Highlight Reel: Friday Baseball/Softball Semis

June 17, 2016

By John Johnson
MHSAA Communications Director
 

The field for the 2016 MHSAA Baseball and Softball Finals are now set, with the last four teams in each sport posting Semifinal victories Friday at Old College Field on the Michigan State University campus.

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

Baseball

Division 3

New Lothrop 6, Jackson Lumen Christi 1 

Mogel Makes It A Tie Game - Connor Mogle drove the ball into the gap in the third inning for Jackson Lumen Christi to plate a run and tie things up at 1-1 in the third inning.

Wendling’s First RBI Single - Putting New Lothrop in the lead to stay was Max Wendling, with RBI singles in back to back innings. 

Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett 9, Mason County Central 0

Bases-Clearing Double - The big hit in a four-run second inning for Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett was a bases loaded double by William Morrison.

Division 4 

Sterling Heights Parkway Christian 5, Centreville 1

Eagles Take Flight - Sterling Heights Parkway Christian jumped out to a 4-0 lead on Centerville in its first at bat, featuring a two-run single by Jacob Bambrick. 

Centreville On The Board - Centreville scores in the seventh inning on this two-out single by Collin Kirby to plate Michael Kool.

Portland St. Patrick 2, Gaylord St. Mary 0 

St. Patrick Scores In First - Portland St. Patrick got the only run it would need in the opening inning when Dan Mackowiak bunted for a single, scoring Brendan Schrauben.

Andrews Catches Them Stealing - Gaylord St. Mary catcher Gage Andrews ended two Portland St. Patrick innings by catching runners stealing. Here's the play to end the third inning, when he retired Brendan Schrauben at third base.

Softball

Division 3

Grandville Calvin Christian 4, Millington 2 

Cardinals Go Up In Fourth - Millington took a 2-1 lead in the fourth inning on this RBI single by Kayli Leix, who had two hits in the contest.

Big Hit By VanDenBerg - Driving in the game-winning runs in the sixth inning for Grandville Calvin Christian was shortstop Marissa VanDenBerg with a triple to centerfield. 

Defense-Defense-Defense - Here's a series of great defensive plays by Grandville Calvin Christian against Millington. The first and third plays are great catches by shortstop Marissa VanDenBerg, and the middle play from third baseman Sarah Elderkin was nice as well.

Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central 13, Gladstone 0 (5 inn.) 

Brooke Goes 3 For 3 - Brooke Angerer was one of two players for Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central to pick up three hits against Gladstone. Here's a first inning RBI single.

And Garst Goes 3 For 3 - The other player for Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central with three hits against Gladstone was Kenna Garst, who laced this run-scoring triple in the second inning. 

Division 4

Unionville-Sebewaing 12, Morenci 3 

Borton Bounces Two Runs Home - Morenci took a 2-1 lead on Unionville-Sebewaing in the second inning when Hannah Borton bounced one over the second baseman.

Cady Can Do - Alexis Cady smacked a two-run double in the sixth inning for Unionville-Sebewaing against Morenci. She finished the game with three hits. 

Indian River Inland Lakes 2, Holton 0

Pitcher Wins Her Own Game - Cloe Mallory of Indian River Inland Lakes did it all against Holton, striking out 13 and blasting a two-run homer in the second inning for the only runs of the game.  

PHOTO: A Grandville Calvin Christian batter is about to make contact during her team's Division 3 Semifinal win.

MHSAA TV: 1,000 Live Events & Growing

September 24, 2019

By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties

Less than two months into the 2019-20 school year, MHSAA.tv is topping the 1,000 mark for live streamed video of interscholastic athletic events on the NFHS Network.

Just a year ago, just under 300 live streams had been produced by a combined 34 schools. This week began with MHSAA.tv having streamed 986 events originated at 84 schools.

The surge in events is powered by the addition of Pixellot, the NFHS Network’s automated production solution at a growing number of MHSAA member schools. Since this time last year, units at more than 50 schools have been activated. In all, 108 schools have launched or will be launching more than 180 Pixellots at gymnasiums and outdoor athletic facilities around the state.

Here’s a breakdown of the MHSAA member schools utilizing Pixellot:

Active Indoor & Outdoor Units – Auburn Hills Oakland Christian, Bad Axe, Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood, Birmingham Seaholm, Brighton, Brownstown Woodhaven, Cadillac, Chesaning, Clare, Calumet, Cedar Springs, Corunna, East Grand Rapids, Frankenmuth, Freeland, Grand Blanc, Grand Rapids Catholic Central, Howell, Ishpeming, Manchester, Maple City Glen Lake, Montrose, Norway, Novi, Ovid-Elsie, Petoskey, Plainwell, Pontiac Notre Dame Prep, Rockford, Saginaw Heritage, Saline, South Lyon, South Lyon East, St. Clair Shores Lake Shore, St. Joseph, Stevensville Lakeshore, Troy, Troy Athens. Watervliet, West Bloomfield, White Lake Lakeland.

Active Outdoor Units – Ithaca, Portage Northern.

Active Gymnasium Units – Ann Arbor Greenhills, Big Rapids, Bear Lake, Brethren, Bloomfield Hills Marian, Dollar Bay, Fenton, Flint Kearsley, Flint Powers Catholic, Fremont, Grand Rapids Christian, Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian, Grandville, Harbor Beach, Harrison, Hart, Hemlock, Highland Milford, Kalamazoo Christian, Linden, Madison Heights Lamphere, Morley-Stanwood, Mt. Morris, New Lothrop, Otisville-LakeVille, Pellston, Southfield Christian, St. Charles, Waterford Our Lady.

Schools With Pending Installations – Armada, Birmingham Groves, Bloomfield Hills, Bloomfield Hills Roeper, Burton Bendle, Caro, Clinton Township Chippewa Valley, Detroit Catholic Central, East Kentwood, Flushing, Grand Ledge, Holly, Livonia Clarenceville, Macomb Dakota, Macomb L’Anse Creuse North, Munising, Niles, Painesdale Jeffers, Plymouth Christian, Portage Central, Riverview Gabriel Richard, Saginaw Swan Valley, St. Ignace, Sterling Heights Stevenson+, Sturgis, Traverse City Central*, Traverse City West*, Utica+, Utica Eisenhower+, Utica Ford+, Vicksburg, Walled Lake Central, Walled Lake Northern, Walled Lake Western, Waterford Kettering, Waterford Mott, Williamston. (* Includes installation at Thirlby Field.) (+ Includes installations at Swinehart and Runkel Fields.)

The Pixellot schools join the following traditional School Broadcast Programs – Bay City John Glenn, Calumet, Cedar Springs, Charlevoix, Comstock Park, East Lansing, Fowlerville, Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett, Lake Orion, Marquette, Midland Dow, Montrose Mt. Pleasant, Negaunee, Onsted, Pewamo-Westphalia, Rockford, Rogers City, Vestaburg, Warren De La Salle Collegiate.

Here’s the complete list of varsity-level events to be streamed live in the coming week on MHSAA.tv and the NFHS Network:

Tuesday – Sept. 24
Boys Soccer - Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood Kingswood v. Hamtramck  - 4:30 PM
Girls Field Hockey - West Bloomfield v. Pinckney  - 4:30 PM
Boys Soccer - Buchanan v. Watervliet  - 5 PM
Boys Soccer - Ovid-Elsie v. Mt. Morris  - 5 PM
Girls Volleyball - Gobles v. Watervliet  - 5 PM
Boys Soccer - Iron Mountain v. Marquette  - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball - Norway v. Superior Central  - 6 PM
Boys Soccer - Stevensville Lakeshore v. Mattawan  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Bellaire v. Pellston  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Grand Rapids Christian v. East Grand Rapids  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Kalamazoo Christian v. Galesburg-Augusta  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – White Lake Lakeland v. Walled Lake Western  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Otisville LakeVille v. New Lothrop  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Lutheran Westland v. Southfield Christian  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Milford v. Walled Lake Northern  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Mt. Morris v. Durand  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Novi v. Brighton  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Oakland Christian v. Plymouth Christian Academy  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Flint Powers Catholic v. Davison  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - South Lyon East v. South Lyon  - 6:30 PM
Boys Soccer - Troy Athens v. TBA  - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - Novi v. Canton  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Brethren v. Marion  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Cadillac v. Traverse City Central  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball – Flint Carman-Ainsworth v. Grand Blanc  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Fremont v. Central Montcalm  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Lake Orion v. Oxford  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball – Bloomfield Hills Marian v. Farmington Hills Mercy  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Petoskey v. Gaylord  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Saline v. Temperance Bedford  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Saline v. Temperance Bedford  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Bad Axe v. Vassar  - 7:30 PM
 
Wednesday - Sept. 25
Boys Soccer - Ithaca v. Hemlock  - 5:30 PM
Boys Soccer - Manchester v. Clinton  - 5:30 PM
Boys Soccer - St. Clair Shores Lake Shore v. Marysville  - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball - Fenton v. Flushing  - 6:15 PM
Girls Volleyball - Kearsley v. Linden  - 6:15 PM
Boys Soccer - Traverse City Central v. Traverse City West  - 6:20 PM
Girls Volleyball – Ann Arbor Greenhills v. Marine City Cardinal Mooney Catholic  - 6:30 PM
Boys Soccer - Cedar Springs v. TBA  - 6:45 PM
Boys Soccer – Birmingham Seaholm v. Detroit Country Day  - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - South Lyon East v. TBA  - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - South Lyon v. TBA  - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - South Lyon v. TBA  - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - Suttons Bay v. Maple City Glen Lake  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Fowlerville v. St. Johns  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Frankenmuth v. Saginaw Swan Valley  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Morley Stanwood v. Hesperia  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball – Waterford Our Lady v. Madison Heights Bishop Foley  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Harrison v. Sanford Meridian  - 7:30 PM
 
Thursday - Sept. 26
Boys Soccer - Bangor v. Watervliet  - 5:25 PM
Boys Soccer – Madison Heights Lamphere v. St. Clair  - 5:30 PM
Boys Soccer - Portage Northern v. Kalamazoo Central  - 5:30 PM
Boys Soccer - Clare v. TBA  - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball – Flint Kearsley v. Flint Carman-Ainsworth  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – White Lake Lakeland v. South Lyon East  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest v. Southfield Christian  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Wayland Union v. East Grand Rapids  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - White Cloud v. Hart  - 6:30 PM
Boys Soccer – Troy Athens  v. Grand Blanc  - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - Novi v. Brighton  - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - Troy v. Pontiac Notre Dame Prep  - 7 PM
Girls Field Hockey - Saline v. Chelsea  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Bear Lake v. Brethren  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian v. Wyoming Lee  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Grandville v. East Kentwood  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball – Bloomfield Hills Marian v. Wixom St. Catherine - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Troy v. Rochester Adams  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - West Bloomfield v. Clarkston  - 7 PM
 
Friday - Sept. 27
Boys Soccer – Brownstown Woodhaven v. Dearborn Divine Child  - 4:30 PM
Football - Stevensville Lakeshore v. Portage Central  - 5:30 PM
Football - Portage Northern v. Mattawan  - 5:30 PM
Football - Wayland Union v. East Grand Rapids  - 6:30 PM
Football - Cadillac v. Lake Odessa Lakewood  - 7 PM
Football - Calumet v. Norway  - 7 PM
Football - Caro v. Elkton Pigeon Bay Port Laker  - 7 PM
Football - Clare v. Sanford Meridian  - 7 PM
Football - Frankenmuth v. Saginaw Swan Valley  - 7 PM
Football – Maple City Glen Lake v. Gladstone  - 7 PM
Football – Saginaw Heritage v. Midland Dow  - 7 PM
Football - Ithaca v. Carrollton  - 7 PM
Football - St. Clair Shores Lake Shore v. St. Clair Shores South Lake  - 7 PM
Football – Madison Heights Lamphere v. Clawson  - 7 PM
Football - Manchester v. Vandercook Lake  - 7 PM
Football - Norway v. Calumet  - 7 PM
Football – Pontiac Notre Dame Prep v. TBA  - 7 PM
Football - Novi v. Plymouth  - 7 PM
Football - Ovid-Elsie v. New Lothrop  - 7 PM
Football - Petoskey v. Marquette  - 7 PM
Football - Rockford v. Grand Haven  - 7 PM
Football - South Lyon East v. White Lake Lakeland  - 7 PM
Football - South Lyon v. Walled Lake Northern  - 7 PM
Football - Dowagiac v. Plainwell  - 7 PM
Football – Grosse Pointe North v. Port Huron Northern  - 7 PM
Football - Ishpeming v. Negaunee  - 7 PM
Football - Kalamazoo Christian v. Watervliet  - 7 PM
Football - Laingsburg v. Pewamo-Westphalia  - 7 PM
Football - Lansing Eastern v. Fowlervi