Thanks, Mr. Woodley (Saginaw News)
August 24, 2012
LaMarr Woodley was a football star at Saginaw High long before he went on to the University of Michigan and now the Pittsburgh Steelers.
He's given students in his hometown the same opportunity for accomplishment without the cost they would've otherwise incurred this school year.
Students at Saginaw and Saginaw Arthur Hill plus the districts junior highs and middle schools were facing a $75 participation fee until Woodley stepped in earlier this month with a $60,000 donation.
Hugh Bernreuter has covered the majority of Woodley's career, and tells this story.
Today in the MHSAA: 3/3/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
March 3, 2025
1. WRESTLING A total of 70 champions were crowned at the Individual Finals, including three who became the 38th, 39th and 40th four-time winners in MHSAA history – MHSAA.com
2. COMPETITIVE CHEER – Rochester Hills Stoney Creek and Allen Park repeated as Finals champions, Pontiac Notre Dame Prep returned to the top and Hanover-Horton claimed its first title – MHSAA.com
3. GIRLS BOWLING Grandville, Swartz Creek, Livonia Clarenceville and Ravenna claimed Finals team championships, and Novi, Tecumseh, Standish-Sterling and Bronson won singles titles – MHSAA.com
4. BOYS BOWLING Utica United, Flint Kearsley, Standish-Sterling and Allen Park Cabrini were team Finals winners, and Wayne Memorial, Vicksburg, Almont and Saginaw Nouvel Catholic Central won in singles – MHSAA.com
5. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Saline – No. 4 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – claimed its first league title since 2016, winning the Southeastern Conference Red meet to share the overall championship with top-ranked Ann Arbor Pioneer – Chelsea Sun Times News
6. HOCKEY Top-ranked Flint Powers Catholic came back from a 4-1 deficit to defeat No. 7 Marquette 5-4 in overtime and win a Division 2 Regional title – WNEM
7. GYMNASTICS Hartland scored a school-record 149.175 to claim a third-straight Regional title – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
8. HOCKEY Division 2 No. 2 Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice downed No. 3 Trenton 4-2 to clinch a Regional title – Oakland Press
9. HOCKEY No. 6 Salem defeated No. 5 Brighton 7-4 in a Division 1 Regional Final – Hometown Life
10. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING LPD2 honorable mention DeWitt claimed the Capital Area Activities Conference Blue title, its sixth-straight league championship – WILX
Also of note …
BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Allen Park claimed a share of the Downriver League title, with LPD3 No. 9 Trenton, with a league meet victory – Southgate News-Herald
BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING LPD2 No. 8 Portage Central broke Battle Creek Lakeview’s Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference title streak with a league meet win – Battle Creek Enquirer