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.
Video 2/10/16: Girls, Boys Basketball
February 10, 2016
By John Johnson
MHSAA Communications Director
Each week, MHSAA.tv features highlights of events produced by schools involved in the MHSAA School Broadcast Program.
This week's package includes clips from the Coopersville/Comstock Park girls and Athens/Concord and St. Johns/Mount Pleasant boys basketball games.
A game which will have a big impact on the Big North Conference girls basketball race heads the slate of events which can been seen live over the next week on a subscription basis on MHSAA.tv, produced by students involved in the MHSAA’s School Broadcast Program.
Alpena will host Traverse City Central at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 17, and heading into this week’s play, the Wildcats have a half-game lead on the Trojans in the Big North standings. Alpena begins the week at 8-1 in the BNC and is 11-5 overall, while Central is 7-1 in league play and 8-6 in all games. Alpena’s only league loss came at Traverse City Central on Jan. 8, 51-27.
In its seventh 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.
The program also gives schools the opportunity to raise money through advertising and viewing subscriptions.
All sporting events – Live or On-Demand – are available on a subscription basis only for their first 72 hours online. They become available for free, on-demand viewing approximately 72 hours following their completion
Here’s the schedule of events School Broadcast Program members plan to stream this week for broadcast at MHSAA.tv. On-Demand listings may be available as soon as one hour following an event’s completion.
Wednesday, February 10
- Holt at Haslett – Girls Gymnastics – 6:30 p.m. – LIVE
- Ishpeming Westwood at Negaunee – Boys Basketball – 7:30 p.m. – LIVE
Thursday, February 11
- Corunna at Montrose – Freshman Boys Basketball – 3:55 p.m. – LIVE
- Corunna at Montrose – JV Girls Basketball – 5:25 p.m. – LIVE
- Belding at Comstock Park – JV Girls Basketball – 5:30 p.m. – LIVE
- Okemos at East Lansing – MHSAA Div. 1 Team Wrestling District Semifinal – 5:30 p.m. – On-Demand
- Belding at Comstock Park – JV Boys Basketball – 6 p.m. – LIVE
- MHSAA Div. 3 Team Wrestling District Semifinal at Pinconning – 6 p.m. – On-Demand
- Corunna at Montrose – JV Boys Basketball – 6:55 p.m. – LIVE
- Indian River Inland Lakes at Onaway – Girls Basketball – 7 p.m. – On-Demand
- Negaunee at Calumet – Ice Hockey – 7 p.m. – LIVE
- MHSAA Div. 1 Team Wrestling District Final at East Lansing – 7 p.m. – On-Demand
Friday, February 12
- Lansing Sexton at East Lansing – Girls Basketball – 6 p.m. – On-Demand
- St. Johns at Haslett – Girls Basketball – 6 p.m. – LIVE
- Otsego at Plainwell – Girls Basketball – 6 p.m. – LIVE
- Vicksburg at Dowagiac – Boys Basketball – 7 p.m. – LIVE
- Cadillac at Alpena – Ice Hockey – 7 p.m. – LIVE
- Otsego at Plainwell – Boys Basketball – 7:15 p.m. – LIVE
- Port Huron Northern at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood – Ice Hockey – 7:15 p.m. – LIVE
- West Iron County at Calumet – Boys Basketball – 7:20 p.m. – LIVE
- Lansing Sexton at East Lansing – Boys Basketball – 7:30 p.m. – On-Demand
- St. Johns at Haslett – Boys Basketball – 7:30 p.m. – LIVE
Saturday, February 13
- Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood at Detroit U-D Jesuit – Ice Hockey – 5 p.m. – LIVE
- MHSAA Div. 3 Individual Wrestling District Finals at Montrose – 4 p.m. (Aprox.) – LIVE
Monday, February 15
- L’Anse at Negaunee – Ice Hockey – 7 p.m. – LIVE
Tuesday, February 16
- Grand Rapids Covenant Christian at Comstock Park – Freshman Girls Basketball – 4 p.m. - LIVE
- Saginaw Arts & Sciences at Montrose - JV Boys Basketball – 4:25 p.m.
- Grand Rapids Covenant Christian at Comstock Park – JV Girls Basketball – 5:30 p.m. - LIVE
- Saginaw Arts & Sciences at Montrose – JV Girls Basketball – 5:55 p.m. – LIVE
- Gladstone at Negaunee – JV Boys Basketball – 6 p.m. – LIVE
- Grand Rapids Covenant Christian at Comstock Park – Girls Basketball – 7 p.m. – LIVE
- Lansing Catholic at Haslett – Boys Basketball – 7 p.m. – LIVE
- Rochester Hills Stoney Creek at Lake Orion – Boys Basketball – 7 p.m. – LIVE
- Gaylord St. Mary’s at Onaway – Girls Basketball – 7 p.m. – On-Demand
- Houghton at Calumet - Ice Hockey – 7 p.m. – LIVE
Wednesday, February 17
- Traverse City Central at Alpena – JV Girls Basketball – 5:30 p.m. – LIVE
- Traverse City Central at Alpena – Girls Basketball – 7 p.m. – LIVE
Schools interested in becoming a part of the School Broadcast Program should contact John Johnson at the MHSAA Office.