Sports – Page 205

Wayland vs. Otsego; Hopkins vs. Allegan Wednesday

February 26, 2018

Otsego, which scored a huge runaway 51-22 victory over Plainwell Monday night in the girls' basketball Class B district opener, will be Wayland's semifinals opponent on the home court at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Hopkins, which finished the regular season with a 14-6 record and the O-K Silver Conference championship, will...

Hopkins High School grad on Davenport 7th place relay team

February 26, 2018

Kennedy Miedema of Dorr, a 2015 graduate of Hopkins High School, was a member of the Davenport University distance medley relay quartet that finished in seventh place with a time of 12:53.25 in the Great Lake Intercollegiate Athletic Association track meet last week. The squad consisted of Miedema, a junior...

Wildcat Maggie Whitney to keep on running at Aquinas

February 26, 2018

Maggie Whitney (second from left, seated) and her coach and family members at the signing ceremony. Maggie Whitney, daughter of Rebecca and Randall Whitney, has signed her national letter of intent to continue her running career at Aquinas College in Grand Rapids. Whitney, a senior at Wayland High School, became...

Martin girls finish regular hoop season with 10-10 mark

February 25, 2018

by Austin Marsman Martin came up up with a much bigger victory Friday in its second girls' basketball encounter this season with SAC rival Lawrence. The Lady Clippers won 55 to 33, after just one point decided their win in their last meeting earlier this season. Up 10 to 8...

Clipper boys hang on to post 54-40 win over Lawrence

February 25, 2018

by Austin Marsman Newcomer Alex Hardy, a recent transfer from Otsego. The Martin boys' basketball team Friday night improved to 7-10 overall, and 4-7 in the SAC Lakeshore Division after beating Lawrence 54-40. Out of the gate, Martin brought fury to the court against the Tigers, leading 15 to 2...

Two Lady Wildcats earn berths in state bowling tourney

February 24, 2018

Marissa BruinsSlot Sydney Urben Two Wayland High School seniors Saturday earned berths in the state Division 2 individual bowling tournament at Plymouth Canton. Sydney Urben was runner-up in the regional tourney at Continental Lanes and Marissa BruinsSlot finished seventh among the 89 competition. The top 10 earn the right to...

Hopkins football player to be a coach for Lawrence Tech

February 24, 2018

Hopkins High School senior Jack Lincoln, a two-year varsity football player and a captain for the 2017 team, will attend Lawrence Tech University next fall and has signed a scholarship to join the football program as a coach while pursuing an engineer's degree. He is shown here with his parents...

Four Viking boys qualify for state D-3 bowling tourney

February 24, 2018

Four members of the Hopkins High School boys' bowling team Saturday qualified for the state Division 3 individual tournament by claiming slots among the top 10 of 90 bowlers competing in the regionals at M-66 Bowl in Battle Creek. The Viking qualifiers were Zach Mohr, third, 1,184 pins; Mikee Schumaker,...

Presley scores 31 in ‘pseudo homecoming’ at WMU

February 24, 2018

Wayland High School graduate Presley Hudson nailed five three-point field goals in a row in the first quarter Saturday and finished with 31 points to lead Central Michigan University to a 78-62 victory over Western Michigan in Kalamazoo. It was her third annual "pseudo homecoming" in playing before friends and...

Curses! Foiled again: Lady Wildcats 4th in regionals

February 24, 2018

Five members of the Wayland girls' bowling team have a group hug after winning the O-K Gold/Green Conference championship. Wayland boys’ bowling coach Sherry Miklusicak calls it “The Continental Curse,” when referring to the habit of the Wildcat girls finishing fourth in regionals, one place out of going to the...

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