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Lady Vikings chasing Calvin Christian for Silver soccer title

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The Hopkins girls' varsity soccer team continues to chase Grandville Calvin Christian for the O-K Silver Conference championship. The Lady Vikings pushed their league record to 8-1, with their only loss at the hands of the Squires, by hanging on to defeat Northpointe Christian 3-2 Monday afternoon. Hopkins jumped out...
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Lady Vikings swept in twin bill at Wyoming, fall to 11-9

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The Hopkins varsity softball team’s overall season record slipped to 11-9 Monday after being on the wrong end of a doubleheader sweep against Wyoming. The Lady Vikings dropped the opener 8-2 and then lost 16-11 in game two. The wheels came off for Hopkins in the fourth inning of the...
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Lady Wildcat soccer team scores 2nd consecutive victory

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The Wayland girls's varsity soccer team picked right up where they left off last week Thursday, with their second consecutive win Monday evening, beating Allendale 4-1. The girls came out firing offensively, putting 17 shots on goal over the course of the game, coach Ben Sleeman said. They piled on...
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Viking girls win Comstock Invitational, boys take 3rd

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Hopkins girls checked in first in the Comstock Invitational track meet Monday evening and the Vikings boys brought home a third-place trophy. The Lady Vikings scored 142 points to take first ahead of Wayland. The boys had 131 points, just five fewer than runner-up Benton Harbor. Meghan Schulz was a...
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Martin loses doubleheader to Parchment, 15-4 and 4-2

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Martin lost a doubleheader to Parchment Monday, 15-4 in the opener and the second game 4-2. "We played much better the second game," said Martin coach Jon Gambee, "and with the exception of one inning played very well. But we went into the fifth inning ahead 2-1 and made three...
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Wildcat boys win Comstock track Invitational, girls take 2nd

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The Wayland boys’ track team Monday won the championship trophy in the Comstock Invitational. The girls narrowly edged Benton Harbor by four points for second place and the boys scored 166 points to take that competition, which included 12 teams. Coach Marty Howard said performing well for the Wildcats were...
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WHS girls’ tennis takes 5th in rugged Gold Conference meet

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The Wayland varsity girls' tennis team took fifth place out of the seven teams in the O-K Gold Conference tournament Saturday that included four state-ranked teams. East Grand Rapids took first, GR Christian took second and Forest Hills Eastern took third with South Christian taking fourth. Wayland scored 29 points in the...
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Hopkins sophomore competes in state bowling tournament

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Hopkins High School sophomore Brenden Gossman competed in the Michigan State Youth Pepsi USBC Youth Championship tournament in Muskegon Saturday. He qualified for the tournament in March. It started out rough, he was able to turn it around with a few high games of 213, 233 and 254. (Photo supplied)
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Lady Wildcats get sweet revenge in winning Centreville tourney

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The Wayland varsity softball team captured the championship in the Centreville Invitational Saturday in a particularly satisfying manner. The Lady Wildcats defeated Richland Gull Lake in the finals, turning the tables on a team that earlier this season pinned perhaps the worst loss on Wayland in a long time, 17-0....
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Wildcats defeat Merrill, Harrison to win Evart Invitational

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The Wayland varsity baseball team captured the championship trophy Saturday in the Evart Invitational. The Wildcats defeated Merrill 5-4 in ten innings in first game to hand coach Travis Wilcox his 100th career victory.They came back to defeat Harrison 11-0 in the title game. The Wildcats' season record overall now...
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