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EAST LANSING, Mich. – June 3 – The recipients of the Michigan High School Athletic Association’s Good Sports Are Winners! Awards for the winter sports season have been selected, a group of  307 teams representing nearly 250 schools which are being honored for displaying outstanding sportsmanship during selected postseason tournament competitions to receive awards ranging from framed certificates to commemorative banners and crystal trophies from the MEEMIC Insurance Company, the Association's corporate partner in sportsmanship efforts.
 
The program is conducted in team sports, with schools being evaluated by tournament management at District, Regional and Final Round sites. This winter, a total of 247 different schools were selected in tournaments conducted in girls and boys basketball, girls competitive cheer, ice hockey and team dual wrestling.
 
The program recognizes one school at each MHSAA tournament center at all levels of play for having met the highest sportsmanlike standards.  Those schools will be presented framed certificates from MEEMIC.  Those teams will also be recognized through the publication of their names in the MHSAA Bulletin, the MHSAA Finals program series, and on the MHSAA Website.

During the course of the school year, over 500 teams will be recognized in 13 activities for their sportsmanship efforts during MHSAA tournaments. At the Finals in those tournaments, the school judged to have met those standards is presented a crystal trophy and commemorative banner.

Kingsford in girls basketball (Class B), Suttons Bay in boys basketball (Class C), Hudsonville in girls competitive cheer (Division 1), Chelsea in ice hockey (Division 3), and Richmond in team dual wrestling (Division 3) were selected by the tournament management at their respective Finals for displaying the exemplary sportsmanship by their coaches, student-athletes and spectators. Presentation dates at each winning school will be announced at a future date.  

Kingsford was a semifinalist in the Class B girls basketball tournament; Suttons Bay was a finalist in boys basketball; Hudsonville placed third in cheer; Chelsea was a semifinalist on the ice; and Richmond was a title winner on the mat.  Three of the five schools have previously own the Good Sports Are Winners! Sportsmanship Awards at the Finals level of different MHSAA Tournaments. Hudsonville won the honor at the 2007 Softball Finals; Chelsea was chosen at the 2003 Softball Finals; and Suttons Bay was presented the award for the 2001 Girls Volleyball Finals.  Each school also was recognized with an additional honor prior to the Finals level – Chelsea in Team Wrestling Districts, Hudsonville in Ice Hockey Regionals, Kingsford in Girls Basketball Regionals, Richmond in Girls Basketball Districts, and Suttons Bay in Boys Basketball Regionals.

Grand Rapids Northview was recognized in the winter at four tournaments, and Detroit Country Day, Hartland, Marion, Otsego, Port Huron Northern, Shepherd, Taylor Truman and Utica Eisenhower each won sportsmanship awards.  Fourth-three other schools received mention twice:  Allendale; Bath; Battle Creek Calhoun Christian; Blissfield; Bronson; Byron; Byron Center; Covert; Crystal Falls Forest Park; Dearborn Edsel Ford; Detroit Communication Media Arts; Durand; Flushing; Gladstone; Gobles; Grand Haven; Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central; Hastings; Holly; Holt; Jackson Lumen Christi; Leroy Pine River; Livonia Franklin; Manchester; Mason; Mattawan; Midland Bullock Creek; Mt Pleasant Sacred Heart; Northville; Olivet; Onaway; Pewamo-Westphalia; Port Hope; Riverview Gabriel Richard; Rockford; Saginaw Nouvel; St Joseph; St Louis; Sterling Heights Stevenson; Temperance Bedford; Warren Cousino; Wayland Union; and Wyoming Godwin Heights.
 
Girls basketball led the way with 101 teams honored; followed by 89 teams in boys basketball; 85 in team dual wrestling; 18 in girls competitive cheer; and 14 in ice hockey.

The MHSAA is a private, not-for-profit corporation of voluntary membership by over 1,600 public and private senior high schools and junior high/middle schools which exists to develop common rules for athletic eligibility and competition.  No government funds or tax dollars support the MHSAA, which was the first such association nationally to not accept membership dues or tournament entry fees from schools.  Member schools which enforce these rules are permitted to participate in MHSAA tournaments, which attract approximately 1.6 million spectators each year.

MEEMIC Insurance Company, with headquarters in Auburn Hills, writes full coverage private passenger automobile protection and homeowners insurance for educational employees and their immediate families in the state of Michigan.  MEEMIC was founded by teachers for teachers in 1950. Most representatives of the company are or were teachers themselves.  MEEMIC's history of competitive pricing and a commitment to superior service has cultivated a tradition of teachers serving teachers and their families, the “MEEMIC Club.”

The following is a list of Good Sports Are Winners! Award recipients as submitted by tournament managers for the winter sports season:

Boys Basketball

Districts
Auburn Hills Oakland Christian
Battle Creek Calhoun Christian
Belding
Boyne City
Bronson
Brown City
Burton Faith
Byron
Caro
Carrollton
Centreville
Covert
Crystal Falls-Forest Park
Detroit Communication Media Arts
Detroit Cooley
Detroit Country Day
Detroit University Prep
Dexter
Farmington Hills Harrison
Fraser
Grand Rapids Northview
Hale
Harbor Beach
Hastings
Holt
Iron Mountain North Dickinson
Kalamazoo Loy Norrix
Kimball New Life Christian
Lansing Eastern
Lawton
Leroy Pine River
Livonia Franklin
Marion
Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart
Northville
Norway
Otsego
Ottawa Lake-Whiteford
Pentwater
Petoskey
Pewamo-Westphalia
Pontiac Notre Dame Prep
Port Huron Northern
Rochester
Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest
Saginaw Heritage
Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary
Saginaw Nouvel
Saginaw Swan Valley
Shepherd
Springport
St. Joseph
Swartz Creek
Taylor Truman
Temperance Bedford
Three Oaks-River Valley
Trenton
Utica Eisenhower
Walled Lake Northern
Waterford Kettering
Wayland Union
Wyoming Godwin Heights
Wyoming Lee
Wyoming Potter's House

Regionals
Dearborn Heights Robichaud
Detroit Country Day
Fennville
Flint Beecher
Fowlerville
Fremont
Genesee Christian
Gladstone
Grand Haven
Grand Rapids South Christian
Harbor Springs Harbor Light Christian
Holt
Inkster
Ithaca
Leland
Melvindale Academy for Business & Tech
Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central
Muskegon Western Michigan Christian
Novi
Richland Gull Lake
Saginaw Arthur Hill
Suttons Bay
Utica Eisenhower
Yale

Girls Basketball

Districts
Alba
Allendale
Arenac Eastern
Bath
Battle Creek Calhoun Christian
Beaver Island
Birmingham Seaholm
Blissfield
Bridgman
Burt Lake Northern Michigan Christian
Burton St Thomas More Academy
Byron
Camden-Frontier
Cass City
Crystal Falls Forest Park
Dearborn Edsel Ford
Detroit Communication Media Arts
Detroit Country Day
Detroit Cristo Rey
Detroit Southeastern
Durand
Erie-Mason
Essexville Garber
Farmington
Flushing
Grand Blanc
Grand Rapids Catholic Central
Grand Rapids Christian
Grand Rapids Northview
Grayling
Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett
Hartland
Hastings
Hillsdale Academy
Holland Calvary
Houghton
Jackson Northwest
Kalamazoo Hackett
Kingsley
Leroy Pine River
Lincoln Alcona
Livonia Ladywood
Mancelona
Maple City Glen Lake
Marion
Mattawan
Memphis
Michigan Center
Morenci
Mt Morris EA Johnson
Muskegon Orchard View
Muskegon Reeths-Puffer
Negaunee
Northville
Olivet
Otsego
Port Hope
Port Huron Northern
Ravenna
Richmond
Riverview Gabriel Richard
Royal Oak Shrine Catholic
Saginaw Nouvel
Saline
Shepherd
Shepherd Morey Public School
St Louis
Stanton Central Montcalm
Sterling Heights
Stockbridge
Taylor Truman
Traverse City Christian
Troy Athens
Vassar
Warren Regina
Waterford Our Lady
White Pigeon
Whitmore Lake
Wyoming Godwin Heights
Zeeland West

Regionals
Byron Center
Central Lake
Dearborn Divine Child
Dearborn Edsel Ford
Detroit Pershing
East Lansing
Eben Junction-Superior Central
Flint Northern
Grosse Pointe North
Kingsford
Manchester
Marquette
McBain
Mendon
Morley-Stanwood
Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart
North Branch
Olivet
Port Hope
St. Joseph

Girls Competitive Cheer

Districts
Cedar Springs
Flat Rock
Gobles
Laingsburg
Madison Heights Madison
Marion
Mt. Pleasant
Ortonville-Brandon
Paw Paw
Pinckney
Tawas Area
Warren Cousino

Regionals
Gobles
Jenison
Otsego
Pewamo-Westphalia
Sterling Heights Stevenson

Ice Hockey

Regionals
Auburn Hills Avondale
Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood
Fenton
Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central
Hartland
Howell
Hudsonville
Midland
Riverview Gabriel Richard
Sterling Heights Stevenson
Taylor Truman
Utica Eisenhower
Ypsilanti Lincoln

Team Dual Wrestling

Districts
Bath
Battle Creek Central
Belleville
Birch Run
Blissfield
Burton Bendle
Byron Center
Capac
Chelsea
Coloma
Constantine
Dearborn Heights Annapolis
Detroit Cesar Chavez Academy
Durand
Eau Claire
Escanaba
Flushing
Frankenmuth
Gaylord
Gibraltar Carlson
Gladstone
Grand Haven
Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central
Grand Rapids Northview
Harrison Township L'Anse Creuse
Hillsdale
Holly
Iron Mountain
Jackson
Jackson Lumen Christi
Lake Odessa-Lakewood
Lansing Waverly
Lapeer West
Lawrence
Livonia Franklin
Lutheran Westland
Manchester
Mason
Mattawan
Midland Bullock Creek
New Lothrop
Niles
Onaway
Otisville Lakeville
Owosso
Oxford
Port Huron Northern
Portland
Reading
Rochester Hills Stoney Creek
Rockford
Sand Creek
Shepherd
Sparta
St. Clair Shores Lakeview
St. Louis
Temperance-Bedford
Three Rivers
Utica Ford
Vermontville-Maple Valley
Warren Cousino
Wayland Union
Wayne Memorial
Webberville
West Bloomfield
White Lake-Lakeland

Regionals
Allendale
Bronson
Coopersville
Covert
Edwardsburg
Grand Rapids Northview
Hartland
Hesperia
Holly
Jackson Lumen Christi
Mason
Midland Bullock Creek
New Baltimore Anchor Bay
Onaway
Remus Chippewa Hills
Riverview
Rockford
Sturgis

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