Vacation Homework: Watch MHSAA.tv
December 21, 2012
Snow and holiday vacations have both hit Michigan this weekend.
Lucky for us, there are 36 broadcasts covering five sports and schools from all over the state from last week to keep us busy during the free time we'll soon enjoy.
Find all of these and more by scrolling through the "On Demand" section at the bottom of the MHSAA.tv page.
- Onaway vs. Indian River Inland Lakes girls basketball
- Vicksburg vs. Plainwell girls basketball
- Calumet vs. Painesdale-Jeffers girls basketball
- Kalamazoo Christian vs. Olivet girls basketball
- Lansing Eastern vs. East Lansing girls basketball
- Ludington vs. Manistee girls basketball
- Montrose vs. Perry girls basketball
- Coloma vs. Plainwell girls basketball
- Mason vs. Jackson Lumen Christi girls basketball
- Petoskey vs. Cheboygan girls basketball
- Oscoda vs. Gladwin girls basketball
- Ludington vs. Manistee boys basketball
- East Kentwood vs. East Grand Rapids boys basketball
- Kalamazoo Christian vs. Olivet boys basketball
- Lansing Eastern vs. East Lansing boys basketball
- Vicksburg vs. Plainwell boys basketball
- Birmingham Brother Rice vs. Birmingham Seaholm boys basketball
- Gaylord vs. Charlevoix boys basketball
- Sault Ste. Marie vs. Cheboygan boys basketball
- Cheboygan vs. Petoskey boys basketball
- Atlanta vs. AuGres-Sims boys basketball
- Rogers City vs. Lincoln Alcona boys basketball
- Indian River Inland Lakes vs. Mancelona boys basketball
- Hale vs. AuGres-Sims boys basketball
- Calumet vs. Dollar Bay boys basketball
- Ludington vs. Manistee wrestling
- Mason vs. Lansing Waverly wrestling
- Ludington vs. Holland Christian boys swimming and diving
- Mason vs. Williamston boys swimming and diving
- Sault Ste. Marie vs. Cheboygan hockey
- Trenton vs. Detroit Catholic Central hockey
- Calumet vs. Kingsford hockey
- Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood vs. Ada Forest Hills Eastern hockey
- Calumet vs. Farmington hockey
- Brownstown-Woodhaven vs. Ann Arbor Huron hockey
- Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood vs. Grand Rapids Catholic Central hockey
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.