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Kelloggsville drops football, won’t play in Hopkins Oct. 18

The O-K Silver Conference, already plagued with a football scheduled pared by the loss of three teams, now has lost a fourth. It was announced Monday that Kelloggsville, which was…

Editor October 7, 2019

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Yes It’s True: Hopkins, Martin really do have good football teams

Questions making the rounds lately: Really, how good are the undefeated Hopkins and Martin football teams this fall? It’s difficult to tell for sure. Martin is playing eight-man football this…

Editor October 6, 2019

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WHS grad Sarah Brewer takes 24th overall in Portland Marathon

Sarah Brewer (right), a 2006 graduate of Wayland High School, finished fifth among females and 24th overall in the Portland (Ore.) Marathon Saturday. Her time was just under three hours.…

Editor October 6, 2019

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Lady Vikings settle for 40th in huge Portage Invitational field

The Hopkins girls’ cross-country team struggled through the huge and star-studded Portage Invitational Saturday, finishing 40th among 44 teams. Petoskey won with 73 team points and East Grand Rapids was…

Editor October 6, 2019

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Career best times abound for Wildcats at Allegan Invitational

The Wayland boys’ cross country team finished eighth among 13 teams in Saturday’s Allegan Tiger Shark Invitational at the Allegan County Fairgounds. The Wildcats accumulated 202 points, four away from…

Editor October 5, 2019

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Hopkins and Martin football teams remain unbeaten at 6-0

The Hopkins and Martin High School varsity football teams remained unbeaten Friday night and improved their season records to 6-0. Hopkins clinched a Division 5 post-season playoff berth with a…

Editor October 4, 2019

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

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…

Editor October 4, 2019

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Lady Vikings still on a roll on volleyball court, 3-0 in Silver

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…

Editor October 4, 2019

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Wildcat girls 6th, boys 7th at muddy Gold C-C jamboree

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…

Editor October 2, 2019

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Hopkins, Wayland get new league foes in O-K realignment

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…

Editor October 2, 2019