Sports – Page 45

Hopkins’ Mady Weber to play in all-star hoops game

April 29, 2023

Hopkins High School senior Mady Weber has been selected to play in the Ring of Fire All-Star game at Davenport University. The game will take place at 6 p.m. June 7. Weber was an all-state honorable mention selection at the conclusion of the 2022-23 basketball and helped lead the Vikings...

Hopkins scoring machine returns in twin bill sweep

April 27, 2023

Bad news for opponents: Lyla Reynolds' stroke at the plate is back in action. The Hopkins softball team put on its hitting shoes Thursday afternoon to sweep a doubleheader against Holland Christian 16-6 and 12-2. The Lady Vikings, who improved to 7-4 overall, racked up 22 hits in the opener...

Wildcats split softball twin bill vs. unbeaten Ravenna

April 27, 2023

Rae Stallard ruined Ravenna's perfect record thus far this season with a clutch double in the seventh inning. Ravenna brought a 13-0 overall season record to Wayland and left the non-league doubleheader with a 14-1 mark after splitting a twin bills. Wayland won the opener 6-4, but the Bulldogs came...

Viking boys defeat 3 O-K Silver foes in quad meet

April 25, 2023

Both the Hopkins boys’ and girls’ track teams have been on somewhat of a roll of late. The Vikings captured first place in the Watervliet Relays last Friday night and the guys went undefeated in an O-K Silver Conference quad meet Tuesday. The ladies beat Calvin Christian 90-33 and Comstock...

Vikings sweep Sparta to go to 5-0 in O-K Silver softball

April 25, 2023

COVER PHOTO: Pitcher Hannah Brinks in a discussion with coach Amy Funk. Madison Schwartz Hannah Brinks fired a two-hit shutout and her Hopkins comrades delivered 16 hits in an 8-0 opening game victory Tuesday afternoon at Sparta. The Vikings came back to take game two 8-5. Brinks, a sophomore, yielded...

Wildcats score 16 runs twice to sweep Kenowa

April 25, 2023

The Wayland varsity softball team pushed its O-K Gold Conference record to 4-0 and its overall record to 11-2 Tuesday afternoon by sweeping a doubleheader against Kenowa Hills. The Lady Wildcats scored 16 runs twice, winning 16-0 and 16-1, with pitchers Harmony Laker and Maddi Ludema throwing a one-hitter and...

Wildcat boys win close meet; girls lose close meet

April 24, 2023

Devin Weaver The Wayland High School boys’ varsity track team came up with a 71-66 O-K Gold Conference dual meet victory Monday, but the girls lost by a similar score, 72-65. Junior sprint ace Kaharrie Pureifoy again took top honors in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.44 seconds...

Lady Wildcat JV softball team wins Otsego tourney

April 22, 2023

The Wayland Union High School junior varsity softball team won the Otsego Invitational by winning all three contests. The Lady Wildcats, coached by Coralie Ritz Miller, defeated South Haven 16-5, Delton Kellogg 15- and host Otsego 21-0.

Wildcats’ offense comes alive at Gull Lake tourney

April 22, 2023

Maddi Ludema and Harmony Laker. COVER PHOTO: Kami Morse went 7-for-7 in the second and third games of the Gull Lake Invitational Saturday. The opening line in Ernest Lawrence Thayer’s poem “Casey at the Bat” said “It looked extremely rocky for the Mudville nine that day.” Indeed, the Wayland softball...

Both Hopkins track teams win Watervliet Relays titles

April 22, 2023

Both the Hopkins varsity girls’ and boys’ track and field teams came away from the 50th annual Watervliet Relays Friday as champions. The Lady Vikings scored 77 team points, Schoolcraft had 70 and Kalamazoo Christian 56. There were 11 teams in all, for both the boys’ and girls’ competitions. The...

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