Mason County Central

Jaxon Munoz Jaxon, son of Tonya Munoz and Terrell Williams, arrived at Mason County Central in his sophomore year. He struggled to find his place at his previous school and came to MCC looking for a new start. Jaxon first joined the basketball team where he found some success and comradery with teammates. He steadily improved in the classroom and found himself a new home as a Spartan. Jaxon h ...Read More...

Nyvaeh Wendt Nyvaeh, daughter of Syerra Wendt and the late Josh Boerma, started her freshman year at Mason County Central and struggled a bit academically. She was determined to improve, and she did. Through focus and hard work, Nyvaeh has improved her grade point average each year to a 2.8. All-State twice in wrestling, Nyvaeh has a scholarship to wrestle at Sienna Heights University in the f ...Read More...

Jayne (Halvorsen) Reed coached girls’ basketball and softball at Mason County Central High School, coaching the girls’ basketball team to a 1976 MHSAA State Runner Up finish in Class C. In basketball, Reed coached seven years, from 1976 to 1982 and had four conference championship teams, three district champions, twice won regionals and quarterfinals and the 1976 team won the semi- finals. ...Read More...

Harry Plouff has been running for over 30 years and has logged over 100,000 miles, running in 57 marathons on seven continents. Plouff initially attended Mason County Central where he played football for coach Loren Dietrich and he ran track prior to attending Ludington High School where he ran track and graduated in 1966. Some of the interesting locations Plouff has run are Dublin, Ireland; ...Read More...

Bruce Krieger coached track & field, cross country, basketball and football at Mason County Central, becoming the 1986 Michigan Track & Field Coach of the Year in Class C and the 1986 National Track & Field Coach of the Year-Bronze Award recipient. Krieger coached the 1985 boys Track & Field MHSAA State Runner-up team and the 1986 State Champion team. His teams were conference c ...Read More...

Reaghan Brooks is honored as one of the 2024 Mason County Sports Hall of Fame Life Lesson Award recipients from Mason County Central High School. Reaghan has been an extremely valuable part of multiple athletic programs during her four years at MCC. She was the manager for the cross country and girls’ basketball programs while also competing as a four-year member of the track team in the sho ...Read More...

Kurtis Basler is one of the 2024 Mason County Sports Hall of Fame Life Lessons Award recipients from Mason County Central High School. Kurtis is a four-year member of the Spartan Bowling team, leading the team with the highest average all four years. While competing athletically, Kurtis maintained a sparkling 4.0 gpa during his academic career. Kurtis’ bowling coach, James Hartman, said ...Read More...

Cullen Kraus-McCarty's autism does not limit him in any shape or form. Cullen is a seven year cross country  runner, having raced since the sixth grade and is a six year track athlete. Cullen has won numerous racing medals over those years and earned academic all-conference honors throughout high school. In Cullen's sophomore year of cross country, he faced one the biggest challenge as his fat ...Read More...

Haley Story and Cullen Kraus-McCarty are the honorees from Mason County Central High School for the Life Lesson Award presented by the Mason County Sports Hall of Fame. Haley is the daughter of JoAnna and the late Rich Story and Cullen is the son of Monica Kraus-McCarty. Haley was a member of the bowling team for four years and a state-qualifier in 2022. Haley's senior bowling season was one of ...Read More...

Dan Aultman graduated from Mason County Central High School in 2000. In basketball, he was a two-time All-West Michigan Conference athlete; selected Muskegon Chronicle all-area; and was all-state, second team in 2000. Aultman was a two-year starter at Muskegon Community College, and in 2001-02, was team captain, MVP, and best free throw shooter. A two-time MCCAA All-Academic Team selection, in 200 ...Read More...