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Wyoming to replace departed Hastings in O-K Gold Conference

October 23, 2015

The O-K Gold Conference this week officially lost Hastings as a member, but gained Wyoming. Jim Haskins, commissioner of the entire O-K Conference announced Friday afternoon The Hastings Board of Education voted earlier in the week to join the Interstate Eight League. Meanwhile, athletic directors for the O-K Conference approved...

Wildcat senior Hope Dollarhide signs to play for Lawrence Tech

October 23, 2015

Hope Dollarhide, a senior getting ready for her fourth season on the Wayland basketball team, has signed a letter of intent to play basketball next year and Lawrence Technological University. Lawrence Tech is a private university in Southfield near Detroit with programs in the arts and sciences, architecture and design...

Viking frosh harrier is O-K Silver Conference champ; teams both 2nd

October 21, 2015

The O-K Silver Conference girls’ cross country individual champion is just a freshman, Laura Velderman of Hopkins. It’s one thing to arrive fresh on the scene in August and show amazing skill and promise, it’s quite another to pass everybody else in the field in the league and place ninth...

Wildcat boys are runners-up in O-K Gold Conference C-C meet

October 20, 2015

There were a couple of surprises at the O-K Gold Conference cross-country meet Tuesday at Middleville. One was that Wayland came up with perhaps its best performance of the season in capturing second place in the boys' race. The other was a freshman from Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills, Rihana Pellow,...

Gridiron assistance for Hopkins may be just a few years away

October 20, 2015

The Hopkins varsity football team has suffered through an uncharacteristically tough season at 2-6 this fall, but help may be on the way soon. Shown here are members of the Hopkins eighth grade football team, who polished off an undefeated season on the home field Tuesday evening with a 26-12...

Wildcats bow out of own volleyball invitational in quarterfinals

October 19, 2015

The Wayland varsity volleyball team lost 25-20 and 25-14 in the quarterfinals of the Wayland Invitational Saturday to Caledonia. In pool play the Lady Wildcats beat Hamilton, split with Plainwell and Unity Christian and lost East Grand Rapids, which went undefeated and was the eventual tournament champion. Leading the Wildcats...

Football scores, standings for O-K, SAC conferences, Week 8

October 18, 2015

Ottawa-Kent Gold, Silver Standings Week 8 Ottawa-Kent Gold Ottawa-Kent Silver Grand...

‘Cat girls shoot better golf on 2nd day to retain 10th place in state

October 17, 2015

The Lady Wildcats played better golf and held their ground Saturday to finish 10th in the Division 3 state championship golf tournament. Wayland shot a team score of 412 and was 10th after the first day of action. The team, once again battling high winds and temperatures below 50, combined...

Galesburg-Augusta holds on to spoil Martin’s homecoming, 24-22

October 17, 2015

by Jon M. Gambee, Martin Bureau Chief Martin scored as many touchdowns as visiting Galesburg-Augusta Friday, but extra points and a field goal proved to be the difference in the Southwest Athletic Conference contest. The Rams spoiled homecoming for the Clippers with the victory, only the second of the season...

South Christian spoils Wildcats’ homecoming grid contest, 30-19

October 16, 2015

Wayland had a reasonable shot at winning its homecoming game Friday night, even though perennial power and defending state champion South Christian was coming to town. The Sailors this season had fallen on hard times, and like Wayland has only posted one victory in its first seven games, and that...

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