Coach's Guide to Nutrition: Celebrate Chocolate Milk Day on Sept. 27
September 22, 2026
National Chocolate Milk Day, celebrated on September 27, is a great opportunity to highlight a favorite drink that can also play a role in an athlete’s recovery routine.
For high school athletes, chocolate milk can be a convenient choice after a hard practice, workout or game.
It provides carbohydrates to help replace energy, protein to help repair and rebuild muscle, and fluids and electrolytes to support rehydration.
The first 30-45 minutes after exercise is an important time to begin refueling, and chocolate milk provides key nutrients athletes need to help their bodies recover and prepare for what’s next.
This National Chocolate Milk Day, raise a glass and refuel, rebuild and rehydrate for what’s next.
Information above is excerpted from UDIM’s A Coach’s Guide to Nutrition.
Concussion Care Special Awarded Emmy
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
June 19, 2018
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Yellow Flag Productions – which produces State Champs! Sports Network – and FOX Sports Detroit received a Michigan Emmy Award on Saturday for their “Concussions and the Modern Athlete” program that detailed the effects of concussions in athletics and steps being taken by the MHSAA to enhance awareness and care at the high school level.
The award – presented by the state’s chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences – came in the category of “Children/Youth/Teens – Program/Special.” The show was hosted and reported by State Champs’ Kiara Hay and included interviews with MHSAA Executive Director John E. Jack Roberts and Assistant Director Kathy Vruggink Westdorp.
The show was part of the State Champs! Summer Series in 2017 and aired on FOX Sports Detroit.