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Playoffs are Here on MHSAA.tv

October 25, 2012

Boys soccer District games were among exciting additions to MHSAA.tv last week, plus football league championship games between Montrose and Lake Fenton and Watervliet and Lawton. 

MHSAA.tv and the School Broadcast Program coverage also included volleyball and swimming and diving events.

See those listings below, plus links to the MHSAA Football Friday Overtime on Fox Sports Detroit and the Comcast/Xfinity game shot last week -- Grosse Ile vs. Riverview -- plus a link to this week's MHSAA Perspective.

MHSAA.tv: Click on the "Schools" tab on MHSAA.tv to find these games:

  • North Branch vs. Yale football
  • Central Lake vs. Rudyard football
  • Pickford vs. Onaway football
  • East Jordan vs. Charlevoix football
  • Mancelona vs. Indian River Inland Lakes football
  • Montrose vs. Lake Fenton football
  • Gaylord vs. St. Johns football
  • Lawton vs. Watervliet football
  • Lansing Eastern vs. East Lansing soccer
  • Brownstown Woodhaven vs. Dearborn Heights Crestwood soccer
  • Sparta vs. Cedar Springs soccer
  • Haslett vs. Owosso soccer
  • DeWitt vs. East Lansing soccer
  • Taylor Truman vs. Trenton soccer
  • Lansing Eastern vs. St. Johns soccer
  • Haslett vs. East Lansing soccer
  • Grand Haven vs. Rockford volleyball
  • Posen vs. Hillman volleyball
  • Montrose vs. Perry volleyball
  • Houghton vs. Calumet volleyball
  • Mancelona vs. Onaway volleyball
  • Rogers City vs. Cheboygan volleyball
  • Lake Linden-Hubbell vs. Calumet volleyball
  • Charlevoix vs. Grayling volleyball
  • Grand Haven vs. Rockford swimming and diving
  • Also, click under "MHSAA" and "Recent" for the 1997 Class C Football Final between Decatur and Ravenna, won by Ravenna 48-26 thanks in part to four touchdowns by Willy Rolison.

FOX: At 11:30 p.m. after each Friday's games, Fox Sports Detroit airs its one-hour Football Friday Overtime with highlights from all over the state.

XFINITY: Friday's 21-7 O-K White-deciding win by Grand Rapids Christian over Lowell is available to subscribers On Demand on Xfinity's High School Sports site.

MHSAA Perspective: Our John Johnson discusses the need for values-based school sports programs - Listen

Below: This week's School Broadcast Program highlights include clips from Menominee/Petoskey, Gaylord/St. Johns and Yale/North Branch football games and the soccer District matchup of Lansing Eastern and St. Johns.

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.