Highlight Reel: Saturday Finals
June 14, 2015
By John Johnson
MHSAA communications director
The MHSAA spring sports season concluded Saturday with 10 MHSAA Finals at Old College Field at Michigan State University.
Below are highlight clips from every baseball, softball and girls soccer game plus links to watch them in full.
Baseball
Division 1: Hartland 2, Portage Northern 1 (10 inn.)
Baker's Double John Baker strokes a first inning double for Hartland to drive in its first run against Portage Northern.
Northern Ties The Game Portage Northern tied the game in the sixth on a run-scoring single by Brady Young.
Out At The Plate After his hit to tie the game, Brady Young of Portage Northern attempts to score when a pitch gets away from the catcher, but Hartland's John Baker gets the ball and the tag down.
Oliver's Walk-Off Title Shot Brett Oliver drove a ball to deep right center field to score the winning run for Hartland.
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Division 2: Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 4, Mount Pleasant 1
Oilers First In The First Mount Pleasant scored its lone run in its first at bat, with Maxwell Trucks delivering a run-scoring single.
Eaglets Go On Top Orchard Lake St. Mary's takes the lead to stay in the second inning on this run-scoring double by Joe Carlini.
Salter Salts It Away A run-scoring single in the fifth inning off the bat of Harrison Salter closed out the scoring for Orchard Lake St. Mary's.
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Division 3: Jackson Lumen Christi 8, Buchanan 0
Mogle Drives In Two Jackson Lumen Christi scored six times in the opening frame, the first two runs driven in on this single by Conner Mogle.
Fors At The Fore The other big hit in Jackson Lumen Christi's big opening inning was a two-run triple by Connor Fors.
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Division 4: Muskegon Catholic Central 10, Centreville 8
Centerville On The Board First Centerville got two runs in the first inning on Collin Schlabach's single up the middle.
Crusaders Counter Muskegon Catholic Central answered with a pair of first inning runs on a single by Jacob Holt.
Holt Is Hot Nicholas Holt drove in a valuable insurance run for Muskegon Catholic Central with this sixth inning triple.
Centreville Hangs Tough Centerville made it a tight game with three runs in the top of the seventh. This single by Coletin Gascho drove in a pair.
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Softball
Division 1: Warren Regina 5, Caledonia 0
Reese Rockets Regina To The Lead Warren Regina scored the only run it would need against Caledonia on this fourth inning triple by Hailey Reese.
Hison Doubles Two Runs In A big hit for Warren Regina in a four-run fifth inning was a two-run double by Riley Hison.
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Division 2: Wayland 11, Frankenmuth 0
Morse Going Yard Leigha Morse set a Finals record with two home runs for Wayland against Frankenmuth. Here's the first one in the second inning.
Bethany Teunissen Homers A four-run seventh inning for Wayland featured the long ball. Here's a home run by Bethany Teunissen.
More Morse - Three-Run Tater Leigha Morse cranked her second home run in the seventh inning, a three-run shot to left field.
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Division 3: Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central 2, Bronson 0
Beaubien Helps Herself The only runs of Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central's win over Bronson came on this two-out home run by pitcher Meghan Beaubien.
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Division 4: Unionville-Sebewaing 5, Kalamazoo Christian 0
USA On The Board Unionville-Sebewaing scores its first two runs on this fourth inning single by Madison Zimmer.
Big Hit For Bauer Nicole Bauer singles in the fifth inning, driving in two runs for Unionville Sebewaing.
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Girls Soccer
Division 3: Saline 4, Grand Blanc 0
Due to technical difficulties, no highlights are available from this game.
Division 4: Grandville Calvin Christian 2, Lansing Christian 1
Calvin Christian Scores First Hillary Curry gets the first goal of the Division 4 title game, taking a pass from Emily VanVliet.
VanVliet & Curry Connect Again In the second half, Hilary Curry scores again, heading in a cross from Emily VanVliet. It gave Grandville Calvin Christian a 2-0 lead at the time.
Pilgrims Cut Lead Late in the game, Lansing Christian gets on the board when Rebecca Hull connects on a penalty kick.
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Montrose Wins Top MHSAA/SBP Award
May 11, 2016
By John Johnson
MHSAA Communications Director
Make it three in row for Montrose High School, which was selected as the “Program of the Year” in the third annual MHSAA School Broadcast Program Excellence Awards for 2015-16.
The SBP Excellence Awards will award certificates and plaques to the schools which took individual honors, with the presentation dates and times to be announced.
Montrose took first place in Best Student Play-By-Play and the top two spots for Best Produced Commercial/Feature. The program also took a second place for Best Use of PlayOn! Sports Graphics.
Montrose also demonstrated during the year a good blend of productions in a variety of sports covered, the ability to cover home and away events and an overall command of the PlayOn! Sports software used for graphics and inserting commercials/features during the course of productions.
Other category winners were: Cedar Springs High School for Best Multicamera Production and Best Single Camera Production with PlayOn! Graphics and Haslett High School for Best Use of PlayOn! Graphics.
Here is the complete list by categories of the schools and students being honored in this year’s SBP Excellence Awards:
Best Multicamera Production
First Place – Cedar Springs – Ethan Lewis, John Grigsby, Leah Carter, Kelly Salmon – Football game v. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern.
Second Place – Haslett – Conor Clifford, Torsten Holland, Alex Riley, Dylan Wolschleger, Brennan Simzak, Altair Boonraksa, Jacob Johnston, Nathan Glaza, Thomas Ashley – Girls Basketball game v. Mason.
Third Place – Montrose – Eric Vandefifer, Conner Pyrc, Jared Adams, Mandy Ramsey, John Blackford – Boys Basketball game v. Saginaw Arts & Sciences Academy.
Best Play-By-Play
First Place – Montrose – Eric Vandefifer and Conner Pyrc – Boys Basketball game v. Goodrich.
Second Place – Haslett – Conor Clifford and Torsten Holland – Girls Basketball game v. Mason.
Third Place – Cedar Springs - Jonathan Wolfarth and Jalen Jackson – Football game v. Wyoming.
Best Produced Commercial/Feature
First Place – Montrose – Eric Vandefifer, Conner Pyrc, Jared Adams, Mandy Rasmey, John Blackford – Ford Field Trip Feature.
Second Place – Montrose – Amanda Ramsey, Jared Adams, Alyssa Bernard, – RAINN Sexual Assault PSA.
Best Single Camera Production with PlayOn! Graphics
First Place – Cedar Springs - Alex Tanis, Alex Robinson, Jonathan Wolfarth, Ethan Lewis – MHSAA Football Playoff – Muskegon at Muskegon Mona Shores.
Second Place – Haslett – Tyler Goldberg and Jonah Brown – MHSAA Football Playoff – Romeo v. Grand Ledge.
Third Place – Cedar Springs – Alex Tanis, Alex Robinson, Jonathan Wolfarth, Ethan Lewis – MHSAA Football Playoff – Lansing Catholic v. Grand Rapids West Catholic.
Best Use of PlayOn! Graphics/Software
First Place – Haslett – Dylan Wolschleger, Brennan Simzak, Jacob Johnston, Conor Clifford, Reece Huberts, Henrik Holland, David Weston – Girls Basketball game v. St. Johns.
Second Place – Montrose – Eric Vadnefifer, Conner Pyrc, Jared Adams, Mandy Ramsey, John Blackford – Boys Basketball game v. Saginaw Arts & Sciences Academy.
Third Place – Montrose - Peyton Hobson, John Blackford, Conner Pyrc – Boys Basketball game v. Corunna.
Michigan schools were represented recently when the NFHS Network announced its SBP awards for the 2015-16 school year on April 28. Jamie Kitts of Montrose High School was one of three finalists for the Best Teacher honor, and Rockford High School had a finalist for Highlight of the Year, a 65-yard touchdown run by quarterback Tyler Bradfield against Grandville.
The School Broadcast Program, powered by PlayOn! Sports, is a platform which schools can utilize to reach members of their communities 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.