Highlight Reel: Boys & Girls Lacrosse Finals

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.

Football, Swim, Volleyball Stream LIVE

November 14, 2018

By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties

It’s the biggest streaming weekend of the Fall sports season on the MHSAA.tv, FoxSportsDetroit.com and MHSAANetwork.com websites and the FOX Sports app.

The weekend centers on MHSAA.tv wrapping up its Fall coverage with live video streaming of all Semifinals and Finals in Girls Volleyball, the championship round of all three Lower Peninsula Girls Swimming & Diving Finals and 13 Semifinal games in the 11-Player Football Playoffs – most of which will be produced by members of the School Broadcast Program. All live events are shown on a subscription basis.

The 8-Player Football Finals on Saturday (Nov. 17) at Marquette’s Superior Dome between Pickford and Morrice at 11 a.m. in Division 1 and Rapid River and Onekama at 2 p.m. in Division 2 will be streamed live on the Prep Zone on the FoxSportsDetroit.com website and the FOX Sports app. The games also will be shown on FOX Sports Detroit on Tuesday (Nov. 20), with Division 1 at 8 p.m. followed by Division 2 at 11 p.m. 

It's also the last week of the PrepZone on FoxSportsDetroit.com, with three 11-Player Football Semifinal games being streamed live. All games will be archived at MHSAA.tv.

The MHSAANetwork.com website will carry live free audio of all Volleyball Semifinal and Final matches Thursday through Saturday (Nov. 15-17), as well as the 8-Player Football Finals.

Here is this week's video streaming schedule (all events live online):

Thursday - Girls Volleyball Semifinals - MHSAA.tv & MHSAANetwork.com

Division 3

  • Unionville-Sebewaing v. Traverse City St. Francis - Noon
  • Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central v. Bronson - 2 p.m.

Division 2

  • Grand Rapids Christian v. Lake Odessa Lakewood - 4:30 p.m.
  • Pontiac Notre Dame Prep v. Corunna - 6:30 p.m.

Friday - Girls Volleyball Semifinals - MHSAA.tv & MHSAANetwork.com

Division 4

  • Mendon v. Southfield Christian - Noon
  • Leland v. Carney-Nadeau - 2 p.m.

Division 1

  • Lake Orion v. Farmington Hills Mercy - 4:30 p.m.
  • Northville v. Rockford - 6:30 p.m.

Saturday - 8-Player Football Finals – Prep Zone on FoxSportsDetroit.com & MHSAANetwork.com

  • Pickford v. Morrice, Division 1, 11 a.m.  
  • Rapid River v. Onekama, Division 2, 2 p.m. (Approx.)
  • Delayed cable broadcast on FOX Sports Detroit, Tuesday, Division 1 - 8 p.m.; Division 2 – 11 p.m. Archived at MHSAA.tv.

Saturday - Girls Volleyball Finals - MHSAA.tv & MHSAANetwork.com

  • Division 4 Final, 10 a.m.
  • Division 3 Final, Noon
  • Division 1 Final, 2 p.m.
  • Division 2 Final, 4 p.m.

Saturday - L.P. Girls Swimming & Diving Finals - MHSAA.tv - Noon

  • Division 1 – Eastern Michigan University
  • Division 2 – Oakland University
  • Division 3 – Holland Aquatics Center

Saturday - 11-Player Football Semifinals – Prep Zone on FoxSportsDetroit.com – 1 p.m.

  • Belleville v. Clinton Township Chippewa Valley, Division 1
  • DeWitt v. Detroit Martin Luther King, Division 3
  • Grand Rapids Catholic Central v. Edwardsburg, Division 4

Saturday - 11-Player Football Semifinals on MHSAA.tv - All games 1 p.m.

  • Clarkston v. Saline, Division 1
  • Midland v. Muskegon Mona Shores, Division 2
  • Birmingham Groves v. Warren DeLaSalle, Division 2
  • Zeeland East v. Muskegon, Division 3
  • Chelsea v. Williamston, Division 4
  • Hudsonville Unity Christian v. Saginaw Swan Valley, Division 5
  • Marine City v. Portland, Division 5
  • Montague v. Traverse City St. Francis, Division 6
  • Montrose v. Jackson Lumen Christi, Division 6
  • New Lothrop v. Lake City, Division 7
  • Cassopolis v. Madison Heights Madison, Division 7
  • Breckenridge v. Harbor Beach, Division 8
  • Holton v. Reading, Division 8

A subscription to MHSAA.tv is $9.95, and allows 30 days of viewing live content on the NFHS Network. All sporting events – live or delayed – 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.