Find the Finals on MHSAA.tv
April 2, 2013
A variety of videos from recently-completed MHSAA Winter Tournaments are now available for on-demand viewing on the MHSAA.tv Website and to Comcast subscribers on Xfinity On Demand.
Finals highlight packages in Boys Bowling, Girls Bowling, Girls Gymnastics, Boys Skiing and Girls Skiing are now available for viewing on MHSAA.tv, as well as full-length archives of the following events:
- Girls & Boys Basketball: All Semifinal and Final games in all four classes – plus bonus coverage of most post-game press conferences and on-court awards presentations and BCAM Shooter’s Challenges during the Finals
- Girls Competitive Cheer: Finals in all four divisions
- Ice Hockey: All Semifinals and Finals games in all three divisions
- Swimming & Diving: Upper Peninsula Finals and Lower Peninsula Boys Finals in all three divisions
- Individual Wrestling: Semifinals and Finals of all weight classes in all four divisions
- Team Dual Wrestling: All Quarterfinal, Semifinal and Final matches in all four divisions
Xfinity on Demand viewers can catch MHSAA action in Girls and Boys Basketball, Girls Competitive Cheer, Lower Peninsula Boys Swimming and Ice Hockey, with additional titles to be added from Winter tournaments in the weeks ahead. Here’s the complete list of events available in April on Xfinity on Demand:
Available Through April 18
- Girls Competitive Cheer Finals – Full-length coverage of all four divisions
Available Through April 21
- Ice Hockey Finals – Highlights of championship games in all three divisions
- Girls Basketball Semifinals – Highlights of all eight semifinal contests
Available Through April 25
- Division 3 Lower Peninsula Boys Swimming Finals – All events
Available Through April 28
- Division 2 Lower Peninsula Boys Swimming Finals – All events
Available Through April 30
- Boys Basketball Semifinals – Highlights of all eight semifinal contests
- Division 1 Lower Peninsula Boys Swimming Finals – All events
Coverage of Spring athletic events begins this week for MHSAA members involved in 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.