Coming up on 2H
November 1, 2012
The second championship weekend of the MHSAA fall season means plenty of coverage posting all Saturday from the Lower Peninsula Cross Country and Boys Soccer Finals.
- Come back all day for reports, photos and results from all eight cross country races at Michigan International Speedway.
- We'll also have game coverage of all four Soccer Finals being played at East Kentwood and Troy Athens.
- Also, check back Friday night for features on Cedar Springs runner Connor Mora, who broke 15 minutes last week, and Battle Creek St. Philip Miss Volleyball candidate Amanda McKinzie.
Gwinn Nickname Featured by NFHS
September 24, 2020
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
It can be said that Gwinn is a model town when it comes to choosing a unique high school nickname.
The small Upper Peninsula community is the only one in Michigan with the school nickname Modeltowners, inspired by its birth as an iron mining community just more than a century ago.
Gwinn’s nickname was detailed as part of an “Unusual Nicknames” feature in this month’s edition of “High School Today” published by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS). The full report is below.
