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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.

Watch O-K Blue Football Tilt LIVE

October 7, 2015

By John Johnson
MHSAA communications director 

Among live events available this week on MHSAA.tv is a football game for the top spot in the Ottawa-Kent Conference Blue pitting Grand Rapids West Catholic at Comstock Park at 7 p.m. Friday.

The teams are tied for first in the O-K Blue at 2-0, with Comstock Park, the No. 2 team in Division 4 in this week’s Associated Press poll, sporting a 5-1 record;  and West Catholic, the two-time defending champion in Division 5, sporting a 4-2 overall mark. The game is being produced by Comstock Park students involved in the School Broadcast Program.

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 School Broadcast Program members planning to stream athletic competition this week for broadcast at MHSAA.tv.  On-Demand listings may be available as soon as one hour following an event’s completion.  (List as of Oct. 5):

Tuesday – Oct. 6

Wednesday – Oct. 7

Thursday – Oct. 8

Friday – Oct. 9

Monday – Oct. 12

Tuesday – Oct. 13

Weekly highlights from games produced by participants in the MHSAA's School Broadcast Program are back for another school year on MHSAA.TV. This week's highlights include football games with Houghton Lake at Clare and DeWitt at Haslett and a girls volleyball match between two of the top-ranked teams in Class D, Pellston at Onaway. Watch those highlights below.

Schools interested in becoming a part of the School Broadcast Program should contact John Johnson at the MHSAA Office.

Launching at Midnight every Friday throughout the season is MHSAA Football Friday Overtime on FOX Sports Detroit. Mickey York and Rob Rubick host the weekly 30-minute highlights show. The show will re-air most Saturday and Sunday mornings – and will be archived on the FOX Detroit Website. This week, FFOT will re-air at 6, 8:30 and 11:30 a.m. Saturday, and 7  a.m. Sunday on FOX Sports Detroit. 

The following games are scheduled to be highlighted this week on Football Friday Overtime:

  • Berkley at Birmingham Groves
  • Farmington Hills Harrison at Farmington
  • Almont at Algonac
  • Haslett at Lansing Waverly
  • St. Johns at DeWitt
  • PLUS – SBP Coverage of Grand Rapids West Catholic at Comstock Park and Midland Dow at Davison.