Alpena students text2win $50,000
January 25, 2012
Alpena High School -- and more specifically its Kids and Parents United Together (KAPUT) program -- recently received a $50,000 prize from Verizon after the school received 450,000 text votes as part of the company's TXT2WIN contest.
KAPUT provides safe events and activities for teens. Although this prize isn't specifically designated for athletics, Alpena previously has been recognized for promoting school sports. The community's CHAMPS program – Community Helping Athletes Maintain Positive Sportsmanship -- received the MHSAA's SCOPE award in 2007.
Alpena, a Class A school with roughly 1,300 students, competed against schools from 15 states.
To read more, click on this link to The Alpena News.
Today in the MHSAA: 10/17/24
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 17, 2024
1. BOYS SOCCER No. 8 Bay City John Glenn claimed its first District championship in soccer with a 3-0 win over Ludington in Division 2 – WNEM
2. BOYS SOCCER Montague claimed its first District title in this sport, downing Fremont 1-0 in Division 3 – CatchMark SportsNet
3. BOYS SOCCER Top-ranked Pontiac Notre Dame Prep clinched a Division 3 District title with a shootout win over No. 5 Detroit Country Day – Oakland Press
4. BOYS SOCCER Detroit Catholic Central also won by shootout over No. 2 Northville in a Division 1 District Final – Hometown Life
5. BOYS SOCCER No. 7 Grosse Ile ran its District championship streak to 16 with a 4-1 win over No. 8 Milan in Division 3 – Southgate News-Herald
6. CROSS COUNTRY Shepherd swept Jack Pine Conference titles, the girls winning their 15th consecutive; Shepherd’s boys are ranked No. 9 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
7. VOLLEYBALL Division 1 honorable mention Traverse City Central clinched its third-straight Big North Conference title with a sweep of Alpena – Traverse City Record-Eagle
8. BOYS SOCCER Grand Haven claimed a fourth-straight District title with a 1-0 win over Jenison in Division 1 – Grand Haven Tribune
9. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD1 No. 14 Midland Dow girls and Midland boys ran to Saginaw Valley League championships – Midland Daily News
10. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD2 No. 2 Zeeland East girls and No. 3 Holland Christian boys secured Ottawa-Kent Conference Black championships – Holland Sentinel