Today in the MHSAA: 4/10/23
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
April 10, 2023
1. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 13 Bay City Western earned coach Tim McDonald his 800th career win with a 5-0 shutout of Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart – Bay City Times
2. TRACK & FIELD Hart swept girls and boys championships at its Hart & Sole Music Invitational – Ludington Daily News
3. BASEBALL Saginaw Heritage swept Division 2 No. 16 Petoskey 2-1 and 2-0 – Saginaw News
4. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 4 Midland and Traverse City West played to a weekend split, West winning the opener – Traverse City Record-Eagle
5. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 14 Howell swept Fowlerville, with Owen Elsey throwing a no-hitter in the opener – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
6. TRACK & FIELD The Grass Lake boys and Quincy girls won Grass Lake Invitational titles – Jackson Citizen Patriot
7. TRACK & FIELD The Indian River Inland Lakes girls and Charlevoix boys were victorious at the Lake
Superior State University Indoor Invitational – Cheboygan Daily Tribune
8. BASEBALL Michigan Center defeated Sand Creek and Constantine to win the Union City Invitational – Jackson Citizen Patriot
9. SOFTBALL Monroe Jefferson swept Hazel Park in its Ring of Honor doubleheader – Monroe News
10. GIRLS SOCCER Birmingham Seaholm and Ann Arbor Pioneer played to a 2-2 draw – Hometown Life
Also of note …
BOYS LACROSSE Ron Hebert became the winningest boys lacrosse coach in Michigan high school history (including pre-MHSAA sponsorship) with Lake Orion’s 13-7 win over Birmingham United – Oakland Press
Lower Peninsula Cross Country, Boys Soccer Finals Make for Big Broadcast Saturday
By
Jon Ross
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
November 3, 2021
All eight Lower Peninsula Girls & Boys Cross Country Finals and all four Boys Soccer Finals will be broadcast Saturday on MHSAA.tv and the NFHS Network, capping a viewing schedule that also will include Soccer Semifinals, Volleyball District Semifinals and Finals and Football District and Regional Finals.
Nearly 2,000 Lower Peninsula runners will take to the course at Michigan International Speedway on Saturday (Nov. 6), with races beginning at 9:30 a.m. Coverage will include views from cameras at starting line, the 1- and 2-mile marks, the finish line and throughout the race from the lead cart.
The Division 4 and 3 races begin at 9:30 a.m. and can viewed at this link: https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/mhsaa-mi/gam0fa8764d8b
Division 2 and 1 races begin at 1:30 p.m. and can viewed here:
https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/mhsaa-mi/gam81321985cc
Saturday’s Division 1 and 4 Boys Soccer Finals will be played at Novi High School, with Divisions 2 and 3 at Comstock Park High School. The larger schools at each site will play at noon, followed by the smaller-school divisions at 3 p.m.
Division 1 – https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/mhsaa-mi/gam2b096b5062
Division 2 – https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/mhsaa-mi/gam8aea573f91
Division 3 – https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/mhsaa-mi/gam8b0ab1143e
Division 4 – https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/mhsaa-mi/gam5ad1cdfa45
Audio of all four Boys Soccer Finals will be available at http://mhsaanetwork.com/.
Five of eight Wednesday (Nov. 3) Semifinals also will be broadcast. See schedule with links below:
Division 1 – 6 p.m. – Grosse Pointe South vs. New Baltimore Anchor Bay
Division 1 – 7 p.m. – Northville vs. Okemos
Division 2 – 6 p.m. – DeWitt vs. Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice
Division 3 – 7 p.m. – Allen Park Inter-City Baptist vs. Clarkston Everest Collegiate
Division 3 – 7 p.m. – Grand Rapids South Christian vs. Elk Rapids
The MHSAA Volleyball Tournament continues Wednesday (Nov. 3) and Thursday with District Semifinals, with District Finals also to be played at some sites Thursday and most Friday and Saturday – more than 30 District Finals are on the broadcast schedule.
More than 50 of this weekend’s 11-Player Football District Finals and 8-Player Regional Finals will be broadcast this weekend as well on MHSAA.tv. Links to coverage of both are below:
MHSAA media partner Bally Sports Detroit will continue its weekly live cable TV broadcasts with Friday’s Division 3 District Final of River Rouge (7-2) at Detroit Martin Luther King (9-1). Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. on BSD’s PLUS channel, and the game also may be watched on the BSD website and app.
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.