MHSAA TV Celebrates 10th Anniversary
August 29, 2018
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
It was 10 years ago today that the MHSAA began its current television network efforts by broadcasting a season-opening football game pitting local rivals in small-town setting.
Sand Creek High School was hosting Blissfield in what had become a traditional season-opening game at the time, the two schools less than 15 miles apart. The Aggies were celebrating a community effort by debuting new grandstands on the home side of the field salvaged from nearby Michigan International Speedway. Townsfolk gathered across the street in the high school for a fund-raising taco dinner, and the MHSAA Network was there.
In the 10 years since that kickoff game, won by Blissfield 14-6, the MHSAA’s video production efforts have gone from games on cable television to an exclusively online effort powered by the NFHS Network – which produces more than 135 events and 400 hours of MHSAA Championships – and feature a growing School Broadcast Program, which will produce upwards of 2,000 hours of regular-season games at more 80 participating schools in 2018-19.
Here’s this week’s MHSAA.tv schedule of video streams being produced by SBP members and the NFHS Network:
Wednesday, Aug. 29
- Freshman Boys Soccer - Dearborn at Saline - 4 p.m.
- Freshman Football - Brighton at Novi - 4:30 p.m.
- Freshman Football - Saginaw Swan Valley at Frankenmuth - 4:30 p.m.
- Freshman Football - Saginaw Heritage at Grand Blanc - 4:30 p.m.
- Freshman Girls Volleyball – West Iron County at Calumet – 4:30 p.m.
- Junior Varsity Girls Volleyball – West Iron County at Calumet – 5:30 p.m.
- Junior Varsity Football - Saginaw Swan Valley at Frankenmuth - 6 p.m.
- Junior Varsity Football - Brighton at Novi - 6:30 p.m.
- Junior Varsity Football - Saginaw Heritage at Grand Blanc - 6:30 p.m.
- Girls Volleyball – West Iron County at Calumet – 5:30 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 30
- Field Hockey - Wixom St. Catherine at Novi - 4:30 p.m.
- Football - Windsor Holy Name at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook - 5 p.m.
- Junior Varsity Field Hockey - Wixom St. Catherine at Novi - 6 p.m.
- Football - Ovid-Elsie at Montrose - 7 p.m.
- Football - Novi at Brighton - 7 p.m.
- Football - Oxford at Lake Orion - 7 p.m.
- Football - Carrollton at Freeland - 7 p.m.
- Football – Negaunee at Calumet – 7 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 31
- Football - Grandville at Warren DeLaSalle - 7 p.m.
- Football - Munising at Norway - 7 p.m.
- Football - Grand Rapids Catholic Central at Saline - 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 4
- Junior Varsity Boys Soccer - Ann Arbor Skyline at Saline - 5:30 p.m.
- Girls Volleyball - Iron Mountain at Norway - 6 p.m.
- Boys Soccer - Ann Arbor Skyline at Saline - 7 p.m.
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.
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 will 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 broadcast by MHSAA School Broadcast Program members and the NFHS Network make their 2018-19 debut this week. Featured games are in football with Trenton’s 27-21 win over Allen Park; Zeeland East topping East Grand Rapids, 36-27; and Flint Beecher defeating Flint Southwestern, 24-0.
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 Selection Sunday Show on FSD
October 16, 2018
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
Selection Sunday officially turns the page from the regular season in Michigan high school football to the postseason, and the qualifiers and pairings for the 44th MHSAA Football Playoffs will be announced Sunday (Oct. 21) at 7 p.m. on FOX Sports Detroit.
In addition to being available on the primary FOX Sports Detroit channel on cable, the Selection Sunday Show also can be viewed on the internet through the FoxSportsDetroit.com Website, and on handheld devices and television streaming devices like Roku using the FOX Sports app.
The Selection Sunday Show kicks off this year’s Football Playoff coverage on FOX, which will include an opening night game on FOX Sports Detroit-PLUS, Prep Zone games the first four weeks of the tournament on the FoxSportsDetroit.com Website and the FOX Sports app, the 8-Player Finals live online and delayed on FOX Sports Detroit and all eight games of the 11-Player Finals live on FOX Sports Detroit or FOX Sports Detroit-PLUS. It’s all part of the second “Football Week In Michigan” promotion on FOX Sports.
But first, Week 9 games take place to conclude football’s regular season – and there’s plenty of live streaming boys soccer District and regular-season girls volleyball action this week on MHSAA.tv, being produced by participants of the School Broadcast Program.
Here’s this week’s MHSAA.tv schedule of video streams being produced by School Broadcast Program members and the NFHS Network (Check this list online at MHSAA.com for updates throughout the week as SBP members schedule additional games.):
Tuesday - Oct. 16
- Freshman Girls Volleyball - Houghton at Calumet - 4:30 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball - Salem at Howell - 4:55 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Napoleon at Manchester - 5 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball - Ovid-Elsie at Otisville-Lakeville - 5:25 PM
- Girls Volleyball – Negaunee Quad - 5:30 PM
- Freshman Girls Volleyball - Flint at Grand Blanc - 5:30 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball - Flint at Grand Blanc - 5:30 PM
- Freshman Girls Volleyball – Mt. Pleasant at Saginaw Heritage - 5:30 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball - Houghton at Calumet - 5:30 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball - Carney-Nadeau at Norway - 6 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Salem at Howell - 6:25 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Houghton at Calumet - 6:30 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Ovid-Elsie at Otisville-Lakeville - 6:55 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Flint at Grand Blanc - 7 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball – Mt. Pleasant at Saginaw Heritage - 7 PM
- Girls Volleyball – Mt. Pleasant at Saginaw Heritage - 7 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball - Napoleon at Manchester - 7 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Carney-Nadeau at Norway - 7:15 PM
Wednesday - Oct. 17
- Freshman Girls Volleyball - Essexville Garber at Frankenmuth - 5:30 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball - Essexville Garber at Frankenmuth - 5:30 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Essexville Garber at Frankenmuth - 7 PM
- Girls Volleyball – Kalamazoo Central at Stevensville Lakeshore – 6:20 PM
Thursday - Oct. 18
- Freshman Football – TBA at Howell - 3:55 PM
- Freshman Football – TBA at Brighton - 4:20 PM
- Freshman Football - Freeland at Frankenmuth - 4:30 PM
- Freshman Football – Livonia Stevenson at Novi - 5:30 PM
- Freshman Football - Grand Blanc at Saline - 4:30 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Rochester Hills Stoney Creek at Grand Blanc - 5 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball - Sparta at Comstock Park - 5 PM
- Freshman Girls Volleyball – Rochester Hills Stoney Creek at Grand Blanc - 5 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball – Rochester Hills Stoney Creek at Grand Blanc - 5 PM
- JV Football - Freeland at Frankenmuth - 6 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Sparta at Comstock Park - 6 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball - Calvin Christian at Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian - 6 PM
- JV Football - Richmond at Ovid-Elsie - 6 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball – Powers North Central at Norway - 6 PM
- Swimming and Diving - Ann Arbor Huron at Saline - 6 PM
- JV Football - West Iron County at Norway - 6:30 PM
- JV Football - Ypsilanti at Manchester - 6:30 PM
- JV Football – Livonia Stevenson at Novi - 6 PM
- JV Football - Grand Blanc at Saline - 6:30 PM
- JV Football - TBA at Howell – 6:30 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Calvin Christian at Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian - 7 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Kingsford at Marquette - 7 PM
- Football – Ishpeming Westwood at Negaunee - 7 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Powers North Central at Norway - 7:15 PM
Friday - Oct. 19
- Field Hockey - Chelsea at Novi - 5 PM
- JV Football – TBA at Howell - 6:45 PM
- Football - Mattawan at Stevensville Lakeshore – 6:55 PM
- Football - Lake Orion at Monroe - 7 PM
- Football – Mt. Pleasant at Saginaw Heritage - 7 PM
- Football - Montrose at Pittsford - 7 PM
- Football - Frankenmuth at Freeland - 7 PM
- Football - Saline at Grand Blanc - 7 PM
Saturday - Oct. 20
- JV Girls Volleyball - Ski Valley Conference Championship - 8:30 AM
- JV Girls Volleyball - Ski Valley Conference Championship - 12 PM
- Boys Soccer District Final at Freeland - Noon
Tuesday - Oct. 23
- Freshman Girls Volleyball - Delton Kellogg at Kalamazoo Christian - 4:15 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Three Rivers at Plainwell - 4:45 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball – Flint Carman-Ainsworth at Grand Blanc - 5:30 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball - Delton Kellogg at Kalamazoo Christian - 5:30 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball - Adrian at Saline - 5:30 PM
- Freshman Girls Volleyball - Grand Blanc - 5:30 PM
- Girls Volleyball – Flint Carman-Ainsworth at Grand Blanc - 7 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Delton Kellogg at Kalamazoo Christian - 7 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Adrian at Saline - 7 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Escanaba at Marquette - 7 PM
Potential Boys Regional Semifinal Soccer Games at Cedar Springs – 5 PM & 7 PM
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.
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 will 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.