Michel Finishes with Story to Tell
June 11, 2013
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Andrew Michel received the heart-breaking news only moments before leaving his golf team’s Regional on Friday to get ready for that night’s Brownstown-Woodhaven prom.
But missing making the MHSAA Finals by a stroke was not the first thing he shared with those who asked about his day at West Shore Golf and Country Club in Grosse Ile.
Instead, the graduating senior told of the 132-yard shot he dropped for a hole-in-one on the par-3 12th hole, his second ace but first in competition.
Michel finished with a season-best 76, missing the cut for this weekend’s Lower Peninsula Division 1 Final by a stroke despite firing another eagle during the final holes of his round.
“At the start of the day, I told myself don’t leave anything on the table. Go for it on every hole, make every shot and just have fun at your last tournament,” Michel said Tuesday afternoon as he readied for that night’s graduation ceremony. “Being a senior, I went for everything.”
The best part might’ve been how he came back from a disappointing previous hole.
Michel had just finished off a triple bogey on No. 11, and admitted he was down on himself. He stepped to the next tee with his pitching wedge, and “I didn’t really care what happened. I chose the club I like to hit on that hole, and in the air I was thinking it was really good,” he said.
The ball touched down on the green and spun back into the hole.
Michel also played golf and soccer at Brownstown-Woodhaven. He’ll attend Grand Valley State University in the fall, study engineering, and will try to walk-on the Lakers’ golf team.
“Deep down inside,” he said he’s disappointed he won’t be playing at Michigan State’s Forest Akers West on Friday. But he’s got a quite a highlight to take with him from his final high school round.
“It was very bittersweet. I really wanted to go to state,” Michel said. “But the hole-in-one balanced it out a bit.”
Eye on the official
Hopefully you caught our MHSAA benchmarks piece (also published on Second Half) on longtime official Lamont Simpson, who has worked not only MHSAA Finals but NCAA tournaments and is one of 32 officials in the WNBA. (Here’s the link in case you missed it.)
He also became that league’s first to wear the referee cam, debuting the new gear during a recent game between the Phoenix Mercury and Indiana Fever.
The camera provides plenty of ref’s-eye views. Click the video below to check it out.
Wheels of Steele
We’ve been watching the inspiring progress of Frankenmuth runner Bobby Steele especially over the last few years as his story became known across the Lower Peninsula.
Steele, who is visually impaired, has run cross country and track for the Eagles, thanks to the help of guides who ran with him to help him stay on course.
If you haven’t heard Steele’s awesome story, check out this 8-minute video. Not only did Steele run, but he cut roughly 12 minutes off his first cross country times over the course of his career.
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