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.
Student Advisory Council: Let's All Play Our Roles in Sportsmanship
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
August 13, 2026
With this school year's first competitions scheduled for Friday, please take a moment to watch this message on sportsmanship from the MHSAA Student Advisory Council.
SAC members appear in the order below:
- Avery Edwards, Kingsford
- Mia McGregor, Mio
- Brody Hammer, Middleville
- Nichole James, Detroit Edison
- Sam Bentley, Ypsilanti Lincoln
- Rahul Prasanna, Novi
- Karly Grant, St Ignace
- Mason Mireles, Hartford
- Liam Arnold, Macomb Dakota
- Addi Diepenbrock, Ada Forest Hills Eastern
- Eli Wolters, Holland
- Camryn Siegers, Holland Christian
- Lucy Weber, Fenton
- Kyle Hunter, Detroit Voyageur College Prep
- Maci Godfrey, Hudson
- Joey Smokevitch, Johannesburg-Lewiston