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.
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.