Sports

Cass, Eddies honored by state

Friday, August 15, 2008 7:30 AM EDT

EAST LANSING - Cassopolis, Edwardsburg, Brandywine, Dowagiac were honored by the Michigan High School Athletic Association and MEEMIC Insurance with Good Sports Are Winners! Program.

The Bobcats, Lady Rangers, Chieftains and Lady Eddies were part of over 200 teams and 170 schools to receive the recognition at both the district and regional levels.

Brandywine was honored in baseball at the regional level, while Dowagiac was recognized for the districts.

Cassopolis won both a district and a regional award in softball, while Edwardsburg was honored in softball at the district level.

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 211 teams at 171 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 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 Web site.

During 2007-08, 571 teams were 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.

Dearborn Divine Child in baseball (Division 2), Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central in boys lacrosse (Division 2), South Lyon in girls lacrosse (Division 1), Ann Arbor Huron in girls soccer (Division 1), and Bay City All Saints in softball (Division 4) 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.

Dearborn Divine Child was the champion in the Division 2 baseball tournament; Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central was a Division 2 finalist in boys lacrosse; South Lyon was a finalist in Division 1 girls lacrosse; Ann Arbor Huron was the Division 1 girls soccer champion; and Bay City All Saints took the title in the Division 4 softball playoffs.

Forest Hills Central previously won a Finals award in girls soccer in 2003, while the other four schools are first time Finals honorees.

Forest Hills Central was also recognized in baseball at the District level; and All Saints did the same at the Regional level in baseball and softball.

Blissfield and Flushing were recognized in the spring at three tournaments, while 38 schools - Allen Park Cabrini, Battle Creek Pennfield, Bay City All Saints, Capac, Cassopolis, Clare, Clinton, Clnton Township Chippewa Valley, Dansville, Dearborn, Detroit Southeastern, Dexter, Eben Junction Superior Central, Escanaba, Flint Northwestern, Frankenmuth, Freeland, Goodrich, Grand Rapids Central, Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills, Haslett, Hemlock, Kinde-North Huron, Madison Heights Madison, Martin, Mason County Eastern, Montague, New Buffalo, Ottawa Lake-Whiteford, Pinconning, Posen, Roscommon, Sterling Heights Stevenson, Stockbridge, Ubly, Warren Fitzgerald, Warren Mott, and Wyoming Rogers - received mention in twice.

Baseball led the way with 108 teams honored, followed by 98 teams in softball; five in girls soccer; and two each in boys and girls lacrosse.

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