6 Days of Hoops on MHSAA TV
March 15, 2016
By John Johnson
MHSAA Communications Director
An unprecedented six straight days of MHSAA Girls and Boys Basketball Tournament coverage will take place this week on MHSAA.tv and FOX Sports Detroit.
The week starts out with three days of Boys Regional and Girls Quarterfinal coverage produced by participants in the MHSAA’s School Broadcast Program.
The championship live streaming this week begins at 1 p.m. Thursday with the first of two Class C Semifinal games in the Girls Basketball Tournament, and concludes on Saturday when FOX Sports Detroit will provide coverage for the 19th consecutive year. The boys coverage includes two reigning champions – Flint Beecher in Class C and Powers North Central in Class D. Here’s the complete video basketball schedule for the coming week:
Monday – Class D Boys Basketball Regional Semifinals at Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart
Fulton v. Baldwin – 6 p.m.
Big Rapids Crossroads Academy v. Muskegon Catholic Central – 7:45 p.m.
Monday – Class C Boys Basketball Regional Semifinals at Flint Hamady
Southfield Christian vs. Sandusky – 6 p.m.
Flint Beecher v. Detroit Cornerstone Health/Technology – 7:30 p.m.
Monday – Class D Boys Basketball Regional Semifinals at Negaunee
Powers North Central v. Lake Linden-Hubbell – 6 p.m.
Crystal Falls Forest Park v. Rock Mid Peninsula – 8 p.m.
Tuesday – Class A Girls Basketball Quarterfinal at Fenton
Port Huron Northern v. St. Johns – 7 p.m.
Tuesday – Class B Girls Basketball Quarterfinal at Fowlerville
Grand Rapids South Christian v. Dearborn Heights Robichaud – 7 p.m.
Tuesday – Class D Girls Basketball Quarterfinal at Negaunee
Newberry v. Stephenson – 7 p.m.
Wednesday – Boys Basketball Regional Finals
Class D at Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart – 7 p.m.
Class C at Flint Hamady – 7 p.m.
Class D at Negaunee – 7 p.m.
The boys basketball games at Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart are being produced by the School Broadcast Program at the Mt. Pleasant Tech Center. The games at Flint Hamady are being produced by the SBP at Flint Kearsley; and the games at Negaunee are being produced by Negaunee High School. The Girls Basketball Quarterfinal at Fenton is being produced by the SBP at Montrose High School, and Haslett High School is producing the game at Fowlerville.
Thursday – Class C Girls Basketball Quarterfinals
Niles Brandywine/Grand Rapids Covenant Christian winner v. Traverse City St. Francis/St. Ignace winner – 1 p.m.
Flint Hamady/Ithaca winner v. Ypsilanti Arbor Prep/Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett winner – 2:50 p.m.
Thursday – Class D Girls Basketball Quarterfinals
Wyoming Tri-unity Christian/Pittsford winner v. Waterford Our Lady/Kingston winner – 6 p.m.
Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart/Gaylord St. Mary winner v. Newberry/Stephenson winner – 7:50 p.m.
Friday – Class A Girls Basketball Quarterfinals
Ann Arbor Huron/Detroit M.L. King winner v. Port Huron Northern/St. Johns winner – 1 p.m.
Northville/Warren Cousino winner v. East Lansing/Hudsonville winner – 2:50 p.m.
Friday – Class B Girls Basketball Quarterfinals
Detroit Mumford/Detroit Country Day winner v. Grand Rapids South Christian/Dearborn Heights Robichaud winner – 6 p.m.
Bay City John Glenn/Manistee winner v. Marshall/Grand Rapids Catholic Central winner – 7:50 p.m.
Saturday – Finals – FOX Sports Detroit – All games streamed live on FOX Sports Go!
10 a.m. – Class D – LIVE
Noon – Class A – LIVE
4 p.m. – Class C – LIVE
10 p.m. – Class B – Same Day Delay
In addition, there will be free live video streams of all postgame press conferences, the postgame award ceremonies, the 3-Point and Free Throw Shooter’s Challenges and the presentation of the Miss Basketball Award by the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan. The FOX Sports Detroit telecasts also will be posted on MHSAA.tv for on demand viewing following each contest.
The continued Basketball coverage is part of six straight weekends of live MHSAA Championship coverage on MHSAA.tv, and online viewers can catch every weekend of action for one low cost of $14.95.
A Month Pass on MHSAA.tv for $14.95 will give a viewer access to events over a 30-day period from the time it is purchased. Over the next two weeks of live winter championship coverage, the following events will be featured:
- Boys Basketball Regionals – March 14-16
- Girls Basketball Quarterfinals – March 15
- Girls Basketball Semifinals – March 17-18
- Boys Basketball Quarterfinals – March 22
- Boys Basketball Semifinals – March 24-25
A Day Pass is available for $9.95. All events will be available for free on-demand viewing by three days following their initial live airing.
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. The program also gives schools the opportunity to raise money through advertising and viewing subscriptions.
Fall Finals Audio Downloads Available
December 14, 2017
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
Saving that special moment from an MHSAA Championship to your computer or handheld device has never been easier, with audio downloads of fall championships in Football, Boys Soccer and Girls Volleyball available from the MHSAA Network Website.
Simply go to MHSAANetwork.com, and scroll down the page to find your game; then click Buy Download. Audio downloads are $4.99 each. The following games are available for audio download:
11-Player Football Finals: Div. 1 – Clarkston (3) v. West Bloomfield (2); Div. 2 – Warren DeLaSalle (41) v. Livonia Franklin (6); Div. 3 – Muskegon (28) v. Farmington Hills Harrison (10); Div. 4 – Grand Rapids Catholic Central (42) v. Edwardsburg (31); Div. 5 – Grand Rapids West Catholic (34) v. Saginaw Swan Valley (7); Div. 6 – Jackson Lumen Christi (40) v. Ithaca (34); Div. 7 – Pewamo-Westphalia (21) v. Saugatuck (0); Div. 8 – Ottawa Lake-Whiteford (42) v. Saginaw Nouvel (21).
8-Player Football Finals: Div. 1 – Central Lake (32) v., Deckerville (30); Div. 2 – Crystal Falls Forest Park (54) v. Portland St. Patrick (12).
Boys Soccer Finals: Div. 1 – Detroit Catholic Central (1) v. Walled Lake Central (0); Div. 2 – Holland 3 v. East Lansing (0); Div. 3 – Flint Powers Catholic (4) v. Ludington (2); Div. 4 – Ann Arbor Greenhills (1) v. Kalamazoo Hackett Catholic Prep (0).
Girls Volleyball Finals: Class A – Novi (3) v. Bloomfield Hills Marian (0); Class B – Pontiac Notre Dame Prep (3) v. Lake Odessa Lakewood (0); Class C – Bronson (3) v. Laingsburg (1); Class D – Plymouth Christian (3) v. Fowler (0).
Girls Volleyball Semifinals: Class A – Marian (3) v. Farmington Hills Mercy (1) and Novi (3) v. DeWitt (0); Class B – Lakewood (3) v. Livonia Ladywood (1) and Notre Dame Prep (3) v. Fruitport (0); Class C – Laingsburg (3) v. Wixom St. Catherine (1) and Bronson (3) v. Calumet (0); Class D – Fowler (3) v. Munising (0) and Plymouth Christian (3) v. Rogers City (1).
All of the 8-Player Football, Girls Volleyball Semifinals and Finals, and Boys Soccer events are also available for purchase as video DVDs through the NFHS Network. Go to MHSAA.tv – click on Buy DVDs at the top of the screen – select your game – and then click the Get DVD button beneath the video player. DVDs are $24.95 each. Information about the 11-Player Football Finals DVDs will be available soon.
A bevy of high school sporting events can be found this week on MHSAA.tv produced by Association members taking part in the School Broadcast Program. Be sure to check Upcoming Events on the MHSAA.tv home page daily for last-minute additions.
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 – the NFHS Network’s automated streaming solution – is used by schools wishing to live stream games but lack the ability to staff the events. The program also gives schools the opportunity to raise money through advertising and viewing subscriptions.
Here’s this week’s MHSAA.tv schedule of video streams available being produced by SBP members:
Wednesday – December 13
Girls Basketball - Lansing Sexton at Fowlerville - 7 P.M.
Girls Basketball – Sault Ste. Marie at Alpena – 7 P.M.
Thursday – December 14
Boys Basketball - Perry at Fowlerville - 4 P.M.
Freshman Boys Basketball – Cedar Springs at Comstock Park – 4 P.M.
JV Boys Basketball – Cedar Springs at Comstock Park – 5:30 P.M.
Girls Basketball - Portland at Fowlerville - 5:30 P.M.
Girls Basketball – Watersmeet at Lake Linden-Hubbell – 5:45 P.M.
Wrestling – Marquette Dual – 6 P.M.
Boys Basketball - Portland at Fowlerville - 6 P.M.
Boys Basketball - Haslett at Fowlerville - 6 P.M.
Girls Competitive Cheer – GAC Meet at Montrose – 6 P.M.
Girls Basketball - Alma at Freeland - 7 P.M.
Boys Basketball - Alma at Freeland - 7 P.M.
Freshman Boys Basketball – Saginaw Swan Valley at Freeland - 7 P.M.
Boys Basketball – Rochester Adams at Lake Orion – 7 P.M.
Ice Hockey – Hancock at Marquette – 7 P.M.
Boys Basketball – Gaylord at Alpena – 7 P.M.
Boys Basketball – Calumet at Lake Linden-Hubbell – 7:20 P.M.
Boys Basketball – Harrison at Clare – 7:30 P.M.
Friday – December 15
Freshman Girls Basketball – Dearborn Divine Child at Macomb Lutheran North - 4:30 P.M.
Varsity Girls Basketball - Durand at Otisville Lakeville - 5:30 P.M.
Varsity Girls Basketball - Burton Atherton at Montrose - 5:30 P.M.
JV Boys Basketball - Howell at Novi - 5:30 P.M.
JV Girls Basketball – Dearborn Divine Child at Macomb Lutheran North - 6 P.M.
Varsity Girls Basketball - Portland at Fowlerville - 6 P.M.
JV Girls Basketball - Clare at Harrison - 6 P.M.
Varsity Girls Basketball - Alma at Freeland - 6 P.M.
Varsity Boys Basketball - Ontonagon at Lake Linden-Hubbell - 6 P.M.
JV Boys Basketball - Onaway at Rogers City - 6 P.M.
JV Girls Basketball – Crystal Falls Forest Park at Norway - 6:30 P.M.
Varsity Boys Basketball - Durand at Otisville Lakeville - 7 P.M.
Varsity Boys Ice Hockey - Utica at Calumet - 7 P.M.
Varsity Girls Basketball - Gaylord at Alpena - 7 P.M.
Varsity Boys Basketball - Howell at Novi - 7 P.M.
Varsity Boys Basketball - Onaway at Rogers City - 7 P.M.
Varsity Boys Basketball - Burton Atherton at Montrose - 7 P.M.
Varsity Boys Ice Hockey - Orchard Lake St. Mary’s at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood - 7:15 P.M.
Varsity Girls Basketball - Chassell at Lake Linden-Hubbell - 7:20 P.M.
Varsity Girls Basketball - Clare at Harrison - 7:30 P.M.
Varsity Boys Basketball - Portland at Fowlerville - 7:30 P.M.
Varsity Girls Basketball – Dearborn Divine Child at Macomb Lutheran North - 7:30 P.M.
Varsity Boys Basketball - Alma at Freeland - 7:30 P.M.
Varsity Boys Basketball - Menominee at Negaunee - 7:30 P.M.
Varsity Girls Basketball – Crystal Falls Forest Park at Norway - 8:00 P.M.
Saturday – December 16
Wrestling – Marquette Invitational – 9 A.M.
Ice Hockey – Plymouth at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood – 4:45 P.M.
Monday – December 18
Freshman Boys Basketball – Saginaw Swan Valley at Freeland - 4:30 P.M.
JV Boys Basketball - Ontonagon at Calumet - 5:45 P.M.
JV Boys Basketball - Coleman at Harrison - 6 P.M.
JV Boys Basketball – Saginaw Swan Valley at Freeland - 6 P.M.
JV Boys Basketball – Bark River-Harris at Norway - 6:30 P.M.
Boys Basketball - Baraga at Lake Linden-Hubbell - 7 P.M.
Boys Basketball - Ontonagon at Calumet - 7:15 P.M.
JV Girls Basketball – Saginaw Swan Valley at Freeland - 7:30 P.M.
Boys Basketball - Coleman at Harrison - 7:30 P.M.
Boys Basketball – Bark River-Harris at Norway - 8 P.M.
Tuesday – December 19
Freshman Boys Basketball - Burton Atherton at Otisville Lakeville - 4 P.M.
Freshman Girls Basketball – Battle Creek Lakeview at Plainwell - 4:15 P.M.
Girls Basketball - New Lothrop at Montrose - 5:30 P.M.
JV Boys Basketball - Burton Atherton at Otisville Lakeville - 5:30 P.M.
JV Girls Basketball - Grand Blanc at Novi - 5:30 P.M.
JV Girls Basketball – Battle Creek Lakeview at Plainwell - 5:45 P.M.
JV Boys Basketball - Baraga at Calumet - 5:45 P.M.
Girls Basketball - Alcona at Alpena - 7 P.M.
Boys Basketball - Haslett at Fowlerville - 7 P.M.
Boys Basketball - Burton Atherton at Otisville Lakeville - 7 P.M.
Boys Basketball - New Lothrop at Montrose - 7 P.M.
Girls Basketball – Muskegon Orchard View at Fremont - 7 P.M.
Boys Basketball - Davison at Lake Orion - 7 P.M.
Girls Basketball - Grand Blanc at Novi - 7 P.M.
Girls Basketball – Battle Creek Lakeview at Plainwell - 7:15 P.M.
Boys Basketball - Baraga at Calumet - 7:15 P.M.
Wednesday – December 20
Swimming & Diving - Marquette - 3:30 P.M.
Freshman Girls Basketball – Saginaw Heritage at Freeland - 4:30 P.M.
Varsity Wrestling – OK Quad at Comstock Park - 5 P.M.
Varsity Wrestling - Vicksburg at Plainwell - 5:30 P.M.
Ice Hockey – Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood at Birmingham Brother Rice - 5:45 P.M.
JV Girls Basketball – Saginaw Heritage at Freeland - 6 P.M.
Ice Hockey - Petoskey at Alpena - 7 P.M.
Girls Basketball - Saginaw Heritage at Freeland - 7:30 P.M.
NFHS Network subscriptions begin at $9.95 a month. Subscribers will have access to all live video and streaming statistics across the country. All content becomes available for free, on- demand viewing 72 hours after being shown live. School Broadcast Program participants will also be selling Season and Annual Passes at a discounted rate. A portion of every subscription sold by a school goes to benefit its program.
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 the following events:
Girls Basketball – East Lansing (52) vs. DeWitt (51) – Dec. 5
Ice Hockey – Marquette (3) vs. Warren DeLaSalle (2-OT) – Dec. 9
Girls Basketball – Farwell (39) vs. Harrison (38) – Dec. 8
Highlights can be found each week on the MHSAA.tv website, the home page of the MHSAA Website, and the MHSAASports Channel on YouTube.