Highlight Reel: Friday Football Finals
November 28, 2015
By John Johnson
MHSAA Communications Director
Champions were crowned Friday (Nov. 27) in four divisions of the 2015 MHSAA 11-Player Football Playoffs – presented by the Michigan Army National Guard – at Ford Field in Detroit.
Below are highlight clips from every game plus links to watch them in full.
Division 8
Muskegon Catholic Central 7, Waterford Our Lady 0
Senerius To Senerius – Waterford Our Lady threatened several times in the first half, including late, when Clay Senerius hit Devin Senerius for a 30-yard gain.
Crusaders Go On Top – The only score of the Division 8 title game came early in the fourth quarter when Muskegon Catholic Central's Christian Martinez ran it in from 8 yards out.
Watch the whole game and order DVDs by Clicking Here.
Division 2
Detroit Martin Luther King 40, Lowell 38
Dean’s Second TD For Lowell – Lowell jumped out to a 24-7 lead late in the first half on this 3-yard run by Max Dean, his second score of the game.
Incredible Finish - Corley Winning TD – On the final play of the game, Detroit King's Donnie Corley hauls in a 40-yard TD pass from Armani Posey to give the Crusaders the win over Lowell for the MHSAA Division 2 title.
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Division 6
Ithaca 27, Clinton 20
Sexton Takes It To The House – Clinton scored the first 13 points of the Division 6 Football Final against Ithaca. Here's the second touchdown on a 56-yard run by Mathew Sexton early in the third quarter.
Ithaca Takes The Lead – Ithaca's run of 27 unanswered points included this 18-yard pass from Jake Smith to Spence DeMull in the third quarter. The Yellowjackets added the PAT and never trailed again.
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Division 4
Zeeland West 40, Flint Powers Catholic 14
Dux Take Flight – Zeeland West QB Casey Brinks was 4 for 4 passing for 103 yards against Flint Powers, getting half of that yardage on this pass to Tyler Thompson in the first quarter. This pass set up the Dux’ first TD.
Sargent Hits Brcic For Six – Noah Sargent makes a nice TD pass on the run to Luke Brcic for Flint Powers Catholic against Zeeland West in the Division 4 Final.
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The MHSAA Football Finals are sponsored by the Michigan National Guard.
PHOTO: Ithaca quarterback Jake Smith dives ahead for an extra yard during the Division 6 Final.
MHSAA TV: 1,000 Live Events & Growing
September 24, 2019
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
Less than two months into the 2019-20 school year, MHSAA.tv is topping the 1,000 mark for live streamed video of interscholastic athletic events on the NFHS Network.
Just a year ago, just under 300 live streams had been produced by a combined 34 schools. This week began with MHSAA.tv having streamed 986 events originated at 84 schools.
The surge in events is powered by the addition of Pixellot, the NFHS Network’s automated production solution at a growing number of MHSAA member schools. Since this time last year, units at more than 50 schools have been activated. In all, 108 schools have launched or will be launching more than 180 Pixellots at gymnasiums and outdoor athletic facilities around the state.
Here’s a breakdown of the MHSAA member schools utilizing Pixellot:
Active Indoor & Outdoor Units – Auburn Hills Oakland Christian, Bad Axe, Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood, Birmingham Seaholm, Brighton, Brownstown Woodhaven, Cadillac, Chesaning, Clare, Calumet, Cedar Springs, Corunna, East Grand Rapids, Frankenmuth, Freeland, Grand Blanc, Grand Rapids Catholic Central, Howell, Ishpeming, Manchester, Maple City Glen Lake, Montrose, Norway, Novi, Ovid-Elsie, Petoskey, Plainwell, Pontiac Notre Dame Prep, Rockford, Saginaw Heritage, Saline, South Lyon, South Lyon East, St. Clair Shores Lake Shore, St. Joseph, Stevensville Lakeshore, Troy, Troy Athens. Watervliet, West Bloomfield, White Lake Lakeland.
Active Outdoor Units – Ithaca, Portage Northern.
Active Gymnasium Units – Ann Arbor Greenhills, Big Rapids, Bear Lake, Brethren, Bloomfield Hills Marian, Dollar Bay, Fenton, Flint Kearsley, Flint Powers Catholic, Fremont, Grand Rapids Christian, Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian, Grandville, Harbor Beach, Harrison, Hart, Hemlock, Highland Milford, Kalamazoo Christian, Linden, Madison Heights Lamphere, Morley-Stanwood, Mt. Morris, New Lothrop, Otisville-LakeVille, Pellston, Southfield Christian, St. Charles, Waterford Our Lady.
Schools With Pending Installations – Armada, Birmingham Groves, Bloomfield Hills, Bloomfield Hills Roeper, Burton Bendle, Caro, Clinton Township Chippewa Valley, Detroit Catholic Central, East Kentwood, Flushing, Grand Ledge, Holly, Livonia Clarenceville, Macomb Dakota, Macomb L’Anse Creuse North, Munising, Niles, Painesdale Jeffers, Plymouth Christian, Portage Central, Riverview Gabriel Richard, Saginaw Swan Valley, St. Ignace, Sterling Heights Stevenson+, Sturgis, Traverse City Central*, Traverse City West*, Utica+, Utica Eisenhower+, Utica Ford+, Vicksburg, Walled Lake Central, Walled Lake Northern, Walled Lake Western, Waterford Kettering, Waterford Mott, Williamston. (* Includes installation at Thirlby Field.) (+ Includes installations at Swinehart and Runkel Fields.)
The Pixellot schools join the following traditional School Broadcast Programs – Bay City John Glenn, Calumet, Cedar Springs, Charlevoix, Comstock Park, East Lansing, Fowlerville, Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett, Lake Orion, Marquette, Midland Dow, Montrose Mt. Pleasant, Negaunee, Onsted, Pewamo-Westphalia, Rockford, Rogers City, Vestaburg, Warren De La Salle Collegiate.
Here’s the complete list of varsity-level events to be streamed live in the coming week on MHSAA.tv and the NFHS Network:
Tuesday – Sept. 24
Boys Soccer - Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood Kingswood v. Hamtramck - 4:30 PM
Girls Field Hockey - West Bloomfield v. Pinckney - 4:30 PM
Boys Soccer - Buchanan v. Watervliet - 5 PM
Boys Soccer - Ovid-Elsie v. Mt. Morris - 5 PM
Girls Volleyball - Gobles v. Watervliet - 5 PM
Boys Soccer - Iron Mountain v. Marquette - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball - Norway v. Superior Central - 6 PM
Boys Soccer - Stevensville Lakeshore v. Mattawan - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Bellaire v. Pellston - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Grand Rapids Christian v. East Grand Rapids - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Kalamazoo Christian v. Galesburg-Augusta - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – White Lake Lakeland v. Walled Lake Western - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Otisville LakeVille v. New Lothrop - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Lutheran Westland v. Southfield Christian - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Milford v. Walled Lake Northern - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Mt. Morris v. Durand - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Novi v. Brighton - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Oakland Christian v. Plymouth Christian Academy - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Flint Powers Catholic v. Davison - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - South Lyon East v. South Lyon - 6:30 PM
Boys Soccer - Troy Athens v. TBA - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - Novi v. Canton - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Brethren v. Marion - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Cadillac v. Traverse City Central - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball – Flint Carman-Ainsworth v. Grand Blanc - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Fremont v. Central Montcalm - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Lake Orion v. Oxford - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball – Bloomfield Hills Marian v. Farmington Hills Mercy - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Petoskey v. Gaylord - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Saline v. Temperance Bedford - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Saline v. Temperance Bedford - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Bad Axe v. Vassar - 7:30 PM
Wednesday - Sept. 25
Boys Soccer - Ithaca v. Hemlock - 5:30 PM
Boys Soccer - Manchester v. Clinton - 5:30 PM
Boys Soccer - St. Clair Shores Lake Shore v. Marysville - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball - Fenton v. Flushing - 6:15 PM
Girls Volleyball - Kearsley v. Linden - 6:15 PM
Boys Soccer - Traverse City Central v. Traverse City West - 6:20 PM
Girls Volleyball – Ann Arbor Greenhills v. Marine City Cardinal Mooney Catholic - 6:30 PM
Boys Soccer - Cedar Springs v. TBA - 6:45 PM
Boys Soccer – Birmingham Seaholm v. Detroit Country Day - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - South Lyon East v. TBA - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - South Lyon v. TBA - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - South Lyon v. TBA - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - Suttons Bay v. Maple City Glen Lake - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Fowlerville v. St. Johns - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Frankenmuth v. Saginaw Swan Valley - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Morley Stanwood v. Hesperia - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball – Waterford Our Lady v. Madison Heights Bishop Foley - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Harrison v. Sanford Meridian - 7:30 PM
Thursday - Sept. 26
Boys Soccer - Bangor v. Watervliet - 5:25 PM
Boys Soccer – Madison Heights Lamphere v. St. Clair - 5:30 PM
Boys Soccer - Portage Northern v. Kalamazoo Central - 5:30 PM
Boys Soccer - Clare v. TBA - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball – Flint Kearsley v. Flint Carman-Ainsworth - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – White Lake Lakeland v. South Lyon East - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest v. Southfield Christian - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Wayland Union v. East Grand Rapids - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - White Cloud v. Hart - 6:30 PM
Boys Soccer – Troy Athens v. Grand Blanc - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - Novi v. Brighton - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - Troy v. Pontiac Notre Dame Prep - 7 PM
Girls Field Hockey - Saline v. Chelsea - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Bear Lake v. Brethren - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian v. Wyoming Lee - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Grandville v. East Kentwood - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball – Bloomfield Hills Marian v. Wixom St. Catherine - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Troy v. Rochester Adams - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - West Bloomfield v. Clarkston - 7 PM
Friday - Sept. 27
Boys Soccer – Brownstown Woodhaven v. Dearborn Divine Child - 4:30 PM
Football - Stevensville Lakeshore v. Portage Central - 5:30 PM
Football - Portage Northern v. Mattawan - 5:30 PM
Football - Wayland Union v. East Grand Rapids - 6:30 PM
Football - Cadillac v. Lake Odessa Lakewood - 7 PM
Football - Calumet v. Norway - 7 PM
Football - Caro v. Elkton Pigeon Bay Port Laker - 7 PM
Football - Clare v. Sanford Meridian - 7 PM
Football - Frankenmuth v. Saginaw Swan Valley - 7 PM
Football – Maple City Glen Lake v. Gladstone - 7 PM
Football – Saginaw Heritage v. Midland Dow - 7 PM
Football - Ithaca v. Carrollton - 7 PM
Football - St. Clair Shores Lake Shore v. St. Clair Shores South Lake - 7 PM
Football – Madison Heights Lamphere v. Clawson - 7 PM
Football - Manchester v. Vandercook Lake - 7 PM
Football - Norway v. Calumet - 7 PM
Football – Pontiac Notre Dame Prep v. TBA - 7 PM
Football - Novi v. Plymouth - 7 PM
Football - Ovid-Elsie v. New Lothrop - 7 PM
Football - Petoskey v. Marquette - 7 PM
Football - Rockford v. Grand Haven - 7 PM
Football - South Lyon East v. White Lake Lakeland - 7 PM
Football - South Lyon v. Walled Lake Northern - 7 PM
Football - Dowagiac v. Plainwell - 7 PM
Football – Grosse Pointe North v. Port Huron Northern - 7 PM
Football - Ishpeming v. Negaunee - 7 PM
Football - Kalamazoo Christian v. Watervliet - 7 PM
Football - Laingsburg v. Pewamo-Westphalia - 7 PM
Football - Lansing Eastern v. Fowlervi