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Viking cruise to hoops win over Aviation Academy

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The Hopkins varsity basketball team cruised to its second win in two outings this season Friday night, 77-36 over West Michigan Aviation Academy. The nonleague triumph followed an impressive 65-52 decision over a 2-0 Hamilton outfit Tuesday evening. The Vikings will be back in action Tuesday evening, Dec. 11, on...
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Hopkins’ Lewellyn named to all-state grid 2nd team

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Hopkins senior Hunter Lewellyn was named by the Associated Press to the second unit of the Division 5-6 all-state football team. Meanwhile, Wayland senior defensive back Caleb Wolf was named to the second unit of the Division 3-4 all-state squad and senior linebacker Austin Ordway was honorable mention. Lewellyn was...
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Lady Wildcat bowlers 2-0 in O-K Gold matches thus far

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The Wayland High School girls' varsity bowling won 26 -4 over O-Gold Conference rival Wyoming Wednesday, but the boys' team fell 27.5 to 2.5. The Lady Wildcats' Baker games of 119 and 116 were high enough to win, their second in two starts. "Those will need to improve against some of...
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Vikings pull away from Hamilton for opening win

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Drew Weber (21) appears to be elbowing this Hamilton defender while driving to the hoop. After a grueling and bruising defensive struggle throughout the first half, the Hopkins basketball team used a couple of spurts and nifty free throw shooting to pull away from Hamilton Tuesday night and claim a...
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Lady Wildcats defeat South Christian 28-2 on the lanes

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The Wayland girls’ varsity bowling team, returning only one starter from last year’s squad, started the season with a 28-2 victory over O-K Gold Conference rival Grand Rapids South Christian Monday. The boys’ team, meanwhile, lost 20-10 to the Sailors. The Lady Wildcats are green and they were hit hard...
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Clippers now 2-0 with victory at Galesburg-Augusta

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The Martin boys' varsity basketball team improved to 2-0 on the season overall with a 47-22 victory over Galesburg-Augusta Friday. The Clippers held their hosts to just two points in the first quarter and four in the second en route to capturing a 22-6 lead at intermission. They coasted the...
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WHS senior Rory Myers scores 1st career hat trick

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Wayland High School senior Rory Myers scored the first hat trick (three goals) in his hockey career Saturday evening in the Team Byron Center home opener. He and several other Wayland students play for Byron Center as part of a cooperative. Myers also is well known as a solid golfer...
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Wildcats win hoops opener despite woes against press

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Cory Ainsworth It's a safe bet that Wayland head varsity basketball coach Mike Hudson will be drilling his charges on breaking a full-court trapping press after his team's 58-44 season opening triumph over Lowell Friday night. The Wildcats unveiled a strong zone defense that exploits their height and a very...
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Mick Francis, Katie Pickette Hall of Fame inductees

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Mick Francis Katie Pickette Slagh Mick Francis and Katie (Pickette) Slagh are the 2018-2019 inductees into the Hopkins Athletics Hall of Fame. Michael 'Mick' Francis, a longtime coach and teacher at HHS, Francis was chosen as an inductee for the tremendous amount of time he has given to students, athletes...
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Kicker McKenna Bruin to join Muskegon soccer team

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McKenna Bruin, perhaps best known to many local sports enthusiasts as the placekicker for the Wayland High School varsity football team, has signed her letter intent to play women's soccer next year for Muskegon Community College. She is shown here with her anticipated Jayhawks' coach, Jeff Lehman. (Cover photo submitted....
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