5 Weekends of MHSAA Finals, 1 Low Price

Highlights

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

Project Unified Basketball - Northville at Novi - 4 p.m.
Freshman Boys Basketball - Delton Kellogg at Kalamazoo Christian - 4:15 p.m.
Boys Ice Hockey - Escanaba at Calumet - 5 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - Allendale at Comstock Park - 5:30 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Byron at Montrose - 5:30 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - Delton Kellogg at Kalamazoo Christian - 5:30 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - Plymouth at Novi - 5:30 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Dowagiac at Plainwell - 5:45 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - Tawas Area at Rogers City - 6 p.m.
Girls Basketball – St. Johns at Fowlerville - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Delton Kellogg at Kalamazoo Christian - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Tawas Area at Rogers City - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Allendale at Comstock Park - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Plymouth at Novi - 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Byron at Montrose - 7:01 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Dowagiac at Plainwell - 7:15 p.m.

Wednesday – February 21

Freshman Boys Basketball - North Branch at Otisville-LakeVille - 4 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - North Branch at Otisville-LakeVille - 5:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Galesburg-Augusta at Kalamazoo Christian - 5:30 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Posen at Rogers City - 6 p.m.
Boys Basketball - North Branch at Otisville-LakeVille - 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Posen at Rogers City - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Rochester Adams at Lake Orion - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Galesburg-Augusta at Kalamazoo Christian - 7 p.m.
Boys Ice Hockey - Hartland at Detroit Catholic Central - 7:30 p.m.

Thursday – February 22

Freshman Boys Basketball – Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest at Macomb Lutheran North - 4 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Westland at Novi - 5:30 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball – Sterling Heights Parkway Christian at Macomb Lutheran North - 5:30 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - Coopersville at Comstock Park - 5:30 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Westland at Novi - 5:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Ewen-Trout Creek at Dollar Bay - 5:45 p.m.
Girls Basketball - TBA at Novi - 7 p.m.
Boys Ice Hockey - Calumet at Marquette - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball – Sterling Heights Parkway Christian at Macomb Lutheran North - 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Ewen-Trout Creek at Dollar Bay - 7:20 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Calumet at Lake Linden-Hubbell - 7:20 p.m.

Friday – February 23

Project Unified Basketball - Plymouth at Novi - 4 p.m.
Freshman Boys Basketball – Sanford Meridian at Harrison - 4:30 p.m.
Freshman Girls Basketball – St. Clair Shores Lake Shore at Macomb Lutheran North - 4:30 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball – TBA at Novi - 5:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Byron at Otisville-LakeVille - 5:30 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball – Lake Linden-Hubbell at Calumet - 5:45 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball – St. Clair Chores Lake Shore at Macomb Lutheran North - 6 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball – Sanford Meridian at Harrison - 6 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - Fairview at Rogers City - 6 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Fowlerville at Lansing Catholic - 6 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Carrollton at Freeland - 6 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Howard City Tri County at Fremont - 6 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Lawton at Kalamazoo Christian - 6 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball – Powers North Central at Norway - 6:30 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Coleman at Vestaburg - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball - TBA at Novi - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Fairview at Rogers City - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball – Farmington Hills Harrison at Lake Orion - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Byron at Otisville-LakeVille - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball – Lake Linden-Hubbell at Calumet - 7:15 p.m.
Boys Ice Hockey - Trenton at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood - 7:15 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Carrollton at Freeland - 7:30 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Fowlerville at Lansing Catholic - 7:30 p.m.
Boys Basketball – Howard City Tri County at Fremont - 7:30 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Lawton at Kalamazoo Christian - 7:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball – St. Clair Shores Lake Shore at Lutheran North - 7:30 p.m.
Boys Basketball – Sanford Meridian at Harrison - 7:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Powers North Central at Norway - 8 p.m.

Saturday – February 24

Boys Ice Hockey – Grosse Pointe North at Detroit Catholic Central - 7:30 p.m.

Monday – February 26

Freshman Boys Basketball - Detroit Loyola at Macomb Lutheran North - 4:30 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - Detroit Loyola at Macomb Lutheran North - 6 p.m.
Girls Basketball – MHSAA District – Ada Forest Hills Eastern v. Grand Rapids Catholic Central at Comstock Park – 6 p.m.
Girls Basketball – MHSAA District – Midland Bullock Creek at Freeland - 6 p.m.
Girls Basketball – MHSAA District – Bay City John Glenn v. Essexville Garber at Freeland - 7:30 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Detroit Loyola at Lutheran North - 7:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball – MHSAA District – Grand Rapids West Catholic at Comstock Park – 7:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball – MHSAA District at Fremont (Belding v. Fremont; Howard City Tri-County v. Newaygo - TBA

Tuesday – February 27

Freshman Boys Basketball - Comstock at Plainwell - 4:15 p.m.
Freshman Boys Basketball – Standish-Sterling at Freeland - 4:30 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - Houghton at Calumet - 5:45 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - Comstock at Plainwell - 5:45 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball – Standish-Sterling at Freeland - 6 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - Ludington at Fremont - 6 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Fowlerville at Hartland - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Berkley at Lake Orion - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Comstock at Plainwell - 7:15 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Houghton at Calumet - 7:15 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Chassell at Lake Linden-Hubbell - 7:20 p.m.
Boys Basketball – Standish Sterling at Freeland - 7:30 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Ludington at Fremont - 7:30 p.m.

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.

Highlights

Lake Orion Named SBP Best for 2018-19

By John Johnson
MHSAA Communications Director emeritus

May 7, 2019

Lake Orion High School has been named the “Program of the Year” to headline the MHSAA’s School Broadcast Program Excellence Awards for 2018-19.

The SBP Excellence Awards will award certificates and plaques to the schools which took individual honors, with the presentation dates and times to be announced.

Lake Orion claimed the top spot in three of the five award categories and placed in all five categories, capturing seven individual awards. The program demonstrated a good blend in a variety of sports covered – at home and on the road – and an overall command of the PlayOn! Sports software used for graphics and inserting commercials/features during the course of productions.

Here is the complete list by category of the schools and students being honored with this year’s SBP Excellence Awards:

Best Multicamera Production

First Place – Cedar Springs – Nathan Draper, Max VanderMeulen, Macie Huntoon, Katia Corwin, Mason Francis, Josh Allen, Jacob Meredith, Jacob Swinehart, Dylan Patterson, Austin Kibby, Tayvon Gardner, Rylee Kinzinger, Riley Smith – Football game v. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern.

Second Place – Lake Orion – Sienna Gibson, Kevin McCormick Jr., Teddy Hirschfield, Jacob Johr, Becca Hamilton, Derek Dungan, Amanda Pordon, Eric Maxwell, Hunter Chambers – Boys Basketball game v. Rochester Adams.

TIE - Third Place – Cedar Springs – Nathan Draper, Max VanderMeulen, Macie Huntoon, Katia Corwin, Mason Francis, Josh Allen, Jacob Meredith, Jacob Swinehart, Dylan Patterson, Austin Kibby, Tayvon Gardner, Rylee Kinzinger, Riley Smith – Football game v. Gaylord.

TIE – Third Place – Lake Orion – Sienna Gibson, Teddy Hirschfield, Kevin McCormick Jr., Isabella Larsen, Derek Dungan, Alexandra Hill, Jenna Gaylord, Becca Hamilton, Eric Maxwell, Amanda Pordon, Alex Gustanski – Boys Basketball game v. Clarkston.

Best Student Play-By-Play

First Place – Lake Orion – Kevin McCormick Jr. & Teddy Hirschfield – Boys Basketball game v. Rochester Adams.

Second Place – Lake Orion – Kevin McCormick Jr. & Teddy Hirschfield – Boys Basketball game v. Oxford.

Third Place – Montrose – Daniel Sackrider & Chase Hobson – Boys Basketball game v. Mt. Morris.

Best Produced Commercial/Feature

First Place – Lake Orion – Kalee Kniess & Ryan Hammond – Feature: Beyond The Lights-Kyle Loken

Second Place – Montrose - Molly Dunton, Chase Hobson, Gabe Patterson, Joe Wade, Tansy Cook – Zehnder’s of Frankenmuth Commercial.

Third Place – Montrose – David Sackrider – Unsportsmanlike Conduct Podcast Promo.

Best Single Camera Production with PlayOn! Graphics

First Place – Lake Orion – Hunter Chambers, Kevin McCormick Jr., Emily Penrose, Holden Dholakia, Josh McCaffrey – MHSAA Boys Basketball Quarterfinal game – Detroit U-D Jesuit v. Roseville.

Second Place – Cedar Springs – Clyde Dykhouse, Nathan Draper, Graham Bayink – Football game - Zeeland East v. East Grand Rapids.

Third Place – Montrose - David Sackrider, Daniel Sackrider, Alex Morrow, Libby Scott - Girls Basketball game v. Mt. Morris.

Best Use of PlayOn! Graphics/Software

First Place - Montrose - David Sackrider, Daniel Sackrider, Alex Morrow, Libby Scott - Girls Basketball game v. Mt. Morris.

Second Place – Lake Orion - Kevin McCormick Jr., Teddy Hirschfield, Kalee Kniess, Marc Studier – Boys Basketball game v. Clarkston.

PHOTOS: (Top) From left, Lake Orion's Kaleena Kniess, Jenna Gaylord, Becca Hamilton, Josh McCaffrey, and Derek Dungan broadcast a volleyball match this past fall. (Middle) The football crew of Delaney Rogers, Ryan Hammond and Kniess hit the road for a game. (Photos courtesy of the Lake Orion School Broadcast Program.)