Highlight Reel: Soccer, Baseball/Softball Finals
June 18, 2016
By John Johnson
MHSAA Communications Director
The 2015-16 high school sports year concluded early Saturday evening at Old College Field on the Michigan State University campus, as the last champions of MHSAA Tournaments were crowned in Baseball, Softball and Girls Soccer.
Below are links to video highlights from Saturday’s games. Click on the final scores to watch them in their entirety and purchase DVDs.
Baseball
Division 1
O’Keefe Goes Yard - The first home run hit in baseball at McLane Stadium since the MHSAA Finals returned to East Lansing two years ago came off the bat of Saline's Sean O'Keefe in the fifth inning against Warren DeLaSalle; it tied the game at the time.
Bush Drives In Two - Warren DeLaSalle took the lead in the sixth inning on a one-out single by Bryce Bush, which drove in two runs.
Game-Ending Double Play - With the bases loaded and one out, Warren DeLaSalle ends the Division 1 Final with a double play.
Division 2
No Missing Link Here - Linden scored five times in the fourth inning to take the lead. Catcher Jamon Link delivers a bases-loaded single to drive in the first run.
The Big Hit For The Maroons - Holland Christian scored three times in the bottom of the sixth inning against Linden, the last two runs on this drive down the left field line by pitcher Mike Mokma, who also threw a complete game, striking out 14.
Division 3
Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett 12, New Lothrop 0 (5 innings)
Two-Run Single For Fannon - The third inning saw Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett score four times, with two of those runs coming in on this single by Sean Fannon.
Division 4
Sterling Heights Parkway Christian 10, Portland St. Patrick 3
Riley Hits A Rope - Parkway Christian starting pitcher Riley McManus helped his own cause in the second inning with this two-run single, which was part of a five-run at-bat.
Shamrocks Score In Seventh - Portland St. Patrick got some offense in the final inning, resulting in this RBI single by Travis Moyer.
Softball
Division 1
Farmington Hills Mercy 4, Macomb Dakota 0
Around The Horn Double Play - Here's a defensive gem by Macomb Dakota - a double play in the sixth inning against Farmington Hills Mercy. Mercy broke the Division 1 Final open in the next inning to win, 4-0.
Belans’ Blast - Nicole Belans took the first pitch in the top of the seventh inning over the left field fence for Farmington Hills Mercy to ignite a three-run uprising against Macomb Dakota.
Division 2
Kudary Makes The Catch - A great defensive play in the Richmond-Vicksburg game came in the fifth inning when Vicksburg's Carlie Kudary ran down a Amy Thueme fly ball.
Caught At Third - An alert defensive play by Vicksburg catches two Richmond runners at third base to thwart a seventh inning threat.
Division 3
Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central 6, Grandville Calvin Christian 0
Grace Drives Two Home - Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central added to its lead against Grandville Calvin Christian with three runs in the fifth inning, two coming on this two-out single by Grace Mikesell.
Preserving The Perfect Game - It took a great defensive play by Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central second baseman Peyton Bollenberg in the seventh inning to preserve the perfect game for pitcher Meghan Beaubien.
Division 4
Unionville-Sebewaing 1, Indian River Inland Lakes 0
Patriots Successfully Squeeze It - The only run of the Division 4 Final came in the sixth inning when Unionville Sebewaing's Marisa Morton bunted Kayla Gremel home.
Soccer
Division 2
Pontiac Notre Dame Prep 2, Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern 1 (OT-Shootout)
Huskies Go Long Ball - Forest Hills Northern used this goal by Natalie Belsito off a long free kick to take a 1-0 lead.
Irish Tie It Up - With time winding down in regulation, Pontiac Notre Dame Prep scored on a free kick by Payton Williams to force overtime.
There’s Your Game Winner - Things went to the eighth round of penalty kicks before Rosella LoChirco came through to give Pontiac Notre Dame the Division 2 title.
Division 3
Hudsonville Unity Christian 2, Flint Powers Catholic 0
VanZalen Scores - Hudsonville Unity Christian took a 1-0 lead on Flint Powers Catholic in the first half when Alaina VanZalen goes to the near side for the goal.
One-V-One Insurance - Alexis Ponstein goes on a long run and ends up one on one with the goalkeeper to get an insurance goal for Hudsonville Unity Christian in the second half.
PHOTO: A Holland Christian batter connects with a pitch during the Division 2 Baseball Final.
Tournament Streams Ahead in 4 Sports
October 29, 2019
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
It will be a very busy week of live video and audio streaming of MHSAA Tournament activity on the MHSAA.tv, MHSAANetwork.com and FOXSportsDetroit.com websites.
The centerpiece of the next seven days comes Saturday (Nov. 2), when the Boys Soccer Finals will have live audio and video streaming of its championship games from Novi and Comstock Park High Schools. Two games will be played at each site with the game times set for noon and 3 p.m. The finalists will be determined following Semifinal play Wednesday (Oct. 30), with four of those games being streamed live on MHSAA.tv.
Saturday’s coverage also will include the Lower Peninsula Cross Country Finals at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn. The Finish Line Cam will capture the opening 800 meters of the race on the infield of the track and the conclusion of the race beginning between the third and fourth turns on the oval. The Finish Line Cam also will feature commentary throughout each race from reporters on the course. Weather permitting, coverage also may include the awards presentations and a camera showing the runners just past the two-mile mark of the race before reentering the oval at MIS.
Lots of Football Playoff games will take place beginning Friday evening with three featured games on the FOX Sports Detroit Prep Zone. The Prep Zone games can be seen on FoxSportsDetroit.com and on FOX Sports Go! for handheld and streaming devices like Roku. Here are this weekend’s games, all at 7 p.m. Friday:
- White Lake Lakeland at Plymouth (Div. 2)
- Rochester Adams at Utica Eisenhower (Div. 2)
- DeWitt at East Lansing (Div. 3)
MHSAA.tv will play host to 30 Pre-District Football Playoff games over the weekend, most produced by participants in the School Broadcast Program. The NFHS Network is providing bonus coverage of two additional games Friday – Brighton at Holt in Division 1 and Pinckney at Coldwater in Division 3.
On Monday (Nov. 4), a record number of District matches in the MHSAA Volleyball Tournament will have opening night streaming video. Over the course of the first week of the playoffs, action will be streamed from 25 tournament centers.
The unprecedented coverage in Football, Soccer and Volleyball this fall is due to the addition of Pixellot, the NFHS Network’s automated production solution at a growing number of MHSAA member schools. The number of active Pixellot schools now stands at 84, with nearly 30 additional schools awaiting installation at their stadiums, gymnasiums, or both venues. As a result, the number of events produced by School Broadcast Program participants has passed the 2,000 mark already this school year.
Here’s the complete schedule of upcoming events on MHSAA.tv:
Tuesday - Oct. 29
Girls Volleyball - Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian v. TBA - 5 PM
Girls Volleyball - Milford v. Troy - 5 PM
Girls Volleyball - Ishpeming v. Gwinn - 5:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Norway v. Munising - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball – Ada Forest Hills Eastern v. East Grand Rapids - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Allen Park Inter-City Baptist v. Bloomfield Hills Roeper - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Gladstone v. Negaunee - 6:45 PM
Girls Volleyball - Bessemer v. Dollar Bay - 6:50 PM
Girls Volleyball - Saline v. Dexter - 7 PM – Traditional SBP Production
Girls Volleyball - Saline v. Dexter - 7 PM – Pixellot Production
Girls Volleyball - Bad Axe v. Unionville Sebewaing - 7:30 PM
Wednesday - Oct. 30
2019 MHSAA Div. 1 Boys Soccer Semifinal – Salem v. Troy Athens – 6 PM
2019 MHSAA Div. 3 Boys Soccer Semifinal - Grand Rapids South Christian v. Ludington - 6 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 Boys Soccer Semifinal - Fenton v. Melvindale - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Flint Kearsley v. Lake Fenton - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Cadillac v. Traverse City West - 6:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div. 4 Boys Soccer Semifinal - Clarkston Everest Collegiate v. Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Hemlock v. Ithaca - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Frankenmuth v. Birch Run - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Petoskey v. Alpena - 7 PM
Thursday - Oct. 31
Girls Volleyball – Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central v. Grand Rapids Christian - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Wyoming v. East Grand Rapids - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Dollar Bay v. TBA - 6:55 PM
Friday - Nov. 1
Girls Volleyball - Auburn Hills Oakland Christian v. Bloomfield Hills Roeper - 6:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div. 4 Region 1 District 2 Football Playoffs - Shepherd v. Freeland - 6:50 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 Region 4 District 1 Football Playoffs - Sterling Heights v. Birmingham Seaholm - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 6 Region 1 District 2 Football Playoffs - Harrison v. Clare - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 Region 3 District 1 Football Playoffs - Pinckney vs Coldwater - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 7 Region 2 District 1 Football Playoffs - North Muskegon v. Pewamo Westphalia - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 6 Region 1 District 1 Football Playoffs - Negaunee v. Calumet - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 Region 1 District 1 Football Playoffs - Portage Central vs Portage Northern - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 6 Region 1 District 2 Football Playoffs - Lake City v. Maple City Glen Lake - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div. 1 Region 2 District 1 Football Playoffs - West Bloomfield v. Canton - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 4 Region 4 District 2 Football Playoffs - Harper Woods v. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 6 Region 4 District 1 Football Playoffs - Durand v. Montrose - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 6 Region 2 District 2 Football Playoffs - Ithaca v. Sanford Meridian - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 8 Region 1 District 1 Football Playoffs – Bark River-Harris v. Ishpeming - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 4 Region 3 District 2 Football Playoffs - North Branch v. Pontiac Notre Dame Prep - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 4 Region 1 District 2 Football Playoffs - Allendale v. Grand Rapids Catholic Central - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 Region 1 District 1 Football Playoffs – Mt. Pleasant v. Cedar Springs - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 Region 2 District 1 Football Playoffs - Canton v. West Bloomfield - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 7 Region 2 District 2 Football Playoffs - Laingsburg v. New Lothrop - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 Region 1 District 2 Football Playoffs - Brighton vs Holt - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 Region 3 District 2 Football Playoffs – Rochester Hills Stoney Creek v. Lake Orion - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 Region 2 District 2 Football Playoffs – Ann Arbor Pioneer v. Brownstown Woodhaven - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 Region 1 District 2 Football Playoffs - Lowell v. E. Grand Rapids - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 2 Football Playoffs - East Kentwood v. Rockford - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 5 Region 3 District 1 Football Playoffs - Carrollton v. Frankenmuth - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 Region 1 District 1 Football Playoffs – Midland Dow v. Traverse City Central – 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 Region 2 District 2 Football Playoffs – Flushing v. Walled Lake Western – 7 PM
Saturday - Nov. 2
Girls Volleyball - Fowlerville v. TBA - 8:30 AM
Girls Volleyball – Mt. Morris v. Anchor Bay - 8:30 AM
2019 MHSAA L.P. Cross Country Finals - Division 3 & 4 - Finish Line Camera - 9:15 AM
2019 MHSAA L.P. Cross Country Finals - Course Cam - 2.25 Mile Mark - 9:15 AM
2019 MHSAA L.P. Cross Country Finals - Awards Presentation Camera - 12:15 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 6 Region 4 District 1 Football Playoff - Durand v. Montrose - 12:45 PM
2019 MHSAA L.P. Cross Country Finals - Division 1 & 2 - Finish Line Camera - 1:15 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 4 Region 4 District 2 Football Playoff - Harper Woods v. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood - 2:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 Boys Soccer Championship - TBA vs TBA Time TBD
2019 MHSAA Div 3 Boys Soccer Championship - TBA vs TBA Time TBD
2019 MHSAA Div 1 Boys Soccer Championship - TBA vs TBA Time TBD
2019 MHSAA Div 4 Boys Soccer Championship - TBA vs TBA Time TBD
2019 MHSAA Div 1 Region 1 District 1 Football Playoff – Hudsonville v. Traverse City West – 7 PM
Monday - Nov. 4
2019 MHSAA Div 2 District 38 Volleyball First Round – Saginaw Swan Valley vs Saginaw Arthur Hill - 5 PM
2019 MHSAA Division 2 Volleyball Quarterfinals - Caro v. Birch Run - 5 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 District 80 Volleyball First Round - Kalamazoo Christian v. Galesburg-Augusta - 5 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 1 Volleyball First Round - Petoskey v. Gaylord - 5 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 8 Volleyball First Round - Milford vs Walled Lake Western - 5 PM
Girls Volleyball - Corunna v. Mt Morris - 5:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 19 Volleyball First Round - South Lyon East v. Howell - 5:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 District 40 Volleyball First Round - Corunna v. Mt Morris - 5:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 District 73 Volleyball Playoffs - Hesperia v. Hart - 5:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 7 Volleyball First Round - Bloomfield Hills v. Troy Athens - 5:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 District 35 Volleyball First Round - Reed City v. Manistee - 5:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 4 District 123 Volleyball First Round – Detroit Southeastern v. Southfield Manoogian - 5:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 4 District 121 Volleyball First Round - Plymouth Christian v. West Bloomfield Jewish Frankel Academy - 5:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 District 40 Volleyball First Round - Corunna v. Mt Morris - 5:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 12 First Round – Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern vs Cedar Springs - 6 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 4 District 103 Volleyball First Round - Alanson vs Pellston - 6 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 District 76 Volleyball First Round - Lakeview vs Morley-Stanwood - 6 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 26 Volleyball First Round – Birmingham Seaholm v. Royal Oak - 6 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 District 77 Volleyball First Round - Bangor v. Watervliet - 6:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 District 80 Volleyball First Round - Schoolcraft vs Delton Kellogg - 6:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 1 Volleyball First Round - Petoskey v. Gaylord - 6:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 District 38 Volleyball First Round – Midland Bullock Creek v. Freeland - 6:50 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 4 District 123 Volleyball First Round - Detroit Safety Academy vs Warren Michigan Math Science - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 District 96 Volleyball First Round - Unionville Sebewaing vs Harbor Beach - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 7 Volleyball First Round - Avondale vs Troy - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 8 Volleyball First Round - Walled Lake Central vs Walled Lake Northern - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Division 2 Volleyball Quarterfinals - Saginaw v. Frankenmuth - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 District 38 Volleyball First Round – Midland Bullock Creek v. Freeland - 7 PM