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High 5s: 11/7/12

November 7, 2012

This past Saturday saw eight teams and eight individuals crowned MHSAA champions, and this week we feature a few who will be listed among the best for all time. 

Erin Finn
West Bloomfield senior
Cross country

Finn won her second straight MHSAA individual Lower Peninsula Division 1 championship, this time in 17:07.9. Her finish was the fastest from any of the four divisions that raced Saturday at Michigan International Speedway, and gave her the victory in hers by 27 seconds. Finn’s time was the fourth-best ever at an MHSAA Final. She has three of the top 15 times ever run at MIS, more than any other runner.

On track for more: Finn also won an MHSAA Track and Field championship last season, setting an all-division/class record in the 1,600 with a time of 10:17.86. That time was nearly five seconds better than the previous best.

Maize and Blue: Finn will run next season at the University of Michigan. The Wolverines cross country team is ranked No. 7 nationally heading into Friday's NCAA Great Lakes Regional. 

Scientifically speaking: Finn intends to study biomechanical engineering at U-M. "My junior year, I found out I love physics, and I already knew I loved bio and chemistry. So, what's better than to combine those?"

Runners to chase: “I looked up to Megan Goethals (of Rochester), number one, and Shannon Osika (of Waterford Mott). They’re people I competed with. I know that one day I can be like that. It’s more real to me.”

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Nick Raymond
Erie Mason senior
Cross country

After dashing to the lead last season and finishing fourth, Nick Raymond dominated the Lower Peninsula Division 3 Final at MIS with a time of 15:05.1 – the second-fastest time for a Division 3/Class C MHSAA Final to only Maverick Darling's 14:52.8 for Ovid-Elsie in 2007. Raymond is the first individual cross country champion from Erie Mason (not counting another who finished first among individuals before team and individual placers were combined for one race beginning in 1997) and also placed in both the 1,600 and 3,200 at the spring's Lower Peninsula Division 3 Track and Field Final. 

A long drive: "I've been working hard, since the first time (I ran) in sixth grade. Working hard and training hard over the summer and during mandatory practices too." 

Brotherly influence: Raymond began running cross country in the footsteps of his older brother Andrew Raymond, a 2010 graduate. "He told me, 'If you just keep working hard, just look forward at your dream, your goal, you will achieve it.'"

Now the pool, then the track: Raymond swims during the winter, specializing in butterfly and breaststroke. Then it's on to track. Raymond finished fourth in the 1,600 (4:21.84) and seventh in the 3,200 (9:44.91) at last season's Lower Peninsula Division 3 Final. 

Looking up to Pre: Like many in the running community, Raymond considers former Oregon and international star Steve Prefontaine a major influence. "I liked how he had a lot of faith in himself."

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East Kentwood soccer

The top-ranked Falcons edged Grand Blanc 1-0 at Troy Athens to claim their fourth Division 1 championship in six seasons. They finished 22-1-4, their seventh with at least 20 wins in the last eight years. 

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Previous 2012-13 honorees:

Soccer, Volleyball Streaming Wednesday

November 4, 2020

By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties

Tune in tonight for live streams of MHSAA Boys Soccer Semifinals and continuing Girls Volleyball District action on the NFHS Network/MHSAA.tv.

Here is tonight’s schedule:
 
Boys Soccer
Mattawan vs. Detroit Catholic Central at Novi (Meadows Stadium) – 6 PM
Grand Rapids South Christian vs. Elk Rapids at Cedar Springs HS – 6 PM
Clarkston Everest Collegiate vs. Adrian Lenawee Christian at Troy Athens HS – 7 PM

Girls Volleyball
Birmingham Groves  vs. Troy Athens - 4:45 PM
Birch Run  vs. Mt Morris   - 5 PM
Comstock  vs. Kalamazoo Christian  - 5 PM
Davison  vs. Fenton   - 5 PM
Dearborn Heights  Crestwood vs. Garden City   - 5 PM
Edwardsburg  vs. Berrien Springs   - 5 PM
Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern  vs. Lowell   - 5 PM
Grosse Pointe North vs. Detroit East English  - 5 PM
Haslett  vs. DeWitt   - 5 PM
Lake Orion  vs. Oxford   - 5 PM
Madison Heights Bishop Foley vs. Warren Michigan Collegiate  - 5 PM
Marquette vs. Traverse City West   - 5 PM
Midland  vs. Bay City Central   - 5 PM
Ortonville Brandon  vs. Goodrich   - 5 PM
Otisville LakeVille vs. Burton Atherton   - 5 PM
Pontiac Notre Dame Prep vs. Madison Heights Lamphere   - 5 PM
Portage Central  vs. Sturgis   - 5 PM
Richmond  vs. St. Clair   - 5 PM
Romulus  vs. Grosse Ile   - 5 PM
Springport  vs. East Jackson   - 5 PM
Sterling Heights Parkway Christian School vs. Chesterfield Austin Catholic   - 5 PM
Troy  vs. Auburn Hills Avondale   - 5 PM
Walled Lake Central  vs. Hartland   - 5 PM
Westland Huron Valley Lutheran  vs. Lutheran  Westland  - 5 PM
Battle Creek Harper Creek  vs. Parchment   - 5:30 PM
Cassopolis  vs. Niles Brandywine   - 5:30 PM
Center Line  vs. St. Clair Shores South Lake   - 5:30 PM
Chesaning  vs. Saginaw   - 5:30 PM
Grandville Calvin Christian  vs. Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian  - 5:30 PM
Hart  vs. Hesperia  - 5:30 PM
Lansing Catholic  vs. Portland   - 5:30 PM
Leland  vs. Traverse City Christian - 5:30 PM
Manistee Catholic Central vs. Brethren  - 5:30 PM
Maple City Glen Lake  vs. Elk Rapids   - 5:30 PM
Morley Stanwood  vs. Pewamo-Westphalia   - 5:30 PM
New Lothrop  vs. Vassar   - 5:30 PM
North Branch  vs. Yale   - 5:30 PM
South Lyon East  vs. Pinckney   - 5:30 PM
Clinton Twp. Chippewa Valley  vs. Sterling Heights Stevenson  - 6 PM
Fraser vs. St. Clair Shores Lake Shore  - 6 PM
Mayville  vs. Peck  - 6 PM
New Life Christian Academy vs. Brown City   - 6 PM
Pinconning vs. Beaverton   - 6 PM
Traverse City Central  vs. Petoskey   - 6 PM
Unionville Sebewaing  vs. Harbor Beach - 6 PM
Bloomfield Hills Marian  vs. Birmingham Seaholm   - 6:30 PM
Dearborn Divine Child  vs. Dearborn   - 6:30 PM
Flint Hamady  vs. Burton Bentley   - 6:30 PM
Grand Blanc  vs. Lapeer   - 6:30 PM
Grand Ledge  vs. St Johns   - 6:30 PM
Macomb Lutheran North  vs. Algonac   - 6:30 PM
Niles  vs. Dowagiac Union   - 6:30 PM
Bridgeport  vs. Saginaw Swan Valley   - 7 PM
Calumet  vs. Hancock   - 7 PM
Clawson  vs. Detroit Country Day   - 7 PM
Clio vs. Caro   - 7 PM
Flint Powers Catholic  vs. Lake Fenton   - 7 PM
Flint Powers Catholic  vs. Lake Fenton   - 7 PM
Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central  vs. East Kentwood   - 7 PM
Grass Lake  vs. Michigan Center   - 7 PM
Holly  vs. Clarkston   - 7 PM
Imlay City  vs. Almont   - 7 PM
Kalamazoo Loy Norrix  vs. Portage Northern   - 7 PM
Lake Leelanau St. Mary  vs. Suttons Bay   - 7 PM
Lakeview  vs. Carson City-Crystal   - 7 PM
Mancelona  vs. Traverse City St. Francis   - 7 PM
Mason County Central  vs. White Cloud   - 7 PM
Merritt Academy vs. Marine City Cardinal Mooney Catholic   - 7 PM
Mount Pleasant  vs. Bay City Western   - 7 PM
Novi  vs. Plymouth - 7 PM
Onekama vs. Pentwater  - 7 PM
Plymouth Christian Academy vs. Taylor Trillium Academy  - 7 PM
Romulus Summit Academy North  vs. Flat Rock   - 7 PM
Saginaw Valley Lutheran  vs. Millington   - 7 PM
South Lyon  vs. Howell   - 7 PM
Vicksburg  vs. Three Rivers   - 7 PM
Watervliet  vs. Bridgman   - 7 PM
West Bloomfield  vs. Pontiac   - 7 PM
White Lake Lakeland  vs. Highland Milford   - 7 PM
Williamston  vs. Corunna   - 7 PM
Wyoming The Potter's House  vs. Grand Rapids Covenant Christian   - 7 PM
Royal Oak Shrine vs. Madison Heights Madison - 7:15 PM
Cass City  vs. Bad Axe   - 7:30 PM
Farwell  vs. Houghton Lake   - 7:30 PM
Kingston  vs. Dryden   - 7:30 PM
Memphis  vs. Marlette   - 7:30 PM
Warren Regina  vs. East Detroit   - 7:30 PM