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: 10/5/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 5, 2026
1. BOYS TENNIS Holland West Ottawa and Holland Christian – No. 3 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – both won league championships, West Ottawa its sixth straight in the Ottawa-Kent Conference Red and Holland Christian by a point over runner-up and LPD3 No. 6 Hudsonville Unity Christian in the O-K Black – Holland Sentinel
2. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 2 top-ranked Grand Rapids Christian won the Jenison Invitational – Local Sports Journal
3. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Monroe High continued its impressive climb with its first Monroe County championship – Monroe News
4. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING LPD2 No. 1 Farmington Hills Mercy ran its Oakland County championship string to four – Oakland Press
5. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Utica Eisenhower repeated as champion at the Macomb County meet – Macomb Daily
6. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD1 No. 7 Rochester Adams girls and Lake Orion boys won Oakland County team titles – Athletic.net
7. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD1 No. 14 Traverse City Central girls and No. 2 West boys won “elite” race championships at the Shepherd Invitational – Traverse City Record-Eagle
8. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 3 No. 3 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian finished 5-0 to win the Best of the West Tournament at Mona Shores – Local Sports Journal
9. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD3 No. 6 Lake City girls and Reed City boys finished first at the Cecil R. Burch Pine River Invitational – Cadillac News
10. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Muskegon Reeths-Puffer finished 3-0 at Spring Lake – Local Sports Journal