This Week on MHSAA.TV
September 3, 2014
Fall sports are entering their first full month of 2014, and the first events of this school year have made their way to MHSAA.tv on the NFHS Network.
Read on for a list of recent events currently available on-demand MHSAA.tv, followed by this week's MHSAA Perspective and MHSAA.tv Highlights.
Football
- Davison vs. Fenton
- Lowell vs. Canada Prep Football Academy
- Onaway vs. Indian River Inland Lakes
- Calumet vs. Eagle River Northland Pines
- East Lansing vs. St. Johns
- Montrose vs. Reese
Boys Soccer
- Cedar Springs vs. East Grand Rapids
- Montrose vs. Durand
- East Lansing vs. Middleville Thornapple Kellogg
- East Lansing vs. Waterford Mott
- East Lansing vs. Lansing Catholic
Volleyball
- Calumet vs. Iron River West Iron County
The following football games are scheduled to be broadcast this week by the School Broadcast Program:
- Negaunee at Calumet - Video on Demand available following game
- Grand Haven at East Lansing - Video on Demand available following game
- Rapid River at Posen - Video on Demand available following game
- Oscoda at Whittemore-Prescott - Video on Demand available following game
- Corunna at Montrose - LIVE – Friday, 7 p.m. – Subscription
- Traverse City Central at Escanaba - LIVE – Friday, 7 p.m. – Subscription
- Saginaw at Davison - Video on Demand available following game
MHSAA Perspective: In this week's edition, our John Johnson talks about how students, parents and communities are enriched by school sports - Enhancing the Fan Experience
MHSAA.tv Highlights: This week's package includes clips from the Calumet/Eagle River Northland Pines, Lowell/Canada Prep Football Academy and Indian River Inland Lakes/Onaway football games. (See below.)
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.