By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties   

The efforts of MHSAA member schools to promote participation opportunities with the Michigan Special Olympics will get live video coverage this week as part of more than 80 events on MHSAA.tv being produced by participants in the School Broadcast Program.

The Kensington Lakes Activities Association is in the midst of several weeks of events where a number of its member schools are conducting Unified Basketball games, including a Tuesday (Jan. 30) contest with Novi hosting Brighton at 5:30 p.m. in a game being covered by Pixellot.

Project Unified puts special education students on the court, participating in concert with their general education peers. Lineups must consist of three unified student athletes and two unified student partners on the floor at all times.

The Unified game is one of several basketball games between Novi and Brighton on Tuesday, beginning at 4 p.m., and culminating with the varsity contest about 7:30 p.m. To help promote the Unified event, all of the games on MHSAA.tv originating from Novi will be free.   

The schedule over the upcoming week also features a potential battle of unbeatens in the Copper Mountain Conference. Next Tuesday (Feb. 6), Ewen-Trout Creek (15-0), the second-ranked team in Class D, will play at sixth-ranked Dollar Bay (10-0). E-TC leads the Porcupine Mountain division, and Dollar Bay sits atop the Copper division. On Saturday (Feb. 3), the KLAA Competitive Cheer Tournament will be streamed live from Novi High School.

Of the 83 games on this week’s schedule, 49 at the varsity level will be covered, with more to be added as the week progresses. Fifty-six of the games 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.

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. 

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

Monday – January 29, 2018

• JV Boys Basketball – Bessemer at Dollar Bay – 5:45 p.m.
• Boys Basketball – Bessemer at Dollar Bay – 5:45 p.m.

Tuesday - January 30

• JV Boys Basketball - Brighton at Novi  - 4 p.m.
• Freshman Girls Basketball - Cedar Springs at Fremont  - 4 p.m.
• Freshman Boys Basketball - Hopkins at Plainwell  - 4:15 p.m.
• JV Girls Basketball - Clawson at Macomb Lutheran North  - 4:30 p.m.
• JV Girls Basketball - Whitehall at Fremont  - 5:30 p.m.
• JV Boys Basketball - Fruitport at Comstock Park  - 5:30 p.m.
• Unified Coed Basketball - Brighton at Novi  - 5:30 p.m.
• JV Boys Basketball - Hopkins at Plainwell  - 5:45 p.m.
• JV Girls Basketball - Copper Country Christian at Dollar Bay  - 5:45 p.m.
• JV Boys Basketball - Au Gres-Sims at Rogers City  - 6 p.m.
• Girls Basketball - Clawson at Macomb Lutheran North  - 6 p.m.
• Boys Basketball - Au Gres-Sims at Rogers City  - 7 p.m.
• Girls Basketball - Stockbridge at Fowlerville  - 7 p.m.
• Boys Basketball - Brighton at Novi  - 7 p.m.
• Boys Basketball - Fruitport at Comstock Park  - 7 p.m.
• Boys Basketball - Fowlerville at Stockbridge  - 7 p.m.
• Girls Basketball - Tawas Area at Alpena  - 7 p.m.
• Boys Basketball - Royal Oak at Lake Orion  - 7 p.m.
• Boys Basketball - Hopkins at Plainwell  - 7:15 p.m.
• Girls Basketball - Watersmeet at Dollar Bay  - 7:15 p.m.
• Boys Basketball - Dearborn Divine Child at Macomb Lutheran North  - 7:30 p.m.
• Girls Basketball - Whitehall at Fremont  - 7:30 p.m.
• Freshman Boys Basketball - Clare at Harrison  - 4:30 p.m.
• Wrestling - Reed City at Fremont  - 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday - January 31

• JV Boys Basketball - Clare at Harrison  - 6 p.m.
• Wrestling – Standish-Sterling at Freeland  - 6 p.m.
• Boys Basketball - Clare at Harrison  - 7:30 p.m.

Thursday - February 1

• Freshman Boys Basketball - Burton Atherton at Otisville LakeVille  - 4 p.m.
• JV Girls Basketball - Northville at Novi  - 5:30 p.m.
• JV Girls Basketball - Burton Atherton at Otisville LakeVille  - 5:30 p.m.
• JV Girls Basketball - Grand Rapids West Catholic at Comstock Park  - 5:30 p.m.
• JV Girls Basketball - Gladwin at Harrison  - 6 p.m.
• JV Boys Basketball - Northville at Novi  - 7 p.m.
• Boys Basketball - Watersmeet at Dollar Bay  - 7 p.m.
• JV Boys Basketball - Burton Atherton at Otisville LakeVille  - 7 p.m.
• Girls Basketball - Gladwin at Harrison  - 7:30 p.m.

Friday - February 2

• Ice Hockey – Houghton v. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood @ MIHL Showcase  - 4 p.m.
• Freshman Girls Basketball - Big Rapids at Fremont  - 4:30 p.m.
• JV Boys Basketball - Baraga at Dollar Bay  - 5:45 p.m.
• Girls Basketball - Chesaning at Freeland  - 6 p.m.
• Girls Basketball - Fowlerville at Portland  - 6 p.m.
• Girls Basketball - Grand Rapids West Catholic at Comstock Park  - 6 p.m.
• JV Boys Basketball - Oscoda at Rogers City  - 6 p.m.
• Girls Basketball - Reed City at Fremont  - 6 p.m.
• Boys Basketball - Oscoda at Rogers City  - 7 p.m.
• Boys Basketball - Baraga at Dollar Bay  - 7:15 p.m.
• Boys Basketball - Fowlerville at Portland  - 7:30 p.m.
• Boys Basketball - Chesaning at Freeland  - 7:30 p.m.
• Boys Basketball - Grand Rapids West Catholic at Comstock Park  - 7:30 p.m.
• Boys Basketball - Reed City at Fremont  - 7:30 p.m.

Saturday - February 3

• Cheerleading – KLAA Conference Meet at Novi  - 11 a.m.
• Girls Basketball - Carson City-Crystal at Vestaburg  - 1 p.m.
• Ice Hockey – Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern-Eastern v. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood @ MIHL Showcase  - 3:10 p.m.

Monday - February 5

• Freshman Boys Basketball - Riverview Gabriel Richard at Macomb Lutheran North  - 4 p.m.
• Freshman Boys Basketball - Alma at Freeland  - 4:30 p.m.
• JV Girls Basketball - Hancock at Dollar Bay  - 5:45 p.m.
• JV Girls Basketball - Lake Linden-Hubbell at Calumet  - 5:45 p.m.
• JV Boys Basketball - Alma at Freeland  - 6 p.m.
• JV Girls Basketball - Lincoln Alcona at Rogers City  - 6 p.m.
• Girls Basketball - Lincoln Alcona at Rogers City  - 7 p.m.
• Girls Basketball - Lake Linden-Hubbell at Calumet  - 7:15 p.m.
• Girls Basketball - Hancock at Dollar Bay  - 7:20 p.m.
• JV Girls Basketball - Alma at Freeland  - 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday - February 6

• Freshman Boys Basketball - Edwardsburg at Plainwell  - 4:15 p.m.
• Girls Basketball - Saline at Novi  - 5:30 p.m.
• Girls Basketball - Genesee Christian at Montrose  - 5:30 p.m.
• JV Boys Basketball - Grand Rapids Catholic Central at Comstock Park  - 5:30 p.m.
• JV Girls Basketball - Vassar at Otisville LakeVille  - 5:30 p.m.
• JV Girls Basketball - Negaunee at Calumet  - 5:45 p.m.
• JV Boys Basketball - Edwardsburg at Plainwell  - 5:45 p.m.
• Girls Basketball - Ann Arbor Pioneer at Fowlerville  - 6:59 p.m.
• Boys Basketball - Genesee Christian at Montrose  - 7 p.m.
• Girls Basketball - Vassar at Otisville LakeVille  - 7 p.m.
• Boys Basketball - Saline at Novi  - 7 p.m.
• Girls Basketball - Rochester Adams at Lake Orion  - 7 p.m.
• Boys Basketball - Grand Rapids Catholic Central at Comstock Park  - 7 p.m.
• Girls Basketball - Negaunee at Calumet  - 7:15 p.m. Negaunee #4
• Boys Basketball - Edwardsburg at Plainwell  - 7:15 p.m.
• Boys Basketball - Ewen-Trout Creek at Dollar Bay  - 7:15 p.m.
• Boys Basketball - Republic-Michigamme at Lake Linden Hubbell  - 7:20 p.m.

Wednesday - February 7

• Wrestling – Div. 3 District Team Tournament at Freeland  - 6 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:

• Boys Basketball – East Lansing 56, Jackson 48
  
• Ice Hockey – Kingsford 4, Marquette 3

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