Category: Sports

Vikings pull out 60-59 Silver hoops thriller at Wyoming Lee

Post has published by Editor
The Hopkins boys' varsity basketball team came up with a thrilling 60-59 victory at Wyoming Lee Friday night to improve its overall season record to 4-7 and its O-K Silver Conference mark to 3-3. Senior Justin Weick nailed a free throw with 1.1 seconds left to break a 59-59 deadlock...
Read More

Clippers upend 8-2 Marcellus with clutch play down stretch

Post has published by Editor
Marcellus scared the daylights out of Martin in Friday's Southwestern Athletic Conference basketball battle, at least for three and a half periods. The Wildcats brought an 8-2 record to Martin, 3-0 in the SAC, and they appeared to have the Clippers on the ropes until midway in the fourth quarter....
Read More

Four Wildcats are Bulldogs in high school hockey arena

Post has published by Editor
Four Wayland High School student-athletes are members of the Byron Center varsity hockey team this winter. They are senior forward Mike Anderson, junior forward/defenseman Mitchell Nagel, sophomore forward Logan Clairmont and sophomore forward Rory Myers. The Bulldogs' varsity also includes players from Grand Rapids South Christian in a cooperative arrangement....
Read More

Wildcat jayvees sport even better hoops record than varsity’s

Post has published by Editor
The Wayland boys' varsity basketball team has a fine 7-2 overall record on the season and is ranked No. 6 in the latest Class B state poll, but the junior varsity sports an even better record at 8-1. The Wildcat jayvees, coached by Chris Jasinski, have lost just once, 71-65...
Read More

Lady Vikings win one on the road at Benton Harbor

Post has published by Editor
The Hopkins girls' varsity basketball team had an unusual Wednesday nonleague basketball game and came away a 54-35 winner. Junior pivot Megan Schulz led Hopkins with 25 points and Mikayla Bulich added 12. The victory lifted the Lady Vikings' overall season record to 4-8. PHOTO: Meghan Schulz had 25 points.
Read More

Hopkins boys lose, girls win against Kelloggsville

Post has published by Editor
The Hopkins boys' varsity basketball team lost 74-57 to Kelloggsville Tuesday night. The Vikings' season record fell to 3-7, and 2-3 in the O-K Silver Conference. The Lady Vikings easily won their encounter with Kelloggsville, 70-32, to lift their overall season record to 3-8, and 1-4 in the league.
Read More

Hopkins boys suffer first loss on the lanes, ladies win

Post has published by Editor
The Hopkins boys’ varsity bowling team tasted defeat for the first time this season Monday with a surprisingly lopsided 27-3 loss to O-K Silver Conference rival Kelloggsville. The Lady Vikings, however, hiked their overall season record to 9-2 meanwhile with a 26-4 victory over Kelloggsville. The Hopkins and Kelloggsville boys...
Read More

Martin bounces back from 2 losses on the hardcourt

Post has published by Editor
The Martin boys' varsity basketball team battled its way out of a mild mid-season slump Tuesday by trouncing Lawton, 50-34. The Clippers led 15-7, 25-14 and 38-25 at the period stops. Martin jumped out to an early 10-2 lead and never looked back the rest of the night. "Our defensive...
Read More

Lady Wildcat rollers now ranked 5th in state Division 2

Post has published by Editor
The Wayland girls' varsity bowling team, now ranked No. 5 in the state in Division 2, improved its overall season record to 9-1-1 Monday by defeating league rival Grand Rapids South Christian 23-7. The Lady Wildcats also were ranked fifth last year by the Michigan State Bowling Coaches' Association. The...
Read More

Wildcats No. 2 in Gold, but just shy of No. 1 in state?

Post has published by Editor
Surveying the bigger, stronger and faster O-K Gold Conference in basketball this winter, it painfully apparent Wayland probably is shooting for the runner-up slot in the league derby because the favorite is Grand Rapids Christian, ranked the No. 2 Class A team in the state. The Wildcats, themselves ranked No....
Read More