Entries for 'SAC Sound-off'

Juggling homework, sports, friends, jobs, family and more can be a challenge for any high school student athlete, regardless of how much he or she has chosen to take on.  In this week's Student Advisory Council Sound-Off, Pinconning junior Zachary Nine offers some...

This time last year, I spent an entire cold winter evening alone in my room on the computer watching the surprisingly large number of Battle of the Fans entries. I remember being amazed not only by the number of entries, as it was the first year of BOTF, but by the spir...

Matt Freeman grew up around Owosso football and has family roots in his small town going back more than 100 years. And he experienced the full force of his community's support while helping the Trojans to their first playoff win. 

Each fall, the MHSAA Student Advisory Council is featured in a video version of its belief statement. Meet this school year's members and find out what they are striving to promote. 

Manistique junior Coby Ryan is in a rare situation for a high school athlete as the son of his school's athletic director. But that's given him a much broader understanding of the ins and outs that make high school athletics go.

The MHSAA Sportsmanship Summit season kicked off Monday in Lansing, and Swan Valley junior Kiersten Mead tells us about her first experience leading a student discussion on issues they all may face.

First-year SAC member Madeleine Martindale tells us about a teammate who worked her way up from underdog to front of the line, and asks fans to keep those hard workers in mind when cheering on the favorites.

We get it. We were the students once upon a time as well -- and sometimes, or maybe most of them, you'd much rather hear from one of your peers than another teacher or administrator telling you what's what.

For our final Student Advisory Council Sound-off of the 2011-12 school year, we asked our juniors -- now seniors-to-be -- what they are looking forward to most about 2012-13.

All over Michigan during the last three weeks, seniors have been finishing up their high school athletic careers -- some to next play at the college level, most to continue as students only, but armed with a book full of memories and lessons learned on the field.

So why be part of the MHSAA Student Advisory Council? It looks great on a college application, and it's a lot of fun. But our members also picked up some important perspectives this school year.

Rudyard senior Tyler Wilson passes on a few final pieces of advice both to those who will join the MHSAA Student Advisory Council this fall, and all students who will come back to another school year filled with opportunities to leave their marks.

A softball game two weeks ago gave two MHSAA Student Advisory Council members from opposing schools an opportunity for friendly competition.

Student Advisory Council members passed on lessons they imparted to teammates in 2011-12.

When it comes to following sports, almost all of our SAC members do their heaviest rooting for college teams.

High school sports taught this MHSAA champion the true meaning of "practice makes perfect."

This week, we asked our MHSAA Student Advisory Council -- made up of athletes representing nearly every sport the MHSAA sponsors -- if they've seen more or less sportsmanship during their high school sports careers.

The Owosso three-sport junior stands tall as an athlete and a leader.

We introduce Kevin Beazley, one of the state's top wrestlers and a senior on the MHSAA Student Advisory Council.

He’s coming off an excellent winter that included helping his team to the Division 4 Team Wrestling Quarterfinals.