Category: Sports

Lady Wildcat tennis team defeats Plainwell, 7-1

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The Wayland girls' varsity tennis team improved its overall record to 3-2-1 Tuesday afternoon with a 7-1 victory over nonleague opponent Plainwell. The Lady Wildcats won every match except at fourth doubles. Wayland will resume O-K Gold Conference play against Wyoming Wednesday.Both of the Wildcats' losses have come in league...
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Lady Wildcats blank Wyoming, even season mark at 3-3

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The Wayland girls' varsity soccer team evened its overall season record at 3-3 Monday evening with an 8-0 victory over Wyoming. The win on the road also brought the Lady Wildcats' O-K Gold Conference3 record to 2-2. Goals were scored by: Emily Gray, Hannah Henney, Amanda Brown (2), Brinley Nieuwenhuis...
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Wildcat golfers shoot best round of year at Cedar Chase

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The Wayland varsity boys' golf team Saturday had its best round of the year in a 20-team tournament Saturday at Cedar Chase. The Wildcats fired a team score of 336 and finished fourth. Rockford won in with a 320 and St. Johns was runner-up. “It is a very hard course...
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Lady Vikings sweep doubleheader against Kelloggsville

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The Hopkins varsity softball team Friday evening swept a doubleheader against Kelloggsville, 27-0 and 25-0, to improve its season record overall to 7-2. The Lady Vikings now are 3-2 in O-K Silver Conference play. In the twin bill opener, Hailey Burch faced the minimum of nine batters at three up,...
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WHS lineman Chad Stoepker to play in all-star game

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Wayland High School senior Chad Stoepker (No. 50, making a sack last fall with teammate Cody Clewell) will be one of the offensive lineman on Team Stars that will take on Team Stripes in the second annual Axis All-Star football game June 9 at Davenport University. The game, which was created...
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Lady Wildcats cop 5th in 13-team Hastings Relays

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The Wayland girls’ track team had a reasonably successful evening Friday at the Hastings Relays, capturing fifth place among the 13 teams competing. The Lady Wildcats tallied 1,012 total team points in the MITCA-style scoring that emphasizes total team performances. They were one of five teams to score more than...
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TK spoils Wildcats’ home debut with twin bill sweep

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The Wayland varsity baseball team’s home season-opening doubleheader Friday was spoiled Friday by visiting Middleville Thornapple Kellogg. The Trojans swept the twin bill 8-1 and 14-5, thereby taking three of the four games played between the two O-K Gold Conference teams during the week. The two losses dropped the Wildcats’...
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Jenison halts Lady Wildcats’ 9-game softball streak

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Jenison scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning Friday evening to win the nightcap of a doubleheader and halt Wayland’s nine-game winning streak to start the softball season. The Lady Wildcats won the first game game 6-5 in a nine-inning thriller. Lauren McCulligh started the game and...
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Lady Vikings No. 7 in 1st state-wide power ratings

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The Hopkins girls' track team is rated No. 7 in the first power ratings report of the Michigan Track Coaches' Association (MITCA) this spring. Benzie Central is rated No. 1 in Division 3. MITCA took best times and individual performances and scored them in a way similar to a state...
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‘Homeless’ Martin baseball team drops 4th in a row

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Martin's varsity baseball team, playing without a home field this spring, saw its losing streak reach four Thursday, dropping a doubleheader to Lawrence, 16-3 and 17-1. The Clippers are unable to play or practice on their own field because work is being done as a result of passage last year...
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