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Lady Vikings win handily in hoops title game tuneup

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Brandalyn Helderop The Hopkins girls' varsity basketball team Tuesday night tuned up for its O-K Silver Conference championship showdown with Northpointe Christian with an easy 53-17 victory over Holland Calvary. The Lady Vikings can win the league title outright Friday evening if they can beat a visiting Northpointe quintet. They...
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Hopkins grad to do internship for New York Mets

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Jalen Kisner and family. Jalen Kisner, a 2015 graduate of Hopkins High School and star offensive and defensive lineman for the Vikings football team, has accepted a summer internship in inside sales with the New York Mets for summer 2018. Kisner is a sports management major studying at Central Michigan...
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Lady Wildcats strike Gold on lanes for 2nd year in a row

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Pictured are team members and coach Mike Omness. It was the second straight year the Lady Wildcats have won the league crown. They will roll in the Division 2 regional tournament next Saturday. (Photo courtesy of Tony Banas) The Wayland girls' varsity bowling team captured the O-K Gold/Green Conference championship...
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Teunissen sisters help Davenport win season opener

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Wayland High School graduates and sisters Bethany (left) and Mallory Teunissen both played major roles in Davenport University's 3-1 season opening victory Saturday in the Panthers' southern tour. Bethany, a freshman, drove in a run with a sacrifice fly and Mallory, a junior, picked up the pitching victory. (Photo supplied)
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Viking boys, girls rule Silver, Gossman rolls perfect 300

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  Brenden Gossman rolled a perfect 300 game. Both the Hopkins boys' and girls' bowling teams won the O-K Silver Conference championships in the league tournament. For boys it went Hopkins, Belding, Kelloggsville Junior ace Brenden Gossman bowled a 300 in the first individuals, 289 in the second, and 201...
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Wayland boys slip to 7th in league bowling tourney

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 Wayland's Lowell Invitational champions (front, from left) Hunter Osborn, Bryan Franck, Jordan Peters, )back row) Joe Laidler, Dylan Roberts, Alex Marble, Dillon Smith, and Christian Courser. The Wayland boys' bowling team was fourth after game one, fell to fifth after game two, and finished seventh out of 10 teams...
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Martin girls ‘heartless’ 2nd half leads to loss to Gobles

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by Austin Marsman  The Lady Clippers lost by 18 points, 44-26, to SAC girls' basketball ruler Gobles Friday.  Martin coach Doug MacVean wasn't pleased with what he saw, saying there was "no heart from Martin in the second half." Martin hoopsters Jaclyn Hildebrand and Faith Guritz both totaled 7 points,...
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Wildcats’ horrible 2nd quarter costly in 58-53 setback

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Cory Ainsworth Though East Grand Rapids is near the top of the O-K Gold Conference basketball standings, Wayland has given the Pioneers a solid battle in both encounters this season. The Wildcats lost by only seven points last month on East's floor, and Friday night they came up five points...
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Lady Vikings clinch share of O-K Silver hoops crown

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Brandalyn Helderop The Hopkins girls' basketball team has clinched at least a share of the O-K Silver Conference basketball championship. The Viking boys, meanwhile Friday, had their season record evened at 8-8 with a 79-60 loss to the Rockets. The Lady Vikings breezed 54-28 past Kelloggsville to lift their league...
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State-ranked Godwin posts 95-66 win over Viking boys

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The Hopkins boys' basketball team lost 95-66 at Wyoming Godwin Heights in a makeup O-K Silver Conference contest Thursday evening. Godwin has lost only once this season and is rated No. 4 among Class B hoops teams in Michigan, according to the Associated Press rankings. The Vikings started the game...
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