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Lady Wildcats go 2-for-3 in their softball invitational

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The Wayland High School softball team won two of three encounters in the Wayland Invitational Saturday. The Wildcats blanked previously unbeaten Big Rapids 2-0 in the first game, bested Caledonia 8-1 in game two and then absorbed an 11-6 loss in the finale. Sophomore ace hurler Harmony Laker was the...
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Hopkins softball parents donate AED to the program

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Hopkins softball parents Scott and Marsha Brower have decided to donate an automated external defibrillator (AED), which is used to help those experiencing sudden cardiac arrest to the to the local athletic program. The couple is shown here with their daughter and varsity softball coach Amy Bishop Funk (far left).
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Lady Wildcats rebound from bad day to sweep TK

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COVER PHOTO: The home run ladies vs. Thornapple Kellogg (from left) Izzy Johnson, Kami Morse and Harmony Laker. After that really bad day in Holland last Saturday, The Wayland varsity softball team got back to work in a doubleheader sweep of O-K Gold Conference rival Thornapple Kellogg. The Wildcats took...
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Hopkins softball outing was like day and night

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It wasn’t a day-night doubleheader, but the performances turned in by Hopkins Thursday was a lot like day and night. The Lady Vikings looked sharp in defeating Zeeland East in the opener 5-1, but then turned 180 degrees for the nightcap in an 11-0 loss. Sophomore Hannah Brinks was masterful...
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WHS grad does it again. This time it’s a no-hitter

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Emma Ludema Wayland High School graduate Emma Ludema continues to impress in her freshman year playing softball at Calvin University. The former Wildcat all-state performer threw the university’s first no-hitter in seven years when she turned the trick in a the nightcap of a doubleheader sweep of Kalamazoo College. She...
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Lady Vikings remain unbeaten in O-K Silver Conference standings

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Hopkins routed Belding Wednesday afternoon in an O-K Silver Conference doubleheader to improve its league softball record to 7-0. The Lady Vikings mercied Belding 15-1 and 15-0, also to lifts its overall season record to 9-4. Sophomore Hannah Brinks hurled five innings in the opener, limiting the Black Knights to...
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Hopkins boys, girls sweep Silver foes in quad meet

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The Hopkins boys and girls track team both swept their three head-to-head encounters in the O-K Silver Conference quad at Grandville Calvin Christian Tuesday. The Lady Vikings beat Wyoming Godwin Heights 138-44, Calvin Christian 131-83 and NorthPointe Christian 144-63. The Vikings guys prevailed over Godwin 156-60, Calvin Christian 136-103 and...
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Kadence Bottrall named to MI bowling ‘Dream Team’

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Kadence and Eric Bottrall Wayland High School senior Kadence Bottrall has been named to the Michigan 2023 Dream Team in bowling, only one of six girls in the state to achieve the honor. She was a finalist for the Miss Bowler award. Bottrall also received a $1,000 scholarship from the...
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Lady Vikings split 2 games at TK’s 4-team tourney

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Hopkins varsity softball coach Amy Funk last year made the commitment for her team to play more quality competition outside of the O-K Silver Conference, and it means the overall record is bound to suffer a bit. That result showed itself Saturday in a 15-0 loss to Vicksburg, a team...
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It was a bad day in Holland for the softball Wildcats

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It was a bad day in Holland Saturday for the Wayland High School softball team The Wildcats entered the Holland Invitational Saturday with an overall record of 11-3 and left with an 11-6 mark. Even worse, two of the losses were by one run, one in extra innings. They started...
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