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Wildcats top Catholic Central to even Gold dual record

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The Wayland boys' track team evened its record in the O-K Gold Conference at 1-1 with a 76-61 victory Wednesday over Grand Rapids Catholic Central at Houseman Field. The Wildcats lost their season opener 78-71 to Wyoming and then dropped their first dual meet in the league last week to...
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Hopkins’ Bailey Ballard to ‘throw’ at Aquinas College

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Bailey Ballard, daughter of Robin and Brian Ballard of Hopkins, has signed her national letter of intent to continue her track and field career at Aquinas College. Ballard has been a key member of the Lady Vikings track team the past four seasons. She has competed at one Division III State...
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Lady Vikings track team successfully begins Silver defense

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The Hopkins girls’ track team successfully began its defense of the O-K Silver Conference championship with a convincing 92-45 dual victory Tuesday over Calvin Christian. The Lady Vikings were supposed to have been hit hard by graduation losses last spring, but apparently coach Molly Klump’s group is not rebuilding, it’s...
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Vikings boys open Silver season with loss to Calvin Christian

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The Hopkins boys’ track team opened the dual meet season in the OK-Silver Conference with an 87.5 to 52.5 loss to Grandville Calvin Christian. Event winners for the Vikings were Logan Blank in the long jump, 18’7.5,″ and 110-meter hurdles, 17.02 seconds; Clayton Frank in the discus, 120’9.75,″ and shot...
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Caleb Ryan’s 2-run double in 7th lifts Vikings to victory

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The Hopkins varsity baseball team Monday overcame O-K Silver Conference rival Kelloggsville, 4-3, with a couple of clutch runs in the seventh and final inning. Hopkins put up one run in the fourth on a fielder’s choice and scored the two winning runs on a two-run double by Caleb Ryan....
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Lady Wildcats take 5th in Comstock Park Invitational

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The Wayland girls' varsity track team finished fifth among eight teams at the Comstock Park Invitational Saturday. East Grand Rapids won the meet with 859 points. Wayland had 482. Lauryn Spencer, a newcomer to the team this year, recorded a first place finish in the 100-meter hurdles in a time...
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Lady Vikings blow out Kelloggsville in Silver opener

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The Hopkins girls' varsity softball team opened O-K Silver Conference play this season with a powerful 15-0 blasting of Wyoming Kelloggsville Monday in a game that lasted only three innings because of the mercy rule. The victory lifted the Lady Vikings' overall season record to 8-2. Hailey Burch threw all...
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Lady Vikings take 2 of 3 in Comstock Park softball invite

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The Hopkins girls’ varsity softball team took two of three encounters Saturday at the Comstock Park Invitational to run its overall season record to 7-2. The Lady Vikings defeated the host school in the first game in the morning by a 4-3 count, but was edged 6-5 by Holland Christian...
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Lady Wildcats blank Byron Center 4-0 in home opener

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The Lady Wildcats soccer team kicked off its home schedule Saturday morning with a big 4-0 win against Byron Center. "The home team dominated the game from start to finish, finding the back of the net twice on either side of halftime," said coach Ben S;eeman. Ali Cutler, Brinley Nieuwenhuis,...
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Clippers sweep twin bill, then get swept at Mendon tourney

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Martin swept a doubleheader from Barry County Christian Friday, showcasing hitting. pitching and defensive skills, but then Saturday at the Mendon Tournament, everything went south and the Clippers dropped two games, 18-8 and 17-2. "We looked very good beating Barry County Christian 15-3 and 5-1." said Martin coach Jon Gambee....
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