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.

Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker LaMarr Woodley pays participation fees for Saginaw Public Schools student-athletes (Saginaw News)

Today in the MHSAA: 9/30/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 30, 2025

1. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 3 New Boston Huron clinched the Huron League championship outright with a 2-1 win over Division 3 No. 6 Grosse Ile – Southgate News-Herald

2. GIRLS GOLF LPD1 No. 7 Portage Central was first and LPD2 No. 7 St. Joseph second at the Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference Tournament – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

3. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 honorable mention Fennville defeated Watervliet to complete a fourth-straight championship run in the Southwestern Athletic Conference Lakeshore – Holland Sentinel

4. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 7 Romeo downed Utica Eisenhower 4-0 to clinch the Macomb Area Conference Red title – Macomb Daily

5. GIRLS GOLF Goodrich – No. 5 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – completed an outright championship in the Flint Metro League with a league tournament victory – Flint Journal

6. BOYS SOCCER Macomb L’Anse Creuse North clinched the Macomb Area Conference Blue title with a 3-0 win over Port Huron Northern – Macomb Daily

7. BOYS SOCCER Walled Lake Northern downed White Lake Lakeland to claim the Lakes Valley Conference Tournament championship – Oakland Press

8. BOYS SOCCER Grand Ledge defeated Division 2 No. 12 Lansing Eastern and Haslett downed Lansing Catholic to reach the Capital Area Activities Conference Silver Cup championship match – WLNS

9. BOYS SOCCER Northville advanced to the Kensington Lakes Activities Association final with a shootout win over Canton – Hometown Life

10. GIRLS GOLF LPD1 No. 3 Rochester Adams carded a 344 to win the Captain Sally Invitational at American Dunes – Big Rapids Pioneer