COVER PHOTO: Junior Hannah Brinks broke the Hopkins school season record for strikeouts and the season isn’t over yet. She is currently at 123 punch outs so every time she strikes out an opposing hitter, she sets a new school record. Hopkins chalked up two more softball triumphs Monday afternoon to remain tied for first […]
Wayland High School senior first sacker Carli Miklusicak has done some pretty heavy hitting lately. She kept it up Monday by clouting a homer and driving in four runs in a 16-0 first game triumph over Kenowa Hills. The Wildcats also blanked Kenowa 19-0 in game two of the O-K Gold Conference doubleheader to improve
Wayland Union School District officials plan to deal with a couple of traffic issues this summer after receiving a number of citizens’ complaints. Superintendent Tim Reeves said a couple of devices with strobe incubated light systems will be installed at the corner of East Superior Street and the high school entrance and at the corner
Heidi Chappell-Davis is retiring Friday at the Wayland Harding’s Market after working at the grocery for 30 years. She posted on Facebook today: “I started the store when I was 18 years old. I have had many hats throughout my years. I ran the service counter, the video department. I trained the carry-out kids when
COVER PHOTO: Freshman Veyda Conley won the 1600, 3200 and ran the anchor leg of the Clippers’ winning 3200-meter relay team. The Martin girls’ varsity track team score 66 points to take fourth place Friday at the eight-team John Green Mendon Invitational. The boys’ team managed only 14 points and took seventh. Freshman distance running
The Hopkins softball team had a really good day at the Ionia Invitational, winning all three contests to claim the first place trophy. It was Hopkins’ second straight tourney trophy after it won the hardware the week before at Thornapple Kellogg. The Lady Vikings took out St. Johns 7-3, then handled Ionia 15-5 and edged
Wayland’s boys’ track was in a hot three-team race for second place in the O-K Gold Conference track meet Friday at Houseman Field in Grand Rapids. Unfortunately, the Wildcats eventually finished fourth, less than seven points from the runner-up slot behind Catholic Central and Cedar Springs. Forest Hills Eastern emerged as the league champion. The
Wayland High School graduate Brenna Hyde recorded her personal best effort in the long jump and the triple jump as well Friday in the National Collegiate Christian Athletic Association (NCCAA) track meet. She leaped 5.45 meters in the long jump and went 10.59 meters in the triple jump, finishing sixth and seventh, respectively. Hyde excelled
The Hopkins girls’ varsity track team captured the O-K Silver Conference championship Friday by taking first in the eight-team field of the league meet at Sparta. The Lady Vikings amassed 165 team points to touch out the host school, which had 136. The Viking guys, meanwhile, checked in third with 91 points behind Sparta and
