Football Classics Featured Friday on FOX

June 4, 2020

By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties

FOX Sports Detroit on Friday will air a series of “Classic” games from the MHSAA Football Finals, including the longest game in Finals history. 

Here’s the complete schedule:

Noon - 1998 Class AA Final: Detroit Catholic Central vs. Rockford – Catholic Central repeats in Class AA with a 27-23 victory. Rockford took a 23-14 lead into the fourth quarter before the Shamrocks got a nine-yard touchdown run from Casey Rogowski on the first play of the segment. With 5:04 to play, a 70-yard pass play from Dave Lusky to Derek Anderson scored the winning points.

2:30 p.m. - 2000 Division 1 Final: Grand Ledge vs. Utica Eisenhower – One of the most dramatic finishes in the history of the Finals, as Grand Ledge scores twice in the final minute to capture the Division 1 title, 19-14.  The Comets drove 80 yards in eight plays, capped by a five-yard scoring run by quarterback Matt Bohnet with 53 seconds to go, but failed on the two-point conversion which would have given them the lead. Grand Ledge recovered the ensuing onside kick, and two plays later, Bohnet hit Tim George with a 45-yard touchdown pass with 22 ticks left on the clock for the game winner.

4:30 p.m. - 2006 Division 2 Final: Muskegon vs. Warren De La Salle Collegiate – These two teams went back and forth, with the fourth lead change going Muskegon’s way en route to a 32-30 win for the Big Reds. Ronald Johnson opened the scoring for Muskegon by returning a De La Salle fumble 36 yards for a touchdown in the first quarter, and then delivered the winning blow on the first play of the fourth quarter, catching a Chris Crawford pass for a 47-yard scoring play. Crawford rushed for 228 yards and passed for 137.

7 p.m. - 2007 Division 3 Final: East Grand Rapids vs. Orchard Lake St. Mary’s – After ending regulation tied at 14-14, these two teams went for five overtimes before East emerged as a 46-39 winner.  During regulation, Joe Glendening scored twice on runs of 68 and eight yards; and in overtime, he scored in the fourth and fifth extra periods.

Some portions of the games may be edited out due to time constraints.

Ranked Volleyball Powers Set to Serve on MHSAA.tv

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 8, 2021

A pair of potentially rankings-rocking volleyball matchups highlight another exciting week of broadcasts on MHSAA.tv and the NFHS Network.

On Wednesday (Sept. 8), Division 1 No. 6 Farmington Hills Mercy takes on No. 9 Novi at 5 p.m. Also Wednesday, Division 2 No. 2 Pontiac Notre Dame Prep hosts a quad including Division 1 top-ranked Bloomfield Hills Marian, Rochester Hills Stoney Creek and Flint Powers Catholic, also beginning at 5 p.m. 

Nearly 150 varsity football games will again be broadcast on MHSAA.tv this week, with that list including matchups of anticipated state powers DeWitt at East Lansing and Grand Blanc at Midland Dow. MHSAA media partners Bally Sports Detroit and State Champs! Sports Network will continue their weekly live broadcasts with Detroit-area matchups – Bally with a live cable TV broadcast of Detroit Martin Luther King and Detroit Cass Tech on Friday on Bally Sports Detroit PLUS, and State Champs with a Saturday live stream of Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood vs. Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes. 

See links to those matches/games and more below: 

VOLLEYBALL
Sept. 8: Farmington Hills Mercy vs. Novi, 5 p.m.: MHSAA.tv
Sept. 8: Pontiac Notre Dame Prep quad, 5 p.m.: MHSAA.tv
All volleyball matches this week: MHSAA.tv

FOOTBALL
Sept. 10: Detroit Cass Tech at Detroit Martin Luther King, 7 p.m.: Bally Sports Detroit PLUS, BSD website
Sept. 10: DeWitt at East Lansing, 7 p.m.: MHSAA.tv
Sept. 10: Grand Blanc at Dow, 7 p.m.: MHSAA.tv
Sept. 11: Our Lady of the Lakes at Cranbrook Kingswood, 3 p.m. - State Champs! Sports Network (also on MHSAA.tv)
All football games this week: MHSAA.tv

NFHS Network subscriptions begin at $10.99 per month. Subscribers have access to all live video and streaming statistics across the country. School Broadcast Program participants benefit as a portion of every subscription sold by a school goes to benefit its program. More than 400 MHSAA member schools are participants in the School Broadcast Program, now in its 13th year, producing games using traditional hands-on student crews or via Pixellot cameras installed at stadiums and gymnasiums across the state. A complete list of participating schools can be found on the School Broadcast Program page of the MHSAA Website.