Catch Up Quickly on MHSAA.tv
December 13, 2012
December is a busy month. Maybe you didn't get a chance to enjoy last week's beginning of boys basketball season.
Catch up on MHSAA.tv with 11 games featuring 21 teams, in addition to a number of broadcasts of girls basketball, wrestling, hockey and swimming and diving competitions.
Find all of these and more by scrolling through the "On Demand" section at the bottom of the MHSAA.tv page.
- Brighton vs. Petoskey boys basketball
- Newberry vs. Cheboygan boys basketball
- Milford vs. Petoskey boys basketball
- St. Joseph vs. Portage Northern boys basketball
- Rogers City vs. Sault Ste. Marie boys basketball
- Allegan vs. Plainwell boys basketball
- Lincoln Alcona vs. Hillman boys basketball
- Ludington vs. Mason County Central boys basketball
- Atlanta vs. Onaway boys basketball
- Montrose vs. Millington boys basketball
- Posen vs. Rogers City boys basketball
- Allegan vs. Plainwell girls basketball
- Wolverine vs. Ellsworth girls basketball
- Harbor Springs vs. Charlevoix girls basketball
- Posen vs. AuGres-Sims girls basketball
- Calumet vs. Iron River West Iron County girls basketball
- Montrose vs. Lake Fenton girls basketball
- Mio vs. Lincoln Alcona girls basketball
- Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian vs. Comstock Park girls basketball
- Ludington vs. Mason County Central girls basketball
- Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood vs. Orchard Lake St. Mary's hockey
- Brownstown-Woodhaven vs. Trenton hockey
- Straits Area Conference at Rogers City wrestling
- Oscoda, Standish-Sterling, Caro, Ogemaw Heights boys swimming and diving
Below are highlights from Dec. 3-9. Each week, the MHSAA will assemble a package from broadcasts done through the School Broadcast Program.
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.