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Winter Tryouts 2024
WAYLAND HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT 2024-2025 WINTER TRYOUT INFORMATION Girls BKB- Nov 18th- Nov 21stVarsity - 2:45-5:00pm main gymFreshman and JV- 5:00-7:15pm main gymVarsity Coach- Wes Hudson/ hudsonw@waylandunion.org Boys BKB- Nov 11th - Nov 13th 11-11 Varsity- 2:45-4:45pm, JV- 6:00-8:00pm, Freshman- 4:45-6:45pm11-12 Varsity- 2:45-4:45pm, JV- 2:45-4:45pm, Freshman- 4:45-6:45pm11-13 Varsity- 6:45-8:45pm, JV- 5:30-7:30pm, Freshman- 2:45-4:45pmVarsity Coach- Chris Jasinski/ jasinskic@waylandunion.org Wrestling- Nov 11thMain Gym Balcony-3:00-5:30pmVarsity Coach- Roy Harter/ harterr@waylandunion.org Competitive Cheer- Nov 11th - Nov 14thFAC-5:30-7:00pm Varsity Coach- Taylor Akers/ akerst@waylandunion.org Boys Swim- Dec 2ndHS Pool- 3:00-5:30pmVarsity Coach- Seth Beat/ beats@waylandunion.org Bowling- Nov 14thRock N Roll Bowling Alley- 3:00-5:00pm Boys Varsity Coach- Sherry Miklusicak / miklusicaks@waylandunion.orgGirls Varsity Coa
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Athletic Passes/ Online tickets
Athletic passes are available for purchase on our online ticketing website. Individual game day tickets will be available the day before the event. Tickets are online only/no cash will be accepted at the gate.https://gofan.coAdult Season Pass: $75 pp (purchase in the HS Athletic Office)Student Pass for the school year: $30 onlineGolden Age Pass: Free for ages 60+ must be a Wayland resident (pick up in the HS Athletic Office or Admin building)
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New ticketing provider!
We are excited to announce a significant improvement in the way we manage our athletic event tickets. To better align with the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) and enhance your experience, Wayland Union Athletics is transitioning to a new digital ticketing provider: GoFan.
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Fall 2024 Tryout Dates and Times
Fall 2024 Tryouts Dates And Times * Contact the Varsity Coach for summer workouts Football- High School Stadium Tryouts start August 12th-14th 5:00pm-8:45pm ALL LEVELS Varsity Coach- Tim Gibson gibsont@waylandunion.org Sideline Cheer- High School Stadium *weather permitting Tryouts are June 5th-7th 5:30-7:30 Practice begins August 12th Coach- Taylor Akers taylorakers22@gmail.com Volleyball- High School Main Gym Tryouts start August 12th-14th 5:30pm-8:00pm ALL LEVELS Varsity Coach- Kara Laker karalaker@gmail.com Cross Country Boys and Girls- High School Stadium Parking Lot Practice begins August 12th 8:00am M-F Coach- Ray Antel coachantel@me.com Girls Golf- Orchard Hills Practice begins August 12th 9:00am-12:00pm Coach- Rick Brown brownr@waylandunion.org Girls Swim and Dive- High School Pool Practice begins August
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Spring Tryouts 2024
Spring Tryouts 2023 Spring Tryouts 2024 *Times are for all grades 9th- 12th Girls Tennis- March 11th Aux Gym or Tennis Courts- 2:45pm-4:30pm Varsity Coach- Seth Beat beats@waylandunion.org Boys and Girls Track- March 11th HS Stadium- 2:45pm-5:00pm Varsity Boys Coach- Marty Howard howardm@waylandunion.org Varsity Girls Coach- Ray Antel coachantel@me.com Softball- March 11th Main Gym- 3:00pm-6:00pm Varsity Coach- Cheri Ritz ritzc@waylandunion.org Baseball- March 11th Main Gym- 6:00pm-9:00pm Varsity Coach- Drew Lakatos dlakatos@kvilleps.org Girls Soccer- March 11th HS Stadium- 3:00pm-5:00pm Varsity Coach- Holly Hoevenaar h03hoevenaar@yahoo.com Boys Golf March 11th Orchard Hills Golf Course or Pine St- 3:00pm-5:00pm Varsi
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Final Forms
Wayland Union Athletic Department 870 E. Superior St., Wayland, MI 49348 - (269) 792-2254 Adam Valk - Athletic Director Autumn Bonte - Athletic Assistant We are very excited to announce that the Wayland Union Athletic Department has partnered with FinalForms, an online forms and data management service. FinalForms allows you to complete and sign athletic participation forms for your students. The most exciting news is that FinalForms saves data from season-to-season and year-to-year, meaning that you will never need to enter the same information twice! FinalForms also pre-populates information wherever possible, for each of your students, saving you time. You may review your data at any time to verify it is current. You will be required to sign your forms once per year and after any update. We are asking that ALL parents of athletes use FinalForms. Please register at: https://waylandunion
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Wayland High School Physicals 24-25
If your child plans on playing a Middle School or High School sport for the 24-25 school year. They will need an updated physical that was done on or after April 15th, 2024. The High School will be partnering with Metro Health to provide physicals at the new Metro Health Facility in Wayland on June 6th and August 6th, from 4-6. They will cost $25- cash or check only, made out to Wayland Athletics.
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Boys Varsity Tennis vs. Zeeland East High School
Boys Varsity TennisThe Wayland Boys Tennis team took on visiting Zeeland East on Tuesday night. While Zeeland came away with a 7-1 win over Wayland, the Wildcats played competitively as they prepare for the Conference tournament on Thursday.The lone win for Wayland came at 3rd singles, as Chesney Hudson took his opponent to a 3rd set tie-breaker to decide the match. In what turned out to be a battle of wills, Chesney took the first set 7-6 (decided by a tie-breaker), dropped the 2nd set 4-6, then was the first to score 10 points as his opponent came back from a 3-6 deficit to make it close, 10-8.The Wayland Boys Tennis team will look to be competitive in the OK Gold Conference tournament, as they meet South Christian, TK, Grand Rapids West Catholic, Grand Rapids Union, Northview and Wyoming in a 3 match tournament to decide the final Conference standings. Let’s go Wildcats!
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Wayland Varsity Boys Tennis @ Plainwell
Boys Varsity TennisThe Wayland Wildcats traveled to Plainwell on Monday afternoon to take on the Trojans on their home courts.Wayland came home victorious, winning 7-1. However, the Trojans did not go easily and gave Wayland a good battle on the Courts.Collecting wins for Wayland were: 1st Singles - Theo Oddy, 2nd singles Cam Sieffert, 3rd Singles Chesney Hudson, 4th Singles Jacob VanDuine, (1st Doubles defaulted due to illness), 3rd Doubles Grant Dunkle and Dawson Babiak and 4th Doubles Asher Hendricks and Malcolm Sheffer.Wayland takes on Zeeland East in Wayland on Tuesday, October 1st in another competitive match.
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Boys Varsity Tennis vs. Holland High School
Boys Varsity TennisOn Monday, the Wildcats traveled to Holland to take on the Dutch. Wayland played competitively, but ultimately lost 2-6. Taking wins for the Wildcats were 2nd Singles Cam Sieffert, playing through obstacles such as broken strings and worn out shoes but still winning 6-1, 6-4; and at 3rd singles Chesney Hudson, playing consistent, efficient tennis and taking his match 6-0, 6-0.At 4th singles, Jacob VanDuine again played his opponent to a 3rd set tie-breaker in what is becoming his trademark style. This time, however, Jacob came up just short, falling in the 10-point tie-breaker with a score of 8-10.This was a significant warm-up match for the Wildcats as they prepare for the OK Gold Conferece tournament on October 3rd.
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Boys Varsity Tennis vs. Northview High School
Boys Varsity TennisThe Wayland Wildcats took on the Northview Wildcats on Monday in an OK Gold Conference tennis match at the Northview courts. While Wayland came up short in the overall match 2-6, Theo Oddy collected his 2nd overall Conference win, taking on the venerable Andrew Hinds at 1st singles. In the end, after a grueling 2nd set, Theo was able to come out ahead, taking the match 6-2, 7-5.At 4th singles, Jacob VanDuine had to go another 3-set match to collect his 3rd Conference win and improve his conference record to 3-1.Wayland takes on Grand Rapids West Catholic for their next match on Wednesday at their home courts.
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Boys Varsity Tennis vs. Thornapple Kellogg High School
Boys Varsity TennisThe Wildcats took on OK Gold Conference rivals Thornapple-Kellogg Trojans on Wednesday night in Middlevile. While Wayland lost with an overall score of 2-6, the individual game scores tell a tale of tennis matches that were very close, with 3 of the 8 matches going to full 3rd set tie-breakers.At 4th Doubles, Asher Hendricks and Malcolm Sheffer split the first 2 sets, then lost in the 3rd set 3-6. At 3rd Doubles, the Freshman team of Spencer Miller and Brycen Rookus also split their first 2 sets, then came up just short in the 3rd set, falling 5-7.There were a couple bright spots for the Wayland Wildcats! At 1st Doubles, Mason Babiak and Brayden Tomson handled the Trojans, winning 6-1, 6-2 to move their Conference record to 2-1 and their individual records to 6-3 and 7-2 respectively.The match of the day belonged to 4th Singles player Jacob VanDuine, playing for a grueling 3 hours and 25 minutes in 85* heat. Jacob won the first set 6-1 and was seemingly ready to
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Boys Varsity Tennis vs. Wyoming High School
Boys Varsity TennisWayland hosted the Wyoming Wolves Wednesday night at a home match on a perfect day for tennis. Wayland came away with a victory against a young Wyoming team, 8-0.Theo Oddy collected his first victory at 1st singles, 6-0, 6-1.Cam Sieffert won his match at 2nd singles, also with a score of 6-0, 6-1.Chesney Hudson continued his undefeated season with a 6-0, 6-0 win at 3rd singles. Counting Wednesday’s win, Chesney has won 39 games (within a match) out of a possible 48 through 4 matches, for a win percentage of 81.25%. Go Chesney!!At 1st Doubles, Mason Babiak and Brayden Tomson collected a win, 6-0, 6-0, keeping Brayden Tomson undefeated for the season as well.At 2nd Doubles, Grant Dunkle and Dawson Babiak won their match 6-1, 6-1 as well to round out the match for the Wildcats.Jacob VanDuine, Spencer Miller, Brycen Rookus, Asher Hendricks and Malcolm Sheffer collected Default wins for the 8-0 total score.The Wildcats move on to the Caledonia Invitational on Saturda
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Boys Varsity Tennis vs. Lowell High School
Boys Varsity TennisThe Wayland Wildcats took on the Lowell Red Arrows on Thursday afternoon at the Lowell HS courts. Wayland came away with a 7-1 victory, with the Red Arrows fighting all the way.At 1st Singles, Theo Oddy played tough against his opponent, but fell just short in the 2nd set. Cam Sieffert handled his opponent 6-0, 6-0 at 2nd singles, along with wins by Jacob VanDuine at 3rd Singles, 6-0, 6-1 and Chesney Hudson (taking his first win as a singles player) at 4th singles, 6-0, 6-0.At 1st doubles, Mason Babiak and Brayden Tomson fought off a consistent Lowell team and came away with a win, 6-2, 6-4. At 2nd Doubles, Grant Dunkle and Dawson Babiak had to go to a 3rd set tie-breaker to collect their win. At 3rd Doubles, Spencer Miller and Brycen Rookus were victorious fighting off a comeback by the Red Arrows in the 2nd set. At 4th Doubles, Asher Hendricks and Malcolm Sheffer played consistent tennis and came home with a win.The Wildcats will take on the Wyoming Wolv
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Boys Varsity Tennis vs. Cedar Springs High School
Boys Varsity TennisThe Wildcats Boys Tennis team met the Cedar Springs Red Hawks at their home courts on Thursday. This is the 2nd match this week against a “Hawk” team (Hawkeyes and Red Hawks), and the Wildcats are 1-1 vs. Hawks. Wayland came away victorious against a young Cedar Springs team - 7-1.Notable victories went to Dawson Babiak, Spencer Miller, and Brycen Rookus, all collecting their first Varsity wins for Wayland Union. Great job guys! Also to Isaiah Gates, who stepped up at the last minute to play Cedar’s exhibition player and won his match 6-3, 6-4.Another notable win went to Chesney Hudson and Brayden Tomson, winning their match 6-0, 6-0, bringing their record for the season to 2-0. Jacob VanDuine also remains 2-0 at 3rd singles.All positions played well and the team is starting to shake off their early season jitters and find their pace. There’s plenty more tennis on the way, with Coopersville and Lowell next week. Great job Wayland Tennis!
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Boys Varsity Tennis vs. Hamilton Community Schools
Boys Varsity TennisOn Tuesday, 8/19 Wayland hosted the Hamilton Hawks for the first Boys Tennis match of the 2024/2025 season. While Wayland fell short 3-5, the team played tough against a very talented Hamilton team. Congratulations to Jacob VanDuine, winning his match in a 3rd set tie-breaker against a Senior at 3rd singles, Chesney Hudson and Brayden Tomson winning a thrilling, 2-hour match in a 3rd set tie-breaker at 1st doubles, and Asher Hendricks and Malcolm Sheffer winning at 4th doubles. The team will take on Cedar Springs at home on Thursday.
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Girls Varsity Softball vs. Hopkins
Girls Varsity SoftballThe Varsity Softball team defeated Hopkins in the MHSAA District Championship, on Saturday, 14-0. MadiLudema took the victory in the circle. Leading the offensive attack was Hannah Rairigh going 3-4, with a Hame Run. Harmony Laker also had three hits, going 3-5, with one Home Run. Shelby VanHouten was 2-3 on the day. Madi Ludema had 2 HomeRuns, which ties Sierra Mutschler,s Home Run record, with 12 for the season. Kaidence Burton and Kaylee Lown each added a hit. Reese Veltman, Lauren Wright and Rae Stallard each had a hit. Wright added a triple. The Wildcats collected 15 hits in the contest.
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Girls Varsity Softball vs. Lowell High School
Girls Varsity SoftballThe Varsity Softball team increased their record to 27-7-1, with a 15-2, victory over Lowell. Madi Ludema took the victory on the mound, in five innings of play. Leading the Wildcats offense was Hannah Rairigh and Reese Veltman, both going 3-3. Rairigh had a double and a triple. Shelby VanHouten was 2-2. Madi Ludema was 2-3, with a double. Carli Mikluisicak and Rae Stallard added singles.
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Girls Varsity Softball vs. Lowell High School
Girls Varsity SoftballThe Varsity Softball Team defeated Lowell 4-2. Harmony Laker took the victory on the mound. Leading the Wildcats offense was Harmony Laker, Madi Ludema and Carli Mikluisicak, all going 2-3. Laker had a triple and Ludema added two doubles. Lauren Wright and Shelby VanHouten added two singles.
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Girls Varsity Softball vs. Grand Haven High School
Girls Varsity SoftballThe Varsity Softball Team lost 0-2, to D1 Honorable Mention Grand Haven. Leading the Wildcats Attack was Shelby VanHouten, going 2-3, and was 3-3, on base percentage.. Madi Ludema added a hit and Carli Mikluisicak had a single.
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Girls Varsity Softball vs. South Christian High School
Girls Varsity SoftballThe Varsity Softball Team defeated South Christian, 15-0. Harmony Laker took the victory on the mound, allowing just 3 hits. Leading the Wildcat offensive attack was Carli Mikluisicak going 4-4, with a home run and a double and Izzy Johnson going 2-2. Harmony Laker and Madi Ludema we’re both 3-4. Laker had a home run and a double and Madi Ludema had a single, double and a triple. Reese Veltman added a hit.
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Girls Varsity Softball vs. South Christian High School
Girls Varsity SoftballThe Varsity Softball team clinched their 29th OK Conference Championship with a 9-1, victory over South Christian. Madi Ludema took the victory on the mound. Leading the Wildcats offensive attack was Resse Veltman, going 3-3. Lauren Wright was 2-2, with a double. Hannah Rairigh was 2-4, with a triple. Madi Ludema and Shelby VanHouten were 1-2. Harmony Laker added a single.
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Girls Varsity Softball vs. Frankenmuth High School
Girls Varsity SoftballThe Varsity Softball team tied a strong Shepherd team, 6-6, on Saturday. Carli Mikluisicak pitched for the Wildcats. Leading the Wildcats attack was Izzy Johnson, going 2-2, and blasting a home run. Shelby VanHouten was 2-3, also blasting a home run. Hannah Rairigh, Resse Veltman, and Carli Mikluisicak added hits. Carli Mikluisicak blasted another home run for the Cats!
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Girls Varsity Softball vs. Frankenmuth High School
Girls Varsity SoftballThe Varsity Softball Team lost 2-4, to D2, state ranked #4, Frankenmuth on Saturday. The last time the Wildcats beat Frankenmuth was for the 2015 MHSAA State Championship at Michigan State. Madi Ludema only allowed four hits. Leading the Wildcats offensive attack was Hannah RiIrigh, Madi Ludema and Rae Stallard. Ludema hit a home run in the contest.
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Girls Varsity Softball vs. H.H. Dow High School
Girls Varsity SoftballThe Varsity Softball team took on a strong D1 state ranked HM team, Midland Dow, and lost in the 7th inning, by a score of 3-4, in international tiebreaker. Leading the Wildcats offense was Hannah Rairigh, Madi Ludema, Carli Miklusicak, Shelby VanHouten and Rae Stallard. Carli Mikluisicak blasted a home run and was 3-3, on base against the tough Midland Dow team.
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Girls Varsity Softball vs. Byron Center High School
Girls Varsity SoftballThe Varsity Softball Team increased their record to 23-4, winning 19 straight games, against the Byron Center Bulldogs, defeating the Bulldogs 7-6. Madi Ludema and Harmony Laker pitched for the Wildcats. Leading the Wildcat attack was Kaylee Lown going 2-2, with a double. Harmony Laker was 2-4, with a double off the fence to clinch the win. Carli Mikluisicak added a double. Hannah Rairigh, Lauren Wright, Madi Ludema, and Shelby VanHouten added singles.
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Girls Varsity Softball vs. Ottawa Hills High School
Girls Varsity SoftballThe Varsity Softball Team won their 18th game in a row and increased their record to 22-4, with a victory over Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills. Carli Mikluisicak threw a no hitter, striking out seven in 3 innings of play. Leading the Wildcats offensive attack was Madi Ludema, Reese Veltman and Kaidence Burton. Reese Veltman had a home run and Kaidence Burton added a double. Hannah Rairigh was 2-3, with a triple. Harmony Laker added a double.
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