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:
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.
Super Streaming Weekend Arrives
November 15, 2017
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
More than 100 hours of live streaming of MHSAA action in four tournaments will take place this weekend on the MHSAA.tv, FoxSportsDetroit.com and MHSAANetwork.com websites and the FOX Sports Detroit Facebook page.
The weekend centers on MHSAA.tv wrapping up its fall coverage with live video streaming of all Semifinals and Finals in Girls Volleyball, the Final round of L.P. Girls Swimming & Diving and 12 Semifinal games in the MHSAA Football Playoffs powered 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. 23.
The 8-Player Football Finals on Saturday (Nov. 18) between Deckerville and Central Lake at 11 a.m. and Crystal Falls Forest Park and Portland St. Patrick at 2 p.m. at Marquette’s Superior Dome will be streamed live on the FOX Sports Detroit Facebook page to kick off Football Week In Michigan, and be shown on FOX Sports Detroit on Tuesday (Nov. 21) with Division 1 at 8 p.m., followed by Division 2 at 11 p.m. It's also the last week of the PrepZone on FoxSportsDetroit.com, 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. 17-19), as well as the 8-Player Football Finals.
Here is this week's video streaming schedule (all events live online):
Thursday - Girls Volleyball Semifinals - MHSAA.tv & MHSAANetwork.com
- Munising v. Fowler, Class D, Noon
- Plymouth Christian v. Rogers City, Class D, 2 p.m.
- Farmington Hills Mercy v. Bloomfield Hills Marian, Class A, 4:30 p.m.
- DeWitt v. Novi, Class A, 6:30 p.m.
Friday - Girls Volleyball Semifinals - MHSAA.TV & MHSAANetwork.com
- Wixom St. Catherine v. Laingsburg, Class C, Noon
- Bronson v. Calumet, Class C, 2 p.m.
- Lake Odessa Lakewood v. Livonia Ladywood, Class B, 4:30 p.m.
- Pontiac Notre Dame v. Fruitport, Class B, 6:30 p.m.
Friday - 11-Player Football Semifinal – Prep Zone on FoxSportsDetroit.com – 7 p.m.
- Iron River West Iron County v. Saginaw Nouvel, Division 8
Saturday - 8-Player Football Finals – FOX Sports Detroit Facebook & MHSAANetwork.com
- Deckerville v. Powers North Central, Division 1, 11 a.m.
- Crystal Falls Forest Park v. Portland St. Patrick, Division 2, 2 p.m. (Approx.)
Delayed cable broadcast on FOX Sports Detroit on Tuesday: Division 1 - 8 p.m., Division 2 – 11 p.m. Archived at MHSAA.tv.
Saturday - Girls Volleyball Finals - MHSAA.TV & MHSAANetwork.com
- 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
- Division 1 – Oakland University
- Division 2 – Holland Aquatics Center
- Division 3 – Eastern Michigan University
Saturday - 11-Player Football Semifinals – Prep Zone on FoxSportsDetroit.com – 1 p.m.
- Detroit Catholic Central v. West Bloomfield, Division 1
- Detroit Martin Luther King v. Warren DeLaSalle, Division 2
- Muskegon v. Battle Creek Harper Creek, Division 3
Saturday - 11-Player Football Semifinals – MHSAA.tv - All games 1 p.m. unless noted
- Detroit Cass Tech v. West Bloomfield, Division 1
- Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central v. Livonia Franklin, Division 2
- Riverview v. Farmington Hills Harrison, Division 3 – Noon
- River Rouge v. Edwardsburg, Division 4
- Escanaba v. Grand Rapids Catholic Central, Division 4
- Reed City v. Saginaw Swan Valley, Division 5
- Grand Rapids West Catholic v. Frankenmuth, Division 5
- Traverse City St. Francis v. Ithaca, Division 6
- Jackson Lumen Christi v. Warren Michigan Collegiate, Division 6
- Lake City v. Pewamo-Westphalia, Division 7
- Saugatuck v. Madison Heights Madison, Division 7
- Mendon v. Ottawa Lake Whiteford, Division 8
A subscription to MHSAA.tv is $9.95 and allows 30 days of viewing live content on the NFHS Network.
Highlights of playoff games this weekend will be featured on the State Champs! High School Sports Show on FOX Sports Detroit at 9 a.m. Sunday - with multiple replays on FOX Sports Detroit and Comcast Channel 900 throughout the week. The program is also archived on the State Champs YouTube Channel. Consult your local listings for additional playback times.
The MHSAA also has content on the State Champs Scoreboard! High School Radio Show on Friday nights during the football and basketball seasons, originating on WXYT-FM (97.1) in Detroit and carried on more than 10 radio stations across the state. This Week In High School Sports and Be The Referee are weekly features on the program.