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: 9/17/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
September 17, 2026
1. BOYS TENNIS Lower Peninsula Division 2 top-ranked Birmingham Seaholm edged LPD1 No. 2 Novi, with Carter Griffith earning a significant win at No. 1 singles – Oakland Press
2. BOYS TENNIS LPD2 No. 3 Midland Dow downed No. 8 Grand Rapids Forest Hils Central, No. 6 Berkley and Flushing all by scores of 7-1 – Midland Daily News
3. GIRLS TENNIS Ishpeming Westwood earned a 6-2 win over Marquette – Upper Michigan’s Source
4. BOYS SOCCER Midland Dow clinched a spot in the Saginaw Valley League North playoffs with a 2-0 win over Midland – Midland Daily News
5. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 2 honorable mention Flat Rock swept New Boston Huron – Southgate News-Herald
6. BOYS SOCCER Division 4 No. 4 Leland defeated Buckley 4-0 in Northwest Conference play – Traverse City Record-Eagle
7. BOYS SOCCER Riverview evened its record with a 3-0 win over Flat Rock – Southgate News-Herald
8. BOYS SOCCER Macomb Lutheran North and Imlay City played to a scoreless draw – Macomb Daily
9. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Cadillac swept Petoskey in Big North Conference play – Cadillac News
10. BOYS SOCCER Utica Ford downed Macomb L’Anse Creuse North 2-0 – Macomb Daily