Many Schools, Many Sports on MHSAA.tv
October 3, 2012
A total of 39 schools participating in six sports are among offerings from last week available now at MHSAA.tv as part of the School Broadcast Program. Football, volleyball and boys soccer again dominate the listings, but check out as well 2012-13 debuts for girls swimming and diving, girls golf and boys tennis.
See those below, plus links to the MHSAA Football Friday Overtime on Fox Sports Detroit and the Comcast/Xfinity game shot last week -- Rockford vs. Holland West Ottawa.
MHSAA.tv: Click on the "Schools" tab on MHSAA.tv to find these games:
- Grand Rapids Northview vs. Greenville football
- Vicksburg vs. Plainwell football
- Ada Forest Hills Eastern vs. Cedar Springs football
- Marcellus vs. Watervliet football
- Rogers City vs. Hillman football
- Iron River West Iron County vs. Calumet football
- Oscoda vs. Lincoln Alcona football
- Ellsworth vs. Indian River Inland Lakes football
- Davison vs. Flint Northwestern volleyball
- Hale vs. Hillman volleyball
- Harbor Springs Harbor Light Christian vs. Ellsworth volleyball
- St. Ignace vs. Cheboygan volleyball
- Eaton Rapids vs. Mason volleyball
- Rogers City vs. Sault Ste. Marie volleyball
- Mason vs. Corunna swimming and diving
- Petoskey vs. East Lansing soccer
- Ada Forest Hills Eastern vs. Cedar Springs soccer
- East Kentwood vs. Rockford soccer
- Trenton vs. Taylor Truman soccer
- Grand Ledge vs. East Lansing soccer
- Belding vs. Comstock Park soccer
- Mason vs. Jackson Lumen Christi tennis
- Grandville vs. Rockford golf
- Also, click under "MHSAA" and "Recent" for the 1995 Class A Football Final between Lapeer West and South Lyon, a 24-21 Lapeer West double-overtime win.
FOX: At midnight after each Friday's games, Fox Sports Detroit airs its Football Friday Overtime.
XFINITY: Friday's 24-14 Rockford win over Holland West Ottawa is available to subscribers On Demand on Xfinity's High School Sports site.
Below: This week's School Broadcast Program highlights, drawn from Grand Rapids Northview/Greenville, Lincoln Alcona/Oscoda and Watervliet/Marcellus football games and Belding/Comstock Park and East Lansing/Grand Ledge soccer matches.
Wounded Warrior Project: DeWitt vs Portland
December 16, 2011
DEWITT -- The meeting of two state-ranked teams always will ratchet up a typical football night. Both communities, naturally, want to see which is better on the field.
But during the hour before the opening kickoff Oct. 14 of DeWitt’s game against Portland, those teams and their supporters together recognized a grander cause. The night was dedicated to the Wounded Warrior Project, which aids U.S. soldiers (and their families) who have suffered service-related injuries and illnesses.
Rain washed out some planned attractions, but the evening certainly was memorable. Both teams wore camouflage jerseys and each sent its captains to the pre-game coin toss with an honorary captain representing the military. A number of other service personnel were involved – including a local color guard that presented a 30-foot flag for the national anthem.
It’s understandable if people’s visions of wars and our military are focused an ocean away. But connections hit close to home. DeWitt’s honorary captain, Lansing’s U.S. Army Spc. Jacob Shumway, recently returned from a deployment and has been in the service for two and a half years. He’s a 2003 Lansing Everett graduate, and his mother Susan Land is the principal at Lansing Eastern. His cousins Ethan and Collin Rennaker start for DeWitt, and he walked alongside them for the pregame flip. Shumway plans to attend Lansing Community College and study digital graphic design.
Both teams are considered contenders for their respective state titles next month; DeWitt is ranked No. 7 in Division 3, while Portland is No. 4 in Division 5. And they played like it – Portland prevailed 22-20 in overtime.
A great game, no question. But similarly significant was a preliminary figure of more than $11,000 raised for the WWP.
For more about the Wounded Warrior Project visit http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org.