Every once in a while, the Hopkins girls’ basketball team shows flashes of brilliance. That’s hard to believe for a team that’s 1-9 right now and hasn’t seen a winning season in quite a spell. Yet the Lady Vikings, seemingly determined to be nobody’s dormat any more, gave Grand Rapids West Catholic a pretty fair […]
It was a tuneup for Friday night’s showdown at the ‘Cats Corral, as Wayland cruised to a 69-24 victory Tuesday night over Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills. The Lady Wildcats, ranked No. 5 and sporting a 10-0 record overall, will take on No. 3 Grand Rapids Catholic Central, 10-1, in a resumption of a girls’ hoops
The Wayland junior varsity girls’ basketball team got off to a fast start Tuesday night and then had to hang on to post a 42-35 victory over Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills. The victory was the Wildcats’ sixth in a row and it lifted their overall season record to 8-2. Wayland jumped out to a 13-7
Hopkins boys’ varsity basketball coach Darrin Smith just had to know he had a better basketball team than its 0-5 record indicated last month. And he was right. The Vikings captured their fourth straight victory Tuesday night in a 66-42 decision at home over Sparta. So now they own a much more respectable 4-5 record
Consumers Energy is installing a temporary facility at its site on Sycamore Street that may cause delay in opening the Wayland Skate Park this year. Consumers Energy Monday night asked for and received a temporary easement from the City Council. The temporary facility will provide power while the main one is being repaired. “They’ve got
The Wayland guys have hit a rough patch at this point in the high school basketball season. The Wildcats, after reeling off seven consecutive victories to start the campaign and being ranked fourth in the Class B Associated Press state-wide poll, suffered their second straight loss by three points, this one 72-69 in double overtime
The local senior citizens’ luncheon is being planned for noon to 2 p.m. at the Wayland Transportation Building on Wildcat Drive just south Wayland Middle School. Included will be free pizza and prize bingo (free bingo card-must be 60+ to play). United Way of Allegan will be on hand to talk about volunteer opportunities and
The Wayland girls’ varsity bowling team played “catchup” yet again Tuesday, as it rallied from a 10-0 deficit to finish with a 15-15 tie against Hudsonville Unity Christian. “I am pretty sure the girl’s are trying to short my life span as, for the third time this conference season, they lost both Baker games and
Teressa C. Davis, age 45, of Allegan, died Monday, Jan. 19, at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo. She will be lovingly remembered by her parents Mike and Barb Davis of Wayland; her brothers: Mike (Terry) Davis of Wayland and Dave (Connie) Davis of Caledonia; and numerous nieces and nephews and extended family and her friends
Cynthia M. Mellon (Lundberg), age 77 of Grand Rapids, formerly of Wayland, died Sunday, Jan. 18. Cindy grew up on the west side, went to Oakleigh Grade School and graduated in 1955 from Union High School. Her younger years were spent at Mission Covenant Church, where she was confirmed. After working at Michigan National Bank
