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: 4/12/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 12, 2024

1. GIRLS SOCCER Petoskey improved to 3-0 and without allowing a goal this season after shutting out Division 4 No. 8 Harbor Springs 4-0 – Petoskey News-Review

2. SOFTBALL Kayla Milarch threw a five-inning no-hitter as Buckley split with Fife Lake Forest Area – Traverse City Record-Eagle

3. GIRLS SOCCER Waterford Kettering downed rival Mott 3-0 for the Waterford Cup – Oakland Press

4. GIRLS LACROSSE Grand Blanc edged Dow/Midland 9-8 – Midland Daily News

5. BOYS GOLF Holland shot a 163 to edge Zeeland West by a stroke at the Ottawa-Kent Conference Green jamboree – Local Sports Journal

6. GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 No. 6 Hartland held on for a 2-1 win over Brighton – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

7. GIRLS SOCCER Cadillac improved to 2-1-1 with a 1-0 win over Ludington – Cadillac News

8. SOFTBALL North Muskegon swept Ludington over a combined eight innings – Ludington Daily News