By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties   

Two showdowns of top-five teams in Division 1 ice hockey highlight this week’s schedule of events on MHSAA.tv being produced by participants in the School Broadcast Program.

Second-ranked Orchard Lake St. Mary’s hosts Division 2 second-ranked Birmingham Brother Rice on Wednesday (Jan. 24) and fifth-ranked Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood on Saturday (Jan. 27) in contests at the St. Mary’s Athletic Complex. Face-off each night is 7:30 p.m.

More than 100 live sporting events are scheduled on MHSAA.tv this week, produced by SBP participants. A total of 58 games at the varsity level will be covered, with more to be added as the week progresses. Sixty-nine 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 that lack the ability to staff the events. The SBP 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:

Tuesday, January 23

• Freshman Boys Basketball – Whitehall at Fremont – 4 p.m.
• Freshman Boys Basketball - South Haven at Plainwell  - 4:15 p.m.
• JV Girls Basketball - Howell at Novi  - 5:30 p.m.
• Girls Basketball - Otisville Lakeville at Montrose  - 5:30 p.m.
• JV Girls Basketball - Allendale at Comstock Park  - 5:30 p.m.
• JV Girls Basketball - Montrose at Otisville Lakeville  - 5:30 p.m.
• JV Boys Basketball - South Haven at Plainwell  - 5:45 p.m.
• JV Boys Basketball – Painesdale-Jeffers at Calumet  - 5:45 p.m.
• JV Girls Basketball - Bessemer at Dollar Bay  - 5:45 p.m.
• JV Boys Basketball – Whitehall at Fremont – 5:45 p.m.
• JV Boys Basketball - Whitehall at Fremont  - 6:00 p.m.
• JV Girls Basketball - Tawas Area at Rogers City  - 6:00 p.m.
• JV Girls Basketball – Niagara (WI) at Norway  - 6:30 p.m.
• Girls Basketball - Montrose at Otisville Lakeville  - 7:00 p.m.
• Boys Basketball - Otisville Lakeville at Montrose  - 7:00 p.m.
• Girls Basketball - Allendale at Comstock Park  - 7:00 p.m.
• Girls Basketball – Rochester Hills Stoney Creek at Lake Orion  - 7:00 p.m.
• Girls Basketball - Howell at Novi  - 7:00 p.m.
• Boys Basketball - Whitehall at Fremont  - 7:00 p.m.
• Girls Basketball - Tawas Area at Rogers City  - 7:00 p.m.
• Boys Basketball – Painesdale-Jeffers at Calumet  - 7:15 p.m.
• Girls Basketball - Bessemer at Dollar Bay  - 7:20 p.m.
• Boys Basketball - South Haven at Plainwell  - 7:30 p.m.
• Boys Basketball - Iron Mountain at Negaunee  - 7:30 p.m.
• Girls Basketball - Niagara (WI) at Norway  - 8:00 p.m.

Wednesday, January 24

• Freshman Boys Basketball – Riverview Gabriel Richard at Macomb Lutheran North  - 4:00 p.m.
• JV Boys Basketball – Riverview Gabriel Richard at Macomb Lutheran North  - 5:30 p.m.
• JV Boys Basketball – Copper County Christian at Dollar Bay – 5:45 p.m.
• Cheerleading - Allendale at Comstock Park  - 6:30 p.m.
• Boys Basketball – Riverview Gabriel Richard at Macomb Lutheran North  - 7:00 p.m.
• Boys Basketball - Sault Ste. Marie at Alpena  - 7:00 p.m.
• Boys Basketball – Hancock at Dollar Bay – 7:15 p.m.
• Girls Basketball - Escanaba at Negaunee  - 7:30 p.m.
• Ice Hockey – Birmingham Brother Rice at Orchard Lake St. Mary’s – 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, January 25

• Freshman Girls Basketball – Riverview Gabriel Richard at Macomb Lutheran North  - 4:00 p.m.
• Freshman Boys Basketball - Durand at Otisville Lakeville  - 4:00 p.m.
• Freshman Boys Basketball – Remus Chippewa Hills at Fremont – 4 p.m.
• Freshman Boys Basketball - TBA at Freeland  - 4:30 p.m.
• JV Girls Basketball - Coopersville at Comstock Park  - 5:30 p.m.
• JV Girls Basketball – Remus Chippewa Hills at Fremont  - 5:30 p.m.
• JV Girls Basketball – Riverview Gabriel Richard at Macomb Lutheran North  - 5:30 p.m.
• JV Girls Basketball - Durand at Otisville Lakeville  - 5:30 p.m.
• JV Boys Basketball - TBA at Freeland  - 6:00 p.m.
• Girls Basketball – Riverview Gabriel Richard at Macomb Lutheran North  - 7:00 p.m.
• JV Boys Basketball – Remus Chippewa Hills at Fremont  - 7:00 p.m.
• Boys Ice Hockey - Kingsford at Marquette  - 7:00 p.m.
• JV Boys Basketball - Durand at Otisville Lakeville  - 7:00 p.m.
• Boys Basketball - Kingsford at Marquette  - 7:15 p.m.
• Boys Basketball - TBA at Freeland  - 7:30 p.m.
• Boys Ice Hockey – Rochester Hills Stoney Creek at Lake Orion  - 7:45 p.m.

Friday, January 26

• Freshman Girls Basketball - TBA at Freeland  - 4:30 p.m.
• JV Boys Basketball - Grand Blanc at Novi  - 5:30 p.m.
• JV Boys Basketball – Lake Linden-Hubbell at Dollar Bay  - 5:45 p.m.
• JV Girls Basketball - TBA at Freeland  - 6:00 p.m.
• JV Boys Basketball - Farwell at Harrison  - 6:00 p.m.
• Girls Basketball - Coopersville at Comstock Park  - 6:00 p.m.
• Girls Basketball - Fowlerville at Eaton Rapids  - 6:00 p.m.
• Girls Basketball - Paw Paw at Plainwell  - 6:00 p.m.
• JV Girls Basketball - Atlanta at Rogers City  - 6 p.m.
• JV Boys Basketball - West Iron County at Norway  - 6:30 p.m.
• Boys Basketball - Grand Blanc at Novi  - 7:00 p.m.
• Boys Basketball – Traverse City West at Alpena  - 7:00 p.m.
• Girls Basketball - Atlanta at Rogers City  - 7:00 p.m.
• Girls Basketball - North Farmington at Lake Orion  - 7:00 p.m.
• Boys Basketball – Lake Linden-Hubbell at Dollar Bay  - 7:14 p.m.
• Boys Ice Hockey - Grand Rapids Christian at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood - 7:15 p.m.
• Boys Basketball - Paw Paw at Plainwell  - 7:30 p.m.
• Boys Basketball - Farwell at Harrison  - 7:30 p.m.
• Boys Basketball - Coopersville at Comstock Park  - 7:30 p.m.
• Boys Basketball - Fowlerville at Eaton Rapids  - 7:30 p.m.
• Girls Basketball - TBA at Freeland  - 7:30 p.m.
• Boys Basketball - West Iron County at Norway  - 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, January 27

• Boys Ice Hockey - Kingsford at Calumet  - 7:00 p.m.
• Boys Ice Hockey – Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood at Orchard Lake St. Mary’s  - 7:30 p.m.
• Boys Ice Hockey - Berkley at Lake Orion  - 8:00 p.m.

Monday, January 29

• JV Boys Basketball – Bessemer at Dollar Bay – 5:45 p.m.
• Boys Basketball – Bessemer at Dollar Bay – 7:15 p.m.

Tuesday, January 30

• JV Boys Basketball - Brighton at Novi  - 4:00 p.m.
• Freshman Girls Basketball - Cedar Springs at Fremont  - 4:00 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.
• JV Boys Basketball - Hopkins at Plainwell  - 5:45 p.m.
• JV Girls Basketball – Copper County Christian at Dollar Bay – 5:45 p.m.
• Girls Basketball - Clawson at Macomb Lutheran North  - 6:00 p.m.
• JV Boys Basketball - Au Gres-Sims at Rogers City  - 6:00 p.m.
• Boys Basketball - Fruitport at Comstock Park  - 7:00 p.m.
• Boys Basketball - Royal Oak at Lake Orion  - 7:00 p.m.
• Boys Basketball - Fowlerville at Stockbridge  - 7:00 p.m.
• Girls Basketball - Stockbridge at Fowlerville  - 7:00 p.m.
• Boys Basketball - Brighton at Novi  - 7:00 p.m.
• Boys Basketball - Au Gres-Sims at Rogers City  - 7:00 p.m.
• Girls Basketball - Tawas Area at Alpena  - 7:00 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.

Wednesday, January 31

• Freshman Boys Basketball - Clare at Harrison  - 4:30 p.m.
• Wrestling – Reed City at Fremont – 5:30 p.m.
• Wrestling – Standish-Sterling at Freeland  - 6:00 p.m.
• JV Boys Basketball - Clare at Harrison  - 6:00 p.m.
• Boys Basketball - Clare at Harrison  - 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:

• Ice Hockey – Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 3, Trenton 2
• Girls Basketball – Comstock Park 54, Spring Lake 52
• Boys Basketball – Novi 71, Livonia Stevenson 61

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

With the winter sports season fully underway, StateChamps! High School Sports Show returns with new weekly editions debuting each Sunday at 9 a.m. on Fox Sports Detroit – featuring fresh editions of the MHSAA Minute.

The MHSAA Minute takes a look each week at different things happening in the life of the Association, from promoting educational programs to rules changes in high school sports. This week’s Minute discusses intentional fouls in basketball. Archived editions of MHSAA Minute can be found on the StateChamps! YouTube Channel.