Sports – Page 285

Wildcat senior Auston Whitley is academic all-state

June 23, 2016

Wayland High School senior Auston Whitley, a multi-sport athlete, has been named to the Academic All-State team, along with 34 other student athletes. Whitley is shown here with a basketball last winter as a junior guard for the O-K Gold Conference champions. He earned a 4.0 grade point average over...

Raymond Antel III to coach Wildcat boys’ harriers this fall

June 21, 2016

Raymond Antel III has been hired as head coach of the boys' cross-country team at Wayland High School this fall. Antel, currently head coach of the Wildcat girls' track team, succeeds Steve Harcourt, who guided the Wayland boys for a quarter of a century. Harcourt retired from teaching math and...

Laura Velderman refuses to rest on running laurels

June 18, 2016

After astonishing West Michigan high school running fans in her freshman year at Hopkins High School, Laura Velderman hasn't slowed down at all for the summer. The Lady Viking track and cross-country star won two more medals Saturday at the USA track and field regional Junior Olympics meet at Olivet...

Lady Wildcats’ ‘rebuilding’ season ends in quarterfinals

June 14, 2016

The Wayland girls' softball season came to an end in the state Division 2 quarterfinals Tuesday afternoon at Davenport University. The Lady Wildcats lost 14-2, much in the same manner they won all season long. The Bulldogs blew the ballgame open early, scoring five times in the first inning and...

Hopkins bowler takes 15th place in Pepsi tournament

June 12, 2016

Hopkins sophomore Brendan Gossman placed 15th out of 277 bowlers who competed in the 2016 Michigan State USBC Pepsi bowling tournament in Bay City earlier this year. Gossman came up with a score 1,268 pins, just one fewer than 14th place and two fewer than the 12th place finisher. Noah...

Lady Wildcats capture regional crown, move to quarters

June 11, 2016

The Wayland girls' softball team captured its ninth Division 2 regional championship Saturday afternoon at Hope College, defeating Hudsonville Unity Christian 7-3 in the finals after downing Forest Hills Eastern 11-1, in six innings . The Lady Wildcats, now 26-10for the season overall, now move on to the quarterfinals Tuesday...

Lacey James to sit out season, then play at N. Illinois

June 10, 2016

Northern Illinois University men’s basketball head coach Mark Montgomery announced the addition of 2015 Wayland High School graduate Lacey James to the Huskie program for the 2016-17 season. “We are excited to add Lacey to our roster for the upcoming season,” said Montgomery. “I am looking forward to having him,...

Lady Vikings finish season with 26-10 overall record

June 7, 2016

The Hopkins varsity softball team had the school's larest numbers of season victories, fashioning a 26-10 overall record. Three of the squad's losses were to O-K Silver Conference and Division 3 district champion Grandville Calvin Christian. Lady Vikings' catcher Jade Burch has announced that she will attend Aquinas College next...

Lady Vikings score 11 team points in MHSAA state meet

June 4, 2016

The Hopkins girls’ track team finished seventh as a team in the Division 3 state tam track meet May 28, but could only score 11 points and finish 18th in the MHSAA state meet Saturday at Comstock Park. Senior Julia Forbes scored six points in the long jump by taking...

Lady Wildcats capture yet another district crown

June 4, 2016

The Wayland varsity softball team captured yet another Division 2 district championship Saturday afternoon, defeating a highly-touted opponent, Lake Odessa Lakewood, 9-2 in the final round. The Lady Wildcats, now 25-9 for the season overall and O-K Gold Conference champs for the 13th consecutive season, mercied Allegan 15-1 in four...

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