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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.

    Inland Lakes' Larissa Huffman runs a hurdles race during last season's LPD4 Finals.

    Performance of the Week: Mackinaw City's Larissa Huffman

    April 14, 2023

    Larissa HuffmanLarissa Huffman ♦ Mackinaw City
    Senior ♦ Track & Field

    Huffman – who runs as part of a cooperative team with Indian River Inland Lakes – finished first in the 55-meter hurdles (9.7 seconds), second in the high jump (5-0) to teammate Hannah Robinson, third in the 800 (2:41) and was on the second-place 1,600 relay as Inland Lakes won the Lake Superior State University Indoor Invitational on Friday. She’s been part of seven top-eight finishes during the last two Lower Peninsula Division 4 Track & Field Finals, placing third in the 100 hurdles, seventh in the 300 hurdles, fourth in high jump and running on the eighth-place 1,600 relay last spring as Inland Lakes tied for seventh as a team.

    The four-sport standout also ran in her second LPD4 Cross Country Final for Mackinaw City this past fall and helped the volleyball team to its first District title. But she’s perhaps most known for her skills on the basketball court – she went over 1,000 career points this season in helping the Comets to a 25-2 record and league, District and Regional championships this season (and Huffman’s twin brother Lars went over 1,000 career points as well this winter). Larissa also previously played softball for Mackinaw City, earning all-league honors, but couldn't this year because of conflicts with her track schedule. She will continue her academic, basketball and track & field careers at St. Norbert College in Wisconsin.  

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    2022-23 Honorees

    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

    PHOTO Inland Lakes' Larissa Huffman runs a hurdles race during last season's LPD4 Finals. (Photo by Nicky Fenstermaker.)