Hits, Runs and Goals Dominate MHSAA.tv
May 22, 2013
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Girls soccer, baseball and softball games featuring a combined 21 teams from 16 schools were among student broadcasts uploaded last week to MHSAA.tv.
Also, a pair of MHSAA Classics have been brought out of the vault, including a championship story told by one of the most recognizable voices in Michigan sports history.
Longtime Detroit Tigers broadcaster Paul Carey called the 1992 MHSAA Class D Baseball Final, an 8-7 win by Hillman over Athens that was decided in the bottom of the seventh inning. Also added this week was the 1992 Class B Softball Final between Hudsonville Unity Christian and Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central, another nail-biter, won by Unity Christian 7-6. The Hillman/Athens game is posted below, while the Unity Christian/St. Mary game can be found on MHSAA.tv.
Both can be watched by clicking the video boxes under last week's list of MHSAA.tv broadcasts below:
- Plainwell vs. Comstock soccer
- Houghton Lake vs. Cheboygan soccer
- Plainwell vs. Jenison soccer
- Ludington vs. Tawas soccer
- Ludington vs. Bay City John Glenn soccer
- Ludington vs. Gaylord soccer
- Newberry vs. Rogers City baseball
- Ludington vs. Fruitport baseball
- Indian River Indian Lakes vs. Central Lake baseball
- Sault Ste. Marie vs. Petoskey softball
- Newberry vs. Rogers City softball
- Ludington vs. Manistee Catholic Central softball
Four Sports Featured on MHSAA.tv
May 8, 2013
The sunny weather has allowed teams to finally dust off their uniforms and begin catching up on April rain-outs. And it's allowed our School Broadcast Program producers to dust off their cameras as well.
Below are events uploaded to MHSAA.tv by schools over the last week:
- Montrose vs. Durand soccer
- Ludington vs. Shelby soccer
- Plainwell vs. Allegan soccer
- Ludington vs. Howard City Tri-County soccer
- Plainwell vs. Vicksburg soccer
- Ludington vs. Newaygo softball
- Rogers City vs. Onaway softball
- Rogers City vs. Onaway baseball
- Tawas vs. Oscoda baseball
- Ludington, Fremont, Grant track and field
- Indian River Indian Lakes Invitational track and field
Also, click here to catch highlights from last week's MHSAA.tv games.
MHSAA spring sports also debuted this week on HighSchoolSports.Xfinity.com and Comcast channel 900. Subscribers can view the May 2 girls soccer matchup of Rochester Adams and Rochester Hills Stoney Creek by clicking the above link. MHSAA events on channel 900 are broadcast the following Tuesday at 7 and 9:30 p.m., with replays most weeks at 8 and 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays, 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. Saturdays and 6 p.m. Sundays. Upcoming games are Sterling Heights Stevenson at Hudsonville baseball Friday, New Boston Huron at Carleton Airport baseball May 15 and the Kensington Lakes Activities Association softball championship game May 22.
This week's MHSAA Classic is the 1998 Division 2 Girls Soccer Final between Birmingham Groves and Portage Northern at Canton Community Schools. Jackie Rodney scored 4:35 into overtime to break a 1-1 tie and give Groves a 2-1 victory.