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Youthful Lady Wildcats lose 11-1 to experienced Byron Center

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The Wayland varsity softball team lost 11-1 Thursday to a senior dominated, Byron Center non-league opponent. The defeat left the freshmen and sophomores dominated Lady Wildcats with an overall record of 12-9. Collecting the five hits for Wayland were freshman  Emily Bailey  with a double and a sacrifice; freshman  Kennedy...
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Lady Vikings come back to earth, now sport 13-6 record

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Sierra Smith The Hopkins varsity softball team was riding an eight-game winning streak a week ago, but now has settled back to earth  with a 13-6 overall record. The Lady Vikings dropped both ends of a doubleheader Thursday against Zeeland East, 16-2 and 9-3. Coach Amy Bishop-Funk lamented, "We went...
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Wildcat boys lead the pack heading into Gold track meet

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Seth Sevenski-Popma It was a good day on the track Tuesday when both the Wayland boys’ and girls’ teams scored O-K Gold Conference dual meet victories over visiting South Christian and Wyoming. The boys won big, 85-52 over Wyoming and 93-44 over South Christian. The Lady Wildcats prevailed 106-30 vs....
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Martin golfer turns in best round; Clippers 3rd at Lawton

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Alejandro Guevara putting Delton Kellogg/Martin boys finished third in Tuesday night's Lawton Jamboree at Lake Cora, shooting a season low team score of 170. The Clippers defeated Kalamazoo Christian, and in the words of coach Jim Hogoboom, "for the first time in quite a while. Not sure of historical record,...
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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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