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Soccer, Cross Country LIVE on MHSAA.tv

October 14, 2014

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Live coverage of MHSAA Boys Soccer and Girls and Boys Cross Country postseason events begins tonight on MHSAA.tv. 

Eight boys soccer District games will be broadcast live over the next three days. Also, for the first time, MHSAA.tv will have live streaming video from the Finish Line of the Upper Peninsula Cross Country Finals.  

Here’s this week's complete soccer and cross country broadcast schedule:

Tuesday (Oct. 14)

Div. 1 at St. Clair Shores Lakeview
Grosse Pointe South vs. Fraser – 5 p.m.
Grosse Pointe North vs. Warren DeLaSalle – 7 p.m.

Wednesday (Oct. 15)

Div. 2 at Sparta
Muskegon vs. Muskegon Reeths-Puffer – 5 p.m.
Spring Lake vs. Fruitport  – 7 p.m.

Div. 2 at Middleville Thornapple Kellogg
Plainwell vs. Battle Creek Central – 5 p.m.
Hastings vs. Battle Creek Harper Creek – 7 p.m.

Thursday (Oct. 16)

Div. 1 at Novi
Walled Lake Central vs. West Bloomfield/Northville winner – 5 p.m.
Detroit Catholic Central/Walled Lake Western winner vs. Novi/Livonia Stevenson winner – 7 p.m.

Saturday (Oct. 18)

All divisions at Gentz Homestead Golf Course
11 a.m. – Division 1 Boys Race
11:30 a.m. – Division 2 Boys Rave
Noon – Division 3 Boys Race
12:30 p.m. – Division 1 Girls Race
1 p.m. – Division 2 Girls Race
1:30 p.m. – Division 3 Girls Race

All live soccer games are available on MHSAA.tv on a subscription basis. Subscriptions run either $9.95 for a Day Pass or $14.95 for a Month Pass. Games will become available for free On Demand viewing three days after they have been played.

The cross country stream will include the start of each race, the first and last 400 to 800 meters, and interviews will take place during the continuous coverage from 11 a.m. to approximately 2 p.m. The cross country live stream will be free and also archived for On Demand viewing.

Additionally, a number of events produced last week are available on-demand and free of charge:

Soccer

  • Lincoln Alcona vs. Fairview
  • Grayling vs. Kalkaska
  • Pinconning vs. Standish-Sterling
  • East Lansing vs. Mason

Volleyball

  • Petoskey vs. Gaylord
  • East Lansing vs. Jackson
  • Comstock Park vs. Belding
  • Davison vs. Saginaw Heritage
  • Posen vs. Rogers City
  • Negaunee vs. Gwinn
  • Rogers City vs. Lincoln Alcona

Football

  • Negaunee vs. Ishpeming
  • Stanton Central Montcalm vs. Reed City 
  • Dowagiac vs. Edwardsburg
  • East Lansing vs. Lansing Sexton
  • Plainwell vs. Three Rivers
  • AuGres-Sims vs. Mio
  • Oscoda vs. Hillman
  • Rogers City vs. Whittemore-Prescott
  • Clare vs. Farwell

MHSAA.tv Highlights: This week's package includes clips from the Mason/East Lansing boys soccer game and Ishpeming/Negaunee and Plainwell/Three Rivers football games. 

High 5s: 10/24/12

October 29, 2012

Two of this week's honorees finished their MHSAA careers over the weekend with Finals championships. The third hopes to accomplish the same on the first Saturday in November.

Kelsey Murphy
Plymouth senior
Golf

Murphy, who finished third individually at the 2011 MHSAA Division 1 Final after leading deep into the second day, claimed this season's championship with a two-day 178 at Michigan State's Forest Akers East. Her rounds of 73 and 75 helped Plymouth to its first MHSAA team championship in any sport. She made two birdies during her second round and edged Utica senior Taylor Clark by a stroke. Murphy made the all-state Super Team as a junior and is among favorites to win the Miss Golf award to be announced later this month.

Drive time: Murphy's favorite club is her Titleist 910 driver. "That's one of my most consistent clubs. When I need to put a good shot out there, I rely on my driver to help me out."

I look up to: "Rory McIlroy. He's always willing to go out there and play a new round each day, and I admire his etiquette on the course. He's not one of those players that shows frustration a lot. He keeps it internal, and that's a good thing to have on the golf course." 

Up next: Murphy will sign with Eastern Michigan University and study nursing. "I knew the coach (Sandy Wagner) before because she was the first swing coach I ever had, and I admired the way she acts as a coach. Plus it has a great nurshing program and it's close to home, so it all worked out. I had a few surgeries when I was little, and I had nurses who were really well-trained and they helped calm me down before. I wanted to do that, at a children's hospital."

Sister act: Murphy's sophomore sister Sydney beat her for the first time this fall, at the DeWitt Invitational at Hudson Mills. Sydney shot a 74 to share medalist honors, while Kelsey shot a 77 to tie for third. "I was proud of her for that. She's going to be a really great golfer. I was getting updates throughout the round, and she was playing a really good round. So I knew she probably was going to beat me." 

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Michael Sienko
Williamston senior
Tennis

Sienko capped a 28-0 run this fall by beating rival Chance Conley of Portland in the MHSAA Division 4 No. 1 Singles Final, 6-1 and 6-0. Conley defeated Sienko in the championship match last season, and both along with third-seeded Matt Heeder of Lansing Catholic all played in the Capital Area Activities Conference White. Sienko won the Division 4 No. 2 singles championship as a freshman and will graduate with a career record of 102-8.

Sign me up: Sienko hopes to choose between Army and Air Force for after high school, and he plans to continue his tennis career. His father Dean is a Major General in the Army and his brother Peter currently is a sophomore on Army's tennis team. Their sister Carolyn is in the Navy.

Taking a Chance: Michael Sienko and Conley have matched up a number of times over the years, but have become friends in the process. Sienko said Conley was his toughest opponent this season. "He hits a good ball. It's hard, and he's a really good competitor too. ... A lot of people think we hate each other, but I think we're good friends. On the court, it's a different thing, but off the court we're nice."

Born to lead: "I'm leaning toward business management or finance or something in there would be interesting. I like numbers, and I'd say math is maybe my best subject, and I kinda like to run things. To be the boss would be interesting."

Right on, Rafa: Sienko's favorite player is Rafael Nadal. "I read his book, and he talked about all the hard work he's done. He talks about the focus and dedication he puts into the sport, and I thought it was amazing that he did that. And the stories he told were just insane."

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Grand Blanc soccer

(Updated Oct. 29.) The Bobcats have advanced to their third Division 1 Semifinal in five seasons, and did so last week with a 1-0 win over Walled Lake Central after falling to Central in a shootout in a Regional Semifinal last season. Grand Blanc scored only 32 goals during its 18 regular-season games, but has scored 18 during five games in the postseason. The Bobcats are 15-6-2. 

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