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EAST LANSING, Mich. – Jan. 6 – A total of 170 teams representing 190 schools have been selected to be recognized for displaying outstanding sportsmanship during selected Fall Michigan High School Athletic Association postseason tournament competitions through the Good Sports Are Winners! Program, and all will receive awards ranging from framed certificates to commemorative banners and crystal trophies from MEEMIC Insurance, the Association's corporate partner in sportsmanship efforts.

The program is conducted in team sports, with schools being evaluated by tournament management at District, Regional and Final Round sites. The Fall awards program is conducted in tournaments in football, boys soccer and girls volleyball.

The program recognizes one school at each MHSAA tournament center at all levels of play for having met the highest sportsmanlike standards.  Those schools will be presented framed certificates from MEEMIC Insurance. Those teams will also be recognized through the publication of their names in the MHSAA Bulletin, the MHSAA Finals program series, and on the MHSAA Website.

During the course of the school year, over 500 teams will be recognized in 13 activities for their sportsmanship efforts during MHSAA tournaments. At the Finals in those tournaments, the school judged to have met those standards is presented a crystal trophy and commemorative banner.

Olivet in football (Division 5), Grand Rapids Northview (Division 2) in boys soccer, and St. Louis (Class C) in girls volleyball were selected by the tournament management at their respective Finals for displaying the exemplary sportsmanship by their coaches, student-athletes and spectators. The presentation date at all three schools is pending.

Northview was the MHSAA champion in its tournament, while Olivet and St. Louis were finalists in their respective sports.

This is the first time any of the three schools has been named a recipient of a Finals sportsmanship award.  Northview was also recognized at the District and Regional levels of the Boys Soccer Tournament,  Battle Creek Harper Creek and Lowell were also recognized in the fall at three tournaments, while 19 schools received mention in twice. Girls volleyball led the way with 101 teams feted, followed by 48 teams in boys soccer and 43 in football.   A complete list of fall award recipients can be found at the end of this release. 

The MHSAA is a private, not-for-profit corporation of voluntary membership by over 1,600 public and private senior high schools and junior high/middle schools which exists to develop common rules for athletic eligibility and competition.  No government funds or tax dollars support the MHSAA, which was the first such association nationally to not accept membership dues or tournament entry fees from schools.  Member schools which enforce these rules are permitted to participate in MHSAA tournaments, which attract approximately 1.6 million spectators each year.

MEEMIC Insurance Company, with headquarters in Auburn Hills, writes full coverage private passenger automobile protection and homeowners insurance for educational employees and their immediate families in the state of Michigan.  MEEMIC was founded by teachers for teachers in 1950. Most representatives of the company are or were teachers themselves.  MEEMIC's history of competitive pricing and a commitment to superior service has cultivated a tradition of teachers serving teachers and their families, the "MEEMIC Club."

The following is a list of Good Sports Are Winners! Award recipients as submitted by tournament managers for the Fall sports season (SPORTS DIRECTORS/ EDITORS -- Please scan this list for recipients from your coverage area):

GOOD SPORTS ARE WINNERS!
2010 Fall Award Recipients
(Based on reports received at the MHSAA offices as of 1.4.10. NOTE: Not all site managers responded.) 
 
Football

Districts

Battle Creek Harper Creek
Climax-Scotts
East Detroit
Fennville
Fowlerville
Frankfort
Grand Rapids West Catholic
Grayling
Iron Mountain
Lake Linden-Hubbell
Leslie
Macomb Dakota
Macomb Lutheran North
Maple City Glen Lake
McBain
Mendon
Millington
Montrose Hill-McCloy
Muskegon
Muskegon Heights
Reading
Saginaw Nouvel
Saginaw Swan Valley
St Johns
Stockbridge
Traverse City West
Utica Eisenhower
Wyandotte Roosevelt

Regionals

Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard
Battle Creek Harper Creek
Cadillac
Grand Rapids Catholic Central
Hudson
Lowell
Menominee
Mio
North Adams-Jerome
Redford Thurston
Rockford
Ubly
Williamston
Zeeland East

Boys Soccer

Districts

Alma
Ann Arbor Pioneer
Battle Creek Calhoun Christian
Battle Creek Lakeview
Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood
Buckley
Clarkston Everest Collegiate
Detroit International Academy
East Lansing
Eaton Rapids
Fennville
Frankenmuth
Fruitport Calvary Christian
Goodrich
Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern
Grand Rapids Northview
Greenville
Harbor Beach
Holland
Holland West Ottawa
Jackson Christian
Lansing Eastern
Lowell
Macomb Dakota
Mt Clemens
Novi
Onsted
Plainwell
Saginaw Arts & Sciences
Saginaw Heritage
Saginaw Valley Lutheran
Sterling Heights Stevenson
Suttons Bay
Traverse City Christian
Trenton
Wyoming Kelloggsville

Regionals

Canton
DeWitt
Dexter
Frankenmuth
Grand Blanc
Grand Rapids Northview
Harbor Beach
Holland West Ottawa
Lapeer East
Lutheran Westland
McBain

Girls Volleyball

Districts

Addison
Adrian
Allen Park
Allen Park Inter-City Baptist
Alpena
Auburn Hills Christian
Battle Creek Harper Creek
Battle Creek Lakeview
Bay City John Glenn
Beal City
Big Rapids Crossroads Academy
Birmingham Seaholm
Bloomfield Hills Lahser
Brighton
Bronson
Burton Faith
Charlevoix
Cooks Big Bay de Noc
Decatur
Detroit Cristo Rey
East Jackson
East Kentwood
Ewen-Trout Creek
Farwell
Fremont
Gladwin
Grand Blanc
Grand Rapids Christian
Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian
Grand Traverse Academy
Hamtramck
Haslett
Hudsonville
Ida
Iron River West Iron County
Kingston
Lake Fenton
Lapeer West
Lawrence
Leslie
Livonia Churchill
Livonia Ladywood
Lowell
Mackinac Island
Macomb L'Anse Creuse North
Madison Heights Bishop Foley
Marcellus Howardsville Christian
Marine City
Marion
Mio
Monroe Jefferson
Monroe St Mary Catholic Central
Morenci
Negaunee
North Branch
Okemos
Onekama
Ontonagon
Oscoda
Owendale-Gagetown
Parma Western
Plainwell
Plymouth Christian
Portage Northern
Ravenna
Rochester Adams
Saginaw Arthur Hill
Saginaw Valley Lutheran
Southfield Christian
St Joseph Michigan Lutheran
St Louis
Sterling Heights
Tekonsha
Trenton
Unionville-Sebewaing
Waterford Kettering
Wayland Union
White Pigeon

Regionals

Bloomfield Hills Academy of the Sacred heart
Clarkston
Detroit Cass Tech
DeWitt
Durand
Frankfort
Fremont
Grand Rapids Christian
Hudsonville
Lawton
Leroy Pine River
Livonia Ladywood
Monroe St Mary Catholic Central
Novi
Pellston
Petoskey
Plymouth Christian
Roscommon
Southfield
Sterling Heights
Watervliet Grace Christian
Westland John Glenn
White Cloud

MEDIA ADVISORY - For additional information about MEEMIC, contact Pam Harlin, Director of Marketing, toll free at 888-4MEEMIC (463-3642), Ext. 8576.  You can download the MHSAA’s sportsmanship logo from the MHSAA Website  News > Media Information > Download Graphics (http://www.mhsaa.com/News/MediaInformation/DownloadGraphics.aspx) .
 

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