Sports – Page 347

Hopkins girls dare to give West Catholic a tussle in 6-point loss

January 21, 2015

Every once in a while, the Hopkins girls’ basketball team shows flashes of brilliance. That’s hard to believe for a team that’s 1-9 right now and hasn’t seen a winning season in quite a spell. Yet the Lady Vikings, seemingly determined to be nobody’s dormat any more, gave Grand Rapids...

Wildcat girls tune up for hoops showdown with 69-24 cakewalk

January 20, 2015

It was a tuneup for Friday night's showdown at the 'Cats Corral, as Wayland cruised to a 69-24 victory Tuesday night over Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills. The Lady Wildcats, ranked No. 5 and sporting a 10-0 record overall, will take on No. 3 Grand Rapids Catholic Central, 10-1, in a...

Wildcat JV girls score 6th consecutive hoops triumph

January 20, 2015

The Wayland junior varsity girls' basketball team got off to a fast start Tuesday night and then had to hang on to post a 42-35 victory over Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills. The victory was the Wildcats' sixth in a row and it lifted their overall season record to 8-2. Wayland...

Hopkins boys’ hoops team proves 0-5 start wasn’t the real deal

January 20, 2015

Hopkins boys' varsity basketball coach Darrin Smith just had to know he had a better basketball team than its 0-5 record indicated last month. And he was right. The Vikings captured their fourth straight victory Tuesday night in a 66-42 decision at home over Sparta. So now they own a...

Wildcat guys suffer double OT hoops loss at Ottawa Hills, 72-69

January 20, 2015

The Wayland guys have hit a rough patch at this point in the high school basketball season. The Wildcats, after reeling off seven consecutive victories to start the campaign and being ranked fourth in the Class B Associated Press state-wide poll, suffered their second straight loss by three points, this...

Lady Wildcat bowlers come from behind to earn 15-15 tie

January 20, 2015

The Wayland girls' varsity bowling team played "catchup" yet again Tuesday, as it rallied from a 10-0 deficit to finish with a 15-15 tie against Hudsonville Unity Christian. "I am pretty sure the girl's are trying to short my life span as, for the third time this conference season, they...

Wildcat point guards both have 1,000 career point totals

January 20, 2015

Senior point guards Dilon Aten and Presley Hudson both have scored 1,000 points during their four-year careers at Wayland High School. Aten notched his 1,000th point during the Wildcats' victory over Caledonia Dec. 16. Hudson's came last Friday night against Middleville Thornapple Kellogg. Both have been four-year starters for the...

No. 3 Catholic Central vs. No. 5 Wayland girls here Friday evening

January 20, 2015

The Wayland boys fell from fourth to seventh in this week's Michigan Associated Press state basketball Class B rankings and the Wildcat girls remain at No. 5. Making things even more interesting is that there will be a showdown at the 'Cats Corral Friday evening between coach Marty Howard's outfit...

Viking boys capture 3rd consecutive hoops win

January 19, 2015

Hopkins' boys' basketball team Monday evening claimed its third straight triumph after that 0-5 start to the season, and in the process now owns a 2-0 record in the latest O-K Silver Conference standings. The Vikings had no trouble subduing visiting Wyoming Lee 51-15 in a makeup of a snowed...

WHS grad Autumn Anderson is Hope College point guard

January 19, 2015

Autumn Anderson, a 2012 graduate of Wayland High School, has taken over duties at point guard for the Hope College women's basketball team this season. Anderson, who was a standout in softball and basketball for the Wildcats, was point guard in high school for a team that won district and...

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