Category: Sports

The Wayland varsity football team continues to show flashes of brilliance in its passing game, but it lost its third straight game without a win this season Friday night by a 51-6 score. The Wildcat defense has given up a whopping 141 points in its three games thus far. The...

So when was the last time Hopkins lost a varsity football game by shutout. The Vikings lost 30-0 four years ago to Hastings. One even more embarrassing question: When was the last time Hopkins was in great peril of being on the wrong side of a running clock? It almost...

The Wayland varsity volleyball team had its league dual match record this season evened at 1-1 Thursday with a tough loss in five sets at Grand Rapids Catholic Central. The Lady Wildcats lost the first two sets 25-23 and 25-16, but then rallied to win the next two 25-15 and...

The Wayland girls’ golf team placed fourth at the second O-K Gold Jamboree of the season at the Hastings Country Club. Senior all-state ace Ali Martus made it seven matches in a row scoring below 40 for nine holes or below 80 for 18 holes. She carded a 39 to...

The Wayland boys’ varsity cross-country team opened O-K Gold Conference jamboree action Wednesday by taking third place. Coach Steve Harcourt’s lads were only nine points away from first place and seven from second. Senior Perry Carter once again paced the Wildcats with a third-place finish and a time of 18:04....

Wayland High School senior ace golfer Ali Martus just keeps rolling along with her amazing streak this season. Martus, a three-time Class B state qualifier, has broken 40 for nine holes or 80 for 18 holes in every match thus far this season. She carded a 37 Wednesday to lead...

Week Three — Overall records for the football teams in the O-K Gold, O-K Silver and Southwestern Athletic Conferences.         Ottawa-Kent Gold                                                                            Ottawa-Kent Silver GR Catholic Central 2-1                                               GR North Point Christian 3-0 Hastings 2-1                                                                                                   Hopkins 1-2 Middleville 1-2                                                                                        Kelloggsville 1-2 GR Ottawa Hills 1-2                                                      Wyoming Godwin...

The Wayland varsity boys' soccer team recorded its first victory of the season Thursday, beating Hamilton 4-2. Coach Ben Sleeman said the momentum of the game shifted late in the first half when Jake Larsen saved a penalty kick and shortly after, Chuck Wroblewski scored on an assist from Mitchell...

  Though Hopkins has had one of the storied high school football programs in the last quarter of a century, it seems to have developed a couple of Achilles heels. The Vikings apparently have some trouble with defending the forward pass and they have difficulty lately beating archrival Allendale. And...

It wasn’t all that surprising that Forest Hills Eastern put 56 points on the board against Wayland Thursday night. The Hawks scored 48 in their season debut a week before. But it was surprising that the Wildcats, who unleashed an impressive aerial offensive Aug. 27 in a heart-stopping 34-28 loss...