Alpena students text2win $50,000

January 24, 2012

Alpena High School -- and more specifically its Kids and Parents United Together (KAPUT) program -- recently received a $50,000 prize from Verizon after the school received 450,000 text votes as part of the company's TXT2WIN contest.

KAPUT provides safe events and activities for teens. Although this prize isn't specifically designated for athletics, Alpena previously has been recognized for promoting school sports. The community's CHAMPS program – Community Helping Athletes Maintain Positive Sportsmanship  -- received the MHSAA's SCOPE award in 2007.

Alpena, a Class A school with roughly 1,300 students, competed against schools from 15 states.

To read more, click on this link to The Alpena News.

Today in the MHSAA: 5/3/23

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 3, 2023

1. GIRLS SOCCER Unranked Farmington Hills Mercy upset Division 2 top-ranked Bloomfield Hills Marian 1-0 – Oakland Press

2. BOYS LACROSSE Troy handed Oakland Activities Association White champion Rochester its first league loss 6-4 – Oakland Press

3. GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 top-ranked Rochester remains undefeated after a 3-0 win over Division 3 No. 6 Pontiac Notre Dame Prep – MLIVE-Detroit

4. BOYS LACROSSE Midland Dow defeated Midland High 18-7 in the first game between the two former cooperative team partners – Midland Daily News

5. TRACK & FIELD Temperance Bedford’s boys edged Monroe’s by three points, while their girls teams tied – Monroe News

6. GIRLS SOCCER Tatum Boyce had three goals in Division 4 No. 15 Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker’s big win over Marlette – Huron Daily Tribune

7. TRACK & FIELD Owosso swept meets against Goodrich – Owosso Argus-Press

8. GIRLS SOCCER Division 4 No. 11 Adrian Lenawee Christian continued to surge with a big win at Springport – Adrian Daily Telegram

9. TRACK & FIELD Wyandotte Roosevelt swept Downriver League meets against Lincoln Park and Dearborn Edsel Ford – Southgate News-Herald

10. GIRLS SOCCER Emerson Bergmooser also found the back of the net three times in Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central’s big win over Jefferson – Monroe News