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Wildcat boys unbeaten heading into Gold meet

May 10, 2022

The dual meet victories keep piling up for the Wayland boys, as they defeated Kenowa Hills 89-39, Ottawa Hills 105-23 and South Christian 80-48 Tuesday in an O-K Gold Conference quad meet. The Wildcat girls won 65-59 over South Christian, but lost to Kenowa 88-40 and Ottawa Hills 68-55. Sprinting...

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Vikings up the offensive ante to plus 20 runs twice

May 10, 2022

Sierra Smith The Hopkins softball offensive juggernaut continues, and this time they didn’t just score in double figures, they plated 26 and 22 runs in a doubleheader sweep of O-K Silver Conference rival Kelloggsville Monday afternoon. The Vikings touched home plate 10 times in the first inning and 22 in...

Ian Thompson owns 200; ‘Cats win Hopkins Invite

May 7, 2022

Ian Thompson Senior ace sprinter Ian Thompson had another big day Saturday, as Wayland boys won the Hopkins Invitational and the girls were runners-up. Thompson set a new school record in the 200-meter dash, won the 100, ran the anchor on the winning 400-meter relay team and was first in...

Wildcats’ pitching, defense subdues Caledonia twice

May 7, 2022

The Wayland softball team used solid pitching and defense to subdue Division 1 opponent Caledonia twice in a doubleheader Saturday, 2-0 and 4-1. Senior ace Emma Ludema and freshman phenom Harmony Laker both threw one-hitters at the Fighting Scots to lift coach Cheri Ritz’s crew’s season record to 13-1. The...

Former WHS track star 2nd in hurdles at GLIAC meet

May 6, 2022

Corrina Courser Wayland High School graduate Corrina Courser, a sophomore at Grand Valley State University, finished second by just two-tenths of a second Friday in the 100-meter high hurdles competition at the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference meet. Her time was 14.46 seconds. She ran the hurdles in just 13.91...

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Double figures scoring is getting to be Vikings habit

May 5, 2022

Hannah Brinks talks with coach Amy Funk. The runs keep piling up for Hopkins’ softball team, along with the victories. Thursday’s victim was non-conference opponent Hastings, which fell 17-0 and 16-1 in a doubleheader. The verdicts left the Lady Vikings with an overall season record of 10-1, with all 10...

Wildcat softball team shuts out Kenowa Hills twice

May 5, 2022

Oakleigh Hulst The Wayland varsity softball team’s winning streak was extended to 11 games Thursday afternoon with a doubleheader sweep of Kenowa Hills. The Wildcats scored a couple of shutout victories, 10-0 and 17-0 to push their O-K Gold Conference record to 4-0 and their overall mark to 11-1. Senior...

Lady Vikings’ fireworks continue in another sweep

May 4, 2022

Megan Andres was 4-for-4 in the nightcap. The Hopkins offensive attack continued to display plenty of fireworks Wednesday afternoon in a doubleheader sweep of nonleague opponent Covenant Christian. The Lady Vikings pushed their winning streak to eight games with 11-2 and 18-13 victories, improving their overall season record to 8-1....

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Wayland 8th-grader owns school pole vault record

May 4, 2022

Evie Mathis Wayland Middle School eighth-grader Evie Mathis has broken the high school pole vault record, and she's not even in high school yet. The daughter of Rick and Cindy Mathis cleared 11 feet, 6 inches at a middle school meet Wednesday afternoon and in the process now is tied...

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Lady Vikings now 7-2 in O-K Silver dual meet contests

May 4, 2022

Freshman Kambria Moored won both hurdling events. The Hopkins girls’ varsity track team Wednesday took three dual meet contests against O-K Silver Conference rivals and the boys went 2-1 on the day, a quad meet . The Lady Vikings defeated Calvin Christian 103-32, Wyoming Godwin Heights 99-17 and Comstock Park...

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