Key Gridiron Games Set to Stream

September 28, 2016

By John Johnson
MHSAA Communications Director

There are a number of football games this Friday with live streaming video on MHSAA.tv being produced by members of the School Broadcast Program.

Starting to the North – Calumet (4-0 league, 4-1 overall) hosts Iron River West Iron County (2-1, 3-2) in a West PAC game as the Copper Kings seek to stay on top. In the Saginaw Valley League, Davison (3-0, 4-1) hosts Midland (3-0, 3-2) in a game that will break up some of the three-top logjam with Lapeer. In the Genesee Athletic Conference Red, Montrose (3-1, 3-2) welcomes Corunna (3-0, 5-0) as it seeks to stay relevant in that division. To the west in the O-K Conference Red, Rockford (2-0, 3-2) hosts Grandville (3-0, 5-0) with the top spot on the line. All of these games start at 7 p.m.

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:

Thursday, Sept. 29

Friday, Sept. 30

  • Football – Iron River West Iron County at Calumet, 7 p.m. – LIVE VIDEO & STATS
  • Football – Bay City John Glenn at Alpena, 7 p.m. - LIVE
  • Football – Midland at Davison, 7 p.m. – LIVE VIDEO & STATS
  • Football – Petoskey v. Traverse City Central
  • Football – Plainwell at Dowagiac
  • Football – Onekama at Mancelona - STATS
  • Football – Corunna at Montrose - STATS
  • Football – Grandville at Rockford
  • Football – Stephenson v. Ontonagon, 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Marquette v. Kingsford, 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Bay City Western v. Midland Dow, 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Sturgis v. Allegan, 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – East Kentwood v. Holland West Ottawa, 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Clare v. Sanford Meridian, 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Britton-Macon v. Morenci, 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Ida v. Erie-Mason, 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Ishpeming Westwood v. Gwinn, 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Greenville v. Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills, 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Dundee v. Blissfield, 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Southfield Christian v. Auburn Hills Oakland Christian, 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Durand v. New Lothrop, 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Grand Traverse Academy v. Fife Lake Forest Area, 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Whitehall v. Muskegon Oakridge, 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – St. Clair v. Marine City, 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest v. Sterling Heights Parkway Christian, 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Michigan Center v. Manchester, 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Houghton Lake v. Harrison, 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Mason v. Lansing Waverly, 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Chelsea v. Adrian, 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Grosse Pointe South v. Romeo, 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central v. Carleton Airport, 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Flint Powers Catholic v. Saginaw Arthur Hill, 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Flint Kearsley v. Linden, 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Hastings v. Marshall, 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Grand Rapids South Christian v. Allendale, 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – East Lansing v. Lansing Everett, 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Ishpeming Westwood v. Gwinn, 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Mayville v. Kinde-North Huron, 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Hanover-Horton v. Grass Lake, 7 p.m. – STATE
  • Football – Williamston v. Fowlerville, 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Pewamo-Westphalia v. Laingsburg, 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Hemlock v. St. Charles, 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Troy Athens v. Lake Orion, 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Stanton Central Montcalm v. Big Rapids, 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Fulton v. Saranac, 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – East Jackson v. Addison, 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Goodrich v. Lake Fenton, 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Brown City v. Marlette, 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Grandville Calvin Christian v. Wyoming Lee, 7 p.m. - STATS
  • Football – Lansing Eastern v. Grand Ledge, 7 p.m. – Stats
  • Football – Warren Woods-Tower v. Marysville, 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Wayne Memorial v. Plymouth, 7 p.m. – STATS

Saturday, Oct. 1

  • Football – St. Clair Shores Lakeview v. Center Line, Noon - STATS

Tuesday, Oct. 4

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 highlights package consists of clips from football games Grand Rapids Christian at Cedar Springs, Mt. Morris at Goodrich and Farwell at Clare.

MHSAA TV Kickoff Returns Highlights

August 22, 2017

By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties

Weekly statewide football highlights return to cable viewers across Michigan in 2017, with the Michigan High School Athletic Association and the State Champs! Sports Network teaming up to launch “MHSAA Extra Point” beginning this week.

The half hour program will feature highlights from more than a dozen games each week, including clips from games produced by MHSAA School Broadcast Program members. Lorne Plant and Daniella Bruce from the State Champs! Sports Network will host the show, which will air multiple times each weekend on FOX Sports Detroit and Comcast Channel 900 and be archived on the State Champs YouTube Channel. Consult your local listings for additional playback times.

Here is the projected list of games to be featured on this week’s first edition of MHSAA Extra Point:

  • Belleville vs. Brighton at Ann Arbor
  • DeWitt at Grand Rapids Christian
  • Walled Lake Western vs. West Bloomfield at Detroit
  • Davison vs. Southfield A&T at Detroit
  • Rockford vs. Saline at Ann Arbor
  • Rapid River vs. Powers North Central
  • Lowell vs. Warren De La Salle at Detroit
  • Detroit U-D Jesuit at Birmingham Brother Rice
  • Ishpeming vs. Iron Mountain
  • Byron at Montrose
  • Lake Orion at Clinton Township Chippewa Valley
  • Bay City Western at Traverse City Central
  • Bay City John Glenn at Freeland

The MHSAA also will have a presence on State Champs! Network programming throughout each weekend with the “MHSAA Minute” making its debut on this Sunday’s (Aug. 26) edition of the weekly State Champs! High School Sports Show on FOX Sports Detroit at 9 a.m., with multiple replays on FOX Sports Detroit and Comcast Channel 900 throughout the week. The program also will be archived on the State Champs YouTube Channel. Consult your local listings for additional playback times.

This week’s MHSAA Minute is the first of a three-part series on football rules changes for 2017; the first edition talks about blind side blocks. The MHSAA also will have content on the State Champs Scoreboard! High School Football Radio Show on Friday nights during the football and basketball seasons, originating on WXYT-FM (97.1) in Detroit and being carried on more than 10 radio stations across the state.

The MHSAA.tv Website starts the 2017 football season in a big way this week, with the NFHS Network streaming 14 games over three days from the Vehicle City Gridiron Classic at Flint’s Atwood Stadium on Thursday (Aug. 24), the West Michigan Sports Commission Gridiron Classic at Grand Valley State University on Saturday (Aug. 26), and all three days of the Prep Kickoff Classic at Wayne State University, running Thursday through Saturday. The first two days of coverage at the PKC will be produced by the NFHS Network; Saturday’s games will be a live stream produced by Comcast to air on a delayed basis on Channel 900.

Topping off the weekend’s streaming activity will be a number of games produced by MHSAA School Broadcast Program members – including the first gridiron and volleyball events in Michigan to be streamed with a new product from the NFHS Network.

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. The program also gives schools the opportunity to raise money through advertising and viewing subscriptions.

A number of new schools are joining the program using an automated production solution – Pixellot – which was first installed in Michigan earlier this year at Otisville Lakeville. Most Pixellot schools will install their first unit in the gymnasium, but several schools – Novi, Freeland, Plainwell, Norway and Ovid-Elsie – also are installing a second unit at multi-purpose fields to cover sports like football, soccer and lacrosse. The Pixellot system requires only that a schedule be entered online to cover an event, making things like a basketball double or tripleheader easy to stream without staffing worries. 

Freeland will use Pixellot to live stream a volleyball match with Bay City Western on Thursday at 1 p.m., followed by a football game against Bay City John Glenn at 7 p.m. Other Pixellot schools are Calumet, Fremont, Harrison, Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest and Otisville Lakeville.

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 being produced by SBP members:

Tuesday, Aug. 22

Wednesday  Aug. 23

Thursday, Aug. 24

Friday, Aug. 25

Saturday, Aug. 26

Tuesday, Aug. 29

Wednesday, Aug. 30

NFHS Network subscriptions begin at $9.95 per 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.