Hamilton

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The Wayland High School boys' varsity tennis team had its overall season record evened at 1-1 with an 8-0 loss Tuesday to nonleague opponent Hamilton. Coach Cheri Ritz commented that the first doubles team of Jackson Chesley and Elijah Dollarhide played well for the Wildcats. Wayland will resume play on...
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Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

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(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Aug. 31, 1994 This is the barn on the Clayton Jackson property in Wayland Township today, 100 years later. Wayland Police Chief Dan Miller is investigating a charge of failure to file...
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Ex-Wildcat grid standout to coach South Christian this fall

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Kayd Hulst   Kayd Hulst, a 2018 graduate of Wayland High School and a standout linebacker for the Wildcat football team two years ago, has switched sides in the coaching department. Hulst has agreed to serve as an eight grade grid coach the fall for O-K Gold Conference rival Grand...
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Special service Thursday in Caledonia for Brett Dame, 27

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Brett Dame, 27, a 2010 Wayland High School graduate, died Saturday, Aug. 24. Brett had a deep love for every human he connected with and his passion for music never wavered. He started playing guitar in elementary school. With every instrument he picked up and played, his soul's voice sang...
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Dame family of Shelbyville dealing with 2nd tragic death

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The Dame family of Shelbyville has suffered another tragedy. Brett Dame, a 2010 Wayland High School graduate, died Saturday when he was disconnected from life support. He was 27. The news is even more tragic in that his younger brother, Evan Lee Dame, died in an icy traffic crash in...
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WHS grads’ granddaughter, daughter named Miss Belding

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Makenna Church (left), daughter of Wayland High School graduate Jodi Holcomb Church (right) and 1966 Wayland High School grad Linda Grinage Holcomb, won the Miss Belding pageant this weekend.
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Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

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(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Aug. 24, 1994 This is the Wayland school faculty just before the 1940-41 academic year. (Photo courtesy of Brandon Halloran) Local residents have been complaining to City Hall about dust, flying stones...
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WHS junior aces No. 9 hole at Orchard Hills in season debut

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Wayland High School junior Rylee VandenBerg had a hole in one on the par three No. 9 at the Orchard Hills golf course during the Wayland Invitational tournament Monday, the season opener for the Wildcats, Byron Center, Comstock, NorthPointe Christian, Zeeland West, Middleville Thornapple Kellogg and Hastings.
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Pickleball friends snatch WHS grad from the jaws of death

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Michael Johnston Michael Johnston, a 1972 graduate of Wayland High School and retired Kenowa Hills High School history teacher, was back at the microphone on the “Cut to the Chase” local radio program Tuesday morning. Johnston told host Jim Chase, colleagues and listeners about how he came back from an...
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WHS grad Brittini Merchant joins CMU softball coaching staff

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Wayland High School graduate Brittini Merchant is one of two assistant coaches who have joined coach McCall Salmon's Central Michigan University softball staff. Merchant, a two-time All-Mid-American Conference selection while playing at CMU from 2008-11, along with former Michigan standout Sara Driesenga will fill the assistants' roles for Salmon, who was named to...
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