New Year Dawns for MHSAA.tv
January 3, 2013
Welcome back and Happy New Year from MHSAA.tv. Our student broadcasters kept things rolling through the holiday break, leaving you with plenty to watch as you get into the swing of 2013.
Five hockey productions top this week's list of 21 total that can be found by scrolling through the "On Demand" section at the bottom of the MHSAA.tv page. See the bottom of this page as well for this week's highlights package taken from events over the break, and MHSAA Perspective from our John Johnson.
- Rockford vs. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern hockey
- Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood vs. Birmingham Brother Rice hockey
- U-D Jesuit vs. Detroit Catholic Central hockey
- Calumet vs. Houghton hockey
- Calumet vs. Hancock hockey
- Montrose vs. Burton Atherton boys basketball
- Birmingham Brother Rice vs. Madison Heights Bishop Foley boys basketball
- East Kentwood vs. Muskegon boys basketball
- East Kentwood vs. Grand Rapids Christian boys basketball
- Gaylord vs. Cheboygan boys basketball
- Calumet vs. Lake Linden-Hubbell boys basketball
- Hillman vs. Rogers City boys basketball
- Montrose vs. Mount Morris boys basketball
- Oscoda vs. AuGres-Sims boys basketball
- Montrose vs. Mount Morris girls basketball
- Calumet vs. Lake Linden-Hubbell girls basketball
- Kalamazoo Christian vs. Parchment girls basketball
- Tawas, Lincoln Alcona, Whittemore-Prescott, Oscoda wrestling
- Parma Western vs. Mason wrestling
- Comstock Park Invitational wrestling
- Mason vs. Eaton Rapids swimming and diving
MHSAA Perspective: This week's edition talks about the value of reading the instruction manuals for life's gadgets, as well as high school sports - Read The Instructions
MHSAA.tv highlights: This week's School Broadcasting Program package features clips from the East Kentwood/Muskegon boys basketball game and the Calumet/Hancock and U-D Jesuit/Detroit Catholic Central hockey games.
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.