5 Weekends of MHSAA Finals, 1 Low Price

February 20, 2018

By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
   

Over the next five weeks, fans of Michigan high school sports can catch hundreds of hours of live video coverage of MHSAA Championships on MHSAA.tv and the NFHS Network for just $9.95.

This week’s championship coverage comes from Wings Events Center in Kalamazoo on Friday and Saturday (Feb. 23-24) at the Team Wrestling Finals. Here’s the complete schedule:

Friday – Feb. 23 – Team Wrestling Quarterfinals 

Division 4 @ Noon

Division 1 @ 2:15 p.m.

Division 3 @ 4:30 p.m.

Division 2 @ 6:45 p.m.

Saturday – Feb. 24 – Team Wrestling Semifinals & Finals 

Division 4 Semifinals @ 9:30 a.m.

Division 1 Semifinals @ 9:30 a.m.

Division 3 Semifinals @ Noon

Division 2 Semifinals @ Noon

Saturday Finals - 3:30 p.m.

Here’s the week-by-week NFHS Network coverage schedule of MHSAA winter Championships:

  • Feb. 22-24 – Team Dual Wrestling Quarterfinals-Semifinals-Finals
  • March 2-3 – Individual Wrestling Finals
  • March 2-3 – Girls Competitive Cheer Finals
  • March 8-10 – Ice Hockey Semifinals & Finals
  • March 13 – Girls Basketball Quarterfinals
  • March 15-16 – Girls Basketball Semifinals
  • March 20 – Boys Basketball Quarterfinals
  • March 22-23 – Boys Basketball Semifinals

The 16 Team Wrestling events on Friday are part of the busiest day ever on MHSAA.tv, as a total of 44 events will be streamed by the NFHS Network and by participants in the School Broadcast Program.

In addition to day-to-day regular-season productions, School Broadcast Program participants cover tournament games taking place at their facilities as a condition of membership in the program. SBP schools also play a major role in the production of Quarterfinal games in the Boys and Girls Basketball Tournaments in March.

For the second straight week, a record 115 events are on this week’s MHSAA.tv schedule, with 74 at the varsity level and more to be added as the week progresses. A total of 51 events will be produced by schools using Pixellot, the NFHS Network’s automated coverage solution. Be sure to check “Upcoming Events” on the MHSAA.tv home page daily for last-minute additions.

Here’s this week’s MHSAA.tv schedule of video streams being produced by SBP members:

Tuesday – February 20

Wednesday – February 21

Thursday – February 22

Friday – February 23

Saturday – February 24

Monday – February 26

Tuesday – February 27

In its ninth year, the School Broadcast Program gives members an opportunity to showcase excellence in their schools by creating video programming of athletic and non-athletic events, with students gaining skills in announcing, camera operation, directing/producing and graphics. Pixellot is used by schools wishing to live stream games, but lacking the ability to staff the events. The program also gives schools the opportunity to raise money through advertising and viewing subscriptions. 

A complete list of participating schools can be found on the School Broadcast Program page of the MHSAA website.

Highlights of games produced in the past week by MHSAA School Broadcast Program members feature last weekend’s Upper Peninsula Swimming & Diving Finals.

Highlights can be found each week on the MHSAA.tv website, the home page of the MHSAA Website, and the MHSAASports Channel on YouTube.

With the winter sports season fully underway, StateChamps! High School Sports Show returns with new weekly editions debuting each Sunday at 9 a.m. on Fox Sports Detroit – featuring fresh editions of the MHSAA Minute.

The MHSAA Minute takes a look each week at different things happening in the life of the Association, from promoting educational programs to rules changes in high school sports. This week’s Minute takes a look at the School Broadcast Program – and as part of its salute to Black History Month, MHSAA Assistant Director Nate Hampton will be featured. Archived editions of MHSAA Minute can be found on the StateChamps! YouTube Channel.

MHSAA TV: 1,000 Live Events & Growing

September 24, 2019

By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties

Less than two months into the 2019-20 school year, MHSAA.tv is topping the 1,000 mark for live streamed video of interscholastic athletic events on the NFHS Network.

Just a year ago, just under 300 live streams had been produced by a combined 34 schools. This week began with MHSAA.tv having streamed 986 events originated at 84 schools.

The surge in events is powered by the addition of Pixellot, the NFHS Network’s automated production solution at a growing number of MHSAA member schools. Since this time last year, units at more than 50 schools have been activated. In all, 108 schools have launched or will be launching more than 180 Pixellots at gymnasiums and outdoor athletic facilities around the state.

Here’s a breakdown of the MHSAA member schools utilizing Pixellot:

Active Indoor & Outdoor Units – Auburn Hills Oakland Christian, Bad Axe, Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood, Birmingham Seaholm, Brighton, Brownstown Woodhaven, Cadillac, Chesaning, Clare, Calumet, Cedar Springs, Corunna, East Grand Rapids, Frankenmuth, Freeland, Grand Blanc, Grand Rapids Catholic Central, Howell, Ishpeming, Manchester, Maple City Glen Lake, Montrose, Norway, Novi, Ovid-Elsie, Petoskey, Plainwell, Pontiac Notre Dame Prep, Rockford, Saginaw Heritage, Saline, South Lyon, South Lyon East, St. Clair Shores Lake Shore, St. Joseph, Stevensville Lakeshore, Troy, Troy Athens. Watervliet, West Bloomfield, White Lake Lakeland.

Active Outdoor Units – Ithaca, Portage Northern.

Active Gymnasium Units – Ann Arbor Greenhills, Big Rapids, Bear Lake, Brethren, Bloomfield Hills Marian, Dollar Bay, Fenton, Flint Kearsley, Flint Powers Catholic, Fremont, Grand Rapids Christian, Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian, Grandville, Harbor Beach, Harrison, Hart, Hemlock, Highland Milford, Kalamazoo Christian, Linden, Madison Heights Lamphere, Morley-Stanwood, Mt. Morris, New Lothrop, Otisville-LakeVille, Pellston, Southfield Christian, St. Charles, Waterford Our Lady.

Schools With Pending Installations – Armada, Birmingham Groves, Bloomfield Hills, Bloomfield Hills Roeper, Burton Bendle, Caro, Clinton Township Chippewa Valley, Detroit Catholic Central, East Kentwood, Flushing, Grand Ledge, Holly, Livonia Clarenceville, Macomb Dakota, Macomb L’Anse Creuse North, Munising, Niles, Painesdale Jeffers, Plymouth Christian, Portage Central, Riverview Gabriel Richard, Saginaw Swan Valley, St. Ignace, Sterling Heights Stevenson+, Sturgis, Traverse City Central*, Traverse City West*, Utica+, Utica Eisenhower+, Utica Ford+, Vicksburg, Walled Lake Central, Walled Lake Northern, Walled Lake Western, Waterford Kettering, Waterford Mott, Williamston. (* Includes installation at Thirlby Field.) (+ Includes installations at Swinehart and Runkel Fields.)

The Pixellot schools join the following traditional School Broadcast Programs – Bay City John Glenn, Calumet, Cedar Springs, Charlevoix, Comstock Park, East Lansing, Fowlerville, Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett, Lake Orion, Marquette, Midland Dow, Montrose Mt. Pleasant, Negaunee, Onsted, Pewamo-Westphalia, Rockford, Rogers City, Vestaburg, Warren De La Salle Collegiate.

Here’s the complete list of varsity-level events to be streamed live in the coming week on MHSAA.tv and the NFHS Network:

Tuesday – Sept. 24
Boys Soccer - Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood Kingswood v. Hamtramck  - 4:30 PM
Girls Field Hockey - West Bloomfield v. Pinckney  - 4:30 PM
Boys Soccer - Buchanan v. Watervliet  - 5 PM
Boys Soccer - Ovid-Elsie v. Mt. Morris  - 5 PM
Girls Volleyball - Gobles v. Watervliet  - 5 PM
Boys Soccer - Iron Mountain v. Marquette  - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball - Norway v. Superior Central  - 6 PM
Boys Soccer - Stevensville Lakeshore v. Mattawan  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Bellaire v. Pellston  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Grand Rapids Christian v. East Grand Rapids  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Kalamazoo Christian v. Galesburg-Augusta  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – White Lake Lakeland v. Walled Lake Western  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Otisville LakeVille v. New Lothrop  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Lutheran Westland v. Southfield Christian  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Milford v. Walled Lake Northern  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Mt. Morris v. Durand  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Novi v. Brighton  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Oakland Christian v. Plymouth Christian Academy  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Flint Powers Catholic v. Davison  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - South Lyon East v. South Lyon  - 6:30 PM
Boys Soccer - Troy Athens v. TBA  - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - Novi v. Canton  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Brethren v. Marion  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Cadillac v. Traverse City Central  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball – Flint Carman-Ainsworth v. Grand Blanc  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Fremont v. Central Montcalm  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Lake Orion v. Oxford  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball – Bloomfield Hills Marian v. Farmington Hills Mercy  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Petoskey v. Gaylord  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Saline v. Temperance Bedford  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Saline v. Temperance Bedford  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Bad Axe v. Vassar  - 7:30 PM
 
Wednesday - Sept. 25
Boys Soccer - Ithaca v. Hemlock  - 5:30 PM
Boys Soccer - Manchester v. Clinton  - 5:30 PM
Boys Soccer - St. Clair Shores Lake Shore v. Marysville  - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball - Fenton v. Flushing  - 6:15 PM
Girls Volleyball - Kearsley v. Linden  - 6:15 PM
Boys Soccer - Traverse City Central v. Traverse City West  - 6:20 PM
Girls Volleyball – Ann Arbor Greenhills v. Marine City Cardinal Mooney Catholic  - 6:30 PM
Boys Soccer - Cedar Springs v. TBA  - 6:45 PM
Boys Soccer – Birmingham Seaholm v. Detroit Country Day  - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - South Lyon East v. TBA  - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - South Lyon v. TBA  - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - South Lyon v. TBA  - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - Suttons Bay v. Maple City Glen Lake  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Fowlerville v. St. Johns  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Frankenmuth v. Saginaw Swan Valley  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Morley Stanwood v. Hesperia  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball – Waterford Our Lady v. Madison Heights Bishop Foley  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Harrison v. Sanford Meridian  - 7:30 PM
 
Thursday - Sept. 26
Boys Soccer - Bangor v. Watervliet  - 5:25 PM
Boys Soccer – Madison Heights Lamphere v. St. Clair  - 5:30 PM
Boys Soccer - Portage Northern v. Kalamazoo Central  - 5:30 PM
Boys Soccer - Clare v. TBA  - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball – Flint Kearsley v. Flint Carman-Ainsworth  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – White Lake Lakeland v. South Lyon East  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest v. Southfield Christian  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Wayland Union v. East Grand Rapids  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - White Cloud v. Hart  - 6:30 PM
Boys Soccer – Troy Athens  v. Grand Blanc  - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - Novi v. Brighton  - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - Troy v. Pontiac Notre Dame Prep  - 7 PM
Girls Field Hockey - Saline v. Chelsea  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Bear Lake v. Brethren  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian v. Wyoming Lee  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Grandville v. East Kentwood  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball – Bloomfield Hills Marian v. Wixom St. Catherine - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Troy v. Rochester Adams  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - West Bloomfield v. Clarkston  - 7 PM
 
Friday - Sept. 27
Boys Soccer – Brownstown Woodhaven v. Dearborn Divine Child  - 4:30 PM
Football - Stevensville Lakeshore v. Portage Central  - 5:30 PM
Football - Portage Northern v. Mattawan  - 5:30 PM
Football - Wayland Union v. East Grand Rapids  - 6:30 PM
Football - Cadillac v. Lake Odessa Lakewood  - 7 PM
Football - Calumet v. Norway  - 7 PM
Football - Caro v. Elkton Pigeon Bay Port Laker  - 7 PM
Football - Clare v. Sanford Meridian  - 7 PM
Football - Frankenmuth v. Saginaw Swan Valley  - 7 PM
Football – Maple City Glen Lake v. Gladstone  - 7 PM
Football – Saginaw Heritage v. Midland Dow  - 7 PM
Football - Ithaca v. Carrollton  - 7 PM
Football - St. Clair Shores Lake Shore v. St. Clair Shores South Lake  - 7 PM
Football – Madison Heights Lamphere v. Clawson  - 7 PM
Football - Manchester v. Vandercook Lake  - 7 PM
Football - Norway v. Calumet  - 7 PM
Football – Pontiac Notre Dame Prep v. TBA  - 7 PM
Football - Novi v. Plymouth  - 7 PM
Football - Ovid-Elsie v. New Lothrop  - 7 PM
Football - Petoskey v. Marquette  - 7 PM
Football - Rockford v. Grand Haven  - 7 PM
Football - South Lyon East v. White Lake Lakeland  - 7 PM
Football - South Lyon v. Walled Lake Northern  - 7 PM
Football - Dowagiac v. Plainwell  - 7 PM
Football – Grosse Pointe North v. Port Huron Northern  - 7 PM
Football - Ishpeming v. Negaunee  - 7 PM
Football - Kalamazoo Christian v. Watervliet  - 7 PM
Football - Laingsburg v. Pewamo-Westphalia  - 7 PM
Football - Lansing Eastern v. Fowlervi