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: 8/25/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
August 25, 2025
1. CROSS COUNTRY The Ann Arbor Pioneer and Hart girls and Traverse City West and Benzie Central boys won championships at the annual Pete Moss Invitational – Traverse City Record-Eagle | Athletic.net
2. VOLLEYBALL Cadillac won every set and all five matches on the way to clinching its home invitational title – Cadillac News
3. BOYS SOCCER Detroit Country Day downed Royal Oak 1-0 to clinch the 48th Paul Bartoshuk Invitational championship – Oakland Press
4. GIRLS GOLF Goodrich edged Grand Blanc by four strokes to win Midland Dow’s Frank Altimore Invitational – Midland Daily News
5. BOYS SOCCER Alma received three shutouts from freshman keeper Jackson Moeggenborg in winning its home tournament – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
6. VOLLEYBALL Kingsford swept Negaunee and then Hancock to win its invitational – Iron Mountain Daily News
7. VOLLEYBALL Edwardsburg finished 6-0 in winning the Richland Gull Lake Invitational – Niles Daily Star
8. VOLLEYBALL Reed City defeated Kent City to claim its invitational championship – Cadillac News
9. CROSS COUNTRY Eight champions were crowned at Grand Rapids South Christian’s Under the Lights Invitational – Athletic.net
10. VOLLEYBALL Mallory Woiteshek reached 1,000 career kills for Grand Haven during its Lakeshore Classic – Grand Haven Tribune