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Viking boys suffer 1st season loss on the lanes, 17-13

January 17, 2018

The Hopkins boys' varsity bowling team Wednesday suffered its first dual match loss of the season, 17-13 to O-K Silver Conference rival Kelloggsville. The Rockets came out of the Baker games leading 10-0. The Vikings, facing adversity, then rallied behind each other to take four of five match points. All...

Carter Nyp plans to play hoops at Cornerstone next year

January 17, 2018

Wayland High School standout senior forward Carter Nyp has signed to continue his basketball career at Cornerstone University next year. The Wildcats' leading scorer this season, he is pictured herewith his parents Scott and Tanya Nyp and Cornerstone University head basketball coach Kim Elders. (Photo submitted)

Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

January 17, 2018

25 Years Ago — Jan. 20, 1993 The old Wayland Cleaners building on Pine Street. Some things change, some don't. “Arnold” and “Pork Chop,” two Vietnamese pot-bellied pigs owned by Windsor Woods two mobile home park families, the Tim VanPolens and the Jeffrey Saltkowskis, have won the right to be...

Clipper boys win, girls lose in emotional hoops night

January 17, 2018

Clippers Michael Morey, Carter Hilton, and Canton Vandenberg meet with the officials and their guests, wearing the red shirts. (Photo by Austin Marsman) The Martin boys' basketball team came up a winner Tuesday night over Saugatuck, but the girls lost to the visiting quintet from the lakeshore. The Clippers' gymnasium...

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Lady Vikings’ streak hits 5; boys fall to Calvin Christian

January 17, 2018

Nolan Smith (5) tries to get an inside shot for Hopkins in a game earlier this season against West Catholic. (Photo supplied) The Hopkins girls' basketball team claimed its fifth straight victory of the season Tuesday by stopping O-K Silver Conference rival Grandville Calvin Christian 51-48. The Viking boys,...

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Vikings still unbeaten in dual matches on the lanes

January 16, 2018

The Hopkins boys are 5-0 and the Lady Vikings are 4-0-1 thus far in their bowling seasons' dual matches. Both will be the visiting teams Wednesday against Kelloggsville in O-K Silver Conference showdowns. Hopkins boys defeated Wyoming Lee 23-7 and the girls won 28-2 Monday in the league encounters. The...

Wildcat boys edged 59-56 by O-K Gold rival Wyoming

January 16, 2018

Carter Nyp had 18 points for the Wildcats. Wayland was edged 59-56 Tuesday night in an O-K Gold Conference basketball matchup against visiting Wyoming. The loss dropped the Wildcat boys' overall season record to 4-5 and 1-2 in league play. The Wolves led throughout most of the contest, 11-6 at...

Dorr day care to open; Tool & Die to expand; RPM closing

January 16, 2018

The RPM Machinery commercial building near the expressway that will be closing at the end of this month. Dorr Township Planning Commission Vice Chairman Robert Traxler said said it was a good day Monday in Dorr to welcome a new business and the expansion of another. However, the news isn't...

Hopkins graduate, former nurse Gladys Edgerton dies

January 16, 2018

Gladys May (Kamps) Edgerton, a 1942 graduate of Hopkins High School, died Jan. 11 in Lake Ariel, Pa. She was 93. She and her husband, Donald Edgerton, who passed away in 2006, were longtime residents of Allegan, MI. Gladys Kamps was born in Kalamazoo on May 29, 1924, to Henry...

Progressive Celtic Band to visit WHS, perform in concert

January 16, 2018

Band Members (from left): John Robey – Fiddle Patrick Hartson – Guitar/Cello Elizabeth Schubkegel (front) – Flute/Vocals Joel Myers – Fiddle/Mandolin Kyle Pitcher – Bass/Vocals Lukas Stanley – Piano/CajónH. Kyle Pitcher, Wayland High School Class of 2012, will bring his band, The Founding, to Wayland Friday, Feb. 2, to visit...

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