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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.

    Abbey DeGraw is a senior at Rochester Hills Stoney Creek.

    Performance of the Week: Rochester Hills Stoney Creek's Abbey DeGraw

    February 2, 2024

    Abbey DeGraw headshotAbbey DeGraw ♦ Rochester Hills Stoney Creek
    Senior ♦ Competitive Cheer

    DeGraw – a Division 1 all-state first-team selection last season – was among standouts as Stoney Creek won the Division 1 competition at Saturday’s Wyandotte Roosevelt Invitational. The Cougars scored 790.16 points to edge rival Rochester Adams by two-hundredths of a point. Adams was second and Stoney Creek third – behind champion Rochester High – at last season’s Division 1 Final.

    A dancer growing up, DeGraw began cheer in sixth grade and also made the all-state second team as a junior when Stoney Creek finished Division 1 runner-up. Stoney Creek will compete in the same District as Adams and Rochester on Feb. 16 as the Cougars begin their pursuit of a first Finals championship since 2019. DeGraw will next attend University of Michigan, and study biochemistry.

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    Past 2023-24 Honorees

    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 Abbey DeGraw.)