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Hopkins honors 4 individuals, 1st state grid finalist

September 16, 2017

Nostalgia reigned supreme Saturday evening at the second annual Hopkins High School Athletic Hall of Fame banquet and induction ceremony. This time the honorees were longtime head varsity football coach Rex Weaver, his 1999 football team that was the first ever from Hopkins to reach the state finals, basketball and...

Clippers suffer bruising 35-0 shutout loss to Coloma

September 16, 2017

by Austin Marsman Martin's Rob Martin (50) eventually tackles Coloma's Zach Goodline (1) after pursuit by multiple Clippers in one of their better defensive plays. Coloma pinned a 35-0 defeat on Martin Friday to drop its overall season record to 2-2. The Clippers knew, heading into the showdown, that it...

Wildcats pull out 20-16 thriller at Wyoming to go 3-1 overall

September 15, 2017

Caleb Wolf Wayland came from behind with one minute left in the ballgame to grab a thrilling victory on the road against Wyoming, 20-16. The victory lifted the Wildcats' overall season record to 3-1 and 2-0 in the O-K Gold Conference. Wyoming got of the scoreboard board on the board first in...

Vikings dare to be great, but fall short vs. Godwin, 41-27

September 15, 2017

Members of the Hopkins Athletic Hall of Fame, the 1999 football team, Dennis and Judy Kennedy, coach Rex Weaver and Tracy Hazen were recognized at halftime. Hopkins dared to be great on a couple of occasions Friday night against an explosive and undefeated Wyoming Godwin Heights football team. Though they...

Lady Wildcats place 8th at MSU cross invitational

September 15, 2017

Maggie Whtney (left) and Rylee Cronkright. The Wayland girls' cross-country team finished eighth as a team Friday among 35 girls' teams in the Michigan State Spartan Invitational at the Forest Akers East Golf Course in East Lansing. Senior Maggie Whitney and sophomore Rylee Cronkright both earned medals by capturing 16th and...

Lady Vikings let Northpointe come from behind, lose 3-2

September 15, 2017

The Hopkins varsity volleyball team Thursday lost a tough five-set match to North Pointe Christian, 3-2. The loss dropped the Lady Vikings to 1-1 in the O-K Silver Conference and 11-8-2 overall. Northpointe prevailed 25-22, 20-25, 22-25, 25-14 and 15-6. The Lady Vikings had the Mustangs down two sets to...

Lady Vikings 3rd in Delton Invitational cross contest

September 15, 2017

Laura Velderman (left) was fourth and Jasmine Fisher runner-up for the Lady Vikings. The Hopkins girls’ varsity cross-country team placed third among nine teams Thursday at the Delton Invitational and the boys took sixth among 11 teams. The Martin boys’ team finished ninth. The races were held at the Gilmore...

Lady Wildcats still improving, but still finish 4th

September 14, 2017

The Wayland girls varsity golf team shot its best round of the season Wednesday on the home course at Orchard Hills. The Lady Wildcats finished with a score of 178, but still it only landed them in fourth place for the fourth O-K Gold Conference jamboree of the season. Several personal nine-hole round...

Lady Wildcats improve to take 4th in Gold jamboree

September 12, 2017

The Wayland High girls' varsity golf team shot a much-improved 185 Monday in the third O-K Gold Conference jamboree of the season, this one at the Yankee Springs Golf Course. South Christian was a distant first with an excellent round of 166, but the rest of the league was grouped closely...

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Viking girls 2nd, boys take 3rd at TK cross invitational

September 11, 2017

Gracie DeZeeuw moved up on the Lady Vikings' depth chart. Jake Pastoor The Hopkins girls’ varsity cross-country team was runner-up in its division at the annual Yankee Springs Invitational Monday afternoon and the boys took third. The Lady Vikings accumulated 62 points, to finish behind the Grand Rapids Track Club’s...

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