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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Jan. 23, 2007 Fall Tournament Sportsmanship Honors Announced; EAST LANSING, Mich. – Jan. 23 – Over 200 teams representing over 150 schools have been selected to be recognized for displaying outstanding sportsmanship during selected Fall Michigan High School Athletic Association postseason tournament competitions through the Good Sports Are Winners! Program, and all will receive awards ranging from framed certificates to commemorative banners and crystal trophies from MEEMIC Insurance, the Association's corporate partner in sportsmanship efforts. The program is conducted in team sports, with schools being evaluated by tournament management at District, Regional and Final Round sites. This Fall, a total of 215 teams were selected from 196 schools in tournaments conducted in girls basketball, football and boys soccer. At the District, Regional, Quarterfinal and Semifinal levels of MHSAA tournaments, all schools which meet a set of high sportsmanlike standards are recognized. Those schools will be presented framed certificates from MEEMIC Insurance. 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, nearly 1,000 teams will be recognized in 15 activities for their sportsmanship efforts during MHSAA tournaments. At the Finals in those tournaments, schools judged to have met those standards are presented a crystal trophy and commemorative banner. St. Clair in girls basketball, Macomb Dakota in football, and Livonia Stevenson in boys soccer were selected by the tournament management at their respective Finals for displaying the exemplary sportsmanship by their coaches, student-athletes and spectators. Presentation dates at each winning school will be announced at a future date. St. Clair (Class B) and Livonia Stevenson (Division 1) were finalists in their respective sports, while Macomb Dakota won the Division 1 football championship. It is the first time St. Clair or Dakota has been named a recipient of a Finals award, while Stevenson also won the boys soccer award in 1993. Several schools were represented in more than one sport this fall, while only Petoskey received mention in all three sports. Girls basketball led the way with 125 schools feted, followed by 63 schools in football and 27 in boys soccer. A complete list of fall award recipients can be found on the Good Sports Are Winners! page on the MHSAA Web site. The MHSAA is a private, not-for-profit corporation of voluntary membership by over 1,700 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 for the Spring sports season (SPORTS DIRECTORS/ EDITORS -- Please scan this list for recipients from your coverage area): -0- MEDIA ADVISORY - For additional information about MEEMIC, contact Mike Post, Director of Sales & Marketing, toll free at 888-4MEEMIC (463-3642), Ext. 7544. You can download the MHSAA’s sportsmanship logo from the MHSAA Web Site – click on Forms & Graphics off the home page. RL07-030 GOOD SPORTS ARE WINNERS! BOYS SOCCER FOOTBALL GIRLS BASKETBALL AT&T, Farm Bureau Insurance Henry Ford Health Systems and MEEMIC Insurance
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