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: 9/3/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
September 3, 2025
1. CROSS COUNTRY New Boston Huron’s girls and boys teams swept Erie Mason’s Frank Connolly Relays – Monroe News
2. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 5 Hartland and No. 3 Okemos played to a 1-1 draw – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
3. BOYS SOCCER Division 4 No. 7 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian went on the road for a 3-1 win over Grand Rapids Covenant Christian – Local Sports Journal
4. GIRLS GOLF Byron Center – No. 8 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – and Muskegon Reeths-Puffer’s Sophia McCollum finished first at the latest Ottawa-Kent Conference Green jamboree – Local Sports Journal
5. BOYS SOCCER Jackson Northwest shut out Lumen Christi 2-0 – Jackson Citizen Patriot
6. BOYS SOCCER Grayling won a key Northern Shores Conference matchup 5-0 over Kingsley – Traverse City Record-Eagle
7. VOLLEYBALL Midland Bullock Creek lost the first set but won the next three to get past Hemlock – Midland Daily News
8. VOLLEYBALL Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary swept Caro – WNEM
9. BOYS SOCCER Traverse City Central downed Cadillac 4-0 – MI Sports Now
10. BOYS SOCCER Richmond edged Chesterfield Austin Catholic 4-3 – Macomb Daily