Sports – Page 313

Lady Wildcats punish young, inexperienced Sparta group, 70-36

December 21, 2015

Wayland’s girls’ basketball game against a young and struggling Sparta team Monday afternoon was over after the first quarter. The Lady Wildcats exploited that youth and inexperience with full-court pressure that propelled them to a 26-11 advantage in the first quarter, mostly as the result of turnovers leading to easy...

Wildcat boys’ bowling team captures 3rd place at Cedar Springs tourney

December 19, 2015

After a grueling four straight days of bowling, the Wayland boys' varsity bowling team still managed to bring home third place out of 14 teams competing in the Cedar Springs Invitational Saturday. The morning started with two regular individual games in which the guys averaged 183.9. Highlights were Austen Begg's...

Lady Wildcats set records while winning Cedar Springs championship

December 19, 2015

"I keep saying, 'If this team ever finally realizes how good they really are, they'll be very dangerous.' Well, guess who finally the figured out how good they are?" These more than satisfied words gushed Saturday afternoon from Wayland girls' varsity bowling coach Bill Holbrook after his team captured first...

Lady Wildcat bowlers overcome flu to take 2nd in Portage tourney

December 19, 2015

The Wayland girls finished second again in a bowling tournament, this time at the Portage Northern Huskie Invitational. With four of the five varsity starters battling illness, the ladies struggled through the three team individual games. Senior Lizzy Cobb rolled a 157, sophomore Marissa Bruinsslot a 160 and 157 game...

Curry’s double double helps Clippers breeze past Lawrence, 72-57

December 18, 2015

Tanner Curry scored 24 points and grabbed 20 rebounds Friday night as Martin rolled over a young Lawrence team 72-57. The victory brings Martin’s season record to 2-1 overall and 2-0 in the Southwestern Athletic Conference. Garrett Dill finished with 15 points and Garrett Altman added nine on three three-pointers....

Wildcat boys’ bowling team places 6th in Portage Invitational

December 18, 2015

The Wayland boys' varsity bowling team took sixth place in the Portage Invitational Tournament Friday. Coach Sherry Miklusicak said, "They used a tough Allen oil pattern. The top eight teams made the first round of brackets. Wayland lost their first two Baker games in that round and bowed out graciously."...

Lady Vikings’ rebounding, defense subdues Allendale, 44-39

December 18, 2015

Just who are these Lady Vikings, anyway? They start the season with a nice win over Fennville, get clobbered by Covenant Christian, lose by more than 20 to Hamilton and lose respectably to Thornapple Kellogg. But Friday night they beat Allendale 44-39, a feat not accomplished around here for a...

Wildcat boys and girls’ hoop teams won’t get rested over holidays

December 18, 2015

The Wayland boys' varsity basketball team will get about 10 days off after playing Hamilton in a non-league contest Friday evening, Dec. 18, but the Lady Wildcats will be in action Monday afternoon against Sparta. Coach Marty Howard's girls' squad will get under way at 2:30 p.m. Dec. 21 in...

Wildcat guys and gals rollers open conference season with convincing wins

December 17, 2015

"Rollin'... rollin'... rollin' at the Airport." The Wayland girls varsity bowling team opened O-K Gold Conference dual match play Thursday and remained undefeated with a 26-4 victory over Middleville Thornapple Kellogg at Airport Lanes. Coach Bill Holbrook said, "Although they won convincingly, the team had a bit of a Jekyll...

Forgive the pun — Lady Wildcats, guys still ‘on a roll’ with victories

December 16, 2015

The Wayland girls' varsity bowling team remained undefeated in match play this season Wednesday afternoon with a 27-3 victory over Wyoming at Airport Lanes. The boys' team was almost as impressive in a 23-7 triumph. The Lady Wildcats' experience and depth led to them winning going away. They came out...

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