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Big 3rd inning powers Hopkins over Wayland, 13-3

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Brenden Gossman The Hopkins baseball team scored seven runs in the third inning Thursday en route to a 13-3 victory over neighborhood rival Wayland. Jake Pals, Tyler Zomerlei, Ezran Tehennepe, James Wubben, and Drew Osborn all moved runners across the plate with RBIs in the inning. Zomerlei singled, scoring one...
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BC Lakeview hires former WHS football coach Diorio

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Former Wayland High School varsity football coach Jerry Diorio has been hired as head coach at Battle Creek Lakeview High School. Diorio, who guided the Wildcats to the post-season playoffs four times, takes over for Matt Miller, who stepped down last season with a 49-29 record as head coach, including...
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Dorr Twp. officials’ pay raise plan goes nowhere again

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Jim Martin Dorr Township Treasurer Jim Martin Thursday night presented a proposal for a pay raise for township officials hoped his proposal would "cut down on the rancor that has accompanied such decisions in the past." No dice. Board members and an audience squabbled over the issue for almost an...
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Unusually lively November election looms for county

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Mark DeYoung Six Republican incumbents will face challenges from Democrats in all seven districts. Don Black has decided to retire as commissioner from the Seventh District and Republicans Rick Cain and Nathaniel Sherman will vie in Aug. 7 primary and face Democrat Rachel Collingsworth in the Nov. 6 contest. Veteran...
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Vikings split with Belding, now have 5-4 overall record

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A walk-off two-run single in the bottom of the seventh inning powered Belding to a 4-3 victory Wednesday over Hopkins. The Vikings now sport a 5-4 overall record. Hopkins scored in the first inning, when Tyler Zomerlei singled on a 3-2 count, scoring one run. Zomerlei got the start on...
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Wildcat golfers finish disappointing 5th in jamboree

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It wasn't a good day Wednesday at Wayland's home golf course, Orchard Hills. The Wildcats, fresh from last week's TK Invitational title and seconds in the first two O-K Gold Conference jamborees earlier in the season, settled for a disappointing fifth Wednesday at the most recent Gold tourney. East Grand...
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Lady Wildcats shut out East Grand Rapids, 2-0

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The Wayland girls' varsity soccer team captured its second victory of the season Wednesday night and their first in conference play as they defeated East Grand Rapids 2-0. Goals on either side of the half, the first by Kennedy Thelen, and the second by Amanda Brown, were the difference in...
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Both Wildcat track teams lose to East Grand Rapids

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Both the Wayland boys’ and girls’ track teams went down to defeat at the hands of O-K Gold Conference rival East Grand Rapids, 86-51 and 85-43, respectively. The Wildcat boys had a reasonably good outing in the sprints, hurdles and throws. Junior Caleb Wolf was first in the 100-meter dash...
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Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

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(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — April 28, 1993 The Martin Board of Education voted 4-3 to reinstate “Literature of the Supernatural” into the freshman and sophomore curriculum. The board vote earlier in the year was deadlocked at...
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Lady Vikings continue to tear up track with 2 wins

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The Hopkins girls’ varsity track team continues to tear up the competition in the early season, with a 4-0 dual meet record overall and the Watervliet Relays championship to its credit. The Lady Vikings Tuesday defeated O-K Silver Conference opponents Calvin Christian 82-54 and Wyoming Godwin Heights 92-40 in a...
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