Catch Finals Replays on Comcast
June 17, 2013
MHSAA Championships in baseball, softball and girls soccer will be shown on Comcast Channel 900 on a delayed basis several times over the next few weeks.
Here is the complete schedule of playbacks for each game:
Baseball
Division 1 – Bay City Western vs. Birmingham Brother Rice -- June 18, 7 p.m.; June 19, 8 a.m.; June 30, 6 p.m.; July 13, 9:30 p.m.
Division 2 – Grand Rapids Christian vs. Richmond - June 18, 9:30 p.m.; June 19, 10:30 a.m.; June 30, 3 p.m.; July 14, 9 a.m.
Division 3 – Madison Heights Bishop Foley vs. Bridgman - June 22, 7 p.m.; June 23, 9 a.m.; July 4, 9:30 p.m.; July 17, 10:30 a.m.
Division 4 – Beal City vs. Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett - June 22, 9:30 a.m.; June 23, Noon; July 4, 7 p.m.; July 17, 8 a.m.
Softball
Division 1 – Bay City Western vs. Garden City - June 20, 7 p.m.; June 21, Noon; July 2, 9:30 p.m.; July 14, Noon
Division 2 – Saginaw Swan Valley vs. Linden - June 20, 9:30 p.m.; June 22, 8 a.m.; July 2, 7 p.m.; July 14, 6 p.m.
Division 3 – Unionville-Sebewaing vs. Holton - June 25, 7 p.m.; June 26, 8 a.m.; July 5, Noon; July 16, 7 p.m.
Division 4 – Kalamazoo Christian vs. Rogers City - June 25, 9:30 a.m.; June 26, 10:30 a.m.; July 6, 8 a.m.; July 16, 7 p.m.
Girls Soccer
Division 1 – Grandville vs. Troy - June 27, 7 p.m.; June 28, Noon; July 3, 8 a.m.; July 18, 7 p.m.
Division 2 – Grand Rapids South Christian vs. Pontiac Notre Dame Prep - June 27, 9:30 p.m.; June 29, 8 a.m.; July 3, 10:30 a.m.; July 18, 9:30 p.m.
Division 3 – Richland Gull lake vs. Bloomfield Hills Marian - June 29, 7 p.m.; June 30, 9 a.m.; July 9, 9:30 p.m.; July 19, Noon
Division 4 – Grandville Calvin Christian vs. Clarkston Everest Collegiate/Waterford Our Lady - June 29, 9:30 p.m.; June 30, Noon; July 11, 7 p.m.; July 20, 8 a.m.
DVD’s of the game videos are available through the MHSAA.tv website.
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.