Alpena students text2win $50,000
January 24, 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: 10/14/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 14, 2026
1. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 1 No. 5 South Lyon East swept honorable mention Milford to claim the Lakes Valley Conference Valley championship – Oakland Press
2. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 1 No. 3 Clarkston defeated Lake Orion in four sets to clinch the Oakland Activities Association Red title – Oakland Press
3. CROSS COUNTRY The Lake City girls – No. 9 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – and Roscommon boys in the Highland Conference and Remus Chippewa Hills girls and Reed City boys in the Central State Activities Association Red all finished league title runs – Cadillac News
4. CROSS COUNTRY – The Freeland girls and LPD2 No. 7 Alma boys clinched Tri-Valley Conference Red titles – Saginaw News
5. CROSS COUNTRY Ithaca finished a sweep of TVC Blue titles; Ithaca’s girls are No. 10 in LPD3 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
6. CROSS COUNTRY Traverse City St. Francis swept team and individual championships at the Kingsley Invitational; the St. Francis girls are No. 2 in LPD3 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
7. BOYS SOCCER Warren Mott opened Division 1 District play with a shutout of Roseville – Macomb Daily
8. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Traverse City Central remains undefeated in the Big North Conference after a sweep of Traverse City West – Up North Live
9. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Reed City handed CSAA Red leader Big Rapids its first league defeat – Big Rapids Pioneer
10. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 3 honorable mention Calumet swept Negaunee – Upper Michigan’s Source