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Martin girls lose tight defensive hoops game to Fennville

January 27, 2015

The Martin girls’ varsity basketball team absorbed its fourth loss of the season overall against eight victories with a 38-33 defeat at Fennville Tuesday evening. The Clippers started well with a 12-9 lead, but Fennville overtook them 19-17 at intermission and 27-24 at the end of three periods. Junior forward...

Viking girls post 1st conference hoops win, 2nd overall

January 27, 2015

The Hopkins girls’ varsity basketball team registered its second victory of the season Tuesday night with a 47-37 verdict at NorthPointe Christian. The Vikings, who have been showing improvement as the season progresses, now are 2-9 overall and 1-2 in the O-K Silver Conference. Hopkins led 10-7 after the end...

Wildcat girls’ junior varsity hikes overall hoops record to 9-3

January 27, 2015

The Wayland junior varsity girls' basketball team held off a very competitive Hastings team to score a 47-43 victory and improve its overall season record to 9-3. The Wildcats were up by just two points with about four seconds left when Taryn Coughlin was fouled. She iced the ballgame by...

Lady Wildcats suffer no letdown after big hoops win over GR Catholic

January 27, 2015

It was a fun night for the Wayland girls' varsity basketball team in a 67-28 blowout at Hastings Tuesday. Coach Marty Howard's Wildcats, ranked No. 3 this week in the state-wide Associated Press Class B poll, were just coming off an emotional and exhausting 77-76 victory in double overtime over...

Hopkins boys’ basketball team loses to top-ranked opponent

January 27, 2015

It’s been a really rough stretch for the Hopkins boys’ basketball team, which has lost its last two encounters to two of the top teams in West Michigan. The Vikings dropped a 75-49 decision to NorthPointe Christian Tuesday in an O-K Silver Conference matchup. NorthPointe was fresh from what officials...

Wildcat boys have no trouble with Hastings, to face South Christian next

January 27, 2015

The Wayland boys' varsity basketball team cruised to a 66-39 victory at home against Hastings Tuesday night, evening its O-K Gold Conference record at 2-2 and pushing its overall season mark to 9-2. The Wildcats, ranked No. 6 in this week's Associated Press state-wide poll, never were really threatened despite...

Wayland varsity bowling match vs. South Christian postponed

January 27, 2015

The Wayland varsity bowling match against league opponent South Christian at Spectrum Lanes has been postponed until Friday, Jan. 30.

Baker Odyssey of the Mind team working on ‘wacky weather’

January 27, 2015

Baker Elementary School's Odyssey of the Mind team is working on the problem “Wacky Weather.” The students had to create three wacky weather forecasts using rhyme and humor. The students involved are from kindergarten and first grade. They will be performing at the Odyssey of the Mind competition Saturday, Feb....

Dorr Twp. Board votes to terminate part-time maintenance employee

January 27, 2015

The Dorr Township Board, after going into closed session Monday night, voted 4-2 to terminate the employment of Jeremy Batch as part-time maintenance employee. Batch had been working for as many as 20 hours a week on an as-needed basis. His immediate supervisor, Jarrod Simon, wrote a letter to the...

State of the Union: We’re still not getting the leadership we need

January 27, 2015

The President has had his night, talking to the American people with the State of the Union Address. I write this the afternoon before his address because I won’t see or hear it on TV or radio, because I know what he will be saying. Nobody is really listening anyhow...

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