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Lady Vikings may be nearing 7th straight league title

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The Hopkins girls’ varsity track team appears to be closing in on its seventh consecutive O-K Silver Conference track championship. The Lady Vikings Thursday improved their league dual meet record to 5-0 with an 88-39 triumph over Kelloggsville. They have only one more league dual meet, a makeup against Northpointe...
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Lady Wildcats’ offense explodes in 8-2 non-league win

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A goal scoring flurry enabled the Wayland High School varsity girls' soccer team to register its third win of the season Friday, 8-2 over Grand Rapids Covenant Christian 8-2. Grace Dunkle scored three of the goals, Amanda Brown added two more, and McKenna Bruin, Kennedy Thelen and Emily Thompson had...
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Wildcat golfers again rumored to be tourney champs

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The Wayland High School boys' golf team for the second time this spring is rumored to have captured first place in an invitational. This time, according to word on the street, the Wildcats took the championship in the Allegan Invitational Friday at the Lynx Golf Club in Otsego. However, there...
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Viking girls 4th at Allegan meet; Courser breaks mark

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Meghan Schulz The Hopkins girls' track squad captured fourth place Friday in the 19-team Allegan Invitational, scoring 57.5 team points. Wayland was 10th with 31 points. The Wildcat boys finished tied for seventh with Hamilton with 38 points and Hopkins was 15th with 16 points. Berrien Springs won the boys'...
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WHS grad Leigha Morse bangs 3HRs in Aquinas sweep

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Wayland High School graduate Leigha Morse had a huge day for Aquinas Friday in a doubleheader sweep of University of Michigan-Dearborn. The former Wildcat standout belted three home runs and drove in five runs for the Saints, now 37-13 for the season overall. Morse is the starting catcher on the...
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Clippers’ softball sweep hikes overall record to 8-6

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by Austin Marsman The Martin softball team swept Lawrence Thursday, winning game one 7 to 2 and the second game 12 to 6.  It was a big offensive night as senior pitcher Sophia Shettler led game one, with a modest eight strikeouts and only allowing one earned run. Lawrence's Rice...
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Big 3rd inning powers Hopkins over Wayland, 13-3

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Brenden Gossman The Hopkins baseball team scored seven runs in the third inning Thursday en route to a 13-3 victory over neighborhood rival Wayland. Jake Pals, Tyler Zomerlei, Ezran Tehennepe, James Wubben, and Drew Osborn all moved runners across the plate with RBIs in the inning. Zomerlei singled, scoring one...
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BC Lakeview hires former WHS football coach Diorio

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Former Wayland High School varsity football coach Jerry Diorio has been hired as head coach at Battle Creek Lakeview High School. Diorio, who guided the Wildcats to the post-season playoffs four times, takes over for Matt Miller, who stepped down last season with a 49-29 record as head coach, including...
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Vikings split with Belding, now have 5-4 overall record

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A walk-off two-run single in the bottom of the seventh inning powered Belding to a 4-3 victory Wednesday over Hopkins. The Vikings now sport a 5-4 overall record. Hopkins scored in the first inning, when Tyler Zomerlei singled on a 3-2 count, scoring one run. Zomerlei got the start on...
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Wildcat golfers finish disappointing 5th in jamboree

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It wasn't a good day Wednesday at Wayland's home golf course, Orchard Hills. The Wildcats, fresh from last week's TK Invitational title and seconds in the first two O-K Gold Conference jamborees earlier in the season, settled for a disappointing fifth Wednesday at the most recent Gold tourney. East Grand...
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