Conference Leads on the Line - Online
October 1, 2019
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
As the high school football season starts to see teams qualify for this year’s playoffs, a number of games with regular-season title implications highlight the fare available this week on MHSAA.tv and the NFHS Network.
Frankenmuth will attempt to qualify for the postseason and get some separation atop the Tri-Valley Conference East when the Eagles (5-0 overall, 4-0 league) host Essexville Garber (4-1, 3-1). The Oakland Activities Association Red could get a clear-cut leader or a logjam at the top when West Bloomfield (4-1, 3-0) entertains Rochester Adams (4-1, 2-1) – an Adams win could create a four-way tie in the Red with two weeks to go. To the west, Grand Rapids Catholic Central (4-1, 2-0) and Allendale (3-2, 2-0) battle for the top spot in the Ottawa-Kent Conference Blue.
These games are part of a week’s schedule with 120 varsity and 135 sub-varsity events on MHSAA.tv and the NFHS Network. Here’s the complete list of varsity-level events to be streamed live during the coming week:
Tuesday - Oct. 1
Girls Volleyball - Troy Athens v. TBA - 5 PM
Boys Soccer - Ithaca v. Saginaw Valley Lutheran - 5:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Grand Rapids Christian v. TBA - 5:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Ishpeming v. Calumet - 5:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Grand Rapids Catholic Central v. Coopersville - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball - St. Clair Shores Lake Shore v. Warren Cousino - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball - Novi v. Howell - 6:15 PM
Girls Volleyball - Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood v. Pontiac - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Grand Rapids Christian v. Hudsonville - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Otisville-LakeVille v. Mt Morris - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Manchester v. Grass Lake - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Montrose v. Chesaning - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Ovid-Elsie v. New Lothrop - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Southfield Christian v. Oakland Christian - 6:30 PM
Boys Soccer - Petoskey v. Traverse City Central - 6:45 PM
Girls Volleyball - North Muskegon v. Hart - 6:45 PM
Girls Volleyball - Ontonagon v. Dollar Bay - 6:50 PM
Boys Soccer - Brighton v. Hartland - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - White Lake Lakeland v. South Lyon East - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - Birmingham Seaholm v. Farmington - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - South Lyon East v. TBA - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - South Lyon v. TBA - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Big Rapids v. Central Montcalm - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Brethren v. Baldwin - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Fremont v. Newaygo - 7 PM
Wednesday - Oct. 2
Boys Soccer - Sault Ste. Marie v. Marquette - 5 PM
Boys Soccer - Manchester v. Hanover-Horton - 5:30 PM
Boys Soccer - Coloma v. Watervliet - 6:20 PM
Girls Volleyball - Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood v. Macomb Lutheran North - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Stevensville Lakeshore v. Portage Central - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Cadillac v. Gaylord - 6:45 PM
Boys Soccer – Temperance Bedford v. Saline - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - Freeland v. Standish-Sterling Central - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - South Lyon v. TBA - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Frankenmuth v. Bridgeport - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Freeland v. Alma - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Fulton v. Pewamo-Westphalia - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Hemlock v. Midland Bullock Creek - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - St. Charles v. Saginaw Valley Lutheran - 7 PM
Thursday - Oct. 3
Boys Soccer - Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood v. TBA - 5 PM
Boys Soccer - Cedar Springs v. TBA - 5:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Livonia Churchill v. Howell - 6:15 PM
Boys Soccer - Stevensville Lakeshore v. TBA - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Brighton Charyl Stockwell v. Southfield Christian - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Milford v. Waterford Kettering - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Novi v. Belleville - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - South Lyon East v. Walled Lake Northern - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - South Lyon v. Walled Lake Central - 6:30 PM
Boys Soccer - Troy Athens v. Melvindale - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - White Lake Lakeland v. Holly - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Bear Lake v. Baldwin - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Harrison v. Vestaburg - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball – Bloomfield Hills Marian v. Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - West Bloomfield v. Lake Orion - 7 PM
Friday - Oct. 4
Football - Cedar Springs v. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central - 5 PM
Boys Soccer – Madison Heights Lamphere v. Macomb L'Anse Creuse - 5:30 PM
Football - Otisville-LakeVille v. Montrose - 6:45 PM
Football - Salem v. Howell - 6:55 PM
Boys Football - Bad Axe v. Cass City - 7 PM
Boys Football - Brighton v. Northville - 7 PM
Boys Football - Calumet v. Iron Mountain - 7 PM
Boys Football - Caro v. Reese - 7 PM
Boys Football - Clare v. Pinconning - 7 PM
Boys Football - Frankenmuth v. Garber - 7 PM
Boys Football - Freeland v. Birch Run - 7 PM
Boys Football - Maple City Glen Lake v. Elk Rapids - 7 PM
Boys Football - Grand Rapids Catholic Central v. Allendale - 5 PM
Boys Football - Ishpeming v. Gwinn - 7 PM
Boys Football - White Lake Lakeland v. Dearborn Divine Child - 7 PM
Boys Football - Norway v. Bark River-Harris - 7 PM
Boys Football - Petoskey v. Traverse City Central - 7 PM
Boys Football - Portage Central v. St. Joseph - 5:30 PM
Boys Football - South Lyon v. Waterford Mott - 7 PM
Boys Football - Troy v. Birmingham Groves - 7 PM
Boys Football - West Bloomfield v. Rochester Adams - 7 PM
Boys Football - Woodhaven v. Southgate Anderson - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - Armada v. Pontiac Notre Dame Prep - 7 PM
Football - Alpena v. Marquette - 7 PM
Football – Detroit Catholic Central v. Warren De La Salle Collegiate - 7 PM
Football - Lapeer v. Grand Blanc - 7 PM
Football - Mason v. Fowlerville - 7 PM
Football - Muskegon Orchard View vs Ludington - 7 PM
Football - Pine River vs McBain - 7 PM
Football - Warren Cousino v. Port Huron - 7 PM
Saturday - Oct. 5
Boys Soccer - Grand Blanc v. Detroit Catholic Central - 1 PM
Boys Soccer - Birmingham Seaholm v. Royal Oak - 11 AM
Girls Volleyball - Brethren v. Marion - 12:01 AM
Girls Volleyball - East Grand Rapids v. Rockford - 8:30 AM
Girls Volleyball - Ovid-Elsie v. Essexville Garber - 9 AM
Monday - Oct. 7
Boys Soccer – St. Clair Shores Lakeview v. St. Clair Shores Lake Shore - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball – Ann Arbor Greenhills v. Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Flint Powers Catholic v. Saginaw Arthur Hill - 6:30 PM
Boys Soccer - Cedar Springs v. TBA - 6:45 PM
Boys Soccer - Petoskey v. Traverse City West - 6:45 PM
Boys Soccer - Clare v. TBA - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - Saline v. Monroe - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - Birmingham Seaholm v. Troy - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Troy Athens v. Berkley - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - Lake Orion v. Pontiac Notre Dame Prep - 7:30 PM
Tuesday - Oct. 8
Boys Soccer - Stevensville Lakeshore v. TBA - 6:30 PM
Highlight Reel: Saturday Football Finals
November 28, 2016
By John Johnson
MHSAA Communications Director
The final day of the MHSAA 11-Player Football Finals at Ford Field in Detroit – powered by the Michigan Army National Guard – produced a first-time gridiron champion and a game-winning play that will be talked about for a long time.
Division 7
Pewamo-Westphalia 28, Detroit Loyola 14
Logan & Lehman Go Long - The Pewamo-Westphalia combo of quarterback Jimmy Lehman and receiver Logan Hengesbach connected for two touchdowns in the Division 7 title game against Detroit Loyola. Here's the second TD in the third quarter, with Hengesbach winning the jump ball to complete a 37-yard scoring play.
Johnson Powers Into the End Zone - Detroit Loyola gets on the board midway through the fourth quarter, when TE Keith Johnson makes a great play to catch a pass from Price Watkins and then power into the end zone to complete the 18-yard score.
Division 1
Detroit Cass Tech 49, Detroit Catholic Central 20
CC Takes the Early Lead - Detroit Catholic Central led 14-7 at the end of the first quarter, taking the lead on this 35-yard pass interception return by Jack Morris.
The Peoples' Choice for Cass Tech - Detroit Cass Tech QB Rodney Hall tied a Finals record with five touchdown passes against Detroit Catholic Central - two going to Donovan Peoples-Jones, including this 49-yarder in the third quarter.
Division 5
Grand Rapids West Catholic 43, Menominee 7
Meyers Off to the Races - Grand Rapids West Catholic scored its first TD against Menominee on a pitch and catch from Gaetano Vallone to Brett Meyers covering 91 yards.
Hass Records a Finals First - Menominee uses special teams to get on the board in the third quarter. Sam Larson blocks the West Catholic field goal attempt, and Hunter Hass returns it 76 yards for a TD – the first time in Finals history a blocked field goal has been returned for a score.
Division 3
Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 29, Muskegon 28
Pimpleton's Second Score - Lined up in the slot, Muskegon's Kalil Pimpleton gets his second 18-yard rushing touchdown of the Division 3 Final against Orchard Lake St. Mary's on the end-around to give his team a 21-20 lead early in the fourth quarter.
A Catch for the Ages - In the closing seconds of the Division 3 Final, Orchard Lake St. Mary's QB Caden Prieskorn hits Ky’ren Cunningham in the end zone with an 18-yard touchdown strike to give the Eaglets the win.
The MHSAA Football Finals are sponsored by the Michigan National Guard.
PHOTO: Orchard Lake St. Mary's Chris Bean celebrates during Saturday's Division 3 Final.