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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.

    Vestaburg's Owen Patton crosses the finish line during a race.

    Performance of the Week: Vestaburg's Owen Patton

    April 27, 2023

    Owen PattonOwen Patton ♦ Vestaburg
    Junior ♦ Track & Field

    Patton is continuing this season to establish himself as one of the state’s top small-school distance runners, as he cut 12 seconds from his previous personal record – and school record – in the 3,200 meters at last week’s Lakeview Invitational in posting a runner-up 9:55.39. Patton runs in Lower Peninsula Division 4 and finished second at Lakeview to Owen Westerkamp from Division 2 Big Rapids.

    Patton also finished second at last season’s LPD4 Final in the 1,600 – less than a second behind champion Lezawe Osterink of Wyoming Potter’s House Christian – plus eighth in the 800 and 22nd in the 3,200. Patton is the reigning Mid-State Activities Conference champion in the 800 and 1,600 and won the latter at this season’s first league jamboree. Patton also is coming off an eighth place at the LPD4 Cross Country Final, having improved from 28th in that race as a sophomore.

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    2022-23 Honorees

    April 20: Lilly Damm, Millington softball - Report
    April 13:     Larissa Huffman, Mackinaw City track & field - Report
    April 6:     Darius Acuff, Detroit Cass Tech basketball - Report
    March 23:     Regan Finkbeiner, Hemlock basketball - Report
    March 16:     Alaina Yaney, Grand Ledge gymnastics - Report
    March 9:     Braeden Davis, Dundee wrestling - Report
    March 2:     Gabriel Sanchez-Burks, Ann Arbor Pioneer swimming - Report
    Feb. 23:     Grace Sobczak, Marquette swimming - Report
    Feb. 16:     Kaitlynn Demers, Gibraltar Carlson competitive cheer - Report
    Feb. 9:     Indya Davis, West Bloomfield basketball - Report
    Feb. 2:     Braydon Sorenson, Onekama skiing - Report
    Jan. 26:     Shayna Hruska, Iron Mountain wrestling - Report
    Jan. 19:     Kayla Tafanelli, Warren Woods-Tower bowling - Report
    Dec. 20:     Brenden Paden, Riverview Gabriel Richard hockey - Report
    Dec. 16:     Tuff Scott, Holton bowling - Report
    Dec. 9:     Macey Fegan, Standish-Sterling basketball - Report
    Dec. 2:     Treyton Siegert, Gladwin football - Report
    Nov. 24:     Lily Witte, Dexter diving - Report
    Nov. 17:     Navea Gauthier, Shelby volleyball - Report
    Nov. 10:     Derek Huisman, Holland Christian soccer - Report
    Nov. 3:     Thomas Westphal, New Baltimore Anchor Bay cross country - Report
    Oct. 27:     Justin Wickey, Colon football - Report
    Oct. 20:     Owen DeMuth, Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood tennis - Report
    Oct. 13:     Mia Melendez, Ann Arbor Greenhills golf - Report
    Oct. 6:     Shawn Foster, Grand Ledge football - Report
    Sept. 30:     Hannah Smith, Temperance Bedford swimming - Report
    Sept. 22:     Helen Sachs, Holland West Ottawa cross country - Report
    Sept. 15:     Nina Horning, Lake Orion volleyball - Report
    Sept 8:     Arturo Romero, Muskegon Oakridge soccer - Report
    Sept. 1:     Austin King, Midland Dow tennis - Report
    Aug. 25:     Olivia Hemmila, Troy Athens golf - Report

    PHOTOS courtesy of the Vestaburg boys track & field program.