Huskies Look To Clinch On MHSAA TV

October 5, 2016

By John Johnson
MHSAA Communications Director

Breckenridge will look to clinch a share of the Mid-State Activities Conference title Friday when it hosts Merrill in one of 11 football games this Friday with live streaming video on MHSAA.tv being produced by members of the School Broadcast Program.

The Huskies may be off to their best start in school history at 6-0 overall, 5-0 in MSAC play; with Merrill tied with Carson City-Crystal for second at 4-1 in the league. The Vandals are 5-1 in all games. 

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.

Wednesday, Oct. 5

Thursday, Oct. 6

Friday, Oct. 7

Saturday, Oct. 8

Here’s this week’s list of Football games streaming live statistics using Digital Scout.  All games are Friday at 7 p.m.:

  • Troy Athens v. Oxford
  • Rapid River v. Stephenson
  • Charlevoix v. Onekama
  • Plymouth v. Bay City John Glenn
  • Farwell v. Houghton Lake
  • Napoleon v. Manchester
  • Marlette v. Sandusky
  • Ionia v. Fowlerville
  • Grand Rapids Northview v. Greenville
  • Corunna v. Lake Fenton
  • Saginaw Heritage v. Flint Carman-Ainsworth
  • Flint Beecher v. Goodrich
  • Hopkins v. Grandville Calvin Christian
  • Grand Rapids South Christian v. Wyoming
  • Lansing Waverly v. Haslett
  • Whitehall v. Ravenna
  • New Lothrop v. Burton Atherton
  • Saranac v. Lainsgburg
  • Sanford Meridian v. Gladwin
  • Lake Orion v. Birmingham Seaholm
  • Leslie v. Lakewood Lake Odessa
  • Pinconning v. Hemlock
  • Grand Ledge v. Lansing Everett
  • Saginaw v. Midland
  • Stanton Central Montcalm v. Remus Chippewa Hills
  • Battle Creek Harper Creek v. Coldwater
  • Addison v. Grass Lake
  • Ortonville-Brandon v. Flint Kearsley
  • Hastings v. Battle Creek Pennfield
  • Midland Dow v. Saginaw Arthur Hill
  • Mayville v. Deckerville
  • Sturgis v. Plainwell
  • Clawson v. St. Clair Shores Lakeview
  • Milan v. Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central
  • New Baltimore Anchor Bay v. Grosse Pointe South
  • Sand Creek v. Britton-Macon
  • Gwinn v. Hancock
  • St. Clair Shores Lake Shore v. St. Clair
  • Lansing Sexton v. East Lansing
  • Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest v. Southfield Christian
  • Marysville v. Port Huron Northern
  • Shelby v. North Muskegon
  • Blissfield v. Hillsdale
  • Monroe v. Saline

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. 

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. 

Fans can also access scores of games in-progress on the NFHS Network website via ScoreStream.  Click on the Scores button in the upper right corner.

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 highlights package consists of clips from football games Livonia Stevenson at Novi, Grandville at Rockford and a boys soccer match with Kingsford at Marquette

Be the Referee: Most Important Line

October 31, 2019

This week, MHSAA officials coordinator Sam Davis explains what the goal line means for offenses, defenses and special teams in high school football. 

Be The Referee is a series of short messages designed to help educate people on the rules of different sports, to help them better understand the art of officiating, and to recruit officials.

Below is this week's segment - Most Important Line - Listen

There’s an old saying in football officiating that the most important line on the field is the goal line.

This is certainly true when it comes to touchdowns, as the high school rule is just like that at the college and pro level, where all the ball has to do is break the plane for the score.

One unique part of the goal line under high school rules deals with kicks. Whenever a kickoff or a punt breaks the plane of the goal line, it becomes a dead ball with an automatic touchback. Now, whenever the defense gets possession of the ball in the end zone, it can return a fumble or interception out of the end zone for advancement, except if it’s on an extra point or any time in overtime.  

Past editions

Oct. 24: Automatic 1st Downs - Listen
Oct. 17: Catch Momentum - Listen
Oct. 10: Golf Rules Changes - Listen
Oct. 3: No Tackle Box - Listen
Sept. 26: You Make the Overtime Call - Listen
Sept. 19: Swimming Finishing Touch - Listen
Sept. 12: Curbing Gamesmanship By Substitution - Listen
Sept. 5: Football Safety Rules Changes - Listen
Aug. 29: 40-Second Play Clock - Listen