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Wildcat boys’ track team bounces back from loss Tuesday

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The Wayland boys' track team bounced back from defeat Tuesday to take an 84-53 O-K Gold Conference dual meet victory from Grand Rapids Catholic Central. The Wildcats won 13 out of the 17 events and were led by double winners Macarty Carpenter, Lee Anderson and Justin Fleser. The Lady Wildcats...
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Lady Wildcats edge Hastings to lift overall record to 6-4-1

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The Wayland girls' soccer team claimed its second O-K Gold Conference victory this week with a 1-0 squeaker over Hastings. The victory, only 24 hours after the Lady Wildcats upset Grand Rapids Catholic Central, pushed coach Ben Sleeman's group to a 6-4-1 overall record and 3-3 in league play. Sleeman...
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Wildcats place 3rd in latest Gold boys’ golf jamboree

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The Wayland boys’ golf team placed third in the latest O-K Gold Conference jamboree, with Thornapple Kellogg as host. The Wildcats carded a team score of 182. Grand Rapids Catholic Central won it with a 168 and Hastings was runner-up at 174. Wayland was lead by Nick Losinger with a...
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Ex-Hopkins star athlete Tim Kisner to coach Fresno Pacific

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Hopkins High School star athlete Tim Kisner has been named head varsity basketball coach at Fresno Pacific, an NCAA Division II school. Kisner, who went on to be a star basketball player at Central Michigan University and who was a member of the the Grand Rapids Hoops basketball squad in...
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Viking girls, boys both 5-0 going into O-K Silver track meet

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EDITOR'S NOTE: This story erroneously published the notion that the Hopkins girls' track team was going to try to win back the league title from Calvin Christian. It has been pointed out that the Lady Vikings have won the O-K Silver crown the last three seasons consecutively and are shooting...
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Nick Losinger breaks 80 twice for Wildcat golf team

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The Wayland boys’ golf team finished sixth in the 14-team North Pointe Invitational Monday at the Railside Golf Course. Highlight of the meet was senior Nick Losinger carding a 76 and finishing third overall individually. Teammate Jake Omness checked in with an 85, good for 20th place. Josh Gibson from...
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Hastings boys’ track team defeats Wayland 90-47 in dual

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Wayland's boys' varsity track team lost an O-K Gold Conference dual meet, 90-47, Tuesday to Hastings. "The Wildcats were defeated by conference front runner Hastings tonight," said coach Marty Howard. They performed very well but the depth of Hastings got the best of the Wildcats." Wayland's winners in the competition...
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Clippers sweep doubleheader vs. Bloomingdale, 12-2, 6-4

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Martin took a pair of baseball games from Bloomingdale Monday, winning the opener 12-2 in six innings and taking the nightcap 6-4. Garrett Dill went the distance in the opener, giving up only three hits and one earned run. He struck out eight and walked four. Martin scored three times...
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Lady Wildcats score huge 1-0 upset of Catholic Central

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The Wayland girls' soccer team Monday night came up with a huge upset, knocking off Grand Rapids Catholic Central, the top team in the O-K Gold Conference and the fifth-ranked team in Division 3 at home Monday night. The game started with Hannah Anderson and the defense keeping the visiting...
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Wildcat boys 2nd, girls 3rd in 17-team middle school track meet

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The Wayland Middle School boys' track team placed second and the girls were third at the Delton Invitational Saturday. Seventeen middle schools competed at the first-ever Delton Invitational, including Lakeview, Hastings, Kent City, East Grand Rapids, Plainwell, Hopkins, Delton-Kellogg, Watervliet, Allegan, Fennville, Portage North, Paw Paw, Kelloggsville (Wyoming), Fennville, Comstock...
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