Lower Peninsula Cross Country, Boys Soccer Finals Make for Big Broadcast Saturday

By Jon Ross
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties

November 3, 2021

All eight Lower Peninsula Girls & Boys Cross Country Finals and all four Boys Soccer Finals will be broadcast Saturday on MHSAA.tv and the NFHS Network, capping a viewing schedule that also will include Soccer Semifinals, Volleyball District Semifinals and Finals and Football District and Regional Finals.

Nearly 2,000 Lower Peninsula runners will take to the course at Michigan International Speedway on Saturday (Nov. 6), with races beginning at 9:30 a.m. Coverage will include views from cameras at starting line, the 1- and 2-mile marks, the finish line and throughout the race from the lead cart.

The Division 4 and 3 races begin at 9:30 a.m. and can viewed at this link: https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/mhsaa-mi/gam0fa8764d8b

Division 2 and 1 races begin at 1:30 p.m. and can viewed here:
https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/mhsaa-mi/gam81321985cc

Saturday’s Division 1 and 4 Boys Soccer Finals will be played at Novi High School, with Divisions 2 and 3 at Comstock Park High School. The larger schools at each site will play at noon, followed by the smaller-school divisions at 3 p.m.

Division 1 – https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/mhsaa-mi/gam2b096b5062
Division 2 – https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/mhsaa-mi/gam8aea573f91
Division 3 – https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/mhsaa-mi/gam8b0ab1143e
Division 4 – https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/mhsaa-mi/gam5ad1cdfa45
Audio of all four Boys Soccer Finals will be available at http://mhsaanetwork.com/.

Five of eight Wednesday (Nov. 3) Semifinals also will be broadcast. See schedule with links below:

Division 1 – 6 p.m. – Grosse Pointe South vs. New Baltimore Anchor Bay
Division 1 – 7 p.m. – Northville vs. Okemos
Division 2 – 6 p.m. – DeWitt vs. Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice
Division 3 – 7 p.m. – Allen Park Inter-City Baptist vs. Clarkston Everest Collegiate
Division 3 – 7 p.m. – Grand Rapids South Christian vs. Elk Rapids

The MHSAA Volleyball Tournament continues Wednesday (Nov. 3) and Thursday with District Semifinals, with District Finals also to be played at some sites Thursday and most Friday and Saturday – more than 30 District Finals are on the broadcast schedule.

More than 50 of this weekend’s 11-Player Football District Finals and 8-Player Regional Finals will be broadcast this weekend as well on MHSAA.tv. Links to coverage of both are below:  

Volleyball | Football

MHSAA media partner Bally Sports Detroit will continue its weekly live cable TV broadcasts with Friday’s Division 3 District Final of River Rouge (7-2) at Detroit Martin Luther King (9-1). Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. on BSD’s PLUS channel, and the game also may be watched on the BSD website and app.

NFHS Network subscriptions begin at $10.99 per month. Subscribers have access to all live video and streaming statistics across the country. School Broadcast Program participants benefit as a portion of every subscription sold by a school goes to benefit its program.

More than 400 MHSAA member schools are participants in the School Broadcast Program, now in its 13th year, producing games using traditional hands-on student crews or via Pixellot cameras installed at stadiums and gymnasiums across the state. A complete list of participating schools can be found on the School Broadcast Program page of the MHSAA Website. 

Volleyball Districts Open on MHSAA TV

November 2, 2020

By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties

The volleyball postseason begins tonight, with broadcasts of 60 District openers viewable on the NFHS Network and MHSAA.tv.

The following will be broadcast online during the first two days of the MHSAA Girls Volleyball District Tournament:
 
Monday - Nov. 2 
Marquette vs. Alpena   - 6 PM
Burton Bendle  vs. Otisville LakeVille  - 5 PM
Kalamazoo Christian vs. Kalamazoo Hackett - 5 PM
Lansing Waverly  vs. DeWitt  - 5 PM
Livonia Churchill  vs. Garden City  - 5 PM
Ludington  vs. Manistee  - 5 PM
Plainwell  vs. Paw Paw  - 5 PM
Stevensville Lakeshore  vs. Dowagiac Union  - 5 PM
Walled Lake Northern  vs. Hartland  - 5 PM
Leslie  vs. East Jackson  - 5:15 PM
Battle Creek Pennfield  vs. Three Rivers  - 5:30 PM
Brethren  vs. Mason County Eastern  - 5:30 PM
Erie-Mason  vs. Monroe St. Mary's Catholic Central - 5:30 PM
Morley Stanwood  vs. Beal City  - 5:30 PM
Niles Brandywine  vs. Hartford  - 5:30 PM
Vassar  vs. Montrose  - 5:30 PM
Lowell  vs. Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills  - 5:55 PM
Bridgeport  vs. Saginaw Arthur Hill  - 6 PM
Brighton  vs. South Lyon East  - 6 PM
Caro  vs. Frankenmuth  - 6 PM
Clarkston Everest Collegiate vs. Oakland Christian - 6 PM
Clawson  vs. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood  - 6 PM
Dryden  vs. Kimball New Life Christian Academy - 6 PM
Durand vs. Flint Powers Catholic  - 6 PM
East Grand Rapids vs. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central - 6 PM
Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker  vs. Cass City  - 6 PM
Fulton  vs. Portland St. Patrick  - 6 PM
Galesburg-Augusta  vs. Vermontville Maple Valley  - 6 PM
Grand Blanc  vs. Linden  - 6 PM
Grand Traverse Academy vs. Traverse City St. Francis  - 6 PM
Harrison vs. Beaverton  - 6 PM
Lake Orion  vs. Waterford Kettering  - 6 PM
Macomb Lutheran North  vs. Armada  - 6 PM
Marian  vs. Royal Oak  - 6 PM
Rock Mid Peninsula  vs. Rapid River  - 6 PM
Shelby  vs. Mason County Central  - 6 PM
Warren Woods-Tower  vs. Harrison Twp. L'Anse Creuse  - 6 PM
Buchanan  vs. Edwardsburg  - 6:30 PM
Dearborn Divine Child  vs. Livonia Franklin  - 6:30 PM
Grand Ledge  vs. East Lansing  - 6:30 PM
Big Rapids  vs. Reed City  - 7 PM
Croswell-Lexington  vs. North Branch  - 7 PM
Battle Creek Harper Creek  vs. Constantine  - 7 PM
Michigan Center vs. Lumen Christi Catholic  - 7 PM
Northville  vs. Novi  - 7 PM
Onekama  vs. Bear Lake  - 7 PM
Sanford Meridian vs. Farwell  - 7 PM
White Lake Lakeland  vs. Walled Lake Western  - 7 PM
Williamston  vs. Owosso  - 7 PM
Ypsilanti Arbor Prep vs. Ottawa Lake Whiteford  - 7 PM
Munising  vs. Eben  Junction Superior Central  - 7:30 PM
Reese  vs. Saginaw Valley Lutheran  - 7:30 PM
 
Tuesday - Nov. 3 
Allen Park Cabrini  vs. Taylor Preparatory  - 5 PM
Benzie Central  vs. TBA - 5 PM
Sterling Heights Parkway Christian vs. Chesterfield Austin Catholic  - 5 PM
Frankfort  vs. Lake Leelanau St. Mary  - 6 PM
Cadillac vs. TBA - 7 PM
Escanaba  vs. Kingsford  - 7 PM
Houghton  vs. Gladstone  - 7 PM
New Haven Merritt Academy vs. Marine City Cardinal Mooney Catholic  - 7 PM