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WHS grad Austen Beggs rolls perfect 300 at Spectrum

November 5, 2018

Wayland High School graduate Austen Beggs, a four-year member of the Wildcat boys' bowling team, rolled his first perfect 300 game this past weekend at Spectrum Lanes in Grand Rapids. A graduate from last spring, he is enjoying high highest scores on the lanes of late, last weekend rolling a...

Six area harriers compete individually at state meet

November 3, 2018

Rylee Cronkright The annual state cross-country meet at Michigan International Speeway near Brooklyn included four runners from Hopkins and one each from Wayland and Martin. The Division 2 girls’ championships Saturday revealed, no one’s surprise, just how good the O-K Gold Conference is. East Grand Rapids won the team title...

Record-setting QB tosses 6 TDs to end Vikings’ season

November 2, 2018

Colin Weber totes the ball against Belding, helped by a block by Brad Langlois. (Photo courtesy of Jill Maley Weber) Hopkins varsity football has absorbed a lot of criticism about pass defense over the last several years, but Friday night it had a pretty good excuse. The Vikings saw their...

WHS cross, track coach receives Ambrose award

November 1, 2018

Raymond Antel III Wayland High School boys’ cross-country coach Raymond Antel III has received the Kermit Ambrose Award by the Michigan Track Coach Association. Antel, who also serves as girls’ track coach at WHS, also is one of the three newest cross-country coach inductees to the Hall of Fame. He...

WHS grad reaches 2,000-yard rushing mark at Hope

October 29, 2018

Mike Miklusicak Mike Miklusicak, a 2014 graduate of Wayland High School, gained 210 yards on 20 carries Saturday for Hope College in the Flying Dutch's 52-23 victory over MIAA rival Alma. The ground total moved his career mark to more than 2,000 yards, making him only the 10th running back...

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Martin’s Carsen Young qualifies for D-4 state meet

October 27, 2018

Martin High School sophomore Carsen Young Saturday qualified for the Division 4 state cross-country meet next weekend at Michigan International Speedway near Brooklyn. Young, whose older brother last year qualified for the meet in the Clippers’ first-ever season, crossed the finish line for the 5K in 17:15.51, placing eighth in...

Rylee Cronkright returning to state cross-country meet

October 27, 2018

Rylee Cronkright Wayland junior cross-country ace Rylee Cronkright is going back to the Division 2 state meet next Saturday at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn. Cronkright, who qualified for the all-state team in last year’s competition, ran a season-best 19:47.2 on the five-kilometer course Saturday at Portage West Middle School,...

Hopkins to send 2 boys, 2 girls to state cross meet

October 27, 2018

Jasmine Fisher Hopkins junior Todd Henley is going back to the state cross-country meet next Saturday at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn. And senior Dan Rausch is going with him. Lady Vikings joining them on the trip next weekend are Jasmine Fisher and Emma Helder. Henley was runner-up in the...

Clippers fall short, 25-24, in post-season grid playoff

October 27, 2018

by Austin Marsman Both Holton and Martin hadn’t seen a playoff berth since 2007 and their meeting Friday night resulted in the visiting Red Devils squeaking by on a 25 -24 note. Holton’s Drew Trygstad found the end zone first for a touchdown. Along with an extra point, Holton led...

Vikings’ passing attack subdues Berrien Springs, 46-6

October 26, 2018

Nolan Smith The biggest rap against Hopkins' hugely successful football program for the last four decades has been the accusation that it hasn't discovered the forward pass. That claim didn't hold water Friday night in the first round of the post-season playoffs, as the Vikings trounced Berrien Springs 46-6. Quarterback...

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