Sports – Page 162

Three Clipper golfers contribute to DK/Martin successes

April 27, 2019

Alejandro Guevara Three Martin students continue to have impact on the Martin/Delton golf team's success this spring. The Clippers/Panthers last Friday won the Parchment Coach/Players scramble, shooting a 100 in a format that included team scramble scores added to player only scramble scores and coach individual score on every other...

Hopkins’ Hunter Lewellyn to play hoops at Cornerstone

April 26, 2019

Hunter Llewellyn Hunter Lewellyn, who will graduate from Hopkins High School next month, has committed to play basketball at Cornerstone University next year. Hunter played four years of varsity basketball at Hopkins and was a two-year starter. He also earned second team all-state accolades in football as a wide receiver...

Hopkins is riding a 6-game winning streak in softball

April 26, 2019

Madelyn Schans is getting the job done for Hopkins both offensively and defensively. The Hopkins varsity softball team captured its sixth consecutive victory Friday afternoon with a 16-5 decision over Wyoming. Hurler Madelyn Schans was able to overcome a shaky first inning yielding three runs, but settled down the rest...

Lady Wildcats split twin bill with South Christian rivals

April 26, 2019

Emma Ludema The Wayland varsity softball team Thursday split a doubleheader with perennial O-K Gold Conference rival South Christian. The Lady Wildcats unleaded a boatload of offensive fireworks in the second game to claim a 12-6 victory after bats fell nearly silent in a 3-1 loss in the opener. Coach...

Lady Vikings now 4-0, but boys lose dual to Godwin

April 25, 2019

Logan Klinge The Hopkins girls’ varsity track team improved its O-K Silver Conference dual meet record to 4-0 Thursday at Godwin, but the boys absorbed their first defeat of the season. The Lady Vikings prevailed 77-59, but the boys lost 81-56. Senior distance ace Jasmine Fisher won the 800- and...

Wildcat boys now 3-0 in O-K Gold track standings

April 25, 2019

Rylee Cronkright The Wayland boys’ varsity track team posted its third O-K Gold Conference dual meet victory Wednesday with a resounding 102-35 triumph over Middleville Thornapple Kellogg. The Lady Wildcats’ squad, however, remained winless in duals in a 90-47 loss to one of the better girls’ track squads in the...

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O-K Gold, Silver changes expected in 2020-2021

April 25, 2019

The O-K Conference will undergo a major realignment in the 2020-21 school year, resulting in two schools being added to the Silver Division and the addition of two and subtraction of one in the Gold. When the smoke clears, the Green Division of the conference will be eliminated and all...

Youthful Lady Wildcats sweep Wyoming; now 6-3

April 24, 2019

Wildcat teammates congratulate Capt. Ally Longstreet at home plate after her three-un homer. The Wayland varsity softball team, perhaps the youngest outfit in school history, improved its overall season record to 6-3 Tuesday with a doubleheader sweep over Wyoming. The Lady Wildcats prevailed 9-4 and 15-2 to move their O-K...

Lady Vikings capture 5th straight victory on diamond

April 24, 2019

The Hopkins varsity softball team claimed its fifth consecutive victory with a 12-0 verdict in five innings over O-K Silver Conference opponent NorthPointe Christian. The Lady Vikings racked up 13 hits. Junior Madelyn Schans pitched a one-hit shutout and helped her own cause by going 3-for-3 offensively, including a homer...

Vikings now 3-0 in O-K Silver Conference standings

April 24, 2019

Jasmine Fisher The Hopkins boys’ and girls’ varsity track teams breezed to their third consecutive O-K Silver Conference dual meet victories Tuesday afternoon at Wyoming Lee. The boys won 97-25 and the girls 117-11. Highlight of the day was the growing amazement over freshman sensation Logan Klinge in the pole...

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