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: 11/5/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

November 5, 2021

1. VOLLEYBALL No. 4 Bronson clinched a Division 3 District title with a sweep of No. 7 Centreville – Coldwater Daily Reporter

2. VOLLEYBALL No. 9 Reese defeated No. 5 Saginaw Valley Lutheran in four sets to win a Division 3 District title – Saginaw News

3. VOLLEYBALL White Lake Lakeland repeated as a District champion with a Division 1 win over honorable mention Clarkston – Oakland Press

4. VOLLEYBALL Birch Run upset No. 9 Frankenmuth in five sets to win a Division 2 District Final – Saginaw News

5. VOLLEYBALL Midland Bullock Creek’s four-set win over Gladwin in Division 3 gave the Lancers their first District title in this sport – Midland Daily News

6. VOLLEYBALL Dundee defeated host Carleton Airport in Division 2, claiming its first District title since 1999 – Monroe News

7. VOLLEYBALL No. 8 Cadillac swept Kingsley in Division 2 to lock up its 16th-straight District championship – Cadillac News

8. VOLLEYBALL No. 10 Charlevoix came back from a two-set deficit to defeat Johannesburg-Lewiston in Division 3 – Petoskey News-Review

9. VOLLEYBALL Utica Ford earned its first District championship since 2002 with a four-set win over Utica High – Macomb Daily

10. VOLLEYBALL Grand Ledge came back after falling in the first set to defeat DeWitt in four in a Division 1 District Final – Lansing State Journal