Highlight Reel: Division 3-4 Softball Semifinals

June 12, 2015

By John Johnson
MHSAA communications director

The second sessions of MHSAA Softball Semifinals were played Friday at Secchia Stadium at Michigan State University. Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central and Bronson in Division 3 and Kalamazoo Christian and Unionville-Sebewaing in Division 4 advanced to Saturday’s championship games.

Click the headings below for highlights from all four Semifinals broadcasts on MHSAA.tv.

Division 3

Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central 6, Pinconning 0

Kestrel Chalk Chaser Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central scored four runs in the first inning against Pinconning, the first plated by this double down the third base line by Julianne Venier.

Danielle Doubles Danielle Michael hits a long double for Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central to drive in a first-inning run against Pinconning.

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Bronson 5, Montague 0 

Robinson Singles Two Runs In Bronson scored four times in the fifth inning, the first two tallies coming on this bases-loaded single by Kelsey Robinson.

Sobeski Drives In Two More Skyler Sobeski helps her own cause in the Bronson fifth inning by driving in two runs with a two-out single.

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Division 4 

Kalamazoo Christian 13, Hillman 2

Lemmer Plays Long Ball Aliyah Lemmer of Kalamazoo Christian gets the Comets started with a double in the gap to drive in two runs against Hillman.

Rozeveld Triples Two Home Kalamazoo Christian put the game away with seven runs in the fourth inning, the last two on this triple off the fence by Jill Rozeveld.

Tigers Score Hillman picked up two runs in the fifth inning when Eden Hunt tripled to center and then scored on an errant throw on the same play.

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Unionville-Sebewaing 4, Holton 1

Patriots Go Up Erica Treiber delivers the first run of the game for Unionville-Sebewaing on a single. 

Two-Out Double Delivers Kayla Gremel knocks a two-out double to the fence to give Unionville-Sebewaing a 3-0 lead.

Stone Triples For Holton Jackie Stone gets Holton on the board in the sixth inning with a triple down the right field line.

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MHSAA TV Serves Up Key TVC Match

October 4, 2017

By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
 

A battle for control of the Tri-Valley Conference Central takes place today (Oct. 4) on MHSAA.tv when Freeland hosts Saginaw Swan Valley in girls volleyball at 7 p.m.

Swan Valley enters this week’s action 31-8-2 and ranked seventh in the latest Class B coaches poll. Freeland, which garnered honorable mention this week in the same poll, is 26-5-2 overall. Both teams are 3-0 in league play.

Freeland is one of more than 60 MHSAA member schools across the state participating in the

School Broadcast Program, and one of nearly a dozen schools to be streaming live video of its home athletic events using the NFHS Network’s Pixellot technology.

Pixellot is a unit equipped with four High Definition cameras which cover the length of the playing surface and then focus in on the ball and player movement to deliver the action. The unit communicates with the scoreboard to insert a time and score graphic on the screen. Ambient audio is picked up by the device, but the play-by-play of an in-person announce team can also be patched in. Freeland is one of several schools in the state using Pixellot in its gymnasium and at its football/multipurpose field.

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. Pixellot is used by schools wishing to stream games but which lack the ability to staff the events. The SBP program also gives schools the opportunity to raise money through advertising and viewing subscriptions.

Here’s this week’s MHSAA.tv schedule of video streams being produced by SBP members:

Tuesday, October 3

Wednesday, October 4

Thursday, October 5

Friday, October 6

Monday, October 9

Tuesday, October 10

NFHS Network subscriptions begin at $9.95 per month. Subscribers will have access to all live video and streaming statistics across the country. All content becomes available for free, on- demand viewing 72 hours after being shown live. School Broadcast Program participants will also be selling Season and Annual Passes at a discounted rate. A portion of every subscription sold by a school goes to benefit its program.

A complete list of participating schools can be found on the School Broadcast Program page of the MHSAA website.

Highlights of games produced in the past week by MHSAA School Broadcast Program members are in their fifth week. Featured events are in girls volleyball with Clarkston at Lake Orion, football with Lowell at Cedar Springs and football with Lansing Catholic at Fowlerville. Highlights can be found each week on the MHSAA.tv website, the home page of the MHSAA Website, and the MHSAASports Channel on YouTube.

More than 15 football games are featured each week on the State Champs! Sports Network Extra Point – powered by the Michigan High School Athletic Association – Saturday at 10 a.m. on FOX Sports Detroit.

The half-hour program features highlights from more than a dozen games each week, including clips from games produced by MHSAA School Broadcast Program members. The program airs multiple times each weekend on FOX Sports Detroit and on Comcast Channel 900, and will be archived on the State Champs YouTube Channel. Consult your local listings for additional playback times.

Here are some of the games to be featured this week on State Champs! Extra Point:

  • Chelsea at Ypsilanti
  • Warren Mott at Romeo
  • Redford Union at Redford Thurston
  • Clarkston Everest at Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes
  • Warren Fitzgerald at Madison Heights Madison
  • Hudsonville at Caledonia
  • PLUS - Additional coverage from Grand Rapids, Lansing, Flint, Upper Peninsula and School Broadcast Program games.

The MHSAA also has a presence on other State Champs! Network programs throughout each weekend. The MHSAA Minute is a weekly part of the State Champs! High School Sports Show on FOX Sports Detroit at 9 a.m. every Sunday – with multiple replays on FOX Sports Detroit and Comcast Channel 900 throughout the week. That program also is archived on the State Champs YouTube Channel. Consult your local listings for additional playback times.

This week’s MHSAA Minute on State Champs talks about concussion protocols and the Association’s concussion insurance program.

The MHSAA also has content on the State Champs Scoreboard! High School Football Radio Show on Friday nights during the football and basketball seasons, originating on WXYT-FM (97.1) in Detroit and carried on more than 10 radio stations across the state. This Week In High School Sports and Be the Referee are weekly features on the program.