The Hopkins boys’ varsity bowling team absorbed its first dual match defeat this season Wednesday at Belding, 18-12, but the Vikings still are the O-K Silver Conference champions. The girls won their match at Hillcrest Lanes in Belding 27-3 to claim their league title. High scores for boys were Brenden Gossman 247 and 226, Carson […]
25 Years Ago — Feb. 23, 1994 Allegan County has earned an A1-plus rating from Standard & Poor’s financial rating agency. The Wayland City Council’s offer to settle a 10-year lawsuit with Westbury Apartments through the Michigan Tax Tribunal has been accepted. The city’s counter offer is $24,000 per unit for 32 units. Scott Sullivan
NorthPointe Christian’s zone defense and its 6-foot center, Kaycee Sluiter, Wednesday night dashed any dreams Hopkins had of repeating as O-K Silver Conference basketball champions. The Mustangs came to town smarting from a 53-47 loss and earned impressive revenge in a convincing 53-32 verdict to virtually lay claim to the league title. The two teams
The Martin boy’s varsity basketball team’s overall season record fell to 14-3 Tuesday night with a 49-33 defeat at the hands of a Wyoming Potter’s House Christian squad that has lost only once this year. The Clippers are scheduled to face Gobles Friday in their last regular season contest before opening district play next Wednesday.
The Wayland boys’ varsity basketball team lost 58-42 to O-K Gold Conference champion South Christian Tuesday night. The Lady Wildcats lost 52-34 to the Sailors. Wayland boys finished league play with a 6-6 record. They defeated East Grand Rapids twice, split with Wyoming, Middleville Thornapple Kellogg, Forest Hills Eastern and Grand Rapids Christian and lost
Gene George Heibel, age 88 of Grand Rapids, formerly of Dorr, died Monday Feb. 18. Gene grew up on a farm in Dorr and moved to Grand Rapids with his family and he attended Catholic Central High School, was a member of the football team and upon graduation enlisted in the US Army. He was
Sarah Alice Hazen, 80, of Hopkins, died Monday, Feb. 18, at Briarwood Assisted Living in Allegan. Born July 19, 1938 in Miami, Fla., she was the daughter of the late Cecil Greene McCullough and Josephine Alice (Gray) Ashley and was the wife of the late Jerry Halden Hazen. Mrs. Hazen had been the librarian in
The Martin girls’ basketball team cruised to its 12th victory against two losses Tuesday night with a 52-29 non-conference decision over Potter’s House. The Lady Clippers were never in trouble, jumping out to a 20-7 advantage in the first quarter and widening the gap to 32-12 at the half. Junior forward Faith Guritz led the
Prospects appear to be looking good for a new takeout barbecue restaurant to move into Dorr in the strip mall just east of the Dollar General Store along 142nd Avenue. Gerald Marshall approached the Township Planning Commission Tuesday evening to ask if there would be anything that would disallow his opening a restaurant that would
Wayland Union Schools were host for the Region 4 Odyssey of the Mind Tournament last weekend. Wayland had a record 11 teams in the regional tournament to compete with schools from across West Michigan. Four teams are headed to the state competition on Saturday, March 16, at Thornapple Kellogg Middle and High School. Some of
