Highlight Reel: Thursday Baseball/Softball Semis
June 16, 2016
By John Johnson
MHSAA Communications Director
The first day of the MHSAA Baseball/Softball Semifinals at Michigan State University’s Old College Field began under rainy conditions Thursday, but finished under a flourish of sunshine as four teams punched their tickets into Saturday’s Finals.
Below are links to video highlights from Saturday’s games. Click on the final scores to watch games in their entirety and purchase DVDs.
Baseball
Division 1
Warren DeLaSalle 3, Traverse City West 1
West Scores First - In the third inning, Traverse City West gets on the board with an RBI single by Gavin Gamhausen to score Nick Brzezinski.
Eagles Take The Lead - Hartland scored twice in the fifth inning to take a 3-2 lead, with John Baker delivering an RBI single.
Hovde Delivers - With the score tied at 3-3 in the bottom of the fifth, Saline's Richard Hovde delivers a two-out bases-loaded single to drive in two runs, which proved to be the winning margin.
Division 2
DeWitt Goes On Top - DeWitt took a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the fifth when Donovan Tarn doubled into the gap to score Michael Stygles.
Schut Scores Game Winner - In the seventh inning, Holland Christian's Cam Schut scores from third on a sacrifice fly by Josh Sterenberg.
Linden 5, Dearborn Divine Child 2
Chalk Chaser - Ryker Rivera hits the third base line with this run scoring single in the fourth inning to give Linden a 4-1 lead.
Koan Drives Two Home - Linden gets on the board in the third inning with this two-out, bases loaded single by Nick Koan.
Softball
Division 1
Dakota Double - The big hit in the Division 1 Semifinal between Macomb Dakota and Midland was this two-run double by Dakota's Julia Salisbury in the third inning to give the Cougars a 4-0 lead.
Gross Triples & Scores - Midland countered with two runs in the top of the fourth on this triple by Julia Gross to plate one run, and Gross then scored on a throwing error.
Farmington Hills Mercy 9, Mattawan 6
Swinehart Has A Big Game - Mackenzie Swinehart of Mattawan went 3 for 4 against Farmington Hills Mercy, scoring twice and driving in a run with this third-inning triple.
Three-Run Double For Padula - Farmington Hills Mercy scored five times in the second inning against Mattawan, the big hit this bases-clearing double by Cari Padula.
Division 2
Vicksburg 7, Livonia Ladywood 5
Helping With A Homer - Livonia Ladywood starting pitcher Rozlyn Price helped her own cause in the third inning with a two-run home run to center field against Vicksburg.
Bulldogs Begin Their Rally - Vicksburg started its rally back with two runs in the third inning. Alicia Cagney singles home the first run.
Eskymos Take Advantage - Escanaba tied the game at 2-2 in the second inning when Kathleen Ross scored on a Richmond error.
Richmond Tacks One On - Rachel Leach finishes the scoring for Richmond against Escanaba with a run-scoring single in the seventh inning, one of her two hits in the game.
PHOTO: An Escanaba runner tries to beat a throw to second base during her team’s Semifinal against Richmond.
MHSAA Minute Returns This Week
January 9, 2018
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
With the winter sports season fully underway, StateChamps! High School Sports Show returns with new weekly editions debuting each Sunday at 9 a.m. on Fox Sports Detroit – featuring a fresh series of messages called the MHSAA Minute.
The MHSAA Minute takes a look each week at different things happening in the life of the Association, from promoting educational programs to rules changes in high school sports. The first of two messages will air this week on high school rules changes in basketball. Archived editions of MHSAA Minute can be found on the StateChamps! YouTube Channel.
This week’s schedule of high school sporting events on MHSAA.tv produced by Association members taking part in the School Broadcast Program features 100 contests.
A total of 57 games at the varsity level are on the schedule for this week, with more to be added as the week progresses. Be sure to check Upcoming Events on the MHSAA.tv home page daily for last-minute additions.
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 – the NFHS Network’s automated streaming solution - is used by schools that wish to live stream games but lack the ability to staff the events. The 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 - Jan. 9
Freshman Girls Basketball – Morley-Stanwood at Fremont - 4 p.m.
Freshman Girls Basketball - Vicksburg at Plainwell - 4:15 p.m.
Freshman Girls Basketball - Warren Regina at Macomb Lutheran North - 4:30 p.m.
Freshman Boys Basketball - Houghton Lake at Harrison - 4:30 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - Byron at Montrose - 5:30 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball – Grand Rapids Catholic Central at Comstock Park - 5:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Northville at Novi - 5:30 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Central Montcalm at Fremont - 5:30 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Ontonagon at Calumet - 5:45 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Vicksburg at Plainwell - 5:45 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Whittemore-Prescott at Rogers City - 6 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Midland Bullock Creek at Freeland - 6 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Warren Regina at Macomb Lutheran North - 6 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - Houghton Lake at Harrison - 6 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Northville at Novi - 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Grand Rapids Catholic Central at Comstock Park - 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Warren Regina at Macomb Lutheran North - 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Whittemore-Prescott at Rogers City - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Byron at Montrose - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Tawas Area at Alpena - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball – St. Johns at Fowlerville - 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Central Montcalm at Fremont - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball – Merrill at Vestaburg – 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Vicksburg at Plainwell - 7:15 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Ontonagon at Calumet - 7:15 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Bessemer at Lake Linden-Hubbell - 7:20 p.m.
Boys Basketball – Midland Bullock Creek at Freeland - 7:30 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Houghton Lake at Harrison - 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday - Jan. 10
Wrestling - Central Montcalm at Fremont - 5:30 p.m.
Wrestling - Alma at Freeland - 6 p.m.
Cheerleading – OAA Meet at Lake Orion - 6:30 p.m.
Boys Basketball – Ishpeming at Negaunee – 7:30 p.m.
Thursday - Jan. 11
Freshman Boys Basketball - Burton Bendle at Otisville-Lakeville - 4 p.m.
Freshman Boys Basketball - Carrollton at Freeland - 4:30 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Sparta at Comstock Park - 5:30 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Durand at Montrose - 5:30 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Burton Bendle at Otisville-Lakeville - 5:30 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Newaygo at Fremont - 5:30 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - Hancock at Dollar Bay - 5:45 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - Carrollton at Freeland - 6 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - Mio at Rogers City - 6 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - Newaygo at Fremont - 7 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - Burton Bendle at Otisville-Lakeville - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Mio at Rogers City - 7 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - Durand at Montrose - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Hancock at Dollar Bay - 7:15 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Carrollton at Freeland - 7:30 p.m.
Friday - Jan. 12
Freshman Girls Basketball – Warren Woods-Tower at Macomb Lutheran North - 4 p.m.
Freshman Girls Basketball - Coopersville at Fremont - 4:30 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Republic-Michigamme at Dollar Bay - 5:45 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Sparta at Comstock Park - 6 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball – Sanford Meridian at Harrison - 6 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Fowlerville at Williamston - 6 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Newaygo at Fremont - 6 p.m.
Boys Ice Hockey – Detroit U-D Jesuit at Calumet - 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Carson City-Crystal at Vestaburg – 7 p.m.
Boys Ice Hockey - Detroit Catholic Central at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood - 7:15 p.m.
Boys Basketball – Wyoming Kelloggsville at Wyoming Lee – 7:15 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Republic-Michigamme at Dollar Bay - 7:20 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Fowlerville at Williamston - 7:27 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Newaygo at Fremont - 7:30 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Sparta at Comstock Park - 7:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Sanford Meridian at Harrison - 7:30 p.m.
Saturday - Jan. 13
Swimming and Diving - Marquette - 10 a.m.
Boys Ice Hockey – Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood at Detroit Catholic Central - 6:15 p.m.
Boys Ice Hockey – Detroit U-D Jesuit at Calumet - 7 p.m.
Monday - Jan. 15
Cheerleading – OK Meet at Comstock Park - 5 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Marion at Harrison - 6 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - North Dickinson at Norway - 6:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Oxford at Lake Orion - 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Marion at Harrison - 7:30 p.m.
Boys Basketball - North Dickinson at Norway - 8 p.m.
Tuesday - Jan. 16
Freshman Boys Basketball - Chesaning at Otisville-Lakeville - 4 p.m.
Freshman Girls Basketball - Comstock at Plainwell - 4:15 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - Kent City at Comstock Park - 4:30 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball – Livonia Stevenson at Novi - 5:30 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - Genesee at Montrose - 5:30 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Comstock at Plainwell - 5:45 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball – Lake Linden-Hubbell at Dollar Bay - 5:45 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Houghton at Calumet - 5:45 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - Chesaning at Otisville-Lakeville - 6 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - Lake City at Harrison - 6 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Onaway at Rogers City - 6 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Stephenson at Norway - 6:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Onaway at Rogers City - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Kent City at Comstock Park - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Ferndale at Lake Orion - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Chesaning at Otisville-Lakeville - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Mason at Fowlerville - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball – Livonia Stevenson at Novi - 7 p.m.
Boys Ice Hockey - Escanaba at Marquette - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Genesee at Montrose - 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Houghton at Calumet - 7:15 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Comstock at Plainwell - 7:15 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Grant at Fremont - 7:19 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Lake Linden-Hubbell at Dollar Bay - 7:20 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Lake City at Harrison - 7:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Stephenson at Norway - 8 p.m.
Wednesday - Jan. 17
Wrestling - Paw Paw at Plainwell - 5:30 p.m.
Cheerleading - Lake Fenton at Montrose - 6 p.m.
NFHS Network subscriptions begin at $9.95 a 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 feature the following events:
Boys Basketball – Fremont 54, Big Rapids 49
Girls Basketball – Wakefield-Marinesco 56, Dollar Bay 54 (OT)
Boys Basketball – Harrison 48, Roscommon 40
Highlights can be found each week on the MHSAA.tv website, the home page of the MHSAA Website, and the MHSAASports Channel on YouTube