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Wildcats’ Adam Huff is state champion in discus

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Hopkins pole vaulter Landen Klinge was fifth in the state meet. Wayland junior thrower Adam Huff captured the Division 2 state championship in the discus Saturday at Hamilton High School by hurling the object 172-0. Huff owns the school record in the discus and the shot. He didn’t match his...
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Wildcats capture yet another softball district title

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Wayland captured yet another district softball championship Saturday afternoon by blanking neighborhood rival Hopkins 14-0 in the tournament finals. It was its 27th district crown. The Wildcats clouted four home runs in the ballgame, which was shortened to six innings because of the 10-run mercy rule. Winning pitcher Madi Ludema...
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Wildcats end regular season with 2 wins over Lowell

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Wayland's four seniors are nearing the end of their prep careers in softball. The Wayland softball team Thursday afternoon decided to go ahead and end the regular season with a non-league doubleheader against Lowell. The Lady Wildcats came away with a 4-2 victory and prevailed 15-2 in the nightcap to...
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Allegan forfeits softball district opener to Wayland

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For undisclosed reasons, Allegan has decided to forfeit Saturday morning’s district tournament softball game to Wayland. The Wildcats were scheduled to take on the Tigers at 10 a.m. Saturday. The Wildcats, now 26-7-1 for the season overall, now will play the winner of the Hopkins-Middleville Thornapple Kellogg district semifinal, which...
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Hopkins softball team earns all-state academic honors

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The Hopkins High School varsity softball team has earned earning team academic all-state honors. Vikings Jessi Spray, Peyton Roxbury, and Kate Steffes also earned individual academic all-state honors. Hopkins will play at noon Saturday at its home field against Middleville Thornapple Kellogg in the opeing round of the Division 2...
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Wildcat bats very quiet in 2-0 loss to Grand Haven

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Wayland’s regular softball season ended with an overall record of 25-7-1, as the ‘Cats bats were uncharacteristically quiet in a 2-0 non-league loss to Grand Haven Wednesday. The Wildcats were held to just four hits by Bucaneers’ hurler P. Borgman, who also struck out 11 Wayland hitters. Shelby VanHouten had...
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Wayland boys compete in annual MITCA track meet

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The Wayland boys’ track squad took part in the annual Michigan Track Coaches Association (MITCA) meet Friday at Berrien Springs. A total of 16 teams competed in both the boys’ and girls’ divisions. MITCA scoring is different than in customary meets First place in an event is worth 30 points,...
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Vikings lose 8-6 to Sparta, fall to 2nd in O-K Silver

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The Hopkins softball dropped the second game of a doubleheader against Sparta Wednesday, 8-6, to fall to second place in the final O-K Silver Conference standings. Calvin Christian won the league title again, losing only once this spring, to Hopkins, but the Vikings had two defeats. “It was a sad...
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Wildcats score 29th O-K Gold Conference crown

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So that’s a wrap win the O-K Gold Conference softball season, and to the surprise of no one, Wayland polished off as perfect record Wednesday afternoon with a 15-0 rout of South Christian. The game was a resumption of the second game of a doubleheader Monday, which was halted suddenly...
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Lady Vikings cop 2nd place in star-studded invitational

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The Hopkins girls’ track team finished in second place in a star-studded 32-team U of M Health-West Scholarship Invitational Tuesday at Byron Center. Neither the Wayland boys’ nor girls’ teams scored heavily because many Wildcats athletes were taking part at the athletic and academic honors banquet. The Lady Vikings scored...
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