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Lady Vikings capture 3rd title in volleyball tourneys this fall

September 14, 2019

The Hopkins varsity volleyball team claimed its third tournament championship this season Saturday by winning the NorthPointe Christian Invitational. The Lady Vikings defeated the host team in the finals. Hopkins now sports an oversall season record of 25-4-4. Team members celebrating here are Linsey Bulich, Ashley Bultema, Evangelina Helderop, Emma...

Clippers post 2nd straight shutout, 38-0 over New Buffalo

September 14, 2019

Martin players line to shake hands after their second consecutive shutout. Martin improved its season record to 3-0 Friday evening at New Buffalo with a convincing 38-0 victory. It was the Clippers' second straight shutout, coming on the heels of a 20-0 whitewashing of Tri-Unity Christian. They held New Buffalo to...

Wildcats shut out in 42-0 drubbing at GR South Christian

September 13, 2019

The Wayland High School varsity football team absorbed its third loss this season without a victory Friday night in a 42-0 drubbing at the hands of host South Christian. It was the first O-K Gold Conference contest for the 'Cats, Earlier this year they lost to Kenowa Hills and to...

Sports

Hopkins takes big 32-6 victory over O-K Silver rival Belding

September 13, 2019

Trevor Smith It was billed by some as an early-season showdown for the O-K Silver Conference football title, but Hopkins passed the test with flying colors by taking a surprisingly easy 32-6 victory Friday night. The Vikings, playing in only the first of three home contests this season, hiked their...

90,000 bushels of soybeans, contaminated, deemed unfit

September 13, 2019

Soil contaminants dredged from the Kalamazoo River and grown at a Caledonia-area farm in northeast Allegan County have been determined to be contaminated and unfit for sale to the public Officials with the Michigan Agricultural Department said more than 90,000 bushels of soybeans, which were made into food, must be...

Lady Wildcats finish in middle of the pack at MSU invitational

September 13, 2019

Olivia Barabas The Wayland boys’ varsity cross-country team finished 36th among 39 teams Friday at the annual Michigan State University Spartan Invitational and the girls’ squad was in the middle of the pack in 22nd place among 37 teams. The annual race was held on the Forest Akers East Golf...

Two Clippers join Delton Kellogg varsity soccer squad

September 13, 2019

Freshman James Blackburn (left) and sophomore Javier Guevara are two Martin High School students who are playing varsity soccer as starters on the Delton Kellogg High School combined team this fall. After a rough start to the season, playing schools three times larger, the Panthers have won their last two...

Dorr native Adrianna Schut was church organist 56 years

September 13, 2019

Dorr native Adrianna Schut, 92, died at home in Fennville Tuesday, Sept. 10. Born Dec. 19, 1926, in Dorr, she was the daughter of Anthony and Elizabeth (Machiela) DeKraker and was the wife of the late Albert Schut. Mrs. Schut was a member of Hope Reformed Church in South Haven...

Hopkins girls finish in 7th place in Delton Invitational

September 12, 2019

The Hopkins girls’ varsity cross-country team placed seventh among 11 teams Thursday in the Delton-Kellogg Invitational at the Gilmore Car Museum. The Lady Vikings recorded 147 points. Grand Rapids Covenant Christian won with 71 and Paw Paw was second with 77. Senior Alyssa Beilby was the top Hopkins runner by...

Columns

Army Bob: Frisco Board of Supervisors’ move simply wacky

September 12, 2019

by Robert M. Traxler The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has passed a resolution calling many of you terrorists; certainly Ranger Rick and I would be near the top of their list. My late father and mother, both WWII veterans, and my “life partner,” a retired middle school teacher and...

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