Gwinn Nickname Featured by NFHS

September 24, 2020

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

It can be said that Gwinn is a model town when it comes to choosing a unique high school nickname.

The small Upper Peninsula community is the only one in Michigan with the school nickname Modeltowners, inspired by its birth as an iron mining community just more than a century ago.

Gwinn’s nickname was detailed as part of an “Unusual Nicknames” feature in this month’s edition of “High School Today” published by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS). The full report is below.

First Scholar-Athletes Coming Tuesday

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 5, 2012

The MHSAA's first set of 2011-12 Scholar-Athlete Award winners, for Class C and Class D, will be announced Tuesday. Four were selected from Class D, and six were picked from Class C schools.

Class B and Class A recipients will be announced over the next three weeks. Check back Tuesday for more.