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Wildcats split softball twin bill vs. unbeaten Ravenna

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…

Editor April 27, 2023

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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…

Editor April 25, 2023

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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…

Editor April 25, 2023

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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…

Editor April 25, 2023

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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,…

Editor April 24, 2023

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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,…

Editor April 22, 2023

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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…

Editor April 22, 2023

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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…

Editor April 22, 2023

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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…

Editor April 22, 2023

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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.…

Editor April 21, 2023