Boys Hoops Tips Off on MHSAA.TV
December 17, 2013
More than 30 events covering five sports were loaded last week by the School Broadcast Program onto MHSAA.TV, including 17 games from the first week of boys basketball season.
Here's a look at the most recent of what's available on-demand now at MHSAA.TV:
- Calumet vs. Hancock boys basketball
- Mason vs. Haslett boys basketball
- Boyne City vs. Onaway boys basketball
- Cheboygan vs. Newberry boys basketball
- Boyne Falls vs. Johannesburg-Lewiston boys basketball
- East Lansing vs. DeWitt boys basketball
- Lakeview vs. Montabella boys basketball
- Central Lake vs. Ellsworth boys basketball
- Atlanta vs. Hillman boys basketball
- Posen vs. Rogers City boys basketball
- Calumet vs. Ontonagon boys basketball
- Lincoln Alcona vs. AuGres-Sims boys basketball
- Montrose vs. Chesaning boys basketball
- Watervliet vs. Marcellus boys basketball
- Jackon Lumen Christi vs. Mason boys basketball
- Grand Rapids West Catholic vs. Comstock Park boys basketball
- Montrose vs. Lake Fenton boys basketball
- Twining Arenac Eastern vs. Hillman girls basketball
- East Lansing vs. DeWitt girls basketball
- East Jordan vs. Charlevoix girls basketball
- Hale vs. Rogers City girls basketball
- Newberry vs. Cheboygan girls basketball
- Newberry vs. Rudyard girls basketball
- Hale vs. Oscoda girls basketball
- Jackson Lumen Christi vs. Mason girls basketball
- Posen vs. Rogers City girls basketball
- Marcellus vs. Watervliet girls basketball
- Lakeview, Kent City, Alma wrestling
- Tawas vs. Oscoda wrestling
- Jenison vs. Rockford boys swimming and diving
- Calumet vs. Rochester United hockey
- Detroit Catholic Central vs. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood hockey
- Calumet vs. Farmington United hockey
- Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood vs. Orchard Lake St. Mary's hockey
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Division 3 Final: Eaglets Fly Again
November 29, 2011
Five times since its most recent MHSAA football championship, Orchard Lake St. Mary returned to the championship game – and lost.
Saturday night there was no stopping the Eaglets – or their running attack – at the Division 3 Final at Ford Field.
St. Mary rushed for 478 yards – and after near-misses the last two seasons won its first championship since 2000 with a 45-7 win over top-ranked Mount Pleasant.
"I knew what it felt like to lose, so it gave me the fire and other teammates the fire to win,” St. Mary senior running back Spencer McInnis said. “It’s unexplainable. It’s awesome. It’s something I’ve wanted since I was a kid. I always knew I was going to go to St. Mary’s. It’s just a great feeling.”
The Eaglets (12-2) had fallen by eight and three to East Grand Rapids in the last two Finals, and in a five-overtime classic in 2007. They entered the playoffs ranked No. 4 by The Associated Press – but as champions of the Detroit Catholic League Central, which sent three teams to Ford Field this fall.
“It was great to win again,” said St. Mary coach George Porritt, who finished his 23rd season leading the program. “It’s a collective effort from these kids, and it’s been all year long.”
McInnis ran for 213 of the team’s 478 rushing yards, and took three of his 23 carries into the end zone. Junior brother Parker McInnis ran for 96 yards and a score, as did junior fullback Grant Niemiec. Senior James Ross added another running touchdown.
“We were in position to make some tackles, and it wasn’t a scheme thing or guys getting blocked. It’s just that their athletes made our guys miss, or we couldn’t tackle them,” Mount Pleasant coach Jason McIntyre said. “I’ve never seen backs that we couldn’t tackle one on one or two on one. A lot of teams will have one great back, and you can focus and rally there. But they had three and four.”
The Oilers’ usually-strong running game finished with just 122 yards, led by senior quarterback Ryan Elliott’s 40. He also had Mount Pleasant’s lone score. It was the team’s first Finals appearance – and only loss this fall as it finished 13-1.
Junior defensive back Cory Williams led the Oilers with nine tackles. Senior lineman Dylan Zerki led the Eaglets with 11, and Ross had 10.