Sports – Page 155

New Martin girls’ coach Schipper off to a good start

New Martin girls’ varsity basketball coach Ben Schipper apparently doesn’t shrink away from a challenge. After coaching junior varsity boys’ basketball for three seasons at his alma mater, he is…

Editor December 6, 2019

Sports

Career Connections students win gold, bronze medals

Career Connections Academy students from Wayland High School competed in the Alternative Athletic League Bowling Tournament Wednesday. The students had a great time and took home two bronze medals and…

Editor December 5, 2019

Sports

Fouls bench Ainsworth, but Lady Wildcats win by 22

It was an unusual experience for the Wayland girls’ varsity basketball team Tuesday night, winning by 22 points essentially without much help from its star player. The Lady Wildcats opened…

Editor December 3, 2019

Sports

Local winter sports seasons to get under way this week

Winter sports contests will get under way later this week for Hopkins, Martin and Wayland high schools. The earliest games will take place Tuesday event at 7 p.m. when the…

Editor December 2, 2019

Sports

For the Bottralls, the family that bowls together…

Kadence Bottrall and her father, Eric, bowled together in the GLJGT Adult-Youth Tournament in Jackson last weekend. Eric, head girls' coach at Wayland High School, said, "It didn’t start out very…

Editor December 2, 2019

Sports

Avery Hudson begins 3rd year with Davenport hoops squad

Wayland High School graduate Avery Hudson is beginning his third season as a starting guard on the Davenport University basketball team. Hudson, a 2017 WHS grad, started in all 31…

Editor November 23, 2019

Sports

WHS grad Sydney Ritz on 2nd all-star team for Spring Arbor

Wayland High School graduate Sydney Ritz has been named to the second unit of the all-Crossroads League team as a senior playing for Spring Arbor University. Ritz, who starred in…

Editor November 20, 2019

Sports

Three local prep stars now playing hoops for Cornerstone

Cornerstone University has three players with local ties on it basketball roster this winter, two men from Wayland and one woman from Hopkins. Carter Nyp, a 6-9 sophomore, averaged 7.4…

Editor November 10, 2019

Sports

State grid powerhouse Colon ends Clippers’ season at 10-1

Martin's first-ever season as an eight-man football team came to an end Saturday afternoon at Colon in the second round of the playoffs. The Clippers lost 56-12 to perhaps the…

Editor November 9, 2019

Sports

Vikings lose to Kalamazoo United again, 36-20 in playoff

“Surprise, Surprise, Surprise.” — Gomer Pyle It wasn’t supposed to be déjà vu all over again Friday night in the second round of the MHSAA post-season playoffs. But an underdog…

Editor November 8, 2019