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: 9/1/23

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 1, 2023

NOTE: Thursday’s football highlights will be included in Tuesday morning's Week 2 “1st & Goal” review.

1. GIRLS GOLF Traverse City Central shot a 362 to win the Petoskey Invitational – Traverse City Record-Eagle

2. CROSS COUNTRY The Tecumseh girls and Brownstown Woodhaven boys won Downriver Watermelon Run championships – Athletic.net | Southgate News-Herald

3. CROSS COUNTRY Traverse City St. Francis swept big-school titles at the East Jordan Red Devil Invitational, and the Harbor Springs girls and Johannesburg-Lewiston boys won small-school championships – Athletic.net | Cheboygan Daily Tribune

4. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Ludington edged Gaylord 92-84 in a dual – Ludington Daily News