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Former Viking bowling standout is all-WHAC pick

Hopkins High School graduate Brenden Gossman, who earned all-state accolades during his Viking prep career, added to his personal trophy case Saturday by being named to the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic all-star…

Editor February 26, 2022

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Keep on rollin’: It’s deja vu for Cats’ Kadence Bottrall

Kadence Bottrall with another individual trophy. Well, here we go again. Wayland High School junior Kadence Bottrall earned her second straight individual regional bowling championship Saturday and she and senior…

Editor February 26, 2022

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Local 8th-grader ties state indoor pole vault record

Wayland Middle School eighth-grader Evie Mathis, daughter of Rick and Cindy Mathis of Wayland, placed sixth amongst high school jumpers Saturday in the Michigan Indoor State Meet at the LAB…

Editor February 26, 2022

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Viking hoops teams split in Hall of Fame night games

The Hopkins boys' varsity basketball team defeated Belding 69-35 Friday evening, but the girls lost 43-36. The Viking lads now are 4-9 in the O-K Silver Conference standings. The girls…

Editor February 25, 2022

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Lady ‘Cats follow up league title with regional crown

The Lady Wildcats and coach Eric Bottrall whoop it up after capturing the regional championship, their second solid success in less than a week. It isn’t often that three different…

Editor February 25, 2022

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Lady Clippers take out Constantine in Crossover

Martin Thursday night defeated Constantine 39-32 in the annual crossover girls' basketball game between two divisions in the Southwest Athletic Conference. Gracie Shettler In a game between two fifth-place teams,…

Editor February 25, 2022

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Viking girls prevail; Lady ‘Cats clinch win season

(Photo courtesy of Terry Ellis) The Hopkins girls’ varsity basketball team took over fourth place in the O-K Silver Conference with a 50-42 victory Tuesday night over Comstock Park. The…

Editor February 22, 2022

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Girls’ district hoops tourney pairings announced

The Michigan High School Athletic Association today announced girls’ high school district basketball tournament pairings for the week of Monday, Feb. 28 to Friday, March 4. Martin will be host…

Editor February 21, 2022

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Area high school hoops tourneys to start on Feb. 28

The annual Michigan High School Athletic Association girls’ and boys’ high school basketball tournaments will get under way the weeks of Feb. 28-March 4 and March 7-11, respectively. There have…

Editor February 20, 2022

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Wildcat girls capture 1st place in O-K Gold bowling

Word on the street is that the Wayland varsity girls' bowling team captured first place in today's O-K Gold Conference tournament at Spectrum Lanes in Grand Rapids. Undisclosed sources report…

Editor February 19, 2022