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.
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