Sports – Page 72

Lady Vikings start strong at 8-3-2 on volleyball court

August 24, 2022

Neighborhood rivals, neighborhood friends. The Hopkins High School varsity volleyball team is off to an 8-3-4 start on the 2022 season after winning three times Tuesday evening at the Wayland Quad. The Lady Vikes scored wins over Otsego (18-25, 25-21, 15-11), Hastings (25-15, 25-20) and Wayland (24-26, 25-22, 20-18). "The girls...

Wildcat tennis squad loses dual match opener, 5-3

August 23, 2022

The Wayland High School varsity boys' tennis team began its dual match season with a tough 5-3 loss to Otsego Tuesday afternoon. Bringing home wins for the Wildcats were senior Jackson Chesley first singles, senior Nolan Ritz at third singles and Austin Graham (11) at fourth singles. The fst doubles team of...

Lady Vikings card program best 218 at Yankee Springs

August 22, 2022

The Hopkins girls’ golf squad Friday recorded a program best score of 218, but finished third behind Calvin Christian and host Middleville Thornapple Kellogg. The match was held at the Yankee Springs Golf Course, where TK won with a team score of 187 and Calvin Christina checked in with an...

Wildcat boys barely outrun GRTC in season opener

August 22, 2022

The Wayland High School boys’ cross-country team commenced what promises to be a good season Monday by edging the Grand Rapid Track Club Peregrines to win a three-way meet on its home course. The Wildcats checked in with 28 team points, GRTC had 29 and Hopkins 77. Meanwhile, the Lady...

WHS senior wins bowling sportsmanship award

August 12, 2022

Kadence Bottrall Kadence Bottrall of Dorr received the David Dahms Sportsmanship Award for the U-18 ladies. in the Junior Gold bowling competition this summer. The Dahms Award is presented to the male and female competitor who best exemplifies sportsmanship, leadership, positive attitude and enthusiasm during the competition. Bottrall, daughter of...

Ex-WHS bowling coach to guide Tennessee women

July 29, 2022

Bill Holbrook Former Wayland High School girls’ varsity bowling coach Bill Holbrook has been hired as new women’s head coach at the University of Tennessee Southern. Holbrook, son of Wayland High School graduates Sandy Kotrba and Bill Holbrook, said, "I am grateful and thrilled for this opportunity at UT Southern,...

Four Wildcats compete in all-star softball showdown

July 13, 2022

Four representatives of the Wayland High School softball team Wednesday took part in the Division 2 all-star game at Davenport University, sponsored by the Michigan High School Softball Coaches Association. They were coach Cheri Ritz, pitcher Emma Ludema, first sacker Emma Tornes and catcher Kennedy Cole. Ludema was cited for...

Wildcats to have 3 players, coach in all-star game

June 30, 2022

Kennedy Cole Wayland will be represented by three players and its coach WEDNESDAY, July 13, in a Division 2 all-star softball game at Davenport University, beginning at 10 a.m. Coach Cheri Ritz will join first sacker Emma Tornes, pitcher Emma Ludema and catcher Kennedy Cole on one of the two...

Wildcats’ battery lands on Division 2 all-state team

June 21, 2022

Wildcat second sacker Kami Morse makes a sensational catch in the regional finals. The Wayland High School softball battery of pitcher Emma Ludema and catcher Kennedy Cole both have been named to the Division 2 all-state team. The two played major roles in the Wildcats fashioning a 37-2 overall record...

Evie Mathis wins national middle school pole vault competition championship

June 20, 2022

Wayland has another interscholastic national champion. Evie Mathis, who will be a freshman at Wayland High School this fall, won the Adidas national middle school title in the pole vault at the competition Saturday at Greensboro, N.C. She cleared 3.63 meters, which translates into 11 feet, 11 inches, one inch...

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