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Lady Wildcats’ bats booming with 90 runs in 4 games

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It's been like batting practice for the Wayland varsity softball team thus far this week The Lady Wildcats have scored 90 runs in two doubleheader sweeps against O-K Gold Conference opponents Monday and Tuesday. The latest, 15-0 and 24-0 verdicts over East Grand Rapids Tuesday, lifted their season record to...
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Lady Wildcats have a merry romp in doubleheader sweep

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Ally Longstreet The Wayland varsity softball team lifted its overall season record to 10-8 Monday by sweeping a makeup doubleheader against Forest Hills Eastern. The Lady Wildcats won is style, 27-1 and 24-0. They have lost only once to an O-K Conference opponent this season in a split with South...
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Viking girls 5-1, boys 4-2 going into O-K Silver meet Friday

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Todd Henley The Hopkins girls’ varsity track team will take a 5-1 dual meet record into the O-K Silver Conference meet Friday at Belding and the boys are 4-2. Both teams lost to Belding in a double dual Monday, but defeated Kelloggsville. The girls’ loss to Belding was their first...
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Hopkins winning streak reaches 10 after sweep

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Madelyn Schans is getting the job done for Hopkins both offensively and defensively. The winning streak for the Hopkins varsity softball team has reached 10. The Lady Vikings swept a doubleheader Monday against O-K Silver Conference rival Kelloggsville, 12-0 and 15-4. Junior mound ace Madelyn Schans threw a one-hit shutout gem...
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Wildcat coach Cheri Ritz scores 900th career victory

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Wayland varsity softball coach Cheri Ritz, who also is a 1980 graduate of Wayland High School, picked up her 900th career coaching victory Saturday in the Wayland Invitational tournament with a 6-3 verdict over St. Joseph. The triumph lifted the Lady Wildcats' record to 8-7. Ritz has coached Wayland to...
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Wayland boys capture Hopkins Invitational title

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The Wayland boys’ varsity track team captured the championship trophy Saturday in the Hopkins Invitational. The Wildcats edged Allendale 142 points to 140 in a 12-team field. Hopkins was fifth with 60 points and Martin was ninth with 22. The Hopkins girls finished third among 11 teams with 106 points,...
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WHS grad Sarah Brewer just can’t give up running

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Wayland High School 2006 graduate Sarah Brewer, daughter of WHS cross-country coach Sue Brewer and former Wildcat golf coach Allen Brewer, continues to run competitively, even after graduation from college. She finished seventh Saturday in the 10-kilometer Cincinnati Flying Pig run. As might be expected, she was a star distance...
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Lady Vikings sweep twin bill over undefeated foe

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Hopkins swept a doubleheader against undefeated Belding Friday to claim its eighth consecutive victory in softball. The Lady Vikings, after a slow 1-2 start, now are on a roll and sporting a 9-2 overall record this spring. It was their first game in a week because of the recent spate...
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WHS grad Tyler Merren going back to paralympics

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Tyler Merren Paralympic silver medalist Tyler Merren, a Wayland High School graduate, is planning to compete internationally with the U.S. goalball team again in Tokyo in 2020 Merren, 34, and his wife and four children, now live in Coral Springs, Fla., is a community worker and public speaker. He told...
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Lady Wildcats lose to 3 Division 1 softball opponents

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Coach Cheri Ritz (center) has an extremely young team this spring with only one senior and a boatload of freshmen and sophomores. The Wayland varsity softball lost three games Saturday to Division 1 opponents at the Gull Lake Invitational, evening its overall season record at 7-7. The Lady Wildcats were...
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