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EAST LANSING, Mich. – Sept. 16 – Over 200 teams representing over 170 schools have been selected to be recognized for displaying outstanding sportsmanship during selected winter 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 the MEEMIC Insurance Company, 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. This spring, a total of 299 teams at 172 different schools were selected in tournaments conducted in baseball, boys and girls lacrosse, girls soccer, and softball.
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 the MEEMIC Insurance Company. 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 Web site.
During 2008-09, 739 teams from 422 schools were 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.
Shepherd in baseball (Division 3), Orchard Lake St. Mary’s in boys lacrosse (Division 2), Flint Powers Catholic in girls lacrosse (Division 2), Kalamazoo Hackett in girls soccer (Division 4), and Gladstone in softball (Division 3) were selected by the tournament management at their respective Finals for displaying the exemplary sportsmanship by their coaches, student-athletes and spectators. Presentation dates at each winning school will be announced at a future date.
Shepherd was the champion in the Division 3 baseball tournament; Orchard Lake St. Mary’s was a Division 2 finalist in boys lacrosse; Flint Powers Catholic was a finalist in Division 2 girls lacrosse; Kalamazoo Hackett was the winner in the Division 4 girls soccer tournament; and Gladstone took the title in the Division 3 softball playoffs. Gladstone is being honored for the second time at the Finals level in softball, previously receiving the award in 2004. All four schools also received recognition at the sub-Finals level of play in a variety of sports.
Kalamazoo Hackett and Trenton were recognized in the spring at four tournaments, while Bay City John Glenn, Flint Powers Catholic, Frankford, Livonia Churchill, Otsego and Reading were each honored at three. A total of 56 schools – Ann Arbor Huron, Bay City Western, Beal City, Belleville, Blissfield, Bloomfield Hills Academy of the Sacred Heart, Bronson, Canton, Cedar Springs, Center Line, Clawson, Climax-Scotts, Clinton, Comstock, Croswell-Lexington, Decatur, Detroit Country Day, Edwardsburg, Fenton, Fife Lake Forest Area, Flushing, Fowler, Fraser, Grand Rapids South Christian, Hamilton, Harbor Springs, Hartland, Holland Calvary, Holt, Homer, Hudson, Hudsonville Unity Christian, Ida, Laingsburg, Leroy Pine River, Livonia Ladywood, Manchester, Marcellus Howardsville Christian, Marine City Cardinal Mooney, Mason County Eastern, Mayville, Muskegon Oakridge, Northville, Onsted, Orchard Lake St. Mary’s, Ortonville-Brandon, Pinckney, Port Huron, Richmond, Shelby, Southfield Christian, Springport, St. Clair Shores Lakeshore, Troy, Troy Athens and Walled Lake Central – received mention in twice. Baseball led the way with 120 teams honored, followed by 119 teams in softball; 51 in girls soccer; 5 in boys lacrosse; and 4 in girls lacrosse.
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 winter sports season (SPORTS DIRECTORS/ EDITORS -- Please scan this list for recipients from your coverage area):
GOOD SPORTS ARE WINNERS!
2009 Spring Award Recipients
Baseball
Districts
Ann Arbor Huron
Au Gres-Sims
Baldwin
Bangor John Glenn
Battle Creek Lakeview
Bay City Western
Beal City
Benzie Central
Blissfield
Bridgman
Carsonville-Port Sanilac
Cedar Springs
Center Line
Centreville
Clare
Clawson
Climax-Scotts
Clinton
Dearborn Divine Child
Dearborn Edsel Ford
Decatur
Detroit Cass Tech
Detroit Central
Detroit Country Day
Detroit Finney
East Grand Rapids
East Lansing
Edwardsburg
Ellsworth
Fennville
Ferndale
Flat Rock
Flint Kearsley
Flushing
Fowler
Fowlerville
Frankfort
Fraser
Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills
Grand Rapids South Christian
Grandville Calvin Christian
Greenville
Harbor Springs
Harrison Township L'Anse Creuse
Hartford
Hartland
Holland Calvary
Homer
Hudsonville
Johannesburg-Lewiston
Lansing Catholic
Lapeer West
Leroy Pine River
Livonia Churchill
Mackinaw City
Manchester
Marcellus Howardsville Christian
Mason County Central
Mayville
Mayville
McBain Northern Michigan Christian
Memphis
Michigan Center
Muskegon Oakridge
Newberry
Northville
Ogemaw Heights
Onsted
Onsted
Orchard Lake St Mary's
Otsego
Parma Western
Pinckney
Port Huron
Reading
Richmond
Rochester Adams
Royal Oak Shrine Catholic
Rudyard
Sanford Meridian
Southfield-Lathrup
St Clair Shores Lake Shore
St Joseph Michigan Lutheran
Stockbridge
Sturgis
Traverse City Central
Traverse City Christian
Trenton
Union City
Utica
Walled Lake Central
Warren Cousino
Waterford Our Lady
Wyandotte Roosevelt
Regionals
Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard
Bangor John Glenn
Battle Creek Harper Creek
Blissfield
Canton
Detroit Country Day
Escanaba
Grand Blanc
Hamilton
Harbor Springs Harbor Light Christian
Hartland
Kalamazoo Christian
Lake Leelanau St Mary
Lincoln Alcona
Mason County Eastern
Otsego
Port Huron
Portland St Patrick
Reading
Saline
Shelby
Shepherd
Southfield Christian
St Clair Shores Lake Shore
Temperance Bedford
Boys Lacrosse
Regionals
Holt
Troy Athens
Walled Lake Northern
Warren DeLaSalle
Girls Lacrosse
Regionals
Bloomfield Hills Academy of the Sacred Heart
Flint Powers Catholic
Grosse Pointe South
Girls Soccer
Districts
Ann Arbor Huron
Ann Arbor Skyline
Auburn Hills Avondale
Auburn Hills Oakland Christian
Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood
Brooklyn Columbia Central
Burton St Thomas More Academy
Canton
Cedar Springs
Chelsea
Croswell-Lexington
Davison
Fenton
Flint Powers Catholic
Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern
Grand Rapids South Christian
Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett
Hamilton
Harbor Beach
Hart
Hemlock
Holland Calvary
Holland Christian
Holt
Laingsburg
Lincoln Park
Livonia Churchill
Lowell
Marine City Cardinal Mooney
North Branch
Pinckney
Richland Gull Lake
Springport
St Joseph
Sterling Heights Parkway Christian
Suttons Bay
Trenton
Troy Athens
Warren Woods Tower
Whitehall
Regionals
Bangor John Glenn
Fenton
Fremont
Hudsonville Unity Christian
Kalamazoo Hackett
Livonia Churchill
Madison Heights Bishop Foley
Okemos
Saginaw Nouvel
Traverse City St Francis
Softball
Districts
Alanson Littlefield
Algonac
Allen Park
Allen Park Cabrini
Bay City Western
Beal City
Belding
Belleville
Belleville
Birmingham Groves
Bloomfield Hills Academy of the Sacred Heart
Bloomfield Hills Andover
Boyne Falls
Bronson
Brown City
Buchanan
Cadillac
Caledonia
Caro
Cass City
Center Line
Clarkston
Clawson
Climax-Scotts
Comstock
Croswell-Lexington
Decatur
Detroit Mumford
Detroit Renaissance
Detroit Western International
DeWitt
Eaton Rapids
Edwardsburg
Farwell
Fife Lake Forest Area
Flushing
Fowler
Frankfort
Fraser
Grand Ledge
Grand Rapids Catholic Central
Hale
Harbor Springs
Homer
Houghton
Hudson
Ida
Jackson Lumen Christi
Jenison
Kalamazoo Hackett
Kingston
Laingsburg
Lawton
Leland
Leroy Pine River
Livonia Ladywood
Madison Heights Lamphere
Manchester
Marcellus Howardsville Christian
Marine City Cardinal Mooney
Marquette
Mason County Eastern
Middleville Thornapple Kellogg
Millington
Muskegon Oakridge
New Baltimore Anchor Bay
North Farmington
Ortonville-Brandon
Otsego
Petersburg-Summerfield
Portland
Reading
Richmond
Rochester
Rockford
Roseville
Saginaw Valley Lutheran
Salem
Saugatuck
Shelby
Southgate Anderson
Springport
Tawas Area
Three Oaks River Valley
Trenton
Troy
Vanderbilt
Walled Lake Central
Warren Mott
Williamston
Regionals
Bellevue
Bronson
Clinton
Clio
Comstock
Dansville
Frankfort
Gladstone
Hudsonville Unity Christian
Ida
Livonia Ladywood
Monroe
Morley-Stanwood
Mt Pleasant Sacred Heart
Northville
Onaway
Ortonville-Brandon
Ottawa Lake Whiteford
Petoskey
Portage Central
Southfield Christian
St Clair Shores Lakeview
Trenton
Troy
Utica Ford
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