This Week on MHSAA.TV
September 16, 2014
Two of the most notable games from the Week 3 football schedule highlight on-demand programming available on MHSAA.tv, along with additional volleyball coverage and the first swimming and diving broadcast of 2014-15.
Below are recent events currently available on-demand at MHSAA.tv, followed by this week's MHSAA Perspective and MHSAA.tv Highlights.
Football
- Onaway vs. Pellston
- Hillman vs. AuGres-Sims
- Escanaba vs. Cheboygan
- Haslett vs. St. Johns
- Plainwell vs. Coloma
- Cedar Springs vs. Belding
- Negaunee vs. Gladstone
- Rockford vs. Muskegon Mona Shores
Boys Soccer
- Cedar Springs vs. Greenville
Swimming and Diving
- East Lansing vs. Jackson
Volleyball
- East Lansing vs. Lansing Eastern
- Chesaning vs. Bullock Creek
- Montrose vs. Morrice
- Lincoln Alcona vs. Bay City John Glenn
MHSAA Perspective: In this week's edition, our John Johnson talks about how sportsmanship and civility should be an everyday thing, not something sparked temporarily by a tragedy - Remembering 9/14
MHSAA.tv Highlights: This week's package includes clips from the Rockford/Muskegon Mona Shores and Negaunee/Gladstone football games, Cedar Springs/Greenville soccer game and East Lansing/Lansing Eastern volleyball match.
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.