Hockey Champs Play on MHSAA.TV
February 5, 2014
A pair of reigning MHSAA hockey champions are among teams in action last week that can be watched on-demand at MHSAA.TV.
Reigning Division 2 champion Livonia Stevenson's game against Division 1 runner-up Detroit Catholic Central is among broadcasts now available, as are two games including Division 3 winner Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood.
Here's a look at all listings of games from last week, followed by this week's MHSAA Perspective and MHSAA.TV highlight clips.
Hockey
- Port Huron Northern vs. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood
- Detroit U-D Jesuit vs. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood
- Livonia Stevenson vs. Detroit Catholic Central
- Calumet vs. Kingsford
Girls Basketball
- Gaylord St. Mary vs. Johannesburg-Lewiston
- Calumet vs. L'Anse
- Atlanta vs. Rogers City
- Lawton vs. Watervliet
- Allegan vs. Plainwell
- Davison vs. Flint Powers Catholic
Boys Basketball
- Petoskey vs. Cheboygan
- Whittemore-Prescott vs. AuGres-Sims
- Sault Ste. Marie vs. Alpena
- Alba vs. Ellsworth
- Hale vs. Lincoln Alcona
- Painesdale-Jeffers vs. Calumet
- Watervliet vs. Lawton
- Hemlock vs. Saginaw Valley Lutheran
- Allegan vs. Plainwell
- Hudsonville vs. East Kentwood
Wrestling
- Alpena vs. Onaway
- St. Ignace vs. Onaway
- Ovid-Elsie vs. Hemlock
- Hemlock vs. Saginaw Nouvel
MHSAA Perspective: In this week's edition, John Johnson talks about the need to respect officials after a fan attempted to grab a referee during a recent game in mid-Michigan - Keep Your Hands to Yourself
Division 3 Final: Eaglets Fly Again
November 29, 2011
Five times since its most recent MHSAA football championship, Orchard Lake St. Mary returned to the championship game – and lost.
Saturday night there was no stopping the Eaglets – or their running attack – at the Division 3 Final at Ford Field.
St. Mary rushed for 478 yards – and after near-misses the last two seasons won its first championship since 2000 with a 45-7 win over top-ranked Mount Pleasant.
"I knew what it felt like to lose, so it gave me the fire and other teammates the fire to win,” St. Mary senior running back Spencer McInnis said. “It’s unexplainable. It’s awesome. It’s something I’ve wanted since I was a kid. I always knew I was going to go to St. Mary’s. It’s just a great feeling.”
The Eaglets (12-2) had fallen by eight and three to East Grand Rapids in the last two Finals, and in a five-overtime classic in 2007. They entered the playoffs ranked No. 4 by The Associated Press – but as champions of the Detroit Catholic League Central, which sent three teams to Ford Field this fall.
“It was great to win again,” said St. Mary coach George Porritt, who finished his 23rd season leading the program. “It’s a collective effort from these kids, and it’s been all year long.”
McInnis ran for 213 of the team’s 478 rushing yards, and took three of his 23 carries into the end zone. Junior brother Parker McInnis ran for 96 yards and a score, as did junior fullback Grant Niemiec. Senior James Ross added another running touchdown.
“We were in position to make some tackles, and it wasn’t a scheme thing or guys getting blocked. It’s just that their athletes made our guys miss, or we couldn’t tackle them,” Mount Pleasant coach Jason McIntyre said. “I’ve never seen backs that we couldn’t tackle one on one or two on one. A lot of teams will have one great back, and you can focus and rally there. But they had three and four.”
The Oilers’ usually-strong running game finished with just 122 yards, led by senior quarterback Ryan Elliott’s 40. He also had Mount Pleasant’s lone score. It was the team’s first Finals appearance – and only loss this fall as it finished 13-1.
Junior defensive back Cory Williams led the Oilers with nine tackles. Senior lineman Dylan Zerki led the Eaglets with 11, and Ross had 10.