Records Fall, Titles Won on MHSAA.TV

October 14, 2013

A Genesee County record-breaking volleyball performance and a Lansing-area soccer championship game were just two of many highlights from last week's slate of events brought to MHSAA.TV by the School Broadcast Program. 

Montrose's Brooke Williams broke her school's career record of 996 kills and then recorded her 1,000th in the Rams 3-1 win over Flint Beecher, while East Lansing defeated Mason and then Holt for this season's Capital Area Activities Conference boys soccer title. See more on those below in this week's MHSAA.TV highlight reel, or watch any of these events in their entirety: 

  • Johannesburg-Lewiston vs. Onaway volleyball
  • Flint Beecher vs. Montrose bolleyball
  • Calumet vs. L'Anse volleyball
  • Davison vs. Saginaw Arthur Hill volleyball
  • Hale vs. Hillman volleyball
  • Newberry vs. Gwinn volleyball
  • Posen vs. Rogers City volleyball
  • Sault Ste. Marie vs. Cheboygan volleyball
  • Calumet vs. Iron River West Iron County volleyball
  • Posen vs. Hillman volleyball
  • Lakeview vs. Ithaca boys soccer
  • East Lansing vs. Mason boys soccer
  • Cedar Springs vs. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern boys soccer
  • East Lansing vs. Holt boys soccer
  • Johannesburg-Lewiston vs. Onaway football
  • Oscoda vs. Hillman football
  • Boyne City vs. Charlevoix football
  • Pellson vs. Indian River Inland Lakes football
  • Pickford vs. St. Ignace football
  • Fife Lake Forest Area vs. Central Lake football
  • Paw Paw vs. Plainwell football
  • Cedar Springs vs. Grand Rapids West Catholic football

MHSAA Perspective: Sportsmanship long has been a focus of the MHSAA and will endure in school sports despite challenges that arise - Sportsmanship Shall Endure

See Finals Live on MHSAA.TV and Fox

November 19, 2013

It’s a huge streaming weekend for MHSAA tournaments, with more than 70 hours of live audio and video coverage of three sports on the MHSAA Network and FOX Sports Detroit.

The MHSAA.TV website will host live video of the Girls Volleyball Semifinals and Finals, and the Finals of  the Lower Peninsula Girls Swimming & Diving Championships, on a subscription basis. A pass can be purchased for $14.95 to watch all three days of volleyball plus the swimming, or a daily pass is available at $9.95. These events will be available for free on-demand viewing beginning Nov. 27 at MHSAA.TV.

Prep Zone: It’s the last weekend of Prep Zone coverage on the FoxSportsDetroit.com website, with free live coverage of the 8-Player Football Final and four Semifinal games in the 11-Player Football Playoffs. All of these events will be archived at MHSAA.TV

On Friday, the championship game of the 8-Player Football Playoffs between Peck and Rapid River at Legacy Field in Greenville will take place at 7 p.m., with live streaming video on FoxSportsDetroit.com, and live audio streaming on MHSAANetwork.com. Because of conflicts with collegiate and professional games, the game will be on cable on a delayed basis. It will be shown on FOX Sports Detroit at 9 a.m. Saturday and again on Nov. 26 at 8 p.m. The on-demand video archive will be available shortly after the game’s conclusion at MHSAA.TV.

Below are Saturday's 11-player Prep Zone games. Three kick off at 1 p.m. and Ithaca/Montrose begins at 2 p.m. 

  • Detroit Catholic Central (10-2) vs. Detroit Cass Tech (12-0) at Troy Athens High School
  • Birmingham Brother Rice (12-0) vs. Detroit Martin Luther King (10-1) at Wayne State University
  • Ithaca (12-0) vs. Montrose (12-0) at Midland High School
  • Muskegon Catholic Central (10-2) vs. New Lothrop (12-0) at Greenville High School

Volleyball Finals: Coverage runs Thursday through Saturday, and free audio of the games is available at MHSAANetwork.com. Here’s the complete schedule with Tuesday Quarterfinal pairings shown:

Thursday – Nov. 21

Class D Semifinals
2 p.m. – Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart/Leland winner vs. Waterford Our Lady/Marine City Cardinal Mooney winner
3:45 p.m. – Brimley/Crystal Falls Forest Park winner vs. Battle Creek St. Philip/Hillsdale Academy winner

Class A Semifinals
5:30 p.m. – Northville/Traverse City West winner vs. Haslett/East Grand Rapids winner
7:15 p.m. – Temperance Bedford/Livonia Stevenson winner vs. Romeo/Bloomfield Hills Marian winner

Friday – Nov. 22

Class C Semifinals
2 p.m. – Unionville-Sebewaing/Grand Rapids Covenant Christian winner vs. Schoolcraft/Mendon winner
3:45 p.m. – Ottawa Lake Whiteford/Auburn Hills Oakland Christian winner vs. Beal City/Calumet winner

Class B Semifinals
5:30 p.m. – Berrien Springs/Grand Rapids South Christian winner vs. Saginaw Swan Valley/Cadillac winner
7:15 p.m. – Pontiac Notre Dame Prep/North Branch winner vs. Monroe St. Mary /Wayland winner

Saturday – Nov. 23

Class D Final – 10 a.m.
Class C Final – Noon
Class A Final – 2 p.m.
Class B Final – 4 p.m.

Swimming & Diving Finals: On Saturday, MHSAA.TV will be home of live streaming video of the Lower Peninsula Girls Swimming & Diving Finals beginning at Noon. The Division 1 Finals will take place at Oakland University; the Division 2 Finals are at Eastern Michigan University and the Holland Aquatics Center will be hosting the Division 3 event.

Last week's action: A number of football Regional Finals and a pair of volleyball Regional games were added oto MHSAA.TV by our partners with the School Broadcast Program:

  • Montrose vs. Madison Heights Madison football
  • St. Ignace vs. Beal City football
  • Melvindale vs. St. Clair football
  • Saginaw Swan Valley vs. Lansing Sexton football
  • Battle Creek Pennfield vs. Grand Rapids South Christian football
  • Comstock Park vs. Cadillac football
  • Battle Creek Harper Creek vs. Plainwell volleyball
  • Berrien Springs vs. Three Rivers volleyball

MHSAA Perspective: John Johnson spotlights the writings of a former coach and current athletic director who adjusted his perspective about officials by calling his own 30-second timeout - 30-Second Timeout