Category: Sports

Big plays carry Forest Hills Eastern to 44-6 rout over ‘Cats

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The Detroit Lions have had Willie “Big Play” Clay and Darius “Big Play” Slay. Forest Hills Eastern also had a lot of “big plays” Friday night in a 44-6 rout in Wayland. The defeat left the Wildcats winless in six games this season. Meanwhile, The Hawks, in their first season...
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Lady Vikings still on a roll on volleyball court, 3-0 in Silver

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The Hopkins High School varsity volleyball team lifted its O-K Silver Conference dual match record to 3-0 with a three-set victory at Kelloggsville, 25-9, 25-11, 25-19. The verdict left the Lady Vikings with an overall record of 34-6-4. Individual statistical leaders Thursday evening were: • Assists: Corrie Wisser 19, Lindsey Bulich...
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Wildcat girls 6th, boys 7th at muddy Gold C-C jamboree

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The Wayland girls’ and boys’ varsity cross-country teams took sixth and seventh places, respectively, in the second O-K Gold Conference jamboree Wednesday afternoon. Besides facing league opponents, the squads had to overcome cold and muddy conditions at the South Christian athletic complex. As usual, East Grand Rapids won the girls’...
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Hopkins, Wayland get new league foes in O-K realignment

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O-K Conference realignment of athletic teams finally has been approved by its governing council, being adopted 35-14. Proposed realignments for the 2020-21 academic year were rejected, and this last tally was only two votes better than the two-thirds majority needed. As a result, the O-K Black Division was eliminated, leaving...
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Lady Vikings go 2-0 in volleyball cross-over matchups

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The Hopkins volleyball team, shown earlier this season after winning the Lawton Invitational. The Hopkins varsity volleyball team claimed a pai2 of two-set victories Tuesday evening in a cross-over matchup between the O-K Silver Conference Alliance League. The Lady Vikings prevailed 25-10, 25-21 over Grand River Prep and 25-15, 25-4...
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EEE changes schedule for Friday’s WHS homecoming game

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The Wayland Union School District has announced schedule changes for Friday night's homecoming football game. Supt. Norm Taylor said, "With a recent case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) found in Kent County last week and a non-human confirmation in Allegan County, we will be adjusting the athletic schedules to conclude...
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Clippers now 5-0, inching closer to football playoff berth

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The Martin varsity football team moved its season record to 5-0 Saturday evening with a convincing 62-20 triumph at St. Joseph Lake Michigan Catholic. The game was postponed Friday evening because of lightning and severe weather with the Clippers leading 8-0. Play resumed Saturday evening, with Martin posting the most...
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Otsego C-C Invitational unkind to Wildcats and Vikings

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Coach Ray Antel and his Wildcat boys' harriers. The Otsego Bulldog Invitational was unkind to the Wayland and Hopkins cross-country teams Saturday. The Lady Wildcats checked in 19th among 21 teams and Hopkins suffered the indignity of being last. Wayland boys were last among 20 teams. O-K Gold Conference rivals...
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Hopkins volleyball team now 2-0 in O-K Silver matches

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The Hopkins varsity volleyball team defeated Godwin Heights in three sets at home Thursday by scores of 25-15, 25-20, 25-10. The victory pushes the Lady Vikings' O-K Silver Conference record to 2-0 and their overall record is 31-6-4. Leading Hopkins individually for the day were: • Assists: Corrie Wisser 18,...
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Vikings can clinch football playoff berth with victory at Godwin

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The Hopkins varsity football team will play another round of three games against O-K Silver Conference opponents over the next three weeks, and if the Vikings do as well as they did the first time around, they will be undefeated league champs and will land a berth in the post-season...
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