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Viking boys defeat 3 O-K Silver foes in quad meet
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…
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Vikings sweep Sparta to go to 5-0 in O-K Silver softball
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…
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Wildcats score 16 runs twice to sweep Kenowa
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…
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Wildcat boys win close meet; girls lose close meet
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,…
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Lady Wildcat JV softball team wins Otsego tourney
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,…
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Wildcats’ offense comes alive at Gull Lake tourney
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…
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Both Hopkins track teams win Watervliet Relays titles
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…
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Wildcats score only one 1st in Allegan Invitational
The Wayland boys’ varsity track team Friday finished third in the 15-team Allegan Invitational with 67 points, just missing second place by two points. The girls’ squad settled for seventh…
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Lady Vikings lose nonloop doubleheader with Lowell
Ava VanderKolk unloaded a grand slam homer. Hopkins stepped out of O-K Silver Conference softball action Friday and dropped both ends of a doubleheader to a pretty good Lowell outfit.…
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WHS grad among top 17 in NCAA pitching category
Former Wayland High School pitching ace Emma Ludema currently ranks 17th in the nation among NCAA Division III schools in the category of ratio of walks to strikeouts at 8.83…