The Wayland High School junior varsity extended its winning streak to five Thursday evening by turning back Middleville Thornapple Kellogg 48-25. Coach Coralie Miller’s Wildcats have not lost since Dec. 16 against Caledonia and now have a 7-2 record overall. Miller said, “We put a whole game together and outplayed them on both ends of […]
The Martin boys’ basketball team came up with two huge victories this week in Southwestern Athletic Conference play. The Clippers copped a 57-40 victory Friday night over Bloomingdale, two days after they bested Gobles 66-58 to run their SAC record to 2-1, with an overall mark of 4-5. They lost by only one point Monday,
The Hopkins girls’ basketball team Friday night absorbed its seven straight defeat this season without a victory by dropped a 57-30 decision at home to Grandville Calvin Christian. The Vikings were never in in the fray, falling behind 20-5 by the end of the first quarter and 31-14 at intermission. The Squires went on a
The Hopkins boys’ basketball team Friday evening captured its second straight victory, a nice turn of events after five consecutive losses to start the season. The Vikings turned back Grandville Calvin Christian in a 60-58 squeaker, edging an opponent they don’t often get the best of on the hardcourt. It was a huge second quarter
The outcome was never in doubt Friday evening at Middleville Thornapple Kellogg High School, as Wayland raced to its ninth victory without a loss this season, 70-27. The Wildcats wasted no time in taking control of this one. They led 20-8 at the end of the first quarter and held TK scoreless for the first
Middleville Thornapple Kellogg Friday evening scored one of the biggest boys’ high school basketball upsets of the season in a 63-60 victory over Wayland. Or was it really an uspet? Regardless, it was a creepy, upsetting and irritating night for coach Mike Hudson and his Wildcats, who lost for the first time in seven outings
Wayland Union High School has selected Michael Doupe` as new head football coach. Justin Wilson, athletic director, said he had 29 applicants for the position, which was advertised Nov. 25 after the resignation of Jerry Diorio. “We narrowed down the candidates to six with first-round interviews,” said Wilson “and then held second-round interviews with four
The Wayland girls’ varsity bowling team continued its dual match winning ways Thursday afternoon with a come-from-behind 16-14 triumph at Byron Center. For the first time since before Christmas break, the Lady Wildcats struggled mightily in the first two Baker games, falling behind 10-0 after losing 137-126 and 179-126. But then they righted the ship
Martin dropped a one point 47-46 decision to visiting Holland Calvary Monday in a game that had shades of the Dallas Cowboys’ victory over the Detroit Lions. With 10.4 seconds left to play, the nearest official awarded an out of bounds ball to Martin, giving the Clippers possession at their own end of the floor
Senior pivot Lacey James scored 21 points to lead Wayland Tuesday night in its 67-51 victory over state-ranked Otsego. (Photo courtesy Kenny Ritz) As the season progresses, any basketball team that gets a winning streak going has to wonder, “Just how good are we — really?” The Wayland boys got another promising answer Tuesday evening
