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Football Reair Part of Busy Holiday Slate
December 18, 2019
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
FOX Sports Detroit will reair the eight MHSAA 11-Player Football Finals on Christmas Day (Dec. 25).
Here’s the complete schedule:
10 a.m. – Division 8 – Reading 39, Beal City 6 – The Reading Railroad rolls to a repeat in Division 8. Ben and Nick Affholter combine for 18 tackles – six for losses.
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Noon – Division 2 – Muskegon Mona Shores 35, Detroit Martin Luther King 26 – Backup QB Brady Rose throws for three TDs, rushes for a fourth and intercepted a pass to lead the Sailors.
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2 p.m. – Division 6 – Monroe SMCC 7, Maple City Glen Lake 0 – A 94-yard second quarter drive capped by QB Wyatt Bergmoser’s six-yard TD run carries the Falcons to the championship.
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4 p.m. – Division 4 – Grand Rapids Catholic Central 44, Detroit Country Day 0 – Sophomore QB Joey Silveri accounted for six touchdowns and 379 yards in total offense for the Cougars.
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6 p.m. – Division 7 – Pewamo-Westphalia 14, Jackson Lumen Christi 0 – In this battle of unbeatens, defense dominated. P-W scores in the second and fourth quarters to take the win.
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8 p.m. – Division 1 – Davison 35, Brighton 25 - Brendan Sullivan passes for 290 yards to lead Davison to its first football title.
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10 p.m. – Division 5 – Lansing Catholic 31, Almont 17 – The Cougars score the last 24 points of the game to rally from a 17-7 deficit late in the third quarter. QB Zach Gillespie ran for two and passed for two scores.
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Midnight – Division 3 – River Rouge 30, Muskegon 7 – The Panthers stunned the Big Reds. Junior QB Mareyohn Hrabowski rushed for 175 yards and three touchdowns on just 15 carries.
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Instant Video Downloads are $19.99 and Instant Audio Downloads are $4.99. Video DVDs are available for $24.95 – allow 4-to-6 weeks for delivery.
MHSAA.tv has a big schedule to close out 2019 and head into 2020. A record 132 games will take place on Tuesday (Dec. 17). Here is the complete list of upcoming varsity games being streamed on MHSAA.tv and the NFHS Network:
Tuesday - Dec. 17
Boys Ice Hockey - South Lyon v. Livonia Franklin - 5:30 PM
Girls Basketball - Burton Bendle v. Webberville - 5:30 PM
Girls Basketball - Kalamazoo Christian v. Coloma - 5:30 PM
Girls Basketball - Mt Morris v. Otisville Lakeville - 5:30 PM
Boys Wrestling - St. Clair Shores Lake Shore v. Away - 6 PM
Girls Basketball – Grand Rapids Catholic Central v. Grand Rapids Christian - 6 PM
Girls Basketball - Saginaw Swan Valley v. Hemlock - 6 PM
Girls Basketball - Grandville v. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central - 6:30 PM
Boys Basketball - Burton Bendle v. Webberville - 7 PM
Boys Basketball - Bloomfield Hills v. Novi - 7 PM
Boys Basketball - Cadillac v. Traverse City Central - 7 PM
Boys Basketball - Corunna v. Linden - 7 PM
Boys Basketball - Warren De La Salle Collegiate v. West Bloomfield - 7 PM
Boys Basketball - Maple City Glen Lake v. Kingsley - 7 PM
Boys Basketball - Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian v. Cedar Springs - 7 PM
Boys Basketball - Kalamazoo Christian v. Coloma - 7 PM
Boys Basketball - Stevensville Lakeshore v. Battle Creek Central - 7 PM
Boys Basketball – Macomb L'Anse Creuse North v. New Baltimore Anchor Bay - 7 PM
Boys Basketball - Montrose v. Byron - 7 PM
Boys Basketball - Mt Morris v. Otisville Lakeville - 7 PM
Boys Basketball - New Lothrop v. Durand - 7 PM
Boys Basketball - Pontiac Notre Dame Prep v. White Lake Lakeland - 7 PM
Boys Basketball - Ovid-Elsie v. Chesaning - 7 PM
Boys Basketball - Plymouth Christian Academy v. Whitmore Lake - 7 PM
Boys Basketball - Flint Powers Catholic v. Midland Dow - 7 PM
Boys Basketball - Rochester Adams v. Lake Orion - 7 PM
Boys Basketball - South Lyon v. Walled Lake Western - 7 PM
Boys Basketball - Walled Lake Central v. TBD - 7 PM
Boys Ice Hockey - Hancock v. Marquette - 7 PM
Boys Ice Hockey - Houghton v. Calumet - 7 PM
Girls Basketball - Troy Athens v. North Farmington - 7 PM
Girls Basketball - Big Rapids v. Cedar Springs - 7 PM
Girls Basketball - East Grand Rapids v. East Kentwood - 7 PM
Girls Basketball - Fenton v. Owosso - 7 PM
Girls Basketball - Fowlerville v. Charlotte - 7 PM
Girls Basketball - Holly v. Clio - 7 PM
Girls Basketball - Flint Kearsley v. Goodrich - 7 PM
Girls Basketball - White Lake Lakeland v. Waterford Mott - 7 PM
girls Basketball - Linden v. Corunna - 7 PM
Girls Basketball - Macomb Lutheran North v. Utica - 7 PM
Girls Basketball - Saline v. Detroit Henry Ford Academy - 7 PM
Girls Basketball - South Lyon East v. Milford - 7 PM
Girls Basketball - Troy v. Oxford - 7 PM
Girls Basketball - Walled Lake Northern v. South Lyon - 7 PM
Girls Basketball - West Bloomfield v. Birmingham Groves - 7 PM
Girls Basketball - Brownstown Woodhaven v. Trenton - 7 PM
Girls Basketball - Painesdale Jeffers v. Dollar Bay - 7:10 PM
Girls Basketball - Hancock v. Calumet - 7:15 PM
Boys Basketball - Macomb Lutheran North v. Armada - 7:20 PM
Boys Basketball - Bear Lake v. Mason County Eastern - 7:30 PM
Boys Basketball - Freeland v. Bay City Western - 7:30 PM
Boys Basketball – Grand Rapids Catholic Central v. Grand Rapids Christian - 7:30 PM
Boys Basketball - Harrison v. Gladwin - 7:30 PM
Boys Basketball - Hart v. Hesperia - 7:30 PM
Boys Basketball - Hopkins v. Comstock Park - 7:30 PM
Boys Basketball – New Haven Merritt v. Auburn Hills Oakland Christian - 7:30 PM
Boys Basketball - Saginaw Swan Valley v. Hemlock - 7:30 PM
Girls Basketball - Caro v. Ubly - 7:30 PM
Girls Basketball - Harbor Beach v. Reese - 7:30 PM
Girls Basketball - Munising v. Brimley - 7:30 PM
Wednesday - Dec. 18
Wrestling - Troy Athens v. Away - 1 PM
Wrestling - East Grand Rapids v. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Eastern - 5:30 PM
Wrestling – Brighton hosts Multi-team Event - 5:30 PM
Wrestling - Clare v. Ithaca - 6 PM
Wrestling - Frankenmuth v. Otisville Lakeville - 6 PM
Wrestling - Manchester v. Away - 6 PM
Wrestling - Mt Morris v. Flint Kearsley - 6 PM
Wrestling - Ovid-Elsie v. Hemlock - 6 PM
Competitive Cheer – MAC Jamboree at St. Clair Shores Lake Shore - 6 PM
Wrestling – Flint Carman-Ainsworth v. Grand Blanc - 6 PM
Wrestling - Zeeland West v. E. Grand Rapids - 6:30 PM
Boys Basketball - Morley Stanwood v. Tri County - 7 PM
Boys Basketball - Walled Lake Western v. Detroit University Prep - 7 PM
Girls Basketball - Maple City Glen Lake v. Traverse City St. Francis - 7 PM
Girls Basketball - Pontiac Notre Dame Prep v. Away - 7 PM
Girls Basketball - Flint Powers Catholic v. Ann Arbor Pioneer - 7 PM
Girls Basketball - St. Charles v. Breckenridge - 7 PM
Boys Basketball - Bad Axe v. Sandusky - 7:30 PM
Boys Basketball - Caro v. Ubly - 7:30 PM
Boys Basketball - Harbor Beach v. Reese - 7:30 PM
Boys Basketball - Munising v. Eben Junction Superior Central - 7:30 PM
Girls Basketball - Bear Lake v. Walkerville - 7:30 PM
Girls Basketball – Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood v. Grosse Pointe Woods Univ. Liggett - 7:30 PM
Girls Basketball - Mason Co. Eastern v. Brethren - 7:30 PM
Thursday - Dec. 19
Girls Basketball - Kalamazoo Christian v. Constantine - 6 PM
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Montrose Earns SBP Awards 5-Peat
By
John Johnson
MHSAA Communications Director emeritus
May 11, 2018
Make it five in row for Montrose High School, which again claimed the top spot as the “Program of the Year” in the MHSAA’s School Broadcast Program Excellence Awards for 2017-18.
The SBP Excellence Awards will award certificates and plaques to the schools which took individual honors, with the presentation dates and times to be announced.
Montrose took first place in every category: Best Highlight, Best Multicamera Production, Best Student Play-by-Play, Best Produced Commercial/Feature, Best Single Camera Production with PlayOn! Sports Graphics and Best Use of PlayOn! Sports Graphics. It also placed a second entry in five of the six categories.
Montrose continued to demonstrate good blend of productions in a variety of sports covered and an overall command of the PlayOn! Sports software used for graphics and inserting commercials/features during the course of productions.
Other criteria used in selecting the top program awards were sporting events produced and live page views for those events. The events category was dominated by schools using Pixellot, the NFHS Network’s automated coverage solution, but still topped by a traditional SBP member. Comstock Park has produced 89 events to date this year, followed by three Pixellot schools – Freeland (76), Plainwell (76) and Macomb Lutheran North (71).
For live page views, the top four schools were Dollar Bay, Lake Orion, Norway and Calumet. Dollar Bay and Norway are dedicated Pixellot schools, while Calumet produces games with traditional crews and Pixellot.
Here is the complete list by categories of the schools and students being honored in this year’s SBP Excellence Awards:
Best Highlight
First Place – Montrose - Eric Vandefifer, David Sackrider, Peyton Hobson, Tanner Sims – Football game v. Birch Run.
Second Place – Negaunee - Thomas Bagley, Chaz Bluse, Alec Johnson – Gymnastics meet v. Super Seven co-op.
Third Place – Montrose - Danny Sackrider, Steven Folsom, Taylor Burke Pennington, Randall Smith – Boys Basketball game v. Genesee Christian.
Best Multicamera Production
First Place – Montrose – Eric Vandefifer, John Blackford, Kenzie Bishop – MHSAA District Wrestling Finals.
Second Place – Lake Orion – WDBC Staff – Boys Basketball game v. Oxford.
Third Place – Lake Orion – WDBC Staff – Boys Basketball game v. Rochester.
Best Student Play-By-Play
First Place – Montrose – Eric Vandefifer and David Sackrider – Football game v. Birch Run.
Second Place – Montrose – Eric Vandefifer and David Sackrider – JV Boys Basketball game v. Genesee Christian.
Third Place – Lake Orion – Ben Wellman and Ted Hirschfield – Boys Basketball game v. Rochester.
Best Produced Commercial/Feature
First Place – Montrose – Jared Adams, Maddie Pyrc, John Blackford – Conlee Oil Company Commercial.
Second Place – Montrose – Jared Adams, Molly Dunton, David Sackrider – Hamilton’s RV Commercial.
Best Single Camera Production with PlayOn! Graphics
First Place - Montrose – David Sackrider, Eric Vandefifer, Tanner Sims, Peyton Hobson, Taylor Burke-Pennington – Football game v. Birch Run.
Second Place – Negaunee – Colton Yesney, Carter Richardson, Robby Williams, Peyton Anderson – Girls Volleyball match v. Gwinn.
Third Place – Montrose - David Sackrider, Eric Vandefifer, Tanner Sims, Peyton Hobson, Taylor Burke-Pennington - JV Boys Basketball game v. Genesee Christian.
Best Use of PlayOn! Graphics/Software
First Place - Montrose – David Sackrider, Eric Vandefifer, Tanner Sims, Peyton Hobson, Taylor Burke-Pennington – Football Game v. Birch Run.
Second Place – Lake Orion - Ben Wellman, Isabella Larsen, Micah Williams, Samuel Jenkins – Boys Basketball game v. Clarkston.
Third Place – Montrose - David Sackrider, Eric Vandefifer, Tanner Sims, Peyton Hobson,Taylor Burke-Pennington - JV Boys Basketball game v. Genesee Christian.
Montrose also was honored this spring by the NFHS Network with the Best Live Sports Broadcast of the 2017-18 school year. Its production of a regular-season football game with Birch Run, won by Montrose in overtime, took top honors.
In its ninth year, the School Broadcast Program gives members an opportunity to showcase excellence in their schools by creating video programming of athletic and non-athletic events with students gaining skills in announcing, camera operation, directing/producing and graphics.
The program also gives schools the opportunity to raise money through advertising and viewing subscriptions.
A complete list of participating schools can be found on the School Broadcast Program page of the MHSAA website.
PHOTOS: (Top) Montrose’s Eric Vandefifer interviews three of his school’s wrestlers who qualified for the MHSAA Individual Finals, during a basketball telecast in March. (Middle) Montrose SBP students take in Tigers Student Media Day this spring.