Live Events Abound on MHSAA TV

Highlights

November 18, 2015

By John Johnson
MHSAA communications diretor

More than 100 hours of live streaming video and audio coverage of MHSAA Tournaments in three sports will take place this weekend on MHSAA.TV, FoxSportsDetroit.com and MHSAANetwork.com.

The weekend centers on MHSAA.tv wrapping up its Fall coverage this weekend with live video streaming of all of the Semifinals and Finals in Girls Volleyball, the Final Round of L.P. Girls Swimming & Diving and 12 Semifinal games in the MHSAA Football Playoffs, presented by the Michigan Army National Guard. All games will be shown live on a subscription basis, and will become available for free on-demand viewing by Nov. 24.

The 8-Player Football Final on Friday between Battle Creek St. Philip and Powers North Central will be streamed live on the FoxSportsDetroit.com website, and be shown on FOX Sports Detroit next week on Monday (Nov. 23) at 2 p.m. and Tuesday (Nov. 24) at 7:30 p.m. It's also the last week of the PrepZone, with four 11-Player Football Semifinal games being streamed live. All games will be archived at MHSAA.tv.

The MHSAANetwork.com website will carry live audio of all Volleyball Semifinal and Final matches Thursday through Saturday (Nov. 19-21), as well as the 8-Player Football Final.

Here is this week's video streaming schedule (all events live online):

Thursday - Girls Volleyball Semifinals - MHSAA.tv

Battle Creek St. Philip v. Plymouth Christian, Class D, 2 p.m.
Leland v. Crystal Falls Forest Park, Class D, 3:45 p.m.
Livonia Churchill v. Romeo, Class A, 5:30 p.m.
Novi v. Grand Rapids Christian winner, Class A, 7:15 p.m.

Friday - Girls Volleyball Semifinals - MHSAA.tv

Bronson v. Traverse City St. Francis, Class C, 2 p.m.
Brown City v. Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central, Class C, 3:45 p.m.
Goodrich v. Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard, Class B, 5:30 p.m.
North Branch winner v. Battle Creek Harper Creek, Class B, 7:15 p.m.

Friday - 8-Player Football Finals - FoxSportsDetroit.com

Battle Creek St. Philip v. Powers North Central, 7 p.m. Delayed cable broadcast on FOX Sports Detroit, Monday, 2 p.m., and Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Archived at MHSAA.tv.

Saturday - Girls Volleyball Finals - MHSAA.tv

Class D Final, 10 a.m.
Class C Final, Noon
Class A Final, 2 p.m.
Class B Final, 4 p.m.

Saturday - L.P. Girls Swimming & Diving Finals - MHSAA.tv - Noon

Saturday - 11-Player Football Semifinals – Prep Zone on FoxSportsDetroit.com – 1 p.m.

Lowell v. Walled Lake Western, Division 2
Coldwater v. Chelsea, Division 3
Ida v. River Rouge, Division 5
Pewamo-Westphalia v. Detroit Loyola, Division 7

Saturday - 11-Player Football Semifinals on MHSAA.tv - All games 1 p.m. unless noted

Grand Ledge v. Romeo, Division 1
Canton v. Detroit Cass Tech, Division 1
Livonia Franklin v. Detroit Martin Luther King, Division 2
East Grand Rapids v. Orchard Lake St. Mary’s, Division 3
Grand Rapids Forest Hills Eastern v. Zeeland West, Division 4
Detroit Country Day v. Flint Powers Catholic, Division 4
Lansing Catholic v. Grand Rapids West Catholic, Division 5
Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian v. Clinton, Division 6 - Noon
Traverse City St. Francis v. Ithaca, Division 6
Ishpeming v. New Lothrop, Division 7
St. Ignace v. Muskegon Catholic Central, Division 8
Waterford Our Lady v. Ottawa Lake Whiteford, Division 8

To watch the live action on MHSAA.tv, you can purchase a Day Pass for $9.95 or a Month Pass for $14.95. The games will become available for free On Demand viewing three days after they are played.

Hoops on Film: 1976 Class D Girls Final

July 13, 2015

By John Johnson
MHSAA communications director

One of the earliest championship games in MHSAA girls basketball history is featured this week as part of MHSAA.tv’s Hoops On Film Series.

From the late 1940’s to the mid 1970’s the Michigan High School Athletic Association shot portions of the action at its boys and girls basketball finals on 16mm film. The films were loaned out, primarily to the participating schools, to help them relive the moments of playing in a championship game.

While many of the old films have wandered astray over time, about 60 games still exist in the MHSAA archives. Anyone in possession of such a film is encouraged to contact John Johnson at the MHSAA Office ([email protected]) to discuss having the film converted to a digital format.

Some of the films only have portions of the second half and the post-game awards; some have most of the action. None of the films have sound. They range in length from 10 minutes to about an hour. A new film will be posted online each Monday through the week of August 17. DVD’s may be purchased directly from the MHSAA.tv Website – just click the Get DVD button below the player.

Here’s a look at this week’s game, with recap courtesy of MHSAA historian Ron Pesch:

Lake City 58, Perkins 48 – 1976 Class D Girls Final - Abby Currier scored 26 points and Becky Sessions added 22 as Lake City cruised past Perkins, 58-48, for the Class D title. Lynette Royer led Perkins with 23 points. This was the fourth Class D Final, as the girls basketball tournament started in 1973, and remains the lone championship game won by Lake City. The season before, the Trojans had bowed out in the Semifinals against eventual champion Flint Holy Rosary. The two teams met again in the semis in 1976, and this time it was Lake City which prevailed, advancing to the Final the following morning against Perkins and winning the school’s first MHSAA crown in any sport. It was the only appearance ever in an MHSAA statewide tournament final for Perkins, which merged the following year with nearby Rock to form Mid-Peninsula High School, about a half-hour’s drive north of Escanaba. The newly-formed Wolverines would win the Class D crown in 1977.

Previous releases:
1973 Class C Boys Final: Detroit East Catholic 50, Saginaw St. Stephen 49 - Watch
1954 Class A Boys Final: Muskegon Heights 43, Flint Northern 41 (OT) - Watch
1971 Class A Boys Final: Flint Northern 79, Detroit Kettering 78 - Watch

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