Highlight Reel: Boys Soccer Finals
November 7, 2015
By John Johnson
MHSAA communications director
Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central, Mason, Grand Rapids South Christian and Burton Genesee Christian won MHSAA boys soccer championships Saturday.
Click below for MHSAA.tv highlights from all four games, plus links to watch them in full.
Division 1
Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central 2, Canton 0
Rangers First Goal - Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central scored once in each half in the Division 1 title game against Canton. Anthony Bowie gets the first tally with 17:25 left in the period.
Insurance Goal By Haji - With 1:30 left to play, Forest Hills Central gets its second goal, by Mohamed Haji.
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Division 2
Mason 3, Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern 2 (Shootout)
VanNortwick Blast - Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern scored first in the Division 2 title game with Mason. Evan VanNortwick's blast from way out found the top of the net with 15:13 left in the first half.
Bulldogs Tie It - Early in the second half, Mason's Christian Jordan heads in a corner kick to tied the score at 1-1.
Barrington Bangs It In - Things looked good for Forest Hills Northern when Travis Barrington headed in a cross with 2:32 left against Mason to give the Huskies a 2-1 lead.
Wild Goal Ties It Again - In a wild play in front of the net, Mason's Christian Jordan gets the goal with 38 seconds left in regulation to tie the game against Forest Hills Northern at 2-2.
Shefkiu Finishes It - On the final kick of the shootout, Mason's Lirim Shefkiu scores to give the Bulldogs the Division 2 title.
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Division 3
Grand Rapids South Christian 1, Williamston 0 (Shootout)
Selvius Stops - The big save in the shootout for Grand Rapids South Christian came when Sailors keeper Carter Selvius stopped a shot by Austin Brown of Williamston.
Championship Kick - In the shootout, Zach DeKock scored the winning goal for Grand Rapids South Christian.
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Division 4
Genesee Christian 3, Kalamazoo Hackett 2 (OT)
Soldiers Score First - Cole Russell gets the game's first goal with 10:01 left in the first half for Genesee Christian.
Knoll Goal - Kalamazoo Hackett ties the game 10 minutes into the second half when Will Knoll directs the ball in off a restart.
Rose Smelling Sweet - Genesee Christian took a momentary lead with nine minutes left in regulation when Tyler Rose scored.
Amat Knocks Down The Door - Hackett tied the game at 2-2 with 7:11 left in regulation when James Amat knocked in Max Keenan's free kick.
Oliver’s Twist For The Win - Jesse Oliver got the game winner for Genesee Christian with about a minute left in the first overtime period.
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PHOTO: Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central’s Mohamed Haji (10) had one of his team’s two goals in the Division 1 Final.
30 Game Broadcasts Airing on MHSAA TV
September 30, 2015
By John Johnson
MHSAA communications director
More than 50 events, including more than 30 athletic broadcasts, will be put out by members of the MHSAA’s School Broadcast Program during the coming week.
The programming ranges from athletic events to school board meetings, daily student announcements and powder puff football games. A complete list of participating schools can be found on the School Broadcast Program page of the MHSAA website.
In its seventh year, the School Broadcast Program gives members an opportunity to showcase excellence in their schools by creating video programming of athletic and non-athletic events, with students gaining skills in announcing, camera operation, directing/producing and graphics.
The program also gives schools the opportunity to raise money through advertising and viewing subscriptions.
All sporting events – Live or On-Demand – are available on a subscription basis only for their first 72 hours online. They become available for free, on-demand viewing approximately 72 hours following their completion.
Here’s the schedule of School Broadcast Program members planning to stream athletic competition this week for broadcast at MHSAA.tv. On-Demand listings may be available as soon as one hour following an event’s completion. (List as of Sept. 29):
Wednesday – Sept. 30
- Standish-Sterling at Pinconning – Boys Soccer – 5 p.m. – On-Demand
- Okemos at East Lansing – Boys Soccer – 6:30 p.m. – On-Demand
Thursday – Oct. 1
- Grand Rapids Northview at Cedar Springs – Girls Volleyball – 6 p.m. – LIVE
- Holt at East Lansing – Girls Swimming & Diving – 6 p.m. – On-Demand
- Hopkins at Comstock Park – JV Football – 6:30 p.m. – LIVE
- Marine City Cardinal Mooney at Onaway – Girls Volleyball – 7 p.m. – On-Demand
- Clarkston at Lake Orion – Volleyball – 7 p.m. – LIVE
Friday – Oct. 2
- Tawas at Whittemore-Prescott – Football – 6:30 p.m. – On-Demand
- Burton Atherton at AuGres-Sims – Football – 7 p.m. – On-Demand
- Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern at Cedar Springs – Football – 7 p.m. – LIVE
- Lansing Everett at East Lansing – Football – 7 p.m. – On-Demand
- DeWitt at Haslett – Football – 7 p.m. – LIVE
- Lansing Waverly at Mason – Football – 7 p.m. – LIVE
- Standish-Sterling at Montrose – Football – 7 p.m. – LIVE
- Dowagiac at Plainwell – Football – 7 p.m. – LIVE
- Grand Haven at Rockford – Football – 7 p.m. – LIVE
- Mio at Rogers City – Football – 7 p.m. – LIVE
- Kingsford at Marquette – Football – 7:30 p.m. – LIVE
- Lincoln Alcona at Oscoda – Football – 7 p.m. – LIVE
- Houghton Lake at Clare – Football – 7 p.m. - LIVE
Saturday – Oct. 3
- Onaway Volleyball Invitational – 9 a.m. – On-Demand
Tuesday – Oct. 6
- Oscoda at Lincoln Alcona – Girls Volleyball – 6 p.m. – LIVE
- Jackson at East Lansing – Girls Volleyball – 6 p.m. – On-Demand
- Grand Rapids Northview at Cedar Springs – Boys Soccer – 6:45 p.m. – LIVE
- L’Anse at Calumet – Girls Volleyball – 7 p.m. – LIVE
- Posen at Rogers City – Girls Volleyball – 7 p.m. – LIVE
- Johannesburg-Lewiston at Onaway – Girls Volleyball – 7 p.m. – On-Demand
Weekly highlights from games produced by participants in the MHSAA's School Broadcast Program are back for another school year on MHSAA.tv. Highlights from this past week come from an 8-player football games between Cedarville at Onaway and girls volleyball matches between Kingsford at Marquette and Mason at Haslett. See below for this week’s package.
Schools interested in becoming a part of the School Broadcast Program should contact John Johnson at the MHSAA Office.
Launching at Midnight every Friday throughout the season is MHSAA Football Friday Overtime on FOX Sports Detroit. Mickey York and Rob Rubick host the weekly 30-minute highlights show. The show will re-air most Saturday and Sunday mornings – and will be archived on the FOX Detroit Website. This week, FFOT will re-air at 6 and 8:30 a.m. Saturday; and 10 a.m. Sunday on FOX Sports Detroit.
The following games are scheduled to be highlighted this week on Football Friday Overtime:
- Novi at South Lyon
- Walled Lake Northern at Walled Lake Western
- Detroit Collegiate Prep at Detroit Pershing
- Northville at Livonia Stevenson
- Flint Hamady at Burton Bendle
- Flint Beecher at Lake Fenton