Category: Sports

Lady Vikings win 1 of 3 matches at Otsego Classic

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The Hopkins varsity volleyball team went 1-2 Tuesday evening in the Otsego Bulldog Classic, The Lady Vikings defeated Hastings 25-19 and 25-18, but fell to Kalamazoo Central 25-22, 25-12 and host Otsego 24-26, 25-14, 25-12. Hopkins ended the day with an overall record of 22-14-2 and 2-1 in the O-K...
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WHS sophomore Rylee Cronkright has breakout 5K race

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  Rylee Cronkright ran an astonishing sub-20 minute 5K race to win individual medalist honors. The Wayland girls’ and boys’ varsity cross-country teams both placed fifth in the latest O-K Gold Conference jamboree Tuesday at Johnson Park in Wyoming. The Lady Wildcats, despite missing the services of two of their...
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Lone Martin Middle School runner Eli Dykstra wins medal

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by Austin Marsman Martin eighth-grader Eli Dykstra is the only middle schooler to compete in cross country for the Clippers this fall, but he has enjoyed no small measure of success. Dykstra finished 16th out of 118 runners and medaled in his race Tuesday at the middle school conference championship at...
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Lady Vikings win 4 of 6 matches at Saranac Invitational

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The Hopkins varsity volleyball team won four of six matches Saturday at the Saranac Invitational. The Lady Vikings defeated Tri Unity 25-8, 25-15 and Grand River Prep 25-18, 25-23 in pool play to move on to double elimination bracket competition. There they beat Grand Rapids Union 25-9, 25-11 and Newaygo...
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Lady Wildcats cop 5th place in Otsego Invitational

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Lady Wildcat medalists (from left) Rylee Cronkright, Mie Tornbjerg and Maggie Whitney. The Wayland girls’ varsity cross-country team placed fifth in a 17-team field Saturday at the Otsego Bulldog Invitational. Grand Rapids Christian, an O-K Gold Conference rival, won the meet with 66 team points and host Otsego was runner-up...
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Martin finally scores on Saugatuck, but loses 49-6

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by Austin Marsman Bradley Dunn (3) runs up the middle for Saugatuck. What Saugatuck had predicted to be an easy homecoming win over Martin turned out to be more of a battle, at least in the early going. But the homestanding Indians eventually built a 35-6 lead at intermission and...
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Wildcats edged 21-20 by Gold foe Forest Hills Eastern

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The Wayland varsity football team dropped a 21-20 heartbreaker Friday night at Forest Hills Eastern. The loss dropped the Wildcats' season record to 3-3 overall and 2-2 in the O-K Gold Conference. The Wildcats fought until the final whistle but came up just of the goal line at the end. Trailing...
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Vikings halt 3-game skid with 42-14 win at Buchanan

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Hopkins halted a three-game losing streak on the gridiron Friday night with a 42-14 victory over non-conference opponent Buchanan. The Vikings lost the previous two weeks to unbeaten foes Wyoming Godwin Heights and Grand Rapids Northpointe Christian, and 21-20 three weeks ago to Belding, which knocked Northpointe from the ranks...
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Lady Vikings win 3 straight sets to beat Calvin Christian

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It isn't very often when Hopkins is able to beat Grandville Calvin Christian on the volleyball court, but the Lady Vikings turned the trick Thursday night in an O-K Silver Conference matchup. Hopkins lost the first set 26-24, but then roared back to win the the next three, 25-10, 25-17...
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Vikings hang on to 2nd in both girls’, boys’ races

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The Hopkins boys’ and girls’ cross-country teams again took second in the second O-K Silver Conference jamboree of the season Wednesday at the South Christian athletic fields. This time the Viking guys had to fight a little harder to hang on to the runner-up slot, as they finished just one...
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