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Hopkins boys and girls rollers both turn back Godwin

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The Hopkins boys’ and girls’ varsity bowling teams both had good days on the lanes Thursday by turning back O-K Silver Conference opponent Wyoming Godwin Heights. The boys remained unbeaten in dual matches for the season by pasting the Wolverines 26-4. The girls had a tougher road, but managed to...
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Hopkins boys absorb 4th consecutive hoops defeat

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The Hopkins boys' varsity basketball team absorbed its fourth straight defeat of the season Tuesday night, 66-51, in a nonconference encounter at Grand Rapids West Catholic. The Vikings won their season opener, 77-37, over Maple Valley, but since then failed to score more than 55 points in each of the...
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Presley Hudson scores 36, is MAC Player of the Week

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Central Michigan University’s Presley Hudson was named the Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week for women’s basketball. Hudson, a sophomore guard from Wayland, scored a career-high 36 points in leading the Chippewas to a 91-78 victory over Kent State in CMU’s MAC opener Saturday. Hudson, last year’s MAC...
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Middleville goes outside state for new football coach

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An on-line high school football source called Major Hoople reports that Middleville-Thornapple Kellogg has hired Charlie Feller, who formerly coached in Iowa and Texas. He will replace Chad Ruger, whose Trojans suffered through an 0-9 season last fall, including a 10-7 defeat at the hands of Wayland. Major Hoople said,...
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Athletic first families have interesting year for Wayland

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ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is analysis by the editor. It was an interesting year for Wayland’s first families in basketball and softball. Basketball, dominated by the Hudson family, offered a lot of thrills, chills and victories. Coach Mike Hudson’s Wildcat boys lost only two...
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Wildcat jayvees win both holiday tourney encounters

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The Wayland junior varsity basketball team won both of its games in the Cornerstone Holiday high school tournament this week, defeating Lowell and Rockford. The Wildcats, now 3-0 on the season overall, include Jayden Lyle (2), Carson Sevigney (3), Ternor Hudson (10), Caleb Wolf (11), Evan LaDere (12), Devin Jakey...
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Wildcats take Godwin to the wire in 2-point loss

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              Two area high school basketball giants, Wayland and Godwin Heights, did not disappoint a packed house Friday in the grand finale of the Cornerstone High School Holiday hoops tournament. The undefeated combatants battled down to the wire in a wild, see-saw contest that...
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Clippers lose 2nd straight to Class B tourney opponent

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Martin took quite a gamble this week by taking part in the Cornerstone Holiday baseball tournament, and it came away with two losses and a lot of lessons. The Clippers Thursday night lost 52-39 to another Class B opponent, Zeeland West, in their second straight attempt to upset a larger...
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Wildcats beat Lowell to set up 3rd showdown vs. Godwin

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“I hope you don’t take this wrong, but you guys had play better than this Friday night, or Godwin will beat you by at least 10 points,” a perceptive Lowell fan warned about Wayland Wednesday night. Indeed, though the Wildcats were never really in trouble in the opening round at the...
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Clippers dare to give Class B opponent a good ballgame

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Martin stumbled while trying to climb those golden stairs Monday night and its overall season record fell to 3-1. The Clippers, representing the smallest school in the Cornerstone University Holiday Tournament, dared to struggle and came close to winning before faltering in the last two minutes of a 61-51 defeat...
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