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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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Find Team Wrestling, Cheer on MHSAA TV

February 24, 2016

By John Johnson
MHSAA Communications Director

The first of two weekends of Wrestling Finals action headlines the live content available on a subscription basis on MHSAA.tv in the coming week.

Thirty-two schools from across the state will take part in the Team Dual Wrestling Finals at McGuirk Arena in Mt. Pleasant on Friday and Saturday, and all 32 matches will be streamed live. On Saturday, the Division 3 Regionals in the Girls Competitive Cheer Tournament will be broadcast. 

On Monday (Feb. 29), the first-ever live coverage of skiing will take place when the Student Broadcast Program at Marquette High School streams the Division 1 Boys & Girls Skiing Finals at Marquette Mountain.  Later that day, Girls Basketball Tournament action grabs the spotlight with two games from a Class C District at Laingsburg High School, with an SBP crew from Montrose High School providing the coverage.

All sporting events – Live or On-Demand – are available on a subscription basis only for their first 72 hours online.  The best deal is to purchase the Month Pass for $14.95, which allows live viewing of all MHSAA Tournament action to be covered over the next five weekends – including Individual Wrestling, Girls Competitive Cheer, Ice Hockey, Girls Gymnastics, Lower Peninsula Boys Swimming & Diving, and Girls and Boys Basketball.  A Day Pass also is available for $9.95. All events become available for free, on-demand viewing approximately 72 hours following their completion.

Here is the schedule for the coming week of winter MHSAA Tournaments on MHSAA.tv (as of Feb. 22, subject to change):

Friday, February 26

Team Dual Wrestling at Mt. Pleasant – With seed numbers

• Division 4 Quarterfinals @ Noon
#1 New Lothrop (21-5) vs. #8 Munising (19-5)
#4 Hesperia (36-6) vs. #5 Springport (28-6)
#3 Hudson (16-14) vs. #6 Manchester (23-6)
#2 Decatur (27-3) vs. #7 Leroy Pine River (25-4)

• Division 1 Quarterfinals @ 2 p.m.
#1 Hartland (31-1) vs. #8 Temperance Bedford (21-4)
#4 Oxford (23-8) vs. #5 Hudsonville (26-5)
#3 Detroit Catholic Central (15-5) vs. #6 Macomb Dakota (27-11)
#2 Davison (22-4) vs. #7 Grand Ledge (19-7)  

• Division 3 Quarterfinals @ 4 p.m.
#1 Dundee (18-0) vs. #8 Delton Kellogg (18-3)
#4 Richmond (24-10) vs. #5 Whitehall (25-1)
#3 Lake Fenton (38-3) vs. #6 Birch Run (26-4)
#2 Remus Chippewa Hills (39-1) vs. #7 Gladstone (16-1)

• Division 2 Quarterfinals @ 6 p.m.
#1 Lowell (19-3) vs. #8 Sturgis (27-7)
#4 Goodrich (33-4) vs. #5 Allegan (29-5)
#3 Gaylord (41-1) vs. #6 Warren Woods-Tower (26-6)
#2 St. Johns (26-4) vs. #7 Dearborn Heights Annapolis (38-3) 

Saturday, February 27

Team Dual Wrestling at Mt. Pleasant

• Division 1 Semifinals @ 10 a.m.
Hartland/Temperance Bedford winner vs. Oxford/Hudsonville winner
Detroit Catholic Central/Macomb Dakota winner vs. Davison/Grand Ledge winner

• Division 4 Semifinals @ 10 a.m.
New Lothrop/Munising winner vs. Hesperia/Springport winner
Hudson/Manchester winner vs. Decatur/Leroy Pine River winner

• Division 2 Semifinals @ Noon
Lowell/Sturgis winner vs. Goodrich/Allegan winner
Gaylord/Warren Woods-Tower winner vs. St. Johns/Dearborn Heights Annapolis winner

• Division 3 Semifinals @ Noon
Dundee/Delton Kellogg winner vs. Richmond/Whitehall winner
Lake Fenton/Birch Run winner vs. Remus Chippewa Hills/Gladstone winner

• Finals – All Divisions – 3:30 p.m.

Competitive Cheer Division 3 Regionals at Rockford - 6 p.m.
Competitive Cheer Division 3 Regionals at Flint Kearsley - 6 p.m.

Monday, February 29

Division 1 Skiing Finals at Marquette – 10 a.m. 
Class C Girls Basketball District First Round at Laingsburg
Byron v. Saranac – 5:30 p.m.
Laingsburg v. Carson City-Crystal – 7 p.m.

In its seventh year, the School Broadcast Program gives members an opportunity to showcase excellence in their schools by creating video programming of athletic and non-athletic events with students gaining skills in announcing, camera operation, directing/producing and graphics.

The program also gives schools the opportunity to raise money through advertising and viewing subscriptions. 

Here is the schedule for winter MHSAA Tournaments on MHSAA.TV (As of Feb. 22, subject to change): 

Wednesday, February 24

Thursday, February 25

  • Grand Rapids West Catholic at Comstock Park – Freshman Boys Basketball – 4 p.m.
  • Grand Rapids West Catholic at Comstock Park – JV Boys Basketball – 5:30 p.m.
  • Romeo at Lake Orion – Ice Hockey – 7:45 p.m.

Friday, February 26

  • Grand Rapids West Catholic at Comstock Park – Girls Basketball – 6 p.m.
  • Lansing Waverly at Haslett – Girls Basketball – 6 p.m. - LIVE
  • Fairview at Rogers City – JV Boys Basketball – 6 p.m. – On-Demand
  • Gaylord at Alpena – Ice Hockey – 7 p.m. – LIVE
  • Lapeer at Lake Orion – Boys Basketball – 7 p.m. – LIVE
  • Trenton at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood – 7:15 p.m. – LIVE
  • Lake Linden-Hubbell at Calumet – Boys Basketball – 7:20 p.m. – LIVE
  • Grand Rapids West Catholic at Comstock Park – Boys Basketball – 7:30 p.m. – LIVE
  • Lansing Waverly at Haslett – Boys Basketball – 7:30 p.m. – LIVE
  • Fairview at Rogers City – Boys Basketball – 7:30 p.m. – LIVE

Monday, February 29

  • Posen vs. Hillman @ Rogers City – Class D Girls Basketball District – 7:30 p.m. – LIVE

Tuesday, March 1

  • Traverse City West at Alpena – JV Boys Basketball – 5:30 p.m. – LIVE
  • Traverse City West at Alpena – Boys Basketball – 7p.m. – LIVE
  • Eaton Rapids at Haslett – Boys Basketball – 7 p.m. – LIVE
  • Comstock at Plainwell – Boys Basketball – 7:15 p.m. – LIVE

Wednesday, March 2

  • Onaway at Rogers City – Class D Girls Basketball District – 6 p.m. – LIVE
  • Waterford Mott/Oxford winner at Lake Orion – Class A Girls Basketball District – 7 p.m. - LIVE

Schools interested in becoming a part of the School Broadcast Program should contact John Johnson at the MHSAA Office.