Sports – Page 270

Martin puzzled by departure of 6 schools from SAC

November 8, 2016

A shakeup in the membership of the Southwest Athletic Conference, of which Martin is a member, was announced Tuesday morning. Martin Athletic Director Robert VandenBerg said six schools from the SAC and four other schools are forming a new league. “No one from the SAC knew this was coming,” VandenBerg...

It was a bad day for Lady Viking ace harrier at state meet

November 5, 2016

It was a bad day for Hopkins sophomore cross-country ace Laura Velderman and the Lady Vikings Saturday at the Division 3 state championship meet. Velderman, who last month was O-K Silver Conference and regional champion for the second year in a row, suffered a huge setback in the big annual...

Two Wildcat coaches win special honors this fall

November 4, 2016

Two Wayland High School girls’ sport coaches have won special accolades recently. Wildcat boys’ and girls’ varsity tennis coach Bill Schaefer was named by the United Veteran’s Council of Kent County as the 2016 Veteran of the Year. The announcement was made Thursday. Meanwhile, varsity girls’ golf coach Chris Drew...

Hopkins, Wayland volleyball seasons end in districts

November 4, 2016

Both the Hopkins and Wayland varsity volleyball seasons came to an end this week at the Class B district tournament at Otsego. The Vikings completed their campaign with a three-set loss Thursday to the host school 25-13, 25-8 and 30-28. Leading the Lady Vikings statistically were: Assists – Hannah Van...

Six Hopkins gridders named to all-O-K Silver squad

November 2, 2016

Six Hopkins varsity football players have been named to the all-O-K Silver Conference team. Joining sophomore Ryan Haveman (20) as first team selections were defensive end senior Terry Thomas, junior defensive tackle Jacob Cleypool and junior guard Levi Miller. Honorable mention accolades went to senior linebacker Caleb Ryan and junior...

Five Wildcats named to all-O-K Gold football team

November 1, 2016

Five members of the Wayland varsity football team have been selected to the O-K Gold All-Conference team. Named to the first team were backs Brody Place (far left) and Kyle Jansen (second from right) and junior linebacker Mason Miller (second from left) and sophomore defensive back Caleb Wolf were given...

Ex-Wildcat Allison Getty leads Northwood volleyball

October 30, 2016

Allison Getty, a 2013 graduate of Wayland High School, is leading Northwood University's volleyball team in kills and total points this season. Getty, who was a Division 2 all-state selection for a team that went all the way to the state semifinals, has recorded 294 kills and 323 total points...

Ex-Wildcat teammates reunite on the gridiron as foes

October 29, 2016

Former Wayland High School football teammates Mike Miklusicak and Quentin Sweeney met as rivals on the gridiron Saturday with the former getting the best of a 31-6 victory by Hope over Kalamazoo College. Miklusicak scored Hope's first three touchdowns on runs of 6, 14 and 55 yards and he rushed...

Wildcat girls 6th in C-C regionals, boys finish 11th

October 29, 2016

It was a day of near misses for the Wayland boys’ and girls’ cross-country treams at Saturday’s Division 2 regional meet at Portage. Near-miss performances were turned in by Lady Wildcat senior Emily Gray and boys Jonathan Zuiderveen and Mitchell Hooker. Gray just missed qualifying for next Saturday’s state meet...

It’s back to state cross-country meet for Hopkins girls

October 29, 2016

It was déjà vu all over again for the Hopkins girls’ cross-country team and ace harrier Laura Velderman. Actually, it was even better this time around. The Lady Vikings Saturday qualified for the Division 3 state meet for the fifth year in a row. But last year they finished third...

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