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Wildcat JV football team ends season with 4-5 mark

October 18, 2018

The Wayland junior varsity football team concluded its regular season Thursday night by defeating Belding 24-16. The Wildcats won their last three games in a row and four of their last six to finish with a 4-5 overall record. "The kids kept improving and finally starting believing in themselves," said...

Henley settles for 2nd in O-K Silver cross-country meet

October 17, 2018

Jasmine Fisher (left) and Laura Velderman It wasn’t really a good day Wednesday for Hopkins school record-breaking harrier Todd Henley. The Viking junior once again did not break 16 minutes for the five-kilometer run and for the first time this season he was not the O-K Silver Conference individual medalist....

Wildcat girls 6th, boys take 7th in O-K Gold meet

October 16, 2018

The Wayland girls’ cross-country team placed sixth and the boys seventh in the O-K Gold Conference meet Tuesday at Middleville Thornapple Kellogg High School. The Lady Wildcats finished ahead of Wyoming with 160 total points. East Grand Rapids won it with 27 points, Grand Rapids Christian was second with 58...

Wildcats’ playoff hopes dealt severe blow by Hamilton

October 12, 2018

The Wayland varsity football team's hopes for making the post-season Division 3 playoffs suffered a major setback Friday night at Hamilton in a 34-21 non-league defeat. The loss dropped the Wildcats' season record to 4-4. Their only chance to qualify would be to pull off a major upset of a...

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Martin likely to make playoffs for first time since ’07

October 12, 2018

Prospects are looking very good for the Martin High School varsity football team to qualify for the post-season playoffs for the first time since 2007. The Clippers Friday night assured themselves of a winning season with a 52-0 trouncing of Galesburg-Augusta, moving their overall season record to 5-3. They will...

Vikings clinch share of O-K Silver grid championship

October 12, 2018

Carsen Deleo Hopkins Friday night clinched at least a share of the O-K Silver Conference football championship with a convincing 44-0 victory at Wyoming Lee. The Vikings roared to a 31-0 lead at intermission and coasted the rest of the way, part of the time with a running clock. The...

Lady Wildcat golfers finish 5th in regional tournament

October 11, 2018

The Wayland varsity girls’ golf team concluded its season Wednesday by finishing fifth in the Division 2 regionals at the Pigeon Creek Golf Course, West Olive. Only the top three teams in the regional meet qualify for the state tournament at Michigan State University. O-K Gold Conference champion South Christian...

Todd Henley has at least 3 more tries at breaking 16:00

October 11, 2018

Todd Henley As the late, great comedienne Gilda Radner used to say, “It’s always something.” Hopkins junior ace harrier Todd Henley took another stab at breaking the 16-minute barrier for a five-kilometer race, but he was foiled again. Even worse, he had to settle for runner-up for the first time...

South Christian wins Gold golf title, Lady ‘Cats 4th

October 8, 2018

The Wayland girls' golf team finished fourth in the final standings of the O-K Gold Conference after the league tournament Monday at Thornapple Pointe. The Lady Wildcats recorded a team score of 385 to place fourth in the league tournament. South Christian won it with a 350, Grand Rapids Christian...

Presley Hudson wins CMU’s prestigious Enberg award

October 8, 2018

by Andy Sneddon, CMUChippewas.com Sue Guevara knew she had a gem when she saw one in Presley Hudson. Guevara, the Central Michigan University women's basketball coach, also had a pizza. "It seems like yesterday I was sitting at the dinner table having pizza with the (Hudson) family trying to convince her to...

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