MHSAA News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - May 2, 2006
Contact: John Johnson or Andy Frushour
517.332.5046 or www.mhsaa.com
Winter Tournament Good Sports Are Winners! Awards Announced;
Schools At All Levels To Be Honored By MEEMIC Insurance
EAST LANSING, Mich. – May 2 – The recipients of the Michigan High School Athletic Association’s Good Sports Are Winners! Awards for the recently-completed 2006 Winter sports season have been named, with each school to receive recognition from MEEMIC Insurance, the Association’s corporate partner in sportsmanship efforts.
Hesperia in team dual wrestling, Richland Gull Lake in girls competitive cheer, Saline in ice hockey, Union City in girls volleyball, and Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart in boys basketball, were selected by the tournament management at their respective finals for displaying the most exemplary sportsmanship by their coaches, student-athletes and spectators. Each school receiving a Finals award will be presented a commemorative banner and crystal trophy at a venue of the school’s choosing at a future date.
Hesperia was a Division 4 finalist in team dual wrestling, Gull Lake was a Class B finalist in girls competitive cheer, Saline was a Division 2 finalist in ice hockey, Union City was a Class c finalist in girls volleyball, and Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart was a finalists in Class D in boys basketball.
For Gull Lake and Saline, this is the second time each school has received the Good Sports Are Winners! Award at the Finals level of MHSAA tournament play. Gull Lake won the 1994 award at the Girls Soccer Finals; and Saline won the 2003 honor at the Boys Soccer Finals.
At the District, Regional and Quarterfinal levels of MHSAA tournaments, all schools which meet a set of sportsmanlike standards will be recognized. Those schools will be presented framed certificates from MEEMIC Insurance.
In all, 297 teams in team dual wrestling, girls competitive cheer, ice hockey, girls volleyball and boys basketball are being recognized for their outstanding sportsmanship at Winter tournaments. Those teams will also be recognized through the publication of their names in the MHSAA Bulletin, the MHSAA Finals program series, and on the MHSAA Web site. During the course of the school year, over 1,000 teams will be recognized in 11 activities for their sportsmanship efforts during MHSAA tournaments.
The MHSAA is a private, not-for-profit corporation of voluntary membership by over 1,800 public and private senior high schools and junior high/middle schools which exists to develop common rules for athletic eligibility and competition. No government funds or tax dollars support the MHSAA, which was the first such association nationally to not accept membership dues or tournament entry fees from schools. Member schools which enforce these rules are permitted to participate in MHSAA tournaments, which attract approximately 1.6 million spectators each year.
MEEMIC Insurance Company, with headquarters in Auburn Hills, writes full coverage private passenger automobile protection and homeowners insurance for educational employees and their immediate families in the state of Michigan. MEEMIC was founded by teachers for teachers in 1950. Most representatives of the company are or were teachers themselves. MEEMIC's history of competitive pricing and a commitment to superior service has cultivated a tradition of teachers serving teachers and their families, the "MEEMIC Club."
The following is a list of Good Sports Are Winners! Award recipients as submitted by tournament managers through April 28 for the recently-completed Winter sports season (SPORTS DIRECTORS/ EDITORS -- Please scan this list for recipients from your coverage area):
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GOOD SPORTS ARE WINNERS!
2006 Winter Award Recipients
(Based on reports received at the MHSAA offices as of 4/28/06. NOTE: There can be more than one winner at each site, and not all site managers responded.)
Boys Basketball
Alanson
Alba
Algonac
Allen Park
Allen Park Cabrini
Allen Park Inter-City Baptist
Almont
Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard
Ann Arbor Rudolf Steiner
Arenac Eastern
Armada
Atherton
AuGres-Sims
Battle Creek Calhoun Christian
Battle Creek St. Philip
Bear Lake
Beaver Island
Bellevue
Berkley
Birmingham Seaholm
Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood
Boyne City
Boyne Falls
Brethren
Bronson
Brown City
Buckley
Burton Genesee Christian
Byron
Cadillac
Cadillac Heritage Christian
Canton
Capac
Carleton Airport
Carson City-Crystal
Caseville
Cass City
Charlotte
Chelsea
Clinton
Coldwater
Coopersville
Crystal Falls Forest Park
Dansville
Dearborn Divine Child
Dearborn Heights Crestwood
Detroit Country Day
Detroit Renaissance
Detroit Southwestern
Detroit Winans Academy
Dexter
East Grand Rapids
Eben Junction Superior Central
Edwardsburg
Ellsworth
Engadine
Evart
Fairview
Fife Lake Forest Area
Flint Northern
Fowler
Frankfort
Fraser
Galesburg-Augusta
Gaylord St Mary
Genesee
Gladwin
Gobles
Grand Haven
Grand Rapids Catholic Central
Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills
Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian
Grand Rapids Northview
Grandville Calvin Christian
Grosse Pointe North
Gwinn
Hamilton
Harbor Beach
Harbor Springs Harbor Light Christian
Harrison Township L'Anse Creuse
Hastings
Hillsdale
Holt
Homer
Hopkins
Houghton Lake
Imlay City
Ithaca
Jackson Christian
Kingston
Lake Leelanau St. Mary
Lansing Waverly
Leroy Pine River
Livonia Clarenceville
Lutheran Westland
Mackinaw City
Macomb Lutheran North
Madison Heights Bishop Foley
Manistee Catholic
Manistique
Maple City Glen Lake
Marcellus
Marcellus Howardsville Christian
Marlette
Marlette
Martin
Mason County Eastern
Mayville
McBain
McBain Christian
Mesick
Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg
Midland
Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central
Mt. Clemens
Mt. Morris
Mt. Pleasant
Muskegon Heights
Muskegon Reeths-Puffer
Napoleon
Negaunee
Newport Lutheran South
North Farmington
North Muskegon
Novi Franklin Road Christian
Ogemaw Heights
Onekama
Ortonville Brandon
Painesdale-Jeffers
Parma Western
Pellston
Port Hope
Portage Central
Richmond
Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest
Rockford
Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary
Saginaw Nouvel
Saginaw Valley Lutheran
Sand Creek
Sandusky
Southfield Christian
Spring Lake
Springport
St. Clair Shores South Lake
St. Joseph
St. Joseph Michigan Lutheran
St. Louis
Standish-Sterling
Stephenson
Sterling Heights
Stevensville Lakeshore
Suttons Bay
Taylor Baptist Park
Taylor Light & Life Christian
Traverse City Christian
Traverse City St. Francis
Utica Ford
Vermontville Maple Valley
Walled Lake Central
Warren Cousino
Watersmeet
Watervliet Grace Christian
Wyandotte Mt. Carmel
Wyoming Kelloggsville
Wyoming Lee
Girls Competitive Cheer
Breckenridge
Merrill
Munising
Pewamo-Westphalia
Ice Hockey
Alpena
Flushing
Goodrich
Grand Rapids Christian
Lapeer East
Lapeer West
Otisville-Lakeville
Saginaw Arthur Hill
Saginaw Heritage
Girls Volleyball
Addison
Alanson
Alma
Bath
Bay City Central
Bay City Western
Beal City
Beaver Island
Berkley
Bloomfield Hills Andover
Boyne City
Burton Atherton
Burton Bendle
Burton Bentley
Byron
Byron Center Zion Christian
Calumet
Concord
Crystal Falls Forest Park
Dearborn
Ellsworth
Fife Lake Forest Area
Flint Beecher
Flint Powers Catholic
Flint Southwestern
Fowler
Fremont
Goodrich
Grand Haven
Grandville
Hanover-Horton
Harbor Springs Harbor Light Christian
Harrison
Hartland
Hesperia
Holland
Holland Black River
Holland Calvary
Holland West Ottawa
Hudsonville Freedom Baptist
Indian River Inland Lakes
Jonesville
Kalamazoo Central
Kalamazoo Loy Norrix
Kingsley
Lake City
Lake Fenton
Lakeview
Lansing Christian
Leland
Linden
Mackinaw City
Madison Heights Bishop Foley
Maple City Glen Lake
Marlette
Martin
Mason County Central
Mattawan
Mendon
Mesick
Michigan Center
Midland
Midland Dow
Milford
Montrose
Morley-Stanwood
Mt. Morris
Muskegon
Muskegon Mona Shores
Muskegon Reeths-Puffer
Napoleon
North Adams-Jerome
Pellston
Pontiac Notre Dame Prep
Portage Northern
Reading
Remus Chippewa Hills
Rogers City
Saginaw
Saginaw Arthur Hill
Saginaw Heritage
Sanford Meridian
Shepherd
Southfield
Southfield Christian
Sparta
St. Louis
Stanton Central Montcalm
Suttons Bay
Ubly
Union City
Vanderbilt
Walled Lake Central
White Cloud
Wyoming Tri-unity Christian
Wyoming-The Potters House Christian
Team Dual Wrestling
Allendale
Belding
Comstock Park
Freeland
Grand Rapids Forest Hills Eastern
Grand Rapids West Catholic
Houghton Lake
Howard City Tri-County
Lakeview
Muskegon Orchard View
Newaygo
Roscommon
Saginaw
Saginaw Arthur Hill
Saginaw Heritage
Stanton Central Montcalm
Wyoming Kelloggsville
