Bally Sports Detroit Set to Announce MHSAA Football Playoff Pairings
By
Jon Ross
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
October 19, 2021
The 288 qualifiers for this season’s Michigan High School Athletic Association Football Playoffs will be announced at 5:30 p.m. Sunday (Oct. 24) on the Bally Sports Detroit primary channel.
Brackets and matchups in all eight divisions for 256 11-player teams and 32 qualifiers across two divisions for 8-player football will be presented during the “Selection Sunday Show,” with all brackets to be posted to the MHSAA Website after the completion of the show at 6:30 p.m. Dates and times for first-round games will be added Monday (Oct. 25).
Viewers also may watch on the Bally Sports Detroit website and app. The MHSAA Playoffs in both divisions are set to begin during the weekend of Oct. 29-30. The 8-Player Playoffs will conclude with both Finals on Nov. 20 at Northern Michigan University’s Superior Dome in Marquette. The 11-Player Finals will be played Nov. 26-27 at Ford Field in Detroit.
Lower Peninsula Boys Soccer District Tournaments continue this week with more than 50 games broadcast on MHSAA.tv and the NFHS Network. Two weeks remain in the volleyball regular season, with a number of key matchups of schools large and small filling a broadcast schedule offering more than 300 matches total this week.
Viewers also will be able to watch more than 175 regular-season football finales on MHSAA.tv this weekend, plus the last of regular-season live broadcasts by Bally Sports Detroit and State Champs! Sports Network. BSD will broadcast live on its primary channel Friday’s Southfield Arts & Technology at River Rouge matchup, with kickoff at 7 p.m. State Champs! Sports Network will broadcast Saturday's second Detroit Catholic League Prep Bowl game between Warren De La Salle Collegiate and Detroit U-D Jesuit at 4:30 p.m. from Ford Field.
See below for links to a number of notable events on MHSAA.tv this week:
BOYS SOCCER
Oct. 19, 5 p.m.: Berkley vs. Detroit U-D Jesuit
Oct. 19, 5 p.m.: Ann Arbor Skyline vs. Saline
Oct. 19, 7 p.m.: Troy vs. Troy Athens
VOLLEYBALL
Oct. 19, 6 p.m.: DeWitt at Okemos
Oct. 19, 7 p.m.: Saline at Ann Arbor Skyline
Oct. 20, 6:45 p.m.: Traverse City West at Cadillac
Oct. 20, 7 p.m.: Frankenmuth at Freeland
Oct. 20, 7:30 p.m.: Beaverton at Clare
Oct. 21, 6:55 p.m.: White Lake Lakeland at Rochester Adams
Oct. 21, 7 p.m.: Dexter at Chelsea
Oct. 21, 7:15 p.m.: Marquette at Kingsford
Oct. 21, 7:30 p.m.: Unionville-Sebewaing at Cass City
Oct. 23, 9 a.m.: Byron Center at Lowell
Oct. 23, 1 p.m.: Hudsonville at Rockford
FOOTBALL
Oct. 21, 7 p.m.: Bark River-Harris at Ishpeming
Oct. 22, 6:35 p.m.: Lansing Catholic at Pewamo-Westphalia
Oct. 22, 7 p.m.: Midland at Midland Dow
Oct. 22, 7 p.m.: Lake Orion at Saline
Oct. 22, 7 p.m.: Saginaw Heritage at Mount Pleasant
Oct. 22, 7 p.m.: Grand Ledge at Holt
Oct. 22, 7 p.m.: Frankenmuth at New Lothrop
Oct. 22, 7 p.m.: Novi at Livonia Churchill
Oct. 22, 7 p.m.: Hartland at Belleville
Click the links below to see all three sports’ listings in full:
Football – Volleyball – Boys Soccer
NFHS Network subscriptions begin at $10.99 per month. Subscribers have access to all live video and streaming statistics across the country. School Broadcast Program participants benefit as a portion of every subscription sold by a school goes to benefit its program.
More than 400 MHSAA member schools are participants in the School Broadcast Program, now in its 13th year, producing games using traditional hands-on student crews or via Pixellot cameras installed at stadiums and gymnasiums across the state. A complete list of participating schools can be found on the School Broadcast Program page of the MHSAA Website.
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.