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Live Wrestling Video Ramping Up
February 5, 2019
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
The first Winter tournament action on MHSAA.tv comes this week, with plenty of wrestling events being produced by School Broadcast Program participants.
The District phase of the Team Wrestling Tournament takes place Wednesday and Thursday (Feb. 6-7), and then the District round of the Individual Wrestling Tournament is scheduled for Saturday (Feb. 9).
Here’s the schedule for Team Wrestling District action to be covered:
Division 1
Saginaw Heritage – Feb. 7
6 p.m. – Flushing v. Saginaw Heritage
7:15 p.m. – Final - Saginaw Arthur Hill v. winner of 6 p.m.
Grandville – Feb. 7
5:30 p.m. – Grand Rapids Union v. Jenison; Grandville v. Wyoming
6:45 p.m. – Final
Howell – Feb. 7
6 p.m. – Walled Lake Western v. Howell; Brighton v. South Lyon
7:15 p.m. – Final
Saline – Feb. 7
5 p.m. – Ann Arbor Huron v. Ann Arbor Pioneer
6:15 p.m. – Saline v. winner of 5 p.m.
Division 2
Marquette – Feb. 6
6 p.m. – Escanaba v. Marquette
7:15 p.m. – Sault Ste. Marie v. winner of 6 p.m.
Flint Kearsley – Feb. 6
5 p.m. – Flint Kearsley v. Flint Powers Catholic
6:15 – North Branch v. winner of 5 p.m.
Fenton – Feb. 6
5 p.m. – Linden v. Goodrich; Fenton v. Holly
6:15 p.m. – Final
Stevensville Lakeshore – Feb. 6
6 p.m. – Stevensville Lakeshore v. Benton Harbor; St. Joseph v. Niles
7:15 p.m. – Final
Fowlerville – Feb. 6
5:30 p.m. – Fowlerville v. Haslett; Mason v. East Lansing
6:45 p.m. – Final
Division 3
Freeland – Feb. 6
6 p.m. – Carrollton v. Freeland
7:15 p.m. – Saginaw Valley Lutheran v. winner of 6 p.m.
Otisville-LakeVille
6 p.m. – Almont v. Yale; Otisville-LakeVille v. Imlay City
7:15 p.m. – Final
Here’s the schedule for Individual Wrestling District action to be covered:
Division 2
10 a.m. – Fremont
10 a.m. – Stevensville Lakeshore
Division 3
10 a.m. – Comstock Park
10 a.m. – Montrose
Division 4
10 a.m. - Manchester
Here’s the remainder of this week’s MHSAA.tv schedule of video streams being produced by SBP members. Check the online schedule throughout the week for late changes.
?Tuesday - Feb. 5
Freshman Girls Basketball - Salem at Howell - 3:50 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball - Byron at Ovid-Elsie - 4 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball - Owosso at Fenton - 4 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball - Otisville-Lakeville at Mt. Morris - 4 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball - Sparta at Comstock Park - 4 PM
Freshman Girls Basketball - Warren Regina at Bloomfield Hills Marian - 4 PM
Project Unified Basketball - Howell at Novi - 4 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball - Rockford at Grandville - 4 PM
Freshman Girls Basketball - Midland at Saginaw Heritage - 4 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball - Detroit Catholic Central at Warren DeLaSalle - 4 PM
Middle School Boys Basketball - Plymouth Christian at Southfield Christian - 4:30 PM
Varsity Girls Ice Hockey - Ann Arbor Pioneer at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood - 5 PM
Junior Varsity Girls Basketball - Salem at Howell - 5:20 PM
Junior Varsity Girls Basketball - Mt. Morris at Otisville-Lakeville - 5:25 PM
Junior Varsity Boys Basketball - Byron at Ovid-Elsie - 5:30 PM
Varsity Girls Basketball - Eaton Rapids at Corunna - 5:30 PM
Junior Varsity Girls Basketball - Midland at Saginaw Heritage - 5:30 PM
Junior Varsity Girls Basketball - Warren Regina at Bloomfield Hills Marian - 5:30 PM
Junior Varsity Boys Basketball - Detroit at Warren DeLaSalle - 5:30 PM
Junior Varsity Boys Basketball - Sparta at Comstock Park - 5:30 PM
Junior Varsity Boys Basketball - Owosso at Fenton - 5:30 PM
Junior Varsity Boys Basketball - Otisville-Lakeville at Mt. Morris - 5:30 PM
Junior Varsity Girls Basketball - Linden at Flint Kearsley - 5:30 PM
Junior Varsity Boys Basketball - Brighton at Novi - 5:30 PM
Junior Varsity Girls Basketball - Calvin Christian at Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian - 5:30 PM
Junior Varsity Boys Basketball - Rockford at Grandville - 5:30 PM
Junior Varsity Girls Basketball - Delton Kellogg at Kalamazoo Christian - 5:30 PM
Junior Varsity Boys Basketball - Michigan Center at Manchester - 5:30 PM
Junior Varsity Boys Basketball – Ewen-Trout Creek at Dollar Bay - 5:45 PM
Junior Varsity Girls Basketball - Calumet at Negaunee - 5:45 PM
Junior Varsity Boys Basketball - Chassell at Calumet - 5:45 PM
Competitive Cheer – at St. Clair Shores Lake Shore - 6 PM
Varsity Boys Basketball - Coleman at Harrison - 6 PM
Junior Varsity Girls Basketball - Essexville Garber at Frankenmuth - 6 PM
Varsity Girls Basketball - Ithaca at St. Charles - 6 PM
Varsity Girls Basketball – Saginaw Swan Valley at Freeland - 6 PM
Junior Varsity Boys Basketball - Carney-Nadeau at Norway - 6:30 PM
Varsity Girls Basketball - Mt. Morris at Otisville-Lakeville - 6:50 PM
Varsity Girls Basketball - Salem at Howell - 6:50 PM
Varsity Boys Basketball – Burton Madison Academy at Corunna - 7 PM
Varsity Girls Basketball - Midland at Saginaw Heritage - 7 PM
Varsity Boys Basketball - Sparta at Comstock Park - 7 PM
Varsity Boys Basketball - Detroit at Warren DeLaSalle - 7 PM
Varsity Girls Basketball - Warren Regina at Bloomfield Hills Marian - 7 PM
Varsity Boys Basketball - Byron at Ovid-Elsie - 7 PM
Varsity Boys Basketball - Michigan Center at Manchester - 7 PM
Varsity Girls Basketball – Westland Huron Valley Lutheran at Southfield Christian - 7 PM
Varsity Girls Basketball – Grandville Calvin Christian at Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian - 7 PM
Varsity Boys Basketball - Rockford at Grandville - 7 PM
Varsity Boys Basketball - Otisville-Lakeville at Mt. Morris - 7 PM
Varsity Girls Basketball - Delton Kellogg at Kalamazoo Christian - 7 PM
Varsity Boys Basketball - Brighton at Novi - 7 PM
Varsity Boys Basketball - Owosso at Fenton - 7 PM
Varsity Girls Basketball - Linden at Flint Kearsley - 7 PM
Varsity Boys Basketball - Chassell at Calumet - 7:15 PM
Varsity Boys Basketball – Ewen-Trout Creek at Dollar Bay - 7:15 PM
Varsity Girls Basketball - Edwardsburg at Plainwell - 7:15 PM
Varsity Girls Basketball - Beal City at Vestaburg - 7:30 PM
Varsity Boys Basketball - Ithaca at St. Charles - 7:30 PM
Varsity Girls Basketball - Essexville Garber at Frankenmuth - 7:30 PM
Varsity Boys Basketball – Saginaw Swan Valley at Freeland - 7:30 PM
Varsity Boys Ice Hockey - Port Huron Northern at Detroit Catholic Central - 7:50 PM
Varsity Boys Basketball - Carney-Nadeau at Norway - 8 PM
Wednesday - Feb. 6
Freshman Girls Basketball - Waterford Mott at White Lake Lakeland - 4 PM
Middle School Girls Basketball - Michigan Center at Manchester - 4:30 PM
Junior Varsity Girls Basketball - Ann Arbor Pioneer at Saline - 5:30 PM
Junior Varsity Girls Basketball - Waterford Mott at White Lake Lakeland - 5:30 PM
Junior Varsity Girls Basketball - Addison at Manchester - 5:30 PM
Varsity Girls Basketball - Waterford Mott at White Lake Lakeland - 7 PM
Varsity Girls Basketball - Bath at Pewamo-Westphalia - 7 PM
Varsity Girls Basketball - Ann Arbor Pioneer at Saline - 7 PM
Varsity Girls Basketball - Addison at Manchester - 7 PM
Thursday - Feb. 7
Freshman Boys Basketball - Montrose at Mt. Morris - 4 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball - Greenville at Comstock Park - 4 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball - Highland Milford at White Lake Lakeland - 4 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball - Ludington at Fremont - 4 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball - Schoolcraft at Kalamazoo Christian - 4:15 PM
Middle School Girls Basketball - Wyoming Kelloggsville at Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian - 4:15 PM
Junior Varsity Girls Basketball - Wyoming Kelloggsville at Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian - 4:15 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball - Midland Bullock Creek at Freeland - 4:30 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball - St. Clair Shores Lake Shore - 4:30 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball - Otsego at Plainwell - 5 PM
Junior Varsity Boys Basketball - Greenville at Comstock Park - 5:30 PM
Junior Varsity Boys Basketball - Highland Milford at White Lake Lakeland - 5:30 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball - Holly at Fenton - 5:30 PM
Middle School Girls Basketball - Wyoming Kelloggsville at Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian - 5:30 PM
Junior Varsity Boys Basketball - Durand at Ovid-Elsie - 5:30 PM
Varsity Boys Basketball - Central Lake at Pellston - 5:30 PM
Junior Varsity Girls Basketball - Burton Bendle at Corunna - 5:30 PM
Junior Varsity Boys Basketball - Montrose at Mt. Morris - 5:30 PM
Junior Varsity Girls Basketball - Schoolcraft at Kalamazoo Christian - 5:30 PM
Junior Varsity Girls Basketball - Swartz Creek at Flint Kearsley - 5:30 PM
Junior Varsity Girls Basketball - Escanaba at Calumet - 5:45 PM
Junior Varsity Girls Basketball - Chassell at Dollar Bay - 5:45 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball - Wyoming Kelloggsville at Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian - 5:45 PM
Varsity Girls Basketball - Clare at Harrison - 6 PM
Junior Varsity Boys Basketball - Midland Bullock Creek at Freeland - 6 PM
Junior Varsity Boys Basketball - Shelby at Hart - 6 PM
Junior Varsity Boys Basketball - Essexville Garber at Frankenmuth - 6 PM
Junior Varsity Boys Basketball - St. Clair Shores Lake Shore - 6 PM
Varsity Girls Basketball - Sandusky at Harbor Beach - 6 PM
Competitive Cheer – MIAA at Southfield Christian - 6 PM (Lutheran Westland, Sterling Heights Parkway Christian, Plymouth Christian)
Junior Varsity Girls Basketball - Haslett at Fowlerville - 6 PM
Varsity Wrestling - Saginaw Heritage - 6 PM
Junior Varsity Boys Basketball - Otsego at Plainwell - 6:15 PM
Junior Varsity Girls Basketball – Rock Mid Peninsula at Norway - 6:30 PM
Varsity Boys Ice Hockey - Negaunee at Calumet - 7 PM
Junior Varsity Boys Basketball - Schoolcraft at Kalamazoo Christian - 7 PM
Junior Varsity Boys Basketball - Burton Bendle at Corunna - 7 PM
Junior Varsity Boys Basketball – Stanton Central Montcalm at Fremont - 7 PM
Varsity Boys Basketball - Greenville at Comstock Park - 7 PM
Varsity Boys Basketball - Montrose at Mt. Morris - 7 PM
Junior Varsity Boys Basketball - Swartz Creek at Flint Kearsley - 7 PM
Varsity Boys Basketball - Durand at Ovid-Elsie - 7 PM
Junior Varsity Boys Basketball - Holly at Fenton - 7 PM
Junior Varsity Boys Basketball - Burton Bendle at Corunna - 7 PM
Junior Varsity Boys Basketball - Wyoming Kelloggsville at Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian - 7:15 PM
Varsity Girls Basketball - Escanaba at Calumet - 7:15 PM
Varsity Girls Basketball - Chassell at Dollar Bay - 7:15 PM
Junior Varsity Girls Basketball - Essexville Garber at Frankenmuth - 7:30 PM
Varsity Boys Basketball - Fulton at Pewamo-Westphalia - 7:30 PM
1975 Class D Football Film Finds Way Back to MHSAA for All to Enjoy Again
By
John Johnson
MHSAA Communications Director emeritus
April 11, 2023
Chasing history was one of the most enjoyable parts of serving at the MHSAA for nearly 34 years. Researching information, but especially what I considered for a long time to be talking to the “old guys” (now I’m one of them) and soaking up their verbal histories of our games.
It also involved chasing down old photos, broadcasts and game films – especially those which preceded our more modern video era beginning in the 1990s.
When I arrived at the MHSAA in 1987, there was a shelf of old 16mm film canisters of an assortment of Boys Basketball Finals from the 1950s to the 70s – certainly not a complete set. The Association would shoot some game action from each quarter and the trophy presentations. They’d be sent out to the participating schools to show to the students (I remember watching a Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart game in 1967 when I was in fifth grade). Some would find their way back to the office – most would not.
Will Robinson, the legendary Detroit Public School League coach who led Pershing High School to the league’s first MHSAA titles (in 1967 and 1970) after a district-imposed hiatus from 1931-61 from statewide tournaments, would pull my chain every time we saw each other about those games featuring Spencer Haywood and Ralph Simpson, among others. We never found them.
So it became a project to try and track down as many old game films of state championships as we could.
Any conversation with someone with a history tone always included a question about the whereabouts of a game film or video. One of those recently bore fruit.
When Crystal Falls Forest Park played in the 8-Player Football Finals at the Superior Dome in Marquette back in 2017, I spent a lot of time talking with living legend Bill Santilli, who led the Trojans to the Class D crown in the very first year of the tournament in 1975, and who would later coach the school to a second state title (2007) and serve as athletic director. He said he had a box on his desk collecting dust that he didn’t know what to do with – that box contained an old video tape from that game.
I uttered four little words – “Send It To Me.”
After a while the tape arrived in East Lansing, and I got our video production friends at When We Were Young Productions/Rush Media in Wisconsin on it. This winter, they found someone who could convert it and sent me a file that was recently posted to the MHSAASPORTS Channel on YouTube. You can watch the Trojans play Flint Holy Rosary by Clicking Here or watching above.
There are all kinds of old game films/videos and artifacts in attics, closets, garages, etc., in every town. Two of our Muskegon historians – Ron Pesch, the MHSAA’s history guy; and the old broadcaster, Jim Moyes, who called games on the radio for years in the Port City – can tell stories of their own about discoveries they have made. Moyes found all kinds of mementos while working on his book on the history of high school track & field in Michigan, and sitting with Ron at this year’s Girls Basketball Finals, he told a story of finding the mother lode of photographs from one of his other historical passions – silent film star Buster Keaton – who spent ten summers in the Actor’s Colony in Muskegon.
Pesch found a listing for Eleanor Keaton, Buster’s widow, using a telephone book (remember those?), made a phone call and shortly thereafter, on a vacation to California, was in her living room where he was loaned a photo album and family scrapbook containing all kinds of images from their time in Muskegon. Many of those images appear in a soon-to-be-released documentary, while the album and scrapbook now reside in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences library in Beverly Hills, Calif. You can preview the film by Clicking Here.
So if you think you have something of a state championship that could be utilized on a bigger platform and enjoyed by everyone, drop a note to [email protected]. If something needs to be converted to a more modern format, you’ll get a copy back, and the footage will be eventually viewable on the MHSAA’s YouTube channel.
To help guide your search, think in the following terms:
► Just about anything before 1990. But there are gaps during the 90s that need to be filled as well.
► Only Championship games and Semifinal games, unless something momentous occurred (like Richie Jordan’s 60-point game for Fennville against Bridgman in a Regional Semifinal in 1965, which is still an all-time tournament single-game record for boys basketball).
► For a list of what’s in the MHSAA archives prior to 2000 – Click Here. A long-term project is to get all of the games on the list and up to about 2010 uploaded to the YouTube channel. Most games from 2013-14 on can be viewed on the NFHS Network, and some games between 2010 and 2013 are available for purchase as DVDs from PrepFilms.com.
PHOTO Posing with the championship trophy after the 1975 Class D Football Final are (left to right): Forest Park tight end Bryan LaChapelle, quarterback Richard Mettlach, head coach Dick Mettlach and running back Bill Santilli.