No Halftime for MHSAA.TV
January 22, 2013
The winter season has reached its midway point. But there's no break as MHSAA.tv keeps supplying plenty of broadcasts for a variety of sports, in coordination with the School Broadcast Program.
Find these events from last week by scrolling through the "On Demand" section at the bottom of the MHSAA.tv page.
- Harbor Springs vs. Charlevoix boys basketball
- Lincoln Alcona vs. Oscoda boys basketball
- Alpena vs. Petoskey boys basketball
- Otsego vs. Plainwell boys basketball
- Montrose vs. Perry boys basketball
- Davison vs. Flint Northern boys basketball
- Ellsworth vs. Boyne Falls boys basketball
- Charlevoix vs. Petoskey boys basketball
- Ludington vs. Shelby boys basketball
- Calumet vs. Hancock boys basketball
- Indian River Inland Lakes vs. Central Lake girls basketball
- Rudyard vs. Rogers City girls basketball
- St. Ignace vs. Cheboygan girls basketball
- Lincoln Alcona vs. Oscoda girls basketball
- Dowagiac vs. Plainwell girls basketball
- Montrose vs. Genesee Christian girls basketball
- Wolverine vs. Onaway girls basketball
- Charlevoix vs. Cheboygan girls basketball
- Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood vs. Warren DeLaSalle hockey
- Calumet vs. Detroit U-D Jesuit hockey
- Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood vs. Orchard Lake St. Mary’s hockey
- Mason vs. Ovid-Elsie boys swimming and diving
- Mason vs. Haslett/Williamston gymnastics
MHSAA Perspective: John Johnson explains how a game he recently attended was like so many - a great advertisement for the qualities and role of the high school game - Wasn't that a Great Game?
MHSAA.tv highlights: This week's School Broadcasting Program package features clips from the Davison/Flint Northern and St. Ignace/Cheboygan girls basketball games and the Boyne Falls/Ellsworth boys basketball game.
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.