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SAC Sound-off: Meet Owosso's Matt Freeman

April 11, 2012

Matt Freeman is a big part of the Owosso football program -- he's 6-foot-2 and 270 pounds and made his all-league team last season -- and will continue to be a big part of the MHSAA's Student Advisory Council as a senior next fall.  He's one of eight juniors on the council; members are selected at the end of their sophomores years and serve two-year terms.

Matt Freeman, Owosso junior

  • Sports: Football, basketball, golf
  • Non-sports activities: Hunting, farming, drummer, theater
  • Favorite class: Weight lifting
  • Must-see TV: ESPN SportCenter
  • One shining moment: Coming back from 15 down to beat Corunna in basketball this season.
  • What’s next: Hopefully, college football. If not, then a small college, and coming home on weekends. Working with my hands – nothing behind a desk.
  • My favorite part of game day is: ... at school, knowing most of the people you see never get the opportunity to be on a team, and knowing you are lucky to be on the team you are on.

    PHOTO: Owosso's Matt Freeman (64) makes a tackle during last season's game against DeWitt. He plays on both the offensive and defensive lines.

    Zeeland's Rylee Smith watches a shot this season.

    Performance of the Week: Zeeland West's Rylee Smith

    March 1, 2024

    Rylee Smith headshotRylee Smith ♦ Zeeland West
    Senior ♦ Bowling

    Smith rolled a 300 – her first – in the final game of her Division 1 Regional last Friday to finish a championship run with a six-game total of 1,258 pins, 128 ahead of the field. Smith, a student at Zeeland West, also helped the Zeeland cooperative program to the Regional team championship at Revel & Roll in Kalamazoo, and will be competing in the Team Finals on Friday and Singles Finals on Saturday at Thunderbowl Lanes in Allen Park.

    With four more games topping 190 and all six rolling at least 184, Smith averaged a 210 over her Regional block to qualify for her fourth trip to the Singles Finals. She just missed making the Finals match play as a sophomore in 2022, when her sister Morgan was a senior on the team, and as an eighth grader in 2020 Rylee cheered Morgan and her teammates on as Zeeland won the Division 1 team championship. Rylee also is a talented golfer – she finished sixth overall at her Regional and one place short of qualifying for the Lower Peninsula Division 2 Finals as an individual – and she’ll continue her golf career at Trine University, where she intends to study physical therapy.

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    Past 2023-24 Honorees

    Feb. 22: Caleb Lewandowski, Traverse City West skiing - Report
    Feb. 15:     Jadin Mix, Onaway basketball - Report
    Feb. 8:     Onalee Wallis, Cadillac skiing - Report
    Feb. 1:     Abbey DeGraw, Rochester Hills Stoney Creek competitive cheer - Report
    Jan. 25:     Ewan Todd, Riverview swimming - Report
    Jan. 18:     Ashley Weller, Jackson Northwest basketball - Report
    Jan. 11:     Michael Baldwin, Saginaw Arthur Hill wrestling - Report
    Dec. 15:     Jena Fijolek, Fenton bowling - Report
    Dec. 8:     Sophia Wagner, Escanaba gymnastics - Report
    Dec. 1:     Isaiah Marshall, Southfield Arts & Technology football - Report
    Nov. 24:     Sarah Bradley, Clarkston Everest Collegiate volleyball - Report
    Nov. 17:     Kalieb Osborne, Waterford Mott football - Report
    Nov. 10:     Tekalegn Vlasma, Muskegon Western Michigan Christian soccer - Report
    Nov. 3:     Colton Kinnie, Birmingham Seaholm football - Report
    Oct. 27:     Lauren Timpf, Macomb Lutheran North golf - Report
    Oct. 20:     Alena Li, Okemos golf - Report
    Oct. 13:     Seth Norder, Grand Haven cross country - Report
    Oct. 5:     Paige Anderson, Muskegon Reeths-Puffer golf - Report
    Sept. 29:     MacKenzie Bisballe, Lake City volleyball - Report
    Sept. 22:     Jhace Massey, Gladwin football - Report
    Sept. 15:     Kaylee Draper, Sturgis swimming - Report
    Sept. 8:     Owen Jackson, Traverse City St. Francis tennis - Report
    Sept. 1:     Rachel Forsyth, Ann Arbor Pioneer cross country - Report

    (Photos courtesy of the Zeeland girls bowling program.)