Wayland senior bowlers Amber Beggs and Dillon Smith are members of the O-K-Gold and Green Conference all-star team. Beggs finished seventh in the league over the season with an individual per-game average of 158.7. Smith placed seventh as well, with an average of 192.4. The Lady Wildcats ended up eighth in the conference tournament out […]
Our most persistent disease, one that just won’t go away, is not influenza, a cold, cancer, diabetes or so many other popular maladies. It is racism. It also is perhaps the disease with an existence most often denied, most often attempted to be explained away, and most often marginalized. America hasn’t dealt with racism in
Martin girls captured a non-conference basketball victory Saturday afternoon in a makeup against West Michigan Aviation Academy. The Lady Clippers prevailed 52-21 about as easily as they did in their victory Jan. 9. They took control early with a 17-5 lead in the opening quarter and used an 18-3 run in the third period to
Rumor has it that this very brave (or foolish) diver into the Gun Lake Winterfest annual Polar Bear Dip is former Wayland High School football quarterback Tanner VanDyk. The Winterfest concluded a day full of activities blessed by weather better than the customary fare locally for the past three weeks. (Photo supplied)
In a refreshing show of class and sportsmanship Forest Hills Eastern players Taylor Mitchell (11) and Gage Keueger (22) Friday night helped Wayland guard Jory Shepherd make his way to the Wildcat bench after he suffered an injury. Shepherd came back into the game late and helped the home team win a double overtime thriller.
The Hopkins boys’ varsity bowling team captured first place in the O-K Silver Post Conference Bowling Tournament Saturday at Fairlanes in Grandville. The Viking girls took second. Even though the Viking boys have two rescheduled matches to go this week, they have clinched first place in the conference. The girls are in second, but have
Longtime referee, umpire, official scorer and Wayland athletics booster Elwyne Powers (second from right) was presented with a plaque Friday night for his nearly 50 years of service to the program. Powers, a 1972 graduate of Wayland High School, was a star member of the Wildcat track team. Since then he has been a referee,
The Martin boys’ varsity basketball team avenged an earlier season loss to Fennville by taking a 52-45 decision Friday night. The Clippers also lifted their overall season record to 14-2, with its losses only to the Blackhawks and Coloma. Friday night’s contest was tight throughout, with Martin clinging to leads of 12-11, 25-21 and 35-34
The Hopkins girls’ varsity basketball team will have a showdown Monday at NorthPointe Christian to decide whether or not it will repeat as O-K Silver Conference champion. The Lady Vikings will take a 6-1 league record, 9-5 overall, against a team that is unbeaten this year in the Silver. The game will be a makeup
Martin defeated Fennville 53-34 Friday night in the second girls’ varsity basketball encounter between this two teams this season. The Lady Clippers started slowly offensively, leading only 7-5 at the end of the first quarter, and they were up 23-18 at intermission. They continued to pull away in the second half to push their overall
