Sports – Page 287

Lady Wildcat bowler, scholar wins Fox Motor Prep honor

May 24, 2016

Wayland High School junior Alicia Sweeney was selected as one of only 15 winners of the Fox Motor Prep Award. The honor is presented to the top 15 girls/boys in the state for having excellence in citizenship, academics and athletic skills. She did not, however, win the drawing for the...

Lady Wildcats edged by South Christian 1-0 in OT

May 24, 2016

The Wayland girls' soccer team battled against one of the top teams in the O-K Gold Conference Monday night and came up just short in a 1-0 loss in overtime to South Christian. Playing with few subs, "the girls fought their hearts out and just couldn’t quite finish their chances...

Lady Vikings just 2 wins away from 25 for season

May 23, 2016

The Hopkins varsity softball team is just two games away from a 25-win regular season. The Lady Vikings swept nonleague for Comstock Park 10-2 and 13-1 in a doubleheader Monday and they can finish the season with a 25-9 overall record if they can get past Fennville at home Tuesday....

Lady Wildcats continue winning of late, sweep Wyoming

May 23, 2016

The Wayland varsity softball team Monday continued its recent winning ways by taking both ends of a nonleague twin bill against Wyoming. The Lady Wildcats won the first game in a 15-7 slugfest and shut out the Wolves 6-0 in the nightcap. Fresh from capturing their 13th straight O-K Gold...

Lady Vikings shooting for 25-win softball season

May 23, 2016

The Hopkins varsity softball team extended its overall season record to 21-9 Friday afternoon and evening with a doubleheader sweep of Middleville Thornapple Kellogg. The Lady Vikings prevailed 6-3 and 15-2 in the non-conference twin bill. Morgan Fifelski threw all three innings in the mercy rule shortened nightcap, gave up...

Lady Wildcats runners-up in Ann Arbor Invitational

May 22, 2016

The Wayland varsity softball team made it to the championship game Saturday night before losing in the finals at the Ann Arbor Invitational to Dakota, the No. 1 ranked team in Division 1 in the state. The Lady Wildcats defeated Sterling Heights Stevenson, Ann Arbor Huron, Oscoda, Allen Park and...

Wildcat baseball team has gone 13-5 to climb to .500

May 21, 2016

Wayland swept Hopkins 8-4 and 16-1 Friday in a doubleheader to even its overall season record to 16-16. The Wildcats have fashioned a 13-5 record in their last 18 games under first-year head coach Trenton Wilcox. Wayland got past the Vikings in a special contest that featured leukemia patient Dawson...

Wildcat boys tie for 7th, girls 10th in regionals

May 20, 2016

The Wayland boys’ varsity track team finished tied for seventh among 15 teams and the girls’ squad placed 10th at the Division 2 regional meet Friday at Houseman Field in Grand Rapids. The Wildcat guys, who claimed three fourth-place finishes, accumulated 37.16 points, tied with Comstock Park. Grand Rapids Christian...

Lady Vikings reclaim D-3 regional track crown in style

May 20, 2016

The Hopkins girls’ varsity track team is back with a vengeance, capturing its first regional Division 3 championship since 2013. It’s not as though the Lady Vikings were far away in the last three years. In 2014 they missed the title by just three points. But this year they blew...

Five WHS cagers may play in Champions of Character

May 20, 2016

Nearly all of the seniors on the Wayland girls' varsity basketball team this past winter will be team members or alternates in the annual "Champions of Character" all-star basketball games at Davenport University Wednesday, June 15. The roster, announced Friday, included Ali Cutler, who will play at Cornerstone University next season;...

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