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Wildcats take 4th place in wet Coach B Invitational

September 11, 2023

In what used to be called the Gun Lake Invitational, now the Coach B (Tammy Benjamin) competition, the contest was limited to six teams because of wet and rainy conditions. Wayland boys placed fourth with 95 point. Caledonia won the meet with 33. The Lady Wildcats were sixth with 115...

Clippers win Zion Christian volleyball tourney crown

September 9, 2023

The Martin varsity volleyball team captured irst place at the Zion Christian tournament in Byron Center. The Lady Clippers played six games and didn't lose a single set. Martin started its championship run by beating Wyoming Godwin Heights 25-18 and 25-10; then won 25-17 & 25-17 Against Bangor; 25-11 &...

Wayland, Hopkins suffer lopsided gridiron defeats

September 8, 2023

It was not a good night on the gridiron for Wayland and Hopkins, both of whom were defeated handily in road contests. It wasn't even a good night for defending state champion Martin, which lost by a two-point conversion, 14-12, to Bridgman, a team it lost to last year by...

WHS cross alumn wins scholarship to run at SMC

September 8, 2023

Wayland High School alum Emily Tuinstra has signed a letter of intent and received a scholarship to join the Southwestern Michigan College Road Runners. SMC coach Zac Sartori said, “I had the good fortune of meeting Emily at one of our open house events this past spring. She showed interest...

Wildcat boys’ harriers take 5th at Delton Invitational

September 8, 2023

The Wayland boys’ varsity cross-country team checked in fifth in the 12-team Delton Invitational Thursday at the Gilmore Car Museum. The Wayland girls were unable to field a full team of five runners and did not have a team score posted. The Wildcats collected 118 team points, 10 behind fourth-place...

Lady Vikings beat Silver foe Godwin in straight sets

September 7, 2023

Kate Cleypool The Hopkins volleyball team remained unbeaten for the season thus far with a a straight sets verdict over O-K Silver opponent Wyoming Godwin Heights Thursday evening. The Lady Vikings won 25-13 25-14 and 25-11 to elevate their league record to 2-0. Kate Cleypool led the attack with 10...

Wildcat boys 6th, girls 8th in 1st O-K Gold cross meet

September 6, 2023

It wasn’t a particularly good start for Wayland at the first O-K Gold Conference Conference jamboree at Riverside Park Wednesday. The Wildcat boys checked in sixth and the depleted ranks of the girls settled for eighth in the eight-team race. The boys finished ahead of Middleville Thornapple Kellogg and Kenowa...

Martin frosh cross runner already owns school record

September 6, 2023

Veyda Conley is only a Martin freshman who is just starting her cross-country prep career, but she already has broken the girls' school record in the 5,000-meter run. She set the mark Aug. 30 in the Kalamazoo Invitational. She completed the course in a 21:22and was seventh in the race...

Viking girls runners-up, boys 3rd in 1st Silver meet

September 6, 2023

The Hopkins boys’ cross-country team fielded a full lineup in the first O-K Silver Conference meet of the season, at Rogue River Park and the girls’ squad was runner-up. The Lady Vikings finished just three points behind perennial league power Sparta, 58 to 61, and Belding was a point back...

Martin successes on the gridiron keep sailing along

September 1, 2023

Coach Brad Blauvelt chats with the Clippers after their blowout win at Lawrence. Is there really much difference between last year's state championship Martin varsity football squad and the outfit that's won two blowouts already this season? Some local fans probably would quote the famous Bobby Knight line that "we...

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