BRAYDEN LAPE

This was it! They’ve been performing in front of millions of television viewers for weeks and now the winner of “The Voice” season 22 has been crowned. Is it Michigan’s Brayden Lape, Bodie from Los Angeles, Georgia’s Bryce Leatherwood, Pennsylvania’s Morgan Myles or Orlando’s Omar Jose Cardona? The competition started more than two months ago with the Blind Auditions round, followed by the Battle Round and then the Knockout Round before the top 16 performed in the first live show. 16 became 13, 13 became 10, 10 became 8 and 8 became the final 5 with Grass Lake, Michigan’s Brayden Lape being the youngest of the 16.

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The theater came alive when the 16-year-old, Grass Lake High School student and athlete was on the big screen. Related: Brayden Lape dedicates ‘The Voice’ finale song to Grass Lake, Michigan“It’s so exciting to see someone so young come so far, and he’s just made our little community a star,” Genevieve Owens of Jackson said. He’s a winner.”People at the watch party wore shirts with Lape’s name on them and Grass Lake gear to show their support. “When I decided to audition for this, I would have never imagined that I made it all the way to the finale,” Lape said in the video. Owens and Gerald Smith of Grass Lake said they were not surprised by how far he has come on the show.

Monday was the night for Grass Lake’s Brayden Lape. He had two performances in the finale of The Voice.

Michigan’s Brayden Lape just performed his first of two finale songs on “The Voice” and he dedicated it to his hometown of Grass Lake, Michigan, which is near Jackson. “To my hometown of Grass Lake, Michigan,” Lape began the letter. This performance is for you Grass Lake.”After his performance of the McGraw song, the coaches weighed in. For his top 13 performance three weeks ago, Lape performed Sam Hunt’s version of “Come Over” by Kenny Chesney. For his top 10 performance two weeks ago, Lape performed “Homesick” by Kane Brown.

A Michigan local and high school sophomore is preparing to take the stage during The Voice season 22 two-hour finale. Watch the top five perform tonight at 8/7c on NBC. 15-year old Brayden Lape has advanced through each rigorous round of NBC’s hit singing competition series, The Voice. Hosted by Carson Daly, the show’s primary focus is just that — the voice. This year, Blake Shelton won one of those critical battles early on when he snapped up a Michigan teenager who is now competing in tonight’s finals.

He’s young and doesn’t have a lot of singing experience, and yet he’s made it all the way to the finale on “The Voice.” It looks like when John Legend called 15-year old Brayden Lape Blake Shelton’s “Tom Brady” during his Blind Audition nearly two months ago, he was right. It was about one month later that MLive said Lape could win “The Voice.” That was before his third round performance right before the 16 finalists were revealed. Now 16 years old, the Grass Lake High School three-star athlete would become the youngest of the sweet 16.

The two-part finale of The Voice starts Monday night on local 4, and don't look now, but Brayden Lape from Grass Lake is still in the mix.

He was the youngest of the 16 finalists and is a very inexperienced singer, but that didn’t stop this small-town Michigan teen from a rare achievement. 16-year old Brayden Lape has made it into the finals on “The Voice.”Lape, who is from Grass Lake near Jackson, learned his fate on tonight’s results show after performing “In Case You Didn’t Know” by Brett Young during last night’s semifinals episode. It was then up to America’s vote to send five of the remaining top 8 into next week’s finale.

A 16-year-old from Grass Lake will appear in the semifinals of “The Voice” on Monday night.

One of Michigan’s own just advance to the semifinals on “The Voice” and he’s stirring up a lot of excitement in his hometown of Grass Lake.

The question is, is Michigan’s Brayden Lape one of the singers who advanced to the semifinals on “The Voice.” Lape and the rest of the top 10 learned their fate on tonight’s results show airing on NBC. Host Carson Daly wasted no time announcing the first semifinalist, a member of Blake Shelton’s team, the team Lape is on. 16-year old Lape, from Grass Lake, Michigan near Jackson, the youngest finalist in the competition, has advanced to the semis. For his top 13 performance last week, Lape performed Sam Hunt’s version of “Come Over” by Kenny Chesney. In the top 10 last night, Lape performed “Homesick” by Kane Brown.

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You have a solid country voice that’s different and it’s unique,” added his coach, Shelton. Congratulations.”TONIGHT’S RESULTSIt was a lot more suspenseful for Lape tonight. Coach John Legend called Lape Shelton’s “Tom Brady.”Then came the Battle Round on October 18 when Lape went against a much more experienced performer in 29-year old Benny Weag. For his top 16 performance, Lape sang “Buy Dirt” by Jordan Davis. And then, as we mentioned, after last night’s performance, Lape has learned he’s moving on to the top 10.

16-year old Brayden Lape is a sophomore at Grass Lake High School located just east of Jackson. You have a solid country voice that’s different and it’s unique,” added his coach, Shelton. Congratulations.”HOW TO VOTEIt’s now up to America to vote Lape through to next week. You can vote on “The Voice” website here or via “The Voice” free mobile app via Apple here or through Google Play here. We first met Lape on “The Voice” during his Blind Audition on September 20 when he performed “This Town” by Niall Horan.

Now, this small-town Michigan teen is a fan favorite on “The Voice” as he received a whole lot of votes from America after last night’s first live show of the season. He made it to the fourth round last night, along with the rest of the top 16, where he performed “Buy Dirt” by Jordan Davis. “Two of you received the most votes last night and were saved by America,” host Carson Daly immediately revealed at the top of the results show. Then, it was revealed by Daly that America also sent Lape through to the top 13. The two performed “Pretty Heart” by Parker McCollum and Shelton chose to send Lape through to last week’s Knockout Round.

He then pulled of an upset in the Battle Round before beating out two more singers in the Knockout Round. “You are definitely the heartthrob of the season,” said Rowan Grace before his performance, who is also on Shelton’s team. “You got everybody falling in love with you after hearing your Blind Audition.”After Lape performed, opposing coach, Camila Cabello, said this was her favorite performance on the show so far from Lape. She landed on Gwen Stefani’s team and was eliminated in round two, the Battle Round. SOLsong, an EMU grad and Saginaw native, was also eliminated in the Battle Round.

John Legend called him Blake Shelton’s Tom Brady and if “The Voice” were the NFL, he would be in the playoffs now. 16-year old Brayden Lape, who plays quarterback, is a pitcher and is on the basketball team at Grass Lake High School, will sing tonight on “The Voice” Lives at 8:00 p.m. Lape performed “Mercy” by Brett Young and his coach, Blake Shelton, sent him through to tonight’s Lives. Brayden is only 16-years old and he’s already so good,” Shelton said after he sent him to the Lives. We first met Lape on “The Voice” during his Blind Audition on September 20 when he performed “This Town” by Niall Horan.

Lape performed “Mercy” by Brett Young in front of a studio audience, the four coaches and the millions watching at home. After Lape’s performance, coach Gwen Stefani had to wipe away tears. We first met Lape on “The Voice” during his Blind Audition on September 20 when he performed “This Town” by Niall Horan. The two performed “Pretty Heart” by Parker McCollum and Shelton chose to send Lape through to tonight’s Knockout Round. She landed on Gwen Stefani’s team and was eliminated in round two, the Battle Round.

John Legend called him Blake Shelton’s Tom Brady when he landed on Shelton’s team on “The Voice.” Little did Legend know, the 15-year old small-town Michigan teen plays quarterback for his high school football team. Now 16, Grass Lake’s Brayden Lape is about to give the singing performance of his life in the third round of “The Voice,” airing on NBC tonight, November 7, at 8:00 p.m. If he advances past the Knockout Round, he would head to round four, the Live Performance round which begins on November 14.

15-year old Brayden Lape is from Grass Lake, which is between Jackson and Ann Arbor. THE BATTLEIn tonight’s Battle Round, Lape went against a much more experienced performer in 29-year old Benny Weag. “I think you have a beautiful tone. “Brayden, you have a beautiful, beautiful voice. There’s something about that that’s endearing.”THE WINNER ISShelton ended up choosing Brayden as the winner of the battle.

JACKSON -- We’re almost through the 2022 regular season and playoff races are heating up. Teams are getting a clearer picture of where they stand in the playoff points pack, and some conference crowns have already been handed out with a few more up for grabs this week. Grass Lake (4-3, 3-2 Cascades)The win-one-lose-one pattern continued in Week 7 for the Warriors with a 34-18 win over Addison. Lumen Christi (4-3, 3-1 Interstate 8)It would have been silly to count out Lumen Christi three weeks into the season. The current winning streak, and the impressive strength of schedule of the first four weeks of the season, has the Titans sitting fourth in Division 7 in playoff points.

With Saline’s 7-0 loss to Temperance Bedford last week, the Hornets saw their impressive 50-game win streak in the SEC Red come to an end. When Tecumseh beat Chelsea, 50-34, it actually decided the champion of the the SEC White. Chelsea had won the previous three SEC White championships but the loss to Tecumseh ended that and snapped Chelsea’s 22-game win streak in the division. Chelsea’s SEC White win streak began four years ago after Chelsea lost to Jackson on Sept. 21, 2018. Hats off to them.”Tecumseh had never won an SEC White title before and it remains undefeated at 7-0 this season.

GRASS LAKE -- Addison was able to keep things close much of the way, but every time the Panthers got within striking distance, the Grass Lake Warriors responded, and Grass Lake pulled out the 34-18 win on Friday in a Cascades Conference game. Grass Lake put the first two touchdowns on the board before Addison responded with two of its own, missing both two-point conversions to keep Grass Lake in front. “We knew we didn’t need too much time, we just needed the right play,” Grass Lake coach Randy Cole said. Addison’s ensuing drive was stopped by a fumble, recovered by Grass Lake’s Josh Claussen, and on the next drive Grass Lake made a fourth-down stop. But Addison then went three-and-out and booted the ball away before Grass Lake marched down for its second score.

He may be young, but both Gwen Stefani and John Legend believe a small-town Michigan teen could be Blake Shelton’s secret weapon on this season of “The Voice.”15-year old Brayden Lape is from Grass Lake, which is between Jackson and Ann Arbor. “Ever since he’s been a little boy he’s excelled at everything he did,” his father added. “I was Blake, you need this person on your team,” coach Camila Cabello added. He’s a great addition to my team is what he is.”“You got yourself a Tom Brady on your team,” added Legend. MORE FROM MLIVE:Small-town Michigan woman overcomes stage fright during ‘The Voice’ blind audition

Down 16-6 in the third, Concord responded with a 47-yard Logan Lamb touchdown, followed by a 26-yard touchdown pass from Anthony Evans to Mekhi Wingfield. Lamb had 78 rushing yards while Evans added 76. Eason Neitzke caught a touchdown pass from JR Morrow. Gumper had 127 rushing yards on 14 carries with Tamlyn adding 89 yards on 10 carries. Hunter Wilson had seven carries for 56.

Lumen Christi's Gabe King (6) rounds the base at second during a MHSAA Division 3 baseball district final at Lumen Christi High School on Saturday, June 4, 2022. Grass Lake's Brayden Lape (8) pitches during a high school baseball game at Grass Lake High School on Thursday, May 19, 2022. He also had eight doubles, three home runs and 28 runs scored, and stole 16 bases. Negus celebrate a run during a high school baseball game at Grass Lake High School on Thursday, May 19, 2022. He drove in 15 runs on the year with 27 runs scored and 15 stolen bases.

Grass Lake's Brayden Lape (8) pitches during a high school baseball game at Grass Lake High School on Thursday, May 19, 2022. Napoleon won the game over Grass Lake, 4-2, to advance to the Cascades Conference title game against Michigan Center.J. Scott Park | MLive.com

Grant Bradley struck out 15 and allowed no baserunners for a perfect game as the Napoleon baseball team beat East Jackson 12-0 on Friday. Michigan Center 22, Vandercook Lake 0: The Cardinals’ Dalyen Hinkle threw a no-hitter in a win over the Jayhawks. Grass Lake 3, Hanover-Horton 1: The Warriors scored three runs in the top of the seventh to beat the Comets. Grass Lake scored eight runs in the first and seven in the third in Game 1. Gabi Davis and Dru Porter got a 6-0, 6-0 win at No.

JACKSON -- The baseball season is underway with players already starting to make their marks around the Jackson area. Grant Bradley, NapoleonThe sophomore for the Pirates hit .333 at the plate last season and recorded 109 strikeouts on the mound, earning all-conference first-team honors. Nathaniel Hobbs, JacksonIn his first appearance on the mound this spring for the Vikings, Hobbs struck out 15 in a five-inning perfect game win over Lansing Eastern. Brady McGuigan, ManchesterThe Flying Dutchmen third baseman stole 34 bases last year and hit .455, earning all-conference honors. JR Morrow, Jackson NorthwestThe catcher for the Mounties drove in 18 runs and hit .318 last season, earning all-conference honors.

The Vandercook Lake boys basketball team beat Grass Lake 61-56 on Wednesday. The Warriors led 12-8 after one quarter, but a 29-point second quarter for Vandercook Lake put the Jayhawks in front 37-26 at halftime. Jack Easterday had a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds. Kahner Tripp had 11 points. Kennedy Miller had 11 points and five steals.

OLIVET -- The Grass Lake boys basketball team was able to all but erase one early deficit on Saturday and make a run at cutting into another, but ultimately fell to Lakewood 52-33 in the GLAC/Cascades Challenge at Olivet College. Lakewood jumped out to an 11-2 lead in the first only to have the Warriors get back within a point by the end of the quarter. “Overall they showed what we thought they would show, we were getting the movements we were hoping to get,” Grass Lake coach Kyle McDaniel said. Grass Lake suffered another offensive lull to open the third quarter, missing on its first seven trips down the floor of the half, with six of those being turnovers. In the meantime, Lakewood extended the lead to 35-16 before Grass Lake started putting things together again to get the deficit down to 35-23.