Lake Orion Named SBP Best for 2018-19
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.
Third Place – Montrose - David Sackrider, Daniel Sackrider, Peyton Hobson, Tanner Sims, Drewe Conley– Football game v. Chesaning.
Here is the schedule for Spring sporting events to be streamed live on MHSAA.tv for May 7-21:
Tuesday - May 7
Softball - Battle Creek Lakeview at Stevensville Lakeshore - 3:55 PM
JV Girls Soccer - South Lyon East at White Lake Lakeland - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Lacrosse - Midland at Grand Blanc - 5:30 PM
Girls Soccer - South Lyon East at White Lake Lakeland - 7 PM
Boys Lacrosse - Auburn Hills Avondale at St. Clair Shores Lake Shore - 7 PM
Girls Lacrosse - Midland at Grand Blanc - 7 PM
Wednesday - May 8
Softball - Middleville Thornapple Kellogg at Stevensville Lakeshore - 4:25 PM
JV Girls Soccer - Clinton Twp. Chippewa Valley at St. Clair Shores Lake Shore - 4:30 PM
Freshman Boys Lacrosse - Brighton - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Lacrosse - Walled Lake Northern at White Lake Lakeland - 5:30 PM
Girls Soccer - Clinton Twp. Chippewa Valley at St. Clair Shores Lake Shore - 6 PM
Boys Lacrosse – TBA at Brighton - 7 PM
Girls Lacrosse - Tecumseh at Saline - 7 PM
Girls Lacrosse - Walled Lake Northern at White Lake Lakeland - 7 PM
Thursday - May 9
Softball - St. Joseph at Stevensville Lakeshore - 3:55 PM
JV Boys Lacrosse – TBA at Novi - 5 PM
JV Girls Soccer - South Lyon at White Lake Lakeland - 5:30 PM
Girls Soccer - Lansing Eastern at Fowlerville - 6:30 PM
Boys Lacrosse – TBA at Novi - 6:30 PM
Girls Soccer - South Lyon at White Lake Lakeland - 7 PM
Friday - May 10
JV Boys Lacrosse - Tecumseh at Saline - 5:30 PM
Girls Soccer - Portage Northern at Plainwell - 6 PM
Boys Lacrosse – New Baltimore Anchor Bay at Brighton - 6 PM
Girls Lacrosse - Flushing at Grand Blanc - 6 PM
Boys Lacrosse - Tecumseh at Saline - 7 PM
Saturday - May 11
Girls Soccer – Carson City-Crystal at Ithaca - 9 AM
Girls Soccer – North Branch at Freeland – 10 AM
Boys Lacrosse - Utica at St. Clair Shores Lake Shore - 10 AM
JV Girls Lacrosse - Pontiac Notre Dame Prep at White Lake Lakeland - 10 AM
Girls Soccer – Swartz Creek at Freeland - 11 AM
Boys Lacrosse - Clarkston at Brighton - 11 AM
Girls Soccer – Corunna v. Ovid-Elsie at Ithaca - 10:30 AM
Girls Lacrosse - Pontiac Notre Dame Prep at White Lake Lakeland - 11:30 AM
Girls Soccer – Swartz Creek v. Big Rapids at Freeland - 12 PM
JV Boys Lacrosse - Northville at Saline - 12:30 PM
Girls Soccer – Ithaca Invitational - Consolation - 12:30 PM
JV Boys Lacrosse - Pontiac Notre Dame Prep at Novi - 1 PM
Freshman Boys Lacrosse - Clarkston at Brighton - 1 PM
Boys Lacrosse - Northville at Saline - 2 PM
Girls Soccer – Swartz Creek v. Boyne City at Freeland - 2 PM
Girls Soccer – Ithaca Invitational - Championship - 2 PM
Boys Lacrosse - Pontiac Notre Dame Prep at Novi - 3 PM
Girls Soccer – Boyne City at Freeland - 3 PM
JV Boys Lacrosse - Flint Powers Catholic at Grand Blanc - 5:30 PM
Boys Lacrosse - Flint Powers Catholic at Grand Blanc - 7 PM
Monday - May 13
JV Girls Soccer - Utica at St. Clair Shores Lake Shore - 4:30 PM
JV Girls Soccer - Hemlock at Freeland - 5 PM
Girls Soccer - Hemlock at Ithaca - 5:30 PM
Girls Soccer - Edwardsburg at Plainwell - 6 PM
Girls Soccer - Utica at St. Clair Shores Lake Shore - 6 PM
Boys Lacrosse - Grosse Pointe South at Brighton - 6 PM
Girls Lacrosse - Davison at Grand Blanc - 6 PM
Girls Soccer - Pinconning at Freeland - 7 PM
Tuesday - May 14
Softball - Auburn Hills Avondale at Lake Orion - 4:30 PM
JV Girls Soccer - Walled Lake Western at White Lake Lakeland - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Soccer - Ann Arbor Skyline at Saline - 5:30 PM
Girls Soccer - Walled Lake Western at White Lake Lakeland - 7 PM
Girls Soccer - Ann Arbor Skyline at Saline - 7 PM
Wednesday - May 15
JV Girls Soccer - Romeo at St. Clair Shores Lake Shore - 3:30 PM
Girls Lacrosse - Waterford Kettering at Grand Blanc - 4 PM
Girls Lacrosse - Temperance Bedford at Toledo Clay - 5:25 PM
JV Girls Soccer - Milford at White Lake Lakeland - 5:30 PM
Girls Soccer - Sturgis at Plainwell - 6 PM
JV Girls Lacrosse - Waterford Kettering at Grand Blanc - 6 PM
Girls Soccer - Milford at White Lake Lakeland - 7 PM
Thursday - May 16
Girls Soccer - Clinton at Manchester - 5:30 PM
Friday - May 17
JV Girls Soccer - Battle Creek Lakeview at St. Clair Shores Lake Shore - 4:30 PM
JV Girls Soccer - Midland Dow at Freeland - 5 PM
Girls Soccer - Battle Creek Lakeview at St. Clair Shores Lake Shore - 6 PM
Girls Soccer - Brooklyn Columbia Central at Manchester - 7 PM
Girls Soccer - Midland Dow at Freeland - 7 PM
Monday - May 20
Girls Soccer – TBA at Manchester - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Soccer - Grand Blanc at Saline - 5:30 PM
Girls Soccer - Shepherd at Ithaca - 5:30 PM
Girls Soccer - Standish Sterling at Freeland - 7 PM
Girls Soccer - Grand Blanc at Saline - 7 PM
Tuesday - May 22
JV Girls Soccer - Temperance Bedford at Saline - 5:30 PM
Girls Soccer - Temperance Bedford at Saline - 7 PM
Girls Soccer - Temperance Bedford at Saline - 7 PM
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.
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 are 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.
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.)
UP Swim/Dive Finals On MHSAA TV
February 13, 2018
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
Swimming and diving action kicks off live streaming video coverage of MHSAA Championships on MHSAA.tv and the NFHS Network this week at the Upper Peninsula Swimming & Diving Finals at Marquette High School.
Friday’s (Feb. 16) coverage of the Diving Finals begins at 2:30 p.m., and the Swimming Finals on Saturday (Feb. 17) commence at 10 a.m.
The U.P. Swimming & Diving Finals will be joined this week by live action in Wrestling and Girls Competitive Cheer on MHSAA.tv, with those events being produced by participants in the School Broadcast Program.
School Broadcast Program participants cover tournament games which take place at their facilities as a condition of membership in the program. SBP schools also play a major role in the production of Quarterfinal games in the Boys and Girls Basketball Tournaments in March.
This week, Team Wrestling Regional coverage will take place at Freeland, Fremont and Marquette on Wednesday (Feb. 14), and Competitive Cheer Districts will be covered by Comstock Park and Novi.
The NFHS Network will provide six straight weekends of tournament coverage this winter on MHSAA.tv. Here’s the complete schedule:
- Feb. 16-17 – Upper Peninsula Swimming & Diving Finals
- Feb. 22-24 – Team Dual Wrestling Quarterfinals-Semifinals-Finals
- March 2-3 – Individual Wrestling Finals
- March 2-3 – Girls Competitive Cheer Finals
- March 8-10 – Ice Hockey Semifinals & Finals
- March 13 – Girls Basketball Quarterfinals
- March 15-16 – Girls Basketball Semifinals
- March 20 – Boys Basketball Quarterfinals
- March 22-23 – Boys Basketball Semifinals
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.
Of the record 115 events on this week’s MHSAA.tv schedule, 72 at the varsity level will be covered, with more to be added as the week progresses. A record 67 events 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.
Here’s this week’s MHSAA.tv schedule of video streams being produced by SBP members:
Tuesday - February 13
- JV Boys Basketball - Saginaw Arts & Sciences at Montrose - 4 p.m.
- Freshman Boys Basketball - Kalamazoo Christian at Plainwell - 4:15 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Saginaw Arts & Sciences at Montrose - 4:30 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Greenville at Comstock Park - 5:30 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Fowlerville at Corunna - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Stanton Central Montcalm at Fremont - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Hartland at Novi - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Plainwell at Kalamazoo Christian - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Baraga at Dollar Bay - 5:45 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Kalamazoo Christian at Plainwell - 5:45 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Munising at Norway - 6:30 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Hartland at Novi - 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Merrill at Vestaburg - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Stanton Central Montcalm at Fremont - 7 p.m.
- Boys Ice Hockey - Houghton at Calumet - 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Greenville at Comstock Park - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Saginaw Arts & Sciences at Montrose - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Fowlerville at Corunna - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Rochester at Lake Orion - 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Plainwell at Kalamazoo Christian - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Kalamazoo Christian at Plainwell - 7:15 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Baraga at Dollar Bay - 7:15 p.m.
- Boys Basketball – Wakefield-Marinesco at Lake Linden-Hubbell - 7:20 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Gladstone at Negaunee - 7:30 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Munising at Norway - 8 p.m.
Wednesday - February 14
- Wrestling – MHSAA Team Regional Semifinal at Freeland
- Semifinals – 6 p.m. – Birch Run v. Yale; Freeland v. Mt. Morris
- Finals – 7:30 p.m. (Approximate time after semifinals)
- Wrestling – MHSAA Team Regional Semifinal at Fremont
- Semifinals – 6 p.m. - Fremont v. Kent City; Comstock Park v. Grand Rapids Catholic Central
- Finals – 7:30 p.m. (Approximate time after semifinals)
- Wrestling – MHSAA Team Regional Semifinal at Marquette – Marquette v. Gaylord – 6 p.m.
- Wrestling – MHSAA Team Regional Semifinal at Marquette – St. Johns v. Flint Kearsley – 6 p.m.
- Wrestling – MHSAA Team Regional Final at Marquette – 7:30 p.m.
- Girls Competitive Cheer – OK Conference at Comstock Park - 6:30 p.m.
Thursday - February 15
- Freshman Boys Basketball - Hackett Catholic at Kalamazoo Christian - 4:15 p.m.
- Freshman Boys Basketball – Pontiac Notre Dame Prep at Macomb Lutheran North - 4:30 p.m.
- Freshman Boys Basketball - Shepherd at Freeland - 4:30 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Watersmeet at Dollar Bay - 5 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Spring Lake at Comstock Park - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Hackett Catholic at Kalamazoo Christian - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - West Iron County at Calumet - 5:45 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball – Pontiac Notre Dame Prep at Macomb Lutheran North - 6 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Houghton Lake at Harrison - 6 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Shepherd at Freeland - 6 p.m.
- Boys Ice Hockey - Houghton at Marquette - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Burton Bendle at Montrose - 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Clarkston at Lake Orion - 7 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Hackett Catholic at Kalamazoo Christian - 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - West Iron County at Calumet - 7:15 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Dollar Bay at Lake Linden-Hubbell - 7:20 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Houghton Lake at Harrison - 7:30 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Shepherd at Freeland - 7:30 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Watersmeet at Dollar Bay - 7:30 p.m.
- Boys Basketball – Pontiac Notre Dame Prep at Macomb Lutheran North - 7:30 p.m.
Friday - February 16
- Upper Peninsula Diving Finals at Marquette – 2:30 p.m.
- Freshman Girls Basketball – Pontiac Notre Dame Prep at Macomb Lutheran North - 4:30 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - TBA at Novi - 5:30 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - New Lothrop at Otisville-Lakeville - 5:30 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Burton Bendle at Montrose - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Republic-Michigamme at Dollar Bay - 5:45 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Chassell at Calumet - 5:45 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Hillman at Rogers City - 6 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Williamston at Fowlerville - 6 p.m.
- Girls Competitive Cheer – MHSAA Districts at Comstock Park - 6 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Pontiac Notre Dame Prep at Macomb Lutheran North - 6 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Hillman at Rogers City - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball – Carson City-Crystal at Vestaburg - 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - TBA at Novi - 7 p.m.
- Boys Ice Hockey – Birmingham Brother Rice at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood - 7:15 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Republic-Michigamme at Dollar Bay - 7:15 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Chassell at Calumet - 7:15 p.m.
- Boys Basketball – Painesdale Jeffers at Lake Linden-Hubbell - 7:20 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Notre Dame Prep at Macomb Lutheran North - 7:30 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Williamston at Fowlerville - 7:30 p.m.
- Girls Basketball – Ishpeming Westwood at Negaunee - 7:30 p.m.
Saturday - February 17
- Upper Peninsula Swimming Finals at Marquette – 10 a.m.
- Girls Competitive Cheer – MHSAA District at Novi - 11 a.m.
- Boys Ice Hockey – Flint Powers Catholic at Lake Orion - 2 p.m.
- Boys Ice Hockey – Detroit Catholic Central at Orchard Lake St. Mary’s - 7:30 p.m.
- Boys Ice Hockey – TBA v. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood - TBA
- Wrestling – MHSAA Individual Regional Fremont - TBA
Monday - February 19
- Freshman Boys Basketball - Midland Bullock Creek at Freeland - 4:30 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Saginaw Arts & Sciences Nouvel at Macomb Lutheran North - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Grant at Fremont - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Baraga at Calumet - 5:45 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball – Midland Bullock Creek at Freeland - 6 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball – Eben Junction Superior Central at Norway - 6:30 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Breckenridge at Vestaburg - 7 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Grant at Fremont - 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Baraga at Calumet - 7:15 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball – Midland Bullock Creek at Freeland - 7:30 p.m.
- Boys Basketball – Eben Junction Superior Central at Norway - 8 p.m.
Tuesday - February 20
- Coed Basketball - Northville at Novi - 4 p.m.
- Freshman Boys Basketball - Delton Kellogg at Kalamazoo Christian - 4:15 p.m.
- Boys Ice Hockey - Escanaba at Calumet - 5 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Allendale at Comstock Park - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Delton Kellogg at Kalamazoo Christian - 5:30 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Byron at Montrose - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Dowagiac at Plainwell - 5:45 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Tawas Area at Rogers City - 6 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Allendale at Comstock Park - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Delton Kellogg at Kalamazoo Christian - 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball – St. Johns at Fowlerville - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Tawas Area at Rogers City - 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Dowagiac at Plainwell - 7:15 p.m.
Wednesday - February 21