MHSAA News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Jan. 25, 2008
Contact: John Johnson or Andy Frushour
517.332.5046 or www.mhsaa.com
2007 Fall Good Sports Are Winners! Award Recipients Tabbed
EAST LANSING, Mich. –Jan. 25 – Nearly 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 190 teams were selected from 164 schools in tournaments conducted in football, boys soccer and girls volleyball.
The program recognizes one school at each MHSAA tournament center at all levels of play for having met the highest sportsmanlike standards. 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, over 500 teams will be recognized in 13 activities for their sportsmanship efforts during MHSAA tournaments. At the Finals in those tournaments, the school judged to have met those standards is presented a crystal trophy and commemorative banner.
Blissfield in football (Division 6), Grand Rapids South Christian (Division 3) boys soccer, and Ubly (Class C) in girls volleyball 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. All three schools were finalists in their respective sports, and it is the first time each school has been named a recipient of a Finals sportsmanship award. Blissfield was also recognized in football at the District level of play, and in girls volleyball at the Regionals. South Christian was named for sportsmanship honors in Regional soccer and District and Regional girls volleyball. Ubly received an additional award at the Quarterfinal level in girls volleyball.
South Christian and East Kentwood were recognized in the fall at three tournaments, while 24 schools received mention in twice. Girls volleyball led the way with 99 teams feted, followed by 39 teams in football and 52 in boys soccer. A complete list of fall award recipients appears below, or can be found by clicking here.
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."
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2007 Fall Good Sports Are Winners! Award Recipients
FOOTBALL
Districts
Albion
Belding
Blissfield
Buchanan
Calumet
Central Lake
Comstock
Crystal Falls Forest Park
Dearborn Edsel Ford
Detroit Denby
DeWitt
Elk Rapids
Flint Powers Catholic
Grass Lake
Harper Woods
Kalamazoo Christian
Kingsford
Laingsburg
Mendon
Milan
Muskegon
Muskegon Catholic Central
Remus Chippewa Hills
Rockford
Romulus Summit Academy
Sault Ste Marie
St Charles
St Joseph
Suttons Bay
Vestaburg
Regionals
Central Lake
Coopersville
Frankfort
Holt
Livonia Franklin
Macomb Dakota
Mendon
Montague
Sand Creek
BOYS SOCCER
Districts
Armada
Auburn Hills Avondale
Benzie Central
Cheboygan
Croswell-Lexington
East Detroit
Edwardsburg
Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker
Fremont
Grand Ledge
Grand Rapids Forest Hills Eastern
Grosse Ile
Grosse Pointe Woods U. Liggett
Hazel Park
Holland West Ottawa
Holton
Jackson Lumen Christi
Jenison
Kalamazoo Heritage Christian
Kimball New Life Christian
Laingsburg
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Lakeview
Lawton
Lincoln Alcona
Livonia Franklin
Macomb L'Anse Creuse North
Maple City Glen Lake
Mason
Mt Pleasant
Northville
Owosso
Rochester Adams
Saginaw Heritage
Saginaw Valley Lutheran
Traverse City West
Utica Ford
Vicksburg
Warren Woods Tower
Whitehall
Ypsilanti Lincoln
Regionals
Allen Park Inter-City Baptist
Auburn Hills Avondale
Big Rapids
Clarkston
East Kentwood
Fruitport
Grand Rapids South Christian
Hudsonville Unity Christian
Lincoln Alcona
Marcellus Howardsville Christian
Richmond
Unionville-Sebewaing
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Districts
Akron-Fairgrove
Alba
Allendale
Ashley
Auburn Hills Oakland Christian
Bad Axe
Battle Creek Calhoun Christian
Berkley
Bessemer
Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood
Britton-Macon
Bronson
Burton Bentley
Canton
Caro
Cedar Springs
Center Line
Charlevoix
Cheboygan
Coldwater
Comstock
Constantine
Dansville
Detroit Central
Detroit Denby
DeWitt
Dowagiac
East Kentwood
East Lansing
Eau Claire
Eben Junction Superior Central
Flint Kearsley
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Fremont Providence Christian
Garden City
Goodrich
Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills
Grand Rapids South Christian
Grandville Calvin Christian
Grosse Pointe South
Harbor Springs
Harrison Township L'Anse Creuse
Holland Calvary
Holland Christian
Iron River West Iron County
Ishpeming Westwood
Jenison
Livonia Ladywood
Macomb L'Anse Creuse North
Marysville
McBain
McBain Northern Michigan Christian
Memphis
Midland Dow
Monroe St Mary Catholic Central
Morrice
North Farmington
Owosso
Perry
Pewamo-Westphalia
Plainwell
Portage Northern
Redford Union
Reed City
Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary
Saginaw Swan Valley
Saginaw Valley Lutheran
Sault Ste Marie
Southfield Christian
Spring Lake
St Louis
Temperance Bedford
Traverse City Christian
Traverse City West
Trenton
Vanderbilt
Waldron
West Bloomfield Frankel Jewish Academy
Westland Huron Valley Lutheran
White Cloud
Whitmore Lake
Wyandotte Mt Carmel
Regionals
Akron-Fairgrove
Battle Creek Lakeview
Berkley
Blissfield
Caro
East Kentwood
Flushing
Flushing
Grand Rapids South Christian
Gwinn
Kalamazoo Christian
Kingsford
Mason County Eastern
White Cloud
Quarterfinals
Alma
Hillsdale Academy
Ubly
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