Wayland High School

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

April 10, 2019

25 Years Ago — April 13, 1994 The Hopkins Free Public Library is planning to restructure its financing and will ask local voters approve a half-mill levy. Library Director Alice Hazen and Library Board President Mary Howard have indicated funding will run out within just a few years if something...

Presley Hudson earns 2nd national hoops crown

April 4, 2019

Wayland High School graduate Presley Hudson Thursday night added another national championship in front of a national audience. The Central Michigan University senior won the national collegiate three-point shooting contest, not just for women, but for everybody. She won the women's title by sinking 23 threes in one minute and...

Wildcat athlete, booster Ryan Morse dies at age 44

April 4, 2019

Ryan Morse, 44, a huge part of a Wayland athletic family and community, died Tuesday, April 2. The son of longtime WHS baseball, golf and football coach Rick Morse, Ryan played golf and baseball for Wayland High School and his daughter, Leigha, is an accomplished softball catcher at Aquinas College....

Ex-Wildcat Leigha Morse has 7 hits in twin bill sweep

April 3, 2019

Former Wayland High School standout catcher Leigha Morse overcame a heavy heart Wednesday to lash out seven hits in Aquinas College's doubleheader sweep of Cornerstone University. Morse, a sophomore at Aquinas, went 7-for-10 not long after learning the news of the death of her father, Ryan, a perennial Wildcat athletics...

WHS robotics team makes quarterfinals in tourney

March 31, 2019

The Wayland High School robotics team, No. 6090, made it to the quarterfinal round of the East Kentwood tournament Friday and Saturday. The local group, participating in its second competition this year, received the Judges' Award. (Photo courtesy of Angela Staley Snyder)

Presley Hudson included in 3-point shooting contest

March 28, 2019

After concluding her career as Central Michigan's all-time leader in career three-pointers made, senior guard Presley Hudson has been selected to the Women's 3-Point Championship roster for the 31st annual State Farm College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships at Minneapolis' Target Center. The event, which precedes the 2019 NCAA men's final four, will take...

Lady Wildcats win softball non-league opener, 4-1

March 28, 2019

The Wayland High School varsity softball team opened its season Wednesday afternoon with a 4-1 nonleague victory over Grand Rapids Covenant Christian. The Lady Wildcats collected seven hits and committed one error. Freshman Emma Ludema picked up the victory pitching, scattering six hits and striking out six while not allowing...

Zoe Antel signs letter to attend, compete at Aquinas

March 27, 2019

Wayland High School senior Zoe Antel (seated, center), flanked by parents Jennifer and Ray Antel, has signed her letter of intent to attend Aquinas College next year and compete in undisclosed athletic endeavors. Antel was a three-sport athlete as a Wildcat, in cross-country, track and swimming. (Photo supplied)

Pine Street Principal Jennifer Moushegian to retire

March 27, 2019

Jennifer Moushegian The Wayland Union School District is accepting the retirements of two administrators at the end of the 2018-19 academic year. As reported earlier this month, Steeby Elementary Principal Mike Haverdink has announced his retirement and now Pine Street Elementary Principal Jennifer Moushegian is leaving her post as well....

WHS Student Council wins 3 awards at conference

March 25, 2019

Twenty-one Wayland High School Student Council members attended the MASC/MAHS State Conference Saturday at the Amway in Grand Rapids. The Wayland Student Council won three awards: Award of Excellence Exceptional Service Project Star School Award Taking Individual Awards: Hannah Henney won the Unsung Hero Award. Kayley Bodenberg was a Student of...

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