Lake Orion Named SBP Best for 2018-19

Highlights

By John Johnson
MHSAA Communications Director emeritus

May 7, 2019

Lake Orion High School has been named the “Program of the Year” to headline the MHSAA’s School Broadcast Program Excellence Awards for 2018-19.

The SBP Excellence Awards will award certificates and plaques to the schools which took individual honors, with the presentation dates and times to be announced.

Lake Orion claimed the top spot in three of the five award categories and placed in all five categories, capturing seven individual awards. The program demonstrated a good blend in a variety of sports covered – at home and on the road – and an overall command of the PlayOn! Sports software used for graphics and inserting commercials/features during the course of productions.

Here is the complete list by category of the schools and students being honored with this year’s SBP Excellence Awards:

Best Multicamera Production

First Place – Cedar Springs – Nathan Draper, Max VanderMeulen, Macie Huntoon, Katia Corwin, Mason Francis, Josh Allen, Jacob Meredith, Jacob Swinehart, Dylan Patterson, Austin Kibby, Tayvon Gardner, Rylee Kinzinger, Riley Smith – Football game v. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern.

Second Place – Lake Orion – Sienna Gibson, Kevin McCormick Jr., Teddy Hirschfield, Jacob Johr, Becca Hamilton, Derek Dungan, Amanda Pordon, Eric Maxwell, Hunter Chambers – Boys Basketball game v. Rochester Adams.

TIE - Third Place – Cedar Springs – Nathan Draper, Max VanderMeulen, Macie Huntoon, Katia Corwin, Mason Francis, Josh Allen, Jacob Meredith, Jacob Swinehart, Dylan Patterson, Austin Kibby, Tayvon Gardner, Rylee Kinzinger, Riley Smith – Football game v. Gaylord.

TIE – Third Place – Lake Orion – Sienna Gibson, Teddy Hirschfield, Kevin McCormick Jr., Isabella Larsen, Derek Dungan, Alexandra Hill, Jenna Gaylord, Becca Hamilton, Eric Maxwell, Amanda Pordon, Alex Gustanski – Boys Basketball game v. Clarkston.

Best Student Play-By-Play

First Place – Lake Orion – Kevin McCormick Jr. & Teddy Hirschfield – Boys Basketball game v. Rochester Adams.

Second Place – Lake Orion – Kevin McCormick Jr. & Teddy Hirschfield – Boys Basketball game v. Oxford.

Third Place – Montrose – Daniel Sackrider & Chase Hobson – Boys Basketball game v. Mt. Morris.

Best Produced Commercial/Feature

First Place – Lake Orion – Kalee Kniess & Ryan Hammond – Feature: Beyond The Lights-Kyle Loken

Second Place – Montrose - Molly Dunton, Chase Hobson, Gabe Patterson, Joe Wade, Tansy Cook – Zehnder’s of Frankenmuth Commercial.

Third Place – Montrose – David Sackrider – Unsportsmanlike Conduct Podcast Promo.

Best Single Camera Production with PlayOn! Graphics

First Place – Lake Orion – Hunter Chambers, Kevin McCormick Jr., Emily Penrose, Holden Dholakia, Josh McCaffrey – MHSAA Boys Basketball Quarterfinal game – Detroit U-D Jesuit v. Roseville.

Second Place – Cedar Springs – Clyde Dykhouse, Nathan Draper, Graham Bayink – Football game - Zeeland East v. East Grand Rapids.

Third Place – Montrose - David Sackrider, Daniel Sackrider, Alex Morrow, Libby Scott - Girls Basketball game v. Mt. Morris.

Best Use of PlayOn! Graphics/Software

First Place - Montrose - David Sackrider, Daniel Sackrider, Alex Morrow, Libby Scott - Girls Basketball game v. Mt. Morris.

Second Place – Lake Orion - Kevin McCormick Jr., Teddy Hirschfield, Kalee Kniess, Marc Studier – Boys Basketball game v. Clarkston.

PHOTOS: (Top) From left, Lake Orion's Kaleena Kniess, Jenna Gaylord, Becca Hamilton, Josh McCaffrey, and Derek Dungan broadcast a volleyball match this past fall. (Middle) The football crew of Delaney Rogers, Ryan Hammond and Kniess hit the road for a game. (Photos courtesy of the Lake Orion School Broadcast Program.)

Highlights

Fall Live Streams Return to MHSAA TV

August 23, 2018

By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties

The MHSAA Network gets started for the 2018-19 school year this week, with live streaming football on MHSAA.tv.

The MHSAA.tv Website starts the 2018 football season with the NFHS Network streaming 11 games in three days from the Vehicle City Gridiron Classic at Flint and the Battle at the Big House in Ann Arbor on Thursday, the Thursday and Friday games at the Prep Kickoff Classic in Detroit and the West Michigan Sports Commission Gridiron Classic in Allendale on Saturday.

The MHSAA School Broadcast Program will be involved at three of the four sites for the NFHS Network this weekend. Montrose High School will produce the games at Flint. Lake Orion High School will produce the games in Ann Arbor, and Cedar Springs High School will produce the games at Allendale.

Topping off the weekend’s streaming activity will be a number of games being produced by other members of the MHSAA School Broadcast Program – which has experienced great growth since last year due to the NFHS Network’s automated production solution, Pixellot. Three dozen schools will be utilizing a total of 50 Pixellot units in the year ahead, with some schools installing multiple units to cover outdoor and indoor events.

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 and the NFHS Network:

Thursday – Aug. 23

Football - Vehicle City Gridiron Classic - Flint vs. Flint Beecher - 1 p.m.

Football - Battle at the Big House - Warren Mott vs. Ann Arbor Skyline - 3:30 p.m.

Football - Xenith Prep Kickoff Classic - Oak Park vs. Utica Eisenhower - 4 p.m.

Football - Vehicle City Gridiron Classic - Flint Hamady vs. Byron - 4 p.m.

Freshman Football - Marshall vs. Freeland - 4:30 p.m.

Junior Varsity Football - Marshall vs. Freeland - 6:30 p.m.

Football - Battle at the Big House - Lapeer vs. Lake Orion - 7 p.m.

Football - Xenith Prep Kickoff Classic - Detroit Catholic Central vs. Walled Lake Western - 7 p.m.

Football - Vehicle City Gridiron Classic - Fenton vs. Ortonville Brandon - 7 p.m.

Football – Chippewa Valley vs. Saline - 7 p.m.

Football - Westland vs. Novi - 7 p.m.

Football – Bay City Central vs. Frankenmuth - 7 p.m.

Football - Cass City vs. Montrose - 7 p.m.

Friday – Aug. 24

Football - Xenith Prep Kickoff Classic - Allen Park vs. Trenton - 4 p.m.

Field Hockey - Skyline vs. Novi - 4:30 p.m.

Junior Varsity Field Hockey - Skyline vs. Novi - 6 p.m.

Football - Xenith Prep Kickoff Classic - Davison vs. Southfield - 7 p.m.

Saturday – Aug. 25

Football - West Michigan Sports Commission Gridiron Classic - East Kentwood vs. Muskegon Mona Shores - 4 p.m.

Football - West Michigan Sports Commission Gridiron Classic - Zeeland East vs. East Grand Rapids - 7 p.m.

Junior Varsity Girls Volleyball - Freeland - 9 a.m.

Varsity Girls Volleyball - Norway - 9:30 a.m.

Monday – Aug. 27

Freshman Girls Volleyball - Notre Dame Prep vs. Macomb Lutheran North - 5:30 p.m.

Varsity Girls Volleyball – Ann Arbor Greenhills - 9 a.m.

Tuesday – Aug. 28

Freshman Boys Soccer – Ann Arbor Pioneer vs. Saline - 4 p.m.

Junior Varsity Boys Soccer - Ann Arbor Huron vs. Saline - 5:30 p.m.

Varsity Girls Volleyball – Rock Mid Peninsula vs. Norway - 6 p.m.

Varsity Boys Soccer - Ann Arbor Huron vs. Saline - 7 p.m.

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 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.

A complete list of participating schools can be found on the School Broadcast Program page of the MHSAA website.