Ice Matchups Shine On MHSAA TV Lineup
January 8, 2019
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
A couple of match-ups involving four of the state’s higher-ranked ice hockey teams highlight an MHSAA.tv schedule packed with more 250 events to be produced in the coming week by School Broadcast Program participants.
The top-ranked team in Division 1, Detroit Catholic Central, will be at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood for a Michigan Interscholastic Hockey League battle on Friday (Jan. 11) at 7:15 p.m. The Cranes were ranked third in the latest coaches poll in Division 3.
Then on Saturday (Jan. 12), Birmingham Brother Rice, rated third in Division 2, will be at Calumet for a 7 p.m. face-off. The Copper Kings are fifth in Division 3. Catholic Central and Brother Rice each reached the Semifinals of the MHSAA Tournament last year.
In its 10th 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 lacking the ability to staff events. The SBP also gives schools the opportunity to raise money through advertising and viewing subscriptions.
Here’s the upcoming MHSAA.tv schedule of video streams being produced by School Broadcast Program members and the NFHS Network:
Tuesday - Jan. 8
Freshman Girls Basketball - Brighton at Howell - 3:50 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball - Burton Bentley at Otisville Lakeville - 3:50 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball - Midland at Saginaw Heritage - 4 PM
Freshman Girls Basketball - Rockford at Grandville - 4 PM
Freshman Girls Basketball - Lansing Catholic Central at Fowlerville - 4 PM
Freshman Girls Basketball - Muskegon Catholic Central at Fremont - 4 PM
Freshman Girls Basketball - Croswell-Lexington at Fenton - 4 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball - Grandville Calvin Christian at Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian - 4:15 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball - Vicksburg at Plainwell - 4:15 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball - Ann Arbor Greenhills at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood - 4:30 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball – Standish Sterling at Frankenmuth - 4:30 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball - Warren Cousino at St. Clair Shores Lake Shore - 4:30 PM
Freshman Girls Basketball - Essexville-Garber at Freeland - 4:30 PM
JV Boys Basketball - Burton Bentley at Otisville Lakeville - 5:20 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Brighton at Howell - 5:20 PM
Girls Basketball - Plymouth Christian at Southfield Christian - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Rockford at Grandville - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Flint Kearsley at Linden - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Canton at Novi - 5:30 PM
Girls Basketball - Mancelona at Pellston - 5:30 PM
JV Boys Basketball - Bath at Mt. Morris - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Sparta at Comstock Park - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Comstock at Kalamazoo Christian - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Midland at Saginaw Heritage - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Lansing Catholic Central at Fowlerville - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Owosso at Fenton - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Lansing Sexton at Ovid-Elsie - 5:30 PM
JV Boys Basketball - Linden at Flint Kearsley - 5:30 PM
JV Boys Basketball - Watersmeet at Dollar Bay - 5:45 PM
JV Boys Basketball - Grandville Calvin Christian at Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian - 5:45 PM
JV Boys Basketball - Vicksburg at Plainwell - 5:45 PM
Boys Basketball - Houghton Lake at Harrison - 6 PM
JV Girls Basketball - North Muskegon at Hart - 6 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Essexville-Garber at Freeland - 6 PM
Girls Basketball - Ubly at Harbor Beach - 6 PM
Girls Basketball - Newaygo at Fremont - 6 PM
JV Boys Basketball – Standish Sterling at Frankenmuth - 6 PM
Girls Basketball - Burton Bendle at Flint Powers Catholic - 6 PM
JV Boys Basketball - Ann Arbor Greenhills at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood - 6 PM
JV Boys Basketball - Warren Cousino at St. Clair Shores Lake Shore - 6 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Iron Mountain at Norway - 6:15 PM
Boys Basketball - Burton Bentley at Otisville Lakeville - 6:50 PM
Girls Basketball - Brighton at Howell - 6:50 PM
Girls Basketball - Rockford at Grandville - 7 PM
Boys Basketball - Bath at Mt. Morris - 7 PM
Girls Basketball - Flint Kearsley at Linden - 7 PM
Boys Basketball - Midland at Saginaw Heritage - 7 PM
Girls Basketball - Sparta at Comstock Park - 7 PM
Girls Basketball - Notre Dame Prep at Lake Orion - 7 PM
Girls Basketball - Lansing Catholic Central at Fowlerville - 7 PM
Girls Basketball - Owosso at Fenton - 7 PM
Girls Basketball – Lansing Sexton at Ovid-Elsie - 7 PM
Girls Basketball - Comstock at Kalamazoo Christian - 7 PM
Girls Basketball - Canton at Novi - 7 PM
Boys Basketball - Linden at Flint Kearsley - 7 PM
Boys Basketball - Watersmeet at Dollar Bay - 7:15 PM
Boys Basketball - Vicksburg at Plainwell - 7:15 PM
Boys Basketball - Grandville Calvin Christian at Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian - 7:15 PM
Boys Basketball – Standish Sterling at Frankenmuth - 7:30 PM
Girls Basketball - North Muskegon at Hart - 7:30 PM
Girls Basketball - Essexville-Garber at Freeland - 7:30 PM
Boys Basketball - Burton Bendle at Flint Powers Catholic - 7:30 PM
Boys Basketball - Newaygo at Fremont - 7:30 PM
Boys Basketball - Ann Arbor Greenhills at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood - 7:30 PM
Boys Basketball - Warren Cousino at St. Clair Shores Lake Shore - 7:30 PM
Boys Basketball – Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart at Vestaburg - 7:30 PM
Girls Basketball - Iron Mountain at Norway - 8 PM
Wednesday - Jan. 9
Freshman Girls Basketball – Bay City Central at Saginaw Heritage - 4 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball – Ann Arbor Pioneer at Flint Powers Catholic - 4 PM
Wrestling – Quad at Mt. Morris with Durand, Otisville Lakeville, Chesaning - 5 PM
Wrestling - New Lothrop at Ovid-Elsie - 5 PM
Wrestling – Triangular at Flint Kearsley with Holly and Flushing - 5 PM
Wrestling - Ravenna at Hart - 5 PM
JV Girls Basketball – Flint Carman-Ainsworth at Saginaw Heritage - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Basketball – Wixom St. Catherine at Ann Arbor Greenhills - 5:30 PM
Boys Basketball – Gaylord St. Mary at Pellston - 5:30 PM
Wrestling – Triangular at Saline with Monroe and Jackson - 5:30 PM
JV Boys Basketball – Ann Arbor Pioneer at Flint Powers Catholic - 5:30 PM
Wrestling – Quad at White Lake Lakeland with Waterford Mott, Walled Lake Northern, South Lyon East - 5:30 PM
Unified Sports - Northville at Howell - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Basketball – Madison Heights Bishop Foley at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood - 6 PM
Boys Basketball - Ubly at Harbor Beach - 6 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Manton at McBain - 6 PM
Competitive Cheer – OAA Jamboree at Lake Orion with Rochester Adams, Rochester, Rochester Hills Stoney Creek, Tory Athens, West Bloomfield - 6:30 PM
Girls Basketball – Wixom St. Catherine at Ann Arbor Greenhills - 7 PM
Girls Basketball – Flint Carman-Ainsworth at Saginaw Heritage - 7 PM
Girls Basketball – Madison Heights Bishop Foley at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood - 7:30 PM
Girls Basketball - Manton at McBain - 7:30 PM
Thursday - Jan. 10
Freshman Boys Basketball - Chesaning at Otisville Lakeville - 3:55 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball - Grant at Fremont - 4 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball - Hamilton at Comstock Park - 4 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball - Bridgeport at Frankenmuth - 4:30 PM
Middle School Boys Basketball – Allen Park Inter-City Baptist at Southfield Christian - 4:30 PM
Freshman Girls Basketball - Otsego at Plainwell - 5 PM
JV Boys Basketball - Chesaning at Otisville Lakeville - 5:20 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Grant at Fremont - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Hanover-Horton at Manchester - 5:30 PM
JV Boys Basketball - Hamilton at Comstock Park - 5:30 PM
JV Boys Basketball - Bridgeport at Frankenmuth - 6 PM
JV Boys Basketball - Owosso at Flint Kearsley - 6 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Otsego at Plainwell - 6:15 PM
Boys Basketball - Chesaning at Otisville Lakeville - 6:50 PM
Girls Basketball - Troy Athens at Lake Orion - 7 PM
Girls Basketball - Hanover-Horton at Manchester - 7 PM
JV Boys Basketball - Grant at Fremont - 7 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Bridgeport at Frankenmuth - 7:30 PM
Friday - Jan. 11
Freshman Boys Basketball - Salem at Howell &l
Pixellot Productions On Rise
September 19, 2018
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
A year ago, Pixellot – the automated production solution for schools wishing to stream live video of their athletic events on the NFHS Network and MHSAA.tv – was in use at six schools across Michigan.
With the new school year underway, nearly two dozen schools are actively streaming events using Pixellot, with half of those schools streaming indoor and outdoor events. Several schools have more than two Pixellot units in place.
“Schools are finding that Pixellot provides a great opportunity to get a lot of their games out to their fans in a way they could never achieve,” said Mark Uyl, executive director of the MHSAA. “We have some schools which are using a mix of their traditional, student-staffed, School Broadcast Program efforts along with Pixellot to be able to add subvarsity coverage; and schools going exclusively with Pixellot with installations at multiple venues.”
Pixellot units use from two to four High Definition cameras that cover the length of the playing surface and then focus on the ball and player movement to deliver the action. The unit communicates with the scoreboard to insert a time and score graphic on the screen. Ambient audio is picked up by the device, but the commentary of the public address announcer or the radio style play-by-play of an in-person announcing team also can be patched in.
All that has to be done from a school’s perspective is type in the event schedule and promote the fact that the games are available on MHSAA.tv. Pixellot does the rest. The unit also can be set up to isolate a camera on a fixed location, which allows for activities like cheer and wrestling to be streamed.
Schools actively engaged in Pixellot productions now include: Ann Arbor Greenhills, Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood, Brighton, Calumet, Dollar Bay, Frankenmuth, Freeland, Fremont, Grand Blanc, Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian, Harrison, Howell, Kalamazoo Christian, Macomb Lutheran North, Manchester, Norway, Novi, Otisville-LakeVille, Ovid-Elsie, Plainwell, Saginaw Heritage, Saline, Stevensville Lakeshore, Warren DeLaSalle and Williamston. Schools using indoor and outdoor units include Cranbrook Kingswood, Frankenmuth, Freeland, Grand Blanc, Howell, Manchester, Norway, Novi, Ovid-Elsie, Plainwell, Saginaw Heritage, Saline and Stevensville Lakeshore. Additional schools will have their Pixellot units coming online soon.
More than 70 percent of the programming taking place this week on MHSAA.tv will be Pixellot productions, featuring a football game Friday evening with two of the top-ranked Division 1 teams facing off for the top spot in the Saginaw Valley League’s Red division. Grand Blanc hosts Davison at 7 p.m. Both teams are 4-0 overall and 2-0 in league play, tied with Lapeer for first place.
Here’s this week’s MHSAA.tv schedule of video streams being produced by School Broadcast Program members and the NFHS Network:
Tuesday - Sept. 18
- JV Girls Volleyball - Northville at Howell - 4:55 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Hanover-Horton at Manchester - 5 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball - Byron at Ovid-Elsie - 5:30 PM
- Boys Soccer - Fowlerville at Williamston - 5:30 PM
- Freshman Girls Volleyball - Byron at Ovid-Elsie - 5:30 PM
- Freshman Girls Volleyball - Bay City at Saginaw Heritage - 5:30 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball - Bay City at Saginaw Heritage - 5:30 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Northville at Howell - 6:25 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Byron at Ovid-Elsie - 6:30 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball - Hanover-Horton at Manchester - 7 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Bay City at Saginaw Heritage - 7 PM
- Girls Volleyball – Breckenridge at Vestaburg – 7 PM
Wednesday - Sept. 19
- Freshman Girls Volleyball – Parchment at Kalamazoo Christian – 4:30 PM
- Freshman Girls Volleyball - Birch Run at Freeland - 5 PM
- JV Field Hockey - Hartland at Saline - 5:30 PM
- Boys Soccer - Vicksburg at Plainwell - 5:45 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball - Birch Run at Freeland - 6 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Birch Run at Freeland - 7 PM
- Field Hockey - Hartland at Saline - 7 PM
Thursday - Sept. 20
- Freshman Football – Dowagiac at Plainwell – 4:15 PM
- JV Football – Portage Central at Stevensville Lakeshore – 4:20 PM
- Freshman Football - Plymouth at Novi - 4:30 PM
- Freshman Football - Midland Dow at Saginaw Heritage - 4:30 PM
- Freshman Football - Belleville at Saline - 4:30 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball – Grand Rapids West Catholic at Comstock Park - 5 PM
- Girls Volleyball – Quad with Michigan Center, Hudson, Whitmore at Manchester - 5 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball - Belleville at Ann Arbor Greenhills - 5:30 PM
- JV Boys Soccer – Temperance Bedford at Saline - 5:30 PM
- JV Football - New Lothrop at Ovid-Elsie - 6 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball - Ishpeming at Norway - 6 PM
- Girls Volleyball – Grand Rapids West Catholic at Comstock Park - 6 PM
- JV Football - Dowagiac at Plainwell - 6 PM
- JV Football - Calumet at Norway - 6:30 PM
- JV Football - Plymouth at Novi - 6:30 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Belleville at Ann Arbor Greenhills - 6:30 PM
- JV Football - Midland Dow at Saginaw Heritage - 6:30 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Birmingham Seaholm at Lake Orion - 7 PM
- Boys Soccer - Temperance Bedford at Saline - 7 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Birmingham Seaholm at Lake Orion - 7 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Ishpeming at Norway - 7:15 PM
Friday - Sept. 21
- Freshman Boys Soccer - Plymouth at Saline - 4 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Baraga at Dollar Bay - 4:45 PM
- Football - Hartland at Howell - 6:55 PM
- Football – Coleman at Vestaburg – 7 PM
- Football - Davison at Grand Blanc - 7 PM
- Football - Lansing Eastern at Fowlerville - 7 PM
- Football - Lake Orion at West Bloomfield - 7 PM
- Football - Napoleon at Manchester - 7 PM
- Football – Standish-Sterling at Freeland - 7 PM
- Football - Carrollton at Frankenmuth - 7 PM
- Football - Spring Lake at Comstock Park - 7 PM
- Football - Canton at Brighton - 7 PM
- Football – Ann Arbor Skyline at Saline - 7 PM
- Football - Norway at Calumet - 7 PM
- Football - Orchard Lake St. Mary’s at Warren DeLaSalle - 7 PM
- Football - Petoskey at Marquette - 7 PM
Saturday - Sept. 22
- Girls Volleyball – Novi Invitational - 8 AM
- JV Girls Volleyball – TBA at Ovid-Elsie - 8:30 AM
- Girls Volleyball - Saginaw Heritage - 8:30 AM
- Girls Volleyball - Frankenmuth Invitational - 8:30 AM
- JV Boys Soccer - Mattawan at Plainwell - 8:45 AM
- Football - Walled Lake Central at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood - 1 PM
- Boys Soccer - Mattawan at Plainwell - 10:15 PM
Monday - Sept. 24
- Middle School Girls Volleyball - Wyoming Lee at Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian - 4:15 PM
- Field Hockey - Dexter at Novi - 4:30 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball - Goodrich at Grand Blanc - 5:30 PM
- Middle School Girls Volleyball - Wyoming Lee at Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian - 5:30 PM
- Freshman Girls Volleyball - Goodrich at Grand Blanc - 5:30 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball - Saginaw Valley Lutheran at Frankenmuth - 5:30 PM
- Freshman Girls Volleyball – Saginaw Valley Lutheran at Frankenmuth - 5:30 PM
- JV Field Hockey - Dexter at Novi - 6 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball – Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian - 6:30 PM
- Girls Volleyball – Saginaw Valley Lutheran at Frankenmuth - 7 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Goodrich at Grand Blanc - 7 PM
Tuesday - Sept. 25
- Freshman Girls Volleyball - Lawton at Kalamazoo Christian - 4:15 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball - Howell at Novi - 5 PM
- Freshman Girls Volleyball - Howell at Novi - 5 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball – Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian - 5 PM
- JV Field Hockey – Bloomfield Hills Academy of the Sacred Heart at Saline - 5:30 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball - Lawton at Kalamazoo Christian - 5:30 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball – Bark River-Harris at Norway - 6 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Howell at Novi - 6:30 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Bloomfield Hills at Lake Orion - 7 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Lawton at Kalamazoo Christian - 7 PM
- Field Hockey - Bloomfield Hills Academy of the Sacred Heart at Saline - 7 PM
- Girls Volleyball – Bark River-Harris at Norway - 7:15 PM
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.
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 also will be selling Season and Annual Passes at a discounted rate. A portion of every subscription sold by a school goes to benefit its program.
Highlights of games broadcast during the past week by MHSAA School Broadcast Program contributors feature a pair of close football contests – Marquette’s 36-35 overtime win over Escanaba and Howell topping Novi, 21-17 – and a volleyball match with Lake Orion defeating Oxford, 3-0.
Highlights can be found each week on the MHSAA.tv website, the home page of the MHSAA Website, and the MHSAASports Channel on YouTube.
A complete list of participating schools can be found on the School Broadcast Program page of the MHSAA website.