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Hamilton edges Wildcats 4-2 to end softball season

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It was the last high school game for Kami Morse and Liberty Laker O-K Blue Conference co-champion Hamilton ended Wayland’s softball season 4-2 Saturday morning in the semifinal round of the Division 2 regional tournament at Berrien Springs. The Hawkeyes, who improved their overall season record to 34-6, pushed across...
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Wildcats expect tough competition in regionals

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It’s been said that there are no breathers in tournament play once you get out of the districts. Every opponent has been a winner earlier this season. It’s especially true Saturday, when the Wayland varsity softball squad makes the long trip to Berrien Springs to join three other teams in...
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Five Lady Vikings make O-K Silver all-league team

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Lyla Reynolds Madison Schwartz The Hopkins varsity softball team landed five of its players on the O-K Silver Conference all-star team. The Lady Vikings finished second in the league standings behind state-ranked Calvin Christian and put together a 10-2 record. Selected to the all-conference first unit were Lyla Reynolds, Hannah...
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Alicia Kent selected to guide Hopkins volleyball

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Alicia Kent Alicia Kent has been selected as the new varsity volleyball coach for Hopkins High School. She succeeds Terri Wisser, who decided to retire earlier this year after serving as head coach since 1990. Kent was the Hopkins High School junior varsity volleyball coach under Wisser’s guidance for 15...
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WHS grad helps coach Stanford in World Series

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Jessica Merchant Wayland High School graduate Jessica Merchant Monday saw her Stanford University softball team lose a gallant fight with No. 1-ranked Oklahoma to bow out of the College World Series. The Cardinal lost earlier to the Sooners, now 59-1 for the season, so the squad had to go home...
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J.R. Hildebrand scores all of Martin points in state meet

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J.R. Hildebrand J. R. Hildebrand was the only member of the Martin High School track team who scored in the Division 4 state meet Saturday at Baldwin Middle School. Hildebrand placed fourth in the 300-meter intermediate hurdles with a time of 42.10 seconds. Teammate James Blackburn was 19th in that...
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Wildcats handcuffed by district champion Gull Lake

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Some terrific pitching by Gull Lake's Julian Harris shut down the Wayland High School baseball season Saturday morning in a Division 2 district tournament semiifinal conest. Harris, who has committed to pitching next year for Western Michigan University, fired a two-hit shutout at Phil Regan Field. He struck out 10,...
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Wildcats Mathis, Huff cop 2nd places at state meet

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Wayland senior Breanna Hyde (far left) takes her place at the stand for taking eighth in the long jump. Wayland athletes Evie Mathis in the pole vault and Adam Huff in the discus captured second place honors at the Division 2 state track meet Saturday at Forest Hills Eastern. Mathis,...
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Wildcats win yet another district softball crown

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The Wayland varsity softball team captured its third straight Divisions 2 district championship Saturday after on its home field by taking out South Christian 9-4 in the finals. The Wildcats defeated Allegan 15-0 in four innings in their first game of the day. South Christian advanced to the championship round...
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Errors and South Christian end Viking softball season

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Hannah Brinks The 2023 softball season for Hopkins crashed and burned in the district semifinals Saturday morning in Wayland. The Lady Vikings committed seven errors and yielded an uncharacteristic 14 runs in a 14-6 defeat at the hands of South Christian The loss stung even more because Hopkins had split...
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