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Champions Crowned on MHSAA.TV

November 6, 2013

Postseason competition in four MHSAA sports, including 13 first-round football playoff games, are among offerings now available at MHSAA.TV.

In addition to those football openers are all four Lower Peninsula Boys Soccer Finals, multiple camera views from every race of the Lower Peninsula Cross Country Finals, plus highlight shows from Upper Peninsula Cross Country and Girls Tennis and Lower Peninsula Boys Tennis and Girls Golf Finals.

Here's a look at some of what you'll see at MHSAA.TV:

  • Eaton Rapids vs. Charlotte football
  • Bessemer vs. Crystal Falls Forest Park football
  • Southfield vs. Birmingham Seaholm football
  • Hartford vs. Watervliet football
  • Fremont vs. Comstock Park football
  • Wayland vs. Plainwell football
  • Hillman vs. St. Ignace football
  • Montrose vs. Reese football
  • Mason vs. Tecumseh football
  • Taylor Truman vs. Allen Park football
  • McBain vs. Lincoln Alcona football
  • Atlanta vs. Johannesburg-Lewiston football
  • Ogemaw Heights vs. Cheboygan football
  • Bellaire vs. Grand Rapids Covenant Christian boys soccer (MHSAA Semifinal)
  • Spring Lake vs. Sturgis boys soccer (MHSAA Semifinal)
  • Cedar Springs vs. Ada Forest Hills Eastern volleyball
  • Calumet vs. Hancock volleyball
  • AuGres-Sims vs. Oscoda volleyball
  • St. Ignace vs. Charlevoix volleyball
  • Lakeview vs. Big Rapids volleyball
  • Posen vs. Onaway volleyball 
  • Posen vs. Rogers City volleyball
  • AuGres-Sims vs. Rogers City volleyball
  • Mio vs. Rogers City volleyball

Prep Zone: MHSAA Prep Zone on FOXSportsDetroit.com will again Friday stream live video of four playoff games.This week's games kick off at 7 p.m. EDT:

  • Battle Creek Lakeview (10-0) at Portage Central (10-0)
  • Saline (9-1) at Temperance Bedford (10-0)
  • Oak Park (7-4) vs. Detroit U-D Jesuit (7-4) at Ferndale High School
  • Pewamo-Westphalia (9-1) at Carson City-Crystal (10-0)

MHSAA Perspective: John Johnson talks about the MHSAA Scholar-Athlete Award, which honors its 25th class in 2013-14 - Scholar-Athlete Turns 25

Wounded Warrior Project: DeWitt vs Portland

December 16, 2011

DEWITT -- The meeting of two state-ranked teams always will ratchet up a typical football night. Both communities, naturally, want to see which is better on the field.

But during the hour before the opening kickoff Oct. 14 of DeWitt’s game against Portland, those teams and their supporters together recognized a grander cause. The night was dedicated to the Wounded Warrior Project, which aids U.S. soldiers (and their families) who have suffered service-related injuries and illnesses.

Rain washed out some planned attractions, but the evening certainly was memorable. Both teams wore camouflage jerseys and each sent its captains to the pre-game coin toss with an honorary captain representing the military. A number of other service personnel were involved – including a local color guard that presented a 30-foot flag for the national anthem.

It’s understandable if people’s visions of wars and our military are focused an ocean away. But connections hit close to home. DeWitt’s honorary captain, Lansing’s U.S. Army Spc. Jacob Shumway, recently returned from a deployment and has been in the service for two and a half years. He’s a 2003 Lansing Everett graduate, and his mother Susan Land is the principal at Lansing Eastern. His cousins Ethan and Collin Rennaker start for DeWitt, and he walked alongside them for the pregame flip. Shumway plans to attend Lansing Community College and study digital graphic design.

Both teams are considered contenders for their respective state titles next month; DeWitt is ranked No. 7 in Division 3, while Portland is No. 4 in Division 5. And they played like it – Portland prevailed 22-20 in overtime.

A great game, no question. But similarly significant was a preliminary figure of more than $11,000 raised for the WWP.

For more about the Wounded Warrior Project visit http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org.