By John Johnson
MHSAA Communications Director

Montrose High School, the MHSAA School Broadcast Program of the Year for the third straight year, will be honored at halftime of the Flint Beecher at Montrose football game on Friday (Sept. 16). Kickoff is at 7 p.m.

Montrose won the Program of the Year honor again in 2015-16 and was also honored by the NFHS Network as one of its Elite SBP schools nationwide. In addition to repeating as the top school in the program, Montrose captured first place honors in three of the five individual categories.

Montrose took first place in Best Student Play-By-Play (Eric Vandefifer and Conner Pyrc – Boys Basketball game v. Goodrich), and the top two spots for Best Produced Commercial/Feature (Eric Vandefifer, Conner Pyrc, Jared Adams, Mandy Ramsey, John Blackford – Ford Field Trip Feature; and Amanda Ramsey, Jared Adams, Alyssa Bernard, –  RAINN Sexual Assault PSA).  The program also took second and third place for Best Use of PlayOn! Sports Graphics (Eric Vandefifer, Conner Pyrc, Jared Adams, Mandy Ramsey, John Blackford – Boys Basketball game v. Saginaw Arts & Sciences Academy; and Peyton Hobson, John Blackford, Conner Pyrc – Boys Basketball game v. Corunna); and third place in Best Multicamera Production (Eric Vandefifer, Conner Pyrc, Jared Adams, Mandy Ramsey, John Blackford – Boys Basketball game v. Saginaw Arts & Sciences Academy). Montrose also demonstrated during the year a good blend of productions in a variety of sports covered, the ability to cover home and away events and an overall command of the PlayOn! Sports software used for graphics and inserting commercials/features during the course of productions.

The presentation will be shown live on MHSAA.tv as one of a number of live events being streamed online this year by School Broadcast Program members.

In its eighth 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 delayed - 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 this week’s MHSAA.tv schedule of video streams available being produced by SBP members, as well as live stats from MHSAA member schools using Digital Scout:

Tuesday – Sept. 13

• Girls Volleyball – Hancock at Calumet – 7 p.m. - LIVE

Wednesday – Sept. 14

• Boys Soccer – Lansing Eastern at East Lansing – 6:30 p.m. – On Demand

Thursday – Sept. 15

• Girls Swimming & Diving – Okemos at East Lansing – 6 p.m. – On Demand
• Girls Volleyball – Rochester Hills Stoney Creek at Lake Orion – 7 p.m. – LIVE
• Girls Volleyball – Grand Rapids Catholic Central at Comstock Park – 6 p.m. - LIVE

Friday – Sept. 16

• Football – Flint Beecher at Montrose – 6:45 p.m. – LIVE
• Football – Escanaba at Marquette – 7 p.m. – LIVE
• Football – Lansing Eastern at East Lansing – 7 p.m. – On Demand
• Football – Farwell at Clare – 7 p.m. – LIVE
• Football – Hillman at Rogers City – 7 p.m. – LIVE
• Football – Oxford at Lake Orion – 7 p.m. – LIVE VIDEO & STATS
• Football – Allendale at Comstock Park – 7 p.m. – LIVE VIDEO & STATS
• Football – Star International Academy v. Detroit Cesar Chavez Academy – 4:30 p.m. – STATS
• Football – Livonia Churchill v. Plymouth – 7 p.m. – STATS
• Football – Maple City Glen Lake v. Onekama – 7 p.m. – STATS
• Football – Grand Ledge v. Okemos – 7 p.m. – STATS
• Football – Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central v. Greenville – STATS
• Football – Grass Lake v. Manchester – 7 p.m. – STATS
• Football – Grand Rapids Christian v. Grand Rapids South Christian – 7 p.m. – STATS
• Football – Oakland Christian v. Sterling Heights Parkway Christian – 7 p.m. – STATS
• Football – Harbor Beach v. Marlette – 7 p.m. – STATS
• Football – Eaton Rapids v. Fowlerville – 7 p.m. – STATS
• Football – Grand Haven v. Holland West Ottawa – 7 p.m. – STATS
• Football – Brighton v. South Lyon – 7 p.m. – STATS
• Football – Hart v. Whitehall – 7 p.m. – STATS
• Football – Grand Traverse Academy v. Marion – 7 p.m. – STATS
• Football – Addison v. Napoleon – 7 p.m. – STATS
• Football – Fenton v. Flint Kearsley – 7 p.m. – STATS
• Football – Davison v. Flint Southwestern Academy – 7 p.m. – STATS
• Football – Hanover-Horton v. Vandercook Lake – 7 p.m. – STATS
• Football – Lake Odessa Lakewood v. Vermontville Maple Valley – 7 p.m. – STATS
• Football – Corunna v. Goodrich – 7 p.m. – STATS
• Football – Bellevue v. Adrian Lenawee Christian – 7 p.m. – STATS
• Football – New Boston Huron v. Monroe SMCC – 7 p.m. – STATS
• Football – Grosse Pointe South v. Utica Ford – 7 p.m. – STATS
• Football – Midland v. Mt. Pleasant – 7 p.m. – STATS
• Football – Flint Hamady v. New Lothrop – 7 p.m. – STATS
• Football – Iron Mountain v. Negaunee – 7 p.m. – STATS
• Football – Houghton Lake v. Sanford Meridian – 7 p.m. – STATS
• Football – Erie-Mason v. Hillsdale – 7 p.m. – STATS
• Football – Calumet v. Houghton – 7 p.m. – STATS
• Football – Saginaw Arthur Hill v. Bay City Central – 7 p.m. – STATS
• Football – Laingsburg v. Potterville – 7 p.m. – STATS
• Football – Owosso v. Lansing Waverly – 7 p.m. – STATS
• Football – Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian v. Grandville Calvin Christian – 7 p.m. – STATS
• Football – Port Huron Northern v. St. Clair – 7 p.m. – STATS
• Football – Hemlock v. St. Louis – 7 p.m. – STATS
• Football – Stanton Central Montcalm v. Newaygo – 7 p.m. – STATS
• Football – Battle Creek Harper Creek v. Hastings – 7 p.m. – STATS
• Football – Dryden v. Mayville – 7 p.m. – STATS
• Football – St. Clair Shores Lakeview v. Madison Heights Madison – 7 p.m. – STATS
• Football – Adrian v. Tecumseh – 7 p.m. – STATS
• Football – Portage Central v. Traverse City Central – 7 p.m. – STATS
• Football – Lansing Everett v. Holt – 7 p.m. – STATS
• Football – North Muskegon v. Ravenna – 7 p.m. – STATS
• Football – Coopersville v. Sparta – 7 p.m. – STATS

Saturday, Sept. 17

• Football – Lutheran Westland v. Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest – 1 p.m. - STATS

Tuesday – Sept. 20

• Girls Volleyball – Fairview at Rogers City – 6 p.m. – LIVE
• Girls JV Volleyball – Fairview at Rogers City – 6 p.m. - LIVE

The NFHS Network has announced new pricing for 2016-17, eliminating the Day Pass and lowering the cost of a Month Pass to $9.95. 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. Some schools also will be selling Annual Passes at a discounted rate. A portion of every subscription sold by a school goes to benefit its program.

The SBP programming schedule is expected to expand now that school is in session across the state.  A complete list of participating schools can be found on the School Broadcast Program page of the MHSAA website. Schools interested in becoming a part of the School Broadcast Program should contact John Johnson at the MHSAA Office. 

A weekly staple on the MHSAA.tv website and the MHSAASports Channel on YouTube is back for another year with highlights of selected games last week produced by members of the Association’s School Broadcast Program. This week's package includes clips from the St. Clair/Clinton Township Clintondale and Traverse City Central/West football games, plus highlights from the Central/West "Patriot Game" festivities.