The Martin softball season was concluded Saturday in the Division 4 regional semifinals with a a 13-2 loss to Mendon. The Lady Clippers had defeated Gobles and Centreville in the district tournament a week before to earn a regional berth.
The Wayland softball team’s bats have gone silent only twice this spring. Unfortunately, the second time was in the regional semifinals Saturday afternoon. Hudsonville Unity Christian, which brought a 32-6 record into the contest on its home field, blanked the usually heavy hitting Wildcats 2-0 to end their season with a 29-8-1 overall record. Wayland
O-K Gold Conference champion Wayland landed seven of its players on the all-league team. The Wildcats, who went undefeated in 14 games in league play, captured their 29th O-K Gold championship, their 16th in the last 17 years. The all-league players are junior pitcher third sacker Harmony Laker, sophomore pitcher and infielder Madi Ludema, sophomore
The Martin softball team claimed the Division 4 district championship Saturday, beating Gobles in the finals, 7-5. The Lady Clippers defeated Climax-Scotts 12-1 in the tourney semifinals earlier in the day. Martin will play Mendon at Mendon at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 8, in the regional semifinals.
Wayland junior thrower Adam Huff captured the Division 2 state championship in the discus Saturday at Hamilton High School by hurling the object 172-0. Huff owns the school record in the discus and the shot. He didn’t match his school record of 180-04, but took all the marbles nonetheless. Huff last year was state runner-up
Wayland captured yet another district softball championship Saturday afternoon by blanking neighborhood rival Hopkins 14-0 in the tournament finals. It was its 27th district crown. The Wildcats clouted four home runs in the ballgame, which was shortened to six innings because of the 10-run mercy rule. Winning pitcher Madi Ludema scattered six Viking hits and
The Wayland softball team Thursday afternoon decided to go ahead and end the regular season with a non-league doubleheader against Lowell. The Lady Wildcats came away with a 4-2 victory and prevailed 15-2 in the nightcap to lift their overall season record to 27-7-1. Harmony Laker was the pitcher of record in game one, going
For undisclosed reasons, Allegan has decided to forfeit Saturday morning’s district tournament softball game to Wayland. The Wildcats were scheduled to take on the Tigers at 10 a.m. Saturday. The Wildcats, now 26-7-1 for the season overall, now will play the winner of the Hopkins-Middleville Thornapple Kellogg district semifinal, which has been moved into the
The Hopkins High School varsity softball team has earned earning team academic all-state honors. Vikings Jessi Spray, Peyton Roxbury, and Kate Steffes also earned individual academic all-state honors. Hopkins will play at noon Saturday at its home field against Middleville Thornapple Kellogg in the opeing round of the Division 2 district tournament.
