MHSAA Minute Returns This Week
January 9, 2018
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
With the winter sports season fully underway, StateChamps! High School Sports Show returns with new weekly editions debuting each Sunday at 9 a.m. on Fox Sports Detroit – featuring a fresh series of messages called the MHSAA Minute.
The MHSAA Minute takes a look each week at different things happening in the life of the Association, from promoting educational programs to rules changes in high school sports. The first of two messages will air this week on high school rules changes in basketball. Archived editions of MHSAA Minute can be found on the StateChamps! YouTube Channel.
This week’s schedule of high school sporting events on MHSAA.tv produced by Association members taking part in the School Broadcast Program features 100 contests.
A total of 57 games at the varsity level are on the schedule for this week, with more to be added as the week progresses. Be sure to check Upcoming Events on the MHSAA.tv home page daily for last-minute additions.
In its ninth 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 that wish to live stream games but lack the ability to staff the events. The program also gives schools the opportunity to raise money through advertising and viewing subscriptions
Here’s this week’s MHSAA.tv schedule of video streams being produced by SBP members:
Tuesday - Jan. 9
Freshman Girls Basketball – Morley-Stanwood at Fremont - 4 p.m.
Freshman Girls Basketball - Vicksburg at Plainwell - 4:15 p.m.
Freshman Girls Basketball - Warren Regina at Macomb Lutheran North - 4:30 p.m.
Freshman Boys Basketball - Houghton Lake at Harrison - 4:30 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - Byron at Montrose - 5:30 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball – Grand Rapids Catholic Central at Comstock Park - 5:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Northville at Novi - 5:30 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Central Montcalm at Fremont - 5:30 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Ontonagon at Calumet - 5:45 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Vicksburg at Plainwell - 5:45 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Whittemore-Prescott at Rogers City - 6 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Midland Bullock Creek at Freeland - 6 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Warren Regina at Macomb Lutheran North - 6 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - Houghton Lake at Harrison - 6 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Northville at Novi - 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Grand Rapids Catholic Central at Comstock Park - 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Warren Regina at Macomb Lutheran North - 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Whittemore-Prescott at Rogers City - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Byron at Montrose - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Tawas Area at Alpena - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball – St. Johns at Fowlerville - 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Central Montcalm at Fremont - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball – Merrill at Vestaburg – 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Vicksburg at Plainwell - 7:15 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Ontonagon at Calumet - 7:15 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Bessemer at Lake Linden-Hubbell - 7:20 p.m.
Boys Basketball – Midland Bullock Creek at Freeland - 7:30 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Houghton Lake at Harrison - 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday - Jan. 10
Wrestling - Central Montcalm at Fremont - 5:30 p.m.
Wrestling - Alma at Freeland - 6 p.m.
Cheerleading – OAA Meet at Lake Orion - 6:30 p.m.
Boys Basketball – Ishpeming at Negaunee – 7:30 p.m.
Thursday - Jan. 11
Freshman Boys Basketball - Burton Bendle at Otisville-Lakeville - 4 p.m.
Freshman Boys Basketball - Carrollton at Freeland - 4:30 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Sparta at Comstock Park - 5:30 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Durand at Montrose - 5:30 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Burton Bendle at Otisville-Lakeville - 5:30 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Newaygo at Fremont - 5:30 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - Hancock at Dollar Bay - 5:45 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - Carrollton at Freeland - 6 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - Mio at Rogers City - 6 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - Newaygo at Fremont - 7 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - Burton Bendle at Otisville-Lakeville - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Mio at Rogers City - 7 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - Durand at Montrose - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Hancock at Dollar Bay - 7:15 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Carrollton at Freeland - 7:30 p.m.
Friday - Jan. 12
Freshman Girls Basketball – Warren Woods-Tower at Macomb Lutheran North - 4 p.m.
Freshman Girls Basketball - Coopersville at Fremont - 4:30 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Republic-Michigamme at Dollar Bay - 5:45 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Sparta at Comstock Park - 6 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball – Sanford Meridian at Harrison - 6 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Fowlerville at Williamston - 6 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Newaygo at Fremont - 6 p.m.
Boys Ice Hockey – Detroit U-D Jesuit at Calumet - 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Carson City-Crystal at Vestaburg – 7 p.m.
Boys Ice Hockey - Detroit Catholic Central at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood - 7:15 p.m.
Boys Basketball – Wyoming Kelloggsville at Wyoming Lee – 7:15 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Republic-Michigamme at Dollar Bay - 7:20 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Fowlerville at Williamston - 7:27 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Newaygo at Fremont - 7:30 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Sparta at Comstock Park - 7:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Sanford Meridian at Harrison - 7:30 p.m.
Saturday - Jan. 13
Swimming and Diving - Marquette - 10 a.m.
Boys Ice Hockey – Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood at Detroit Catholic Central - 6:15 p.m.
Boys Ice Hockey – Detroit U-D Jesuit at Calumet - 7 p.m.
Monday - Jan. 15
Cheerleading – OK Meet at Comstock Park - 5 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Marion at Harrison - 6 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - North Dickinson at Norway - 6:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Oxford at Lake Orion - 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Marion at Harrison - 7:30 p.m.
Boys Basketball - North Dickinson at Norway - 8 p.m.
Tuesday - Jan. 16
Freshman Boys Basketball - Chesaning at Otisville-Lakeville - 4 p.m.
Freshman Girls Basketball - Comstock at Plainwell - 4:15 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - Kent City at Comstock Park - 4:30 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball – Livonia Stevenson at Novi - 5:30 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - Genesee at Montrose - 5:30 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Comstock at Plainwell - 5:45 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball – Lake Linden-Hubbell at Dollar Bay - 5:45 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Houghton at Calumet - 5:45 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - Chesaning at Otisville-Lakeville - 6 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - Lake City at Harrison - 6 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Onaway at Rogers City - 6 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Stephenson at Norway - 6:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Onaway at Rogers City - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Kent City at Comstock Park - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Ferndale at Lake Orion - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Chesaning at Otisville-Lakeville - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Mason at Fowlerville - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball – Livonia Stevenson at Novi - 7 p.m.
Boys Ice Hockey - Escanaba at Marquette - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Genesee at Montrose - 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Houghton at Calumet - 7:15 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Comstock at Plainwell - 7:15 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Grant at Fremont - 7:19 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Lake Linden-Hubbell at Dollar Bay - 7:20 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Lake City at Harrison - 7:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Stephenson at Norway - 8 p.m.
Wednesday - Jan. 17
Wrestling - Paw Paw at Plainwell - 5:30 p.m.
Cheerleading - Lake Fenton at Montrose - 6 p.m.
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.
A complete list of participating schools can be found on the School Broadcast Program page of the MHSAA website.
Highlights of games produced in the past week by MHSAA School Broadcast Program members feature the following events:
Boys Basketball – Fremont 54, Big Rapids 49
Girls Basketball – Wakefield-Marinesco 56, Dollar Bay 54 (OT)
Boys Basketball – Harrison 48, Roscommon 40
Highlights can be found each week on the MHSAA.tv website, the home page of the MHSAA Website, and the MHSAASports Channel on YouTube
Watch XC, Football, Soccer Online
November 2, 2016
By John Johnson
MHSAA Communications Director
A pair of top-10 showdowns on the gridiron, four championship games on the soccer pitch, and the return of the Finish Line Cam at cross country will provide MHSAA Championships followers with plenty of live content online this weekend.
The weekend begins with four games in the MHSAA Football Playoffs – powered by the Michigan Army National Guard – on the PrepZone on FoxSportsDetroit.com and FOX Sports GO! on Friday (Nov. 4) at 7 p.m.:
- Allendale at Grand Rapids Catholic Central
- Grand Rapids West Catholic at Portland
- Sand Creek at Hudson
- Mendon at Climax-Scotts
Portland was the top-ranked team in the final Associated Press Division 5 poll, while Grand Rapids West Catholic was sixth. The last three meetings between these two teams were in the playoffs: West Catholic won the most recent, in 2013, 27-14 in a Pre-District game after the Raiders had downed the Falcons 12-9 in the 2012 Division 5 Final; and West Catholic won a 2010 District Final game, 38-13.
Hudson finished sixth in the Division 7 rankings, while Sand Creek was 10th. The last two meetings in this series were also in playoff settings, with Hudson winning both – 42-0 in a 2004 District Final and 29-6 in a 2003 Semifinal.
Grand Rapids Catholic Central was fifth in the final Division 4 rankings and defeated Allendale in Week 2, 35-20. Climax-Scotts is the second-ranked team in Division 8 and has played Mendon in the Pre-District or District Final in each of the past five seasons, with the Panthers winning last year’s Pre-District game, 8-6, after Mendon won the previous four meetings. The two schools were rivals in the old St. Joseph Valley League for many years.
All PrepZone games will be archived on MHSAA.tv.
Saturday’s Boys Soccer Finals will be Live on MHSAA.tv with games at Noon and 3 p.m. The games will be played at Rochester Hills Stoney Creek and Comstock Park High Schools, with matchups at each site to be announced after the Semifinals on Wednesday (Nov. 3). All games also will have live streaming audio at MHSAANetwork.com.
One Soccer Semifinal game will be Live on MHSAA.tv on Wednesday – a Division 3 matchup at Cedar Springs between Grand Rapids Catholic Central and Charlevoix, at 6 p.m.
MHSAA.tv also will offer a free live video stream Saturday of the finish line at the Lower Peninsula Cross Country Finals at Michigan International Speedway. The stream will include audio commentary from announcers around the course throughout each race. The morning session with the boys and girls races in Division 3 and 4 begins at 10 a.m., and the afternoon session with races in Divisions 1 and 2 starts at 1:30 p.m. Live timing of each race will be available on the Cross Country page of the MHSAA Website.
A subscription to watch live on MHSAA.tv is $9.95 and allows access to the full schedule of MHSAA Tournaments during the month of November:
- Nov. 5 – Boys Soccer Finals
- Nov. 5 – Selected Football Playoff District Finals
- Nov. 12 – Selected Football Playoff Regional Finals
- Nov. 17-19 – Girls Volleyball Semifinals & Finals
- Nov. 19 – Lower Peninsula Girls Swimming & Diving Finals
- Nov. 19 – Football Playoff Semifinals (12 games)
Live coverage of three Football District Finals and a pair of Girls Volleyball District games produced by SBP schools takes place this week as well on MHSAA.tv:
- Volleyball - Oxford vs. Clarkston at Lake Orion – Wednesday, 5:30 p.m.
- Volleyball - Waterford Kettering at Lake Orion – Wednesday, 7 p.m.
- Football – Montrose at Millington – Friday, 7 p.m.
- Football – Calumet at Negaunee – Friday, 7 p.m.
- Football – Escanaba at Alma – Saturday, 1 p.m.
In its eighth 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.
The program also gives schools the opportunity to raise money through advertising and viewing subscriptions.
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.
Weekly highlights from games produced by participants in the MHSAA's School Broadcast Program are back for another school year on MHSAA.tv. This week's highlights include playoff football games with Clarkston Everest at Waterford Our Lady and Traverse City Central vs. Traverse City West, and a Division 2 Boys Soccer Regional Final between East Lansing and Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern.
Schools interested in becoming a part of the School Broadcast Program should contact John Johnson at the MHSAA Office.