School Sports – Page 2

Martin Schools asks people to mask up, social distance

Martin Public Schools officials are asking students, parents and staff to wear masks and practice social distancing for the next three weeks because of the recent surge in Covid-19 cases.…

Editor November 30, 2021

Columns

Continued Covid leaves me and family ‘languishing’

by Denise Dykstra This week I attended our school’s school board meeting. They had some decisions that were being made and I wanted to hear what was going to happen.…

Editor August 24, 2021

Features

You can call this ex-Viking athlete a Marine sergeant

A lot of people fondly remember Laura Velderman as a Hopkins High School track and cross-country star who qualified for the state meet in both sports. Today, she is Marine…

Editor August 4, 2021

Columns

Yes It’s True: Interviewers should just ‘let ’em play’

All this brouhaha about Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka declining to do interviews has brought me back to a conclusion I made a long time ago — the most overrated…

Editor June 6, 2021

Obituaries

Prayer service planned for Martin native Jim McGuire

Martin native Jim McGuire died Friday, May 28. He was 84. He was born March 14, 1937, to Bernard and Mildred (Brown) in Martin. The oldest of nine children, Jim…

Editor May 31, 2021

Community Notices

Hopkins opts out of state’s high school closure request

Hopkins Public Schools officials have decided to return to school Monday and continue spring sports practices and games, despite recommendations from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Departmant of Health…

Editor April 9, 2021

Community Notices

County Covid deaths jump to 118, but signs positive

The number of Coronavirus cases reported in Allegan County continues to decline, but the death toll in the last week increased from 110 to 118. The average number of cases…

Editor February 22, 2021

Community Notices

Stats still improving, but county Covid deaths at 110

The number of deaths in Allegan County associated with the Coronavirus moved up to 110, as compared to 105 last Monday. Despite the increase, statistics continue to look positive in…

Editor February 12, 2021

Columns

Ranger Rick: Sports gender equality sometimes unfair

A number of years ago, some mothers of female sports programs at Forest Hills wanted the female sports to mirror the boys programs where basketball was played in the winter…

Editor February 9, 2021

Community Notices

Optimistic signs continue in fight against Coronavirus

Wayland Union Schools is having its last week of hybrid instruction in preparation for transition to all-day, every day in-person classes, as statistics continue to look positive in the battle…

Editor February 8, 2021