Highlight Reel: Boys & Girls Lacrosse Finals

Highlights

June 11, 2016

By John Johnson
MHSAA Communications Director

Three teams maintained their winning ways at the MHSAA Lacrosse Finals on June 11, as Birmingham Brother Rice, East Grand Rapids and Rockford all successfully defended their titles in games played in Brighton and Howell.

Below are links to video highlights from Saturday’s games. Click on the final scores to watch games in their entirety and purchase DVDs.

Boys Finals

Division 1: Birmingham Brother Rice 10, Detroit Catholic Central 8

Great Scott - Birmingham Brother Rice and Detroit Catholic Central traded goals for most of the first half of the Division 1 Final, but Brother Rice took a 5-4 halftime lead on a goal off a restart by Ryan Scott.

Shamrocks Keep It Close - Detroit Catholic Central pulls closer in the fourth period against Brother Rice on this goal from Brennan Kamish.

Division 2: Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central 10, East Grand Rapids 6

Hallock Hammers It - Tanner Hallock of Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central scored the first two goals of the Division 2 championship game against East Grand Rapids, the first coming on this blast with 8:31 remaining in the first period.

Pretty Play For Pioneers - In transition, East Grand Rapids gets its first goal against Forest Hills Central. Ben Keller finishes the play.

Girls Finals

Division 1: Rockford 12, Birmingham United 9

Stachler Steals One - Birmingham United jumped out to a 4-0 lead on Rockford midway through the first half of the Division 1 title game. The fourth goal came when Jena Bazil steals the ball from Rockford's goalkeeper, and Anna Stachler converts on the turnover.

Mac Attack - Rockford scored the last four goals of the game against Birmingham United; the second off a restart by Mekenzie Vander Molen proved to be the game winner.

Houle Stones Waechter - In the final minute of the Division 1 Final, Birmingham United's Abbie Waechter breaks loose for a 1 v. 1 on Rockford goalie Briana Houle, who makes the big save to preserve the lead.

Division 2: East Grand Rapids 13, Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood 11

Cranes Start Hot - Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood started off the Division 2 Final against East Grand Rapids with three unanswered goals in less than four minutes. Here's some nifty work by Isabelle Scane on the second goal.

Elliott to Duca - East Grand Rapids opened up a six-goal lead in the second half. The goal that proved to be the game winner came from Auden Elliott with the assist by Lindsay Duca, who had eight assists on the day, one short of a Finals game record.

PHOTO: Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood and East Grand Rapids face off during the Division 2 girls championship game.

Highlights

Football, Volleyball Districts Streaming

November 5, 2019

By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties

More than 100 volleyball matches in the MHSAA District Tournament will take place on MHSAA.tv and the NFHS Network this week, joining a group of District Championship Football Playoff games – plus three Prep Zone events on FOXSportsDetroit.com.

The Volleyball action will be streamed from 25 tournament centers, most coverage being provided by Pixellot, the NFHS Network’s automated production solution. Wednesday (Nov. 6) will be the biggest night of streaming, with 40 matching being shown.

The Prep Zone games can be seen on FoxSportsDetroit.com and on FOX Sports Go! for handheld and streaming devices like Roku. Here are this weekend games, all at 7 p.m. on Friday (Nov. 8):

East Kentwood at Brighton (Div. 1)
Detroit Cass Tech at Dearborn Fordson (Div. 1)
Fenton at Walled Lake Western (Div. 2)

MHSAA.tv will play host to 30 District Football Playoff games over the weekend, most produced by participants in the School Broadcast Program. The NFHS Network is again providing bonus coverage of two additional games Friday – Davison at Lapeer in Division 1 and Edwardsburg at Zeeland West in Division 3.

Here’s the complete schedule of upcoming events on MHSAA.tv: