Highlight Reel: Division 1-2 Baseball Semifinals
June 12, 2015
By John Johnson
MHSAA communications director
The first sessions of MHSAA Baseball Semifinals were played Thursday at McLane Stadium at Michigan State University. Hartland and Portage Northern in Division 1 and Mount Pleasant and Orchard Lake St. Mary’s in Division 2 advanced to Saturday’s championship games.
Click the headings below for highlights from all four Semifinals broadcasts on MHSAA.tv.
Division 1
Hartland 5, Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills 0
Hartland Scores Twice In First The Eagles got two runs in the first inning against Kenowa Hills when Gary Turnbull singled to drive in Zach Behnke and Alex Vydick scored on an error.
Hendricks RBI Single Hartland added its final run in the fifth against Kenowa Hills when Max Hendricks singled down the third base line to plate John Baker.
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Portage Northern 8, Grosse Pointe South 0
Hall's RBI Single Portage Northern scored six runs in the first two innings, with this RBI single by Collin Hall the lone hit.
Henry Safe At Home Tommy Henry scores for Portage Northern in the fourth inning on a close play at the plate.
Young's Second Scoring Hit Brady Young paced Portage Northern with two hits and two RBI against Grosse Pointe South. Here's his second run-scoring hit in the sixth inning.
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Division 2
Mount Pleasant 9, Adrian 0
Keep On Trucksin' A based-loaded single through the box by Max Trucks delivers Mount Pleasant's first run against Adrian. Trucks had two hits in the game for the Oilers.
Suicide Squeeze Is Painless With the bases loaded in the fourth inning, Mount Pleasant tries a suicide squeeze bunt. Dan Keller pushes the run home, is safe at first and a second run scores on an error.
Sixth Inning Oiler Score Kalebb Perry drops a single into right field to score the final run of the game for Mount Pleasant against Adrian.
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Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 9, Mattawan 1
Boyd Plates Two Drew Boyd gets things started for Orchard Lake St. Mary's against Vicksburg with this two-run single in the first inning. The Eaglets scored five times in the first frame.
Two More Eaglet Runs Orchard Lake St. Mary's got two more runs in the third inning when Drake Titus had an RBI single, and a throwing error brought home one more.
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MHSAA TV Offers Spring Finals Discount
May 25, 2016
By John Johnson
MHSAA Communications Director
For the second straight year, high school sports fans can watch three weekends of MHSAA Spring Tournament action on MHSAA.tv with a special All-Access Pass being offered by the NFHS Network.
The NFHS Network is offering its Month Pass for just $9.95, which is 33 percent off the normal retail price. The pass will provide access to more than 100 hours of live programming of Spring Finals. Click here to take advantage of this offer.
Coverage begins June 4 with live coverage of the running events at the MHSAA Track & Field Finals. Here’s the complete Spring Finals live streaming schedule:
- June 4 – Track Finals – Running events – Hudsonville (L.P. Div. 1), Zeeland (L.P. Div. 2), Comstock Park (L.P. Div. 3), Houseman Field, Grand Rapids (L.P. Div. 4), Kingsford (U.P.) – Coverage begins at 10 a.m.
- June 11 – Lacrosse Finals – Brighton (Girls), Howell - Parker Middle School (Boys) – Two games at each site, coverage begins at 2 p.m.
- June 16-18 – Baseball-Softball Semifinals & Finals – Michigan State University – Four games in each sport-each day, coverage begins at 9 a.m. each day
- June 17-18 – L.P. Girls Soccer Finals – Michigan State University – Two games each day, beginning at 1 p.m.
Highlights of all Finals events will be available for free viewing on a same day or next day basis. All events will be archived for free on-demand viewing, beginning three days after their completion.
Available on MHSAA.tv this week is a School Broadcast Program highlights package from the past week. This week's highlights package comes from Softball games between Davison at Lake Orion and Owosso at Haslett, and a Baseball game between Gladstone at Negaunee.
The School Broadcast Program, powered by PlayOn! Sports, is a platform which schools can utilize to reach members of their community about activities taking place in their buildings, providing recognition for students while at the same time giving them hands-on opportunities to gain broadcasting experience and providing schools an opportunity to realize additional revenues for their programs. Schools interested in becoming a part of the School Broadcast Program should contact John Johnson at the MHSAA Office.