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.
O-K Crossover Top MHSAA TV Coverage
September 20, 2016
By John Johnson
MHSAA Communications Director
A crossover game in the Ottawa-Kent Conference headlines this week’s schedule of live events on MHSAA.tv being produced by members of the School Broadcast Program.
Cedar Springs (2-0 O-K White, 3-1 overall) hosts Grand Rapids Christian (2-0 O-K Gold, 4-0 overall) at 7 p.m. Friday.
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.
Here’s this week’s MHSAA.tv schedule of video streams available being produced by SBP members, as well as live stats from MHSAA member schools using Digital Scout:
Tuesday – Sept. 20
- Girls Volleyball – Fairview at Rogers City – 6 p.m. – LIVE
- Girls JV Volleyball – Fairview at Rogers City – 6 p.m. – LIVE
- Girls Volleyball – Flint Powers at Davison – 6 p.m. – LIVE
- Girls Volleyball – Fife Lake Forest Area at Onaway – 6 p.m. - LIVE
- Girls Volleyball – Manistique at Negaunee – 6:45 p.m. – LIVE
- Girls Volleyball – Stephenson at Marquette – 7 p.m. - LIVE
Wednesday – Sept. 21
- Boys Soccer – Lansing Sexton at East Lansing – 6:30 p.m. – On-Demand
Thursday – Sept. 22
- JV Football – Rogers City at Oscoda – 6:30 p.m. – LIVE
- Girls Volleyball – Bloomfield Hills at Lake Orion – 7 p.m. - LIVE
- Girls Volleyball – Gaylord St. Mary’s at Onaway – 7:30 p.m. - LIVE
Friday – Sept. 23
- Football – Coleman at Breckenridge – 6:30 p.m. - LIVE
- Football – Traverse City West at Alpena – 7 p.m. – LIVE
- Football – Oscoda at Rogers City – 7 p.m. – LIVE
- Football – Charlton Heston Academy at Onaway – 7 p.m. – LIVE
- Football – Mt. Morris at Goodrich – 7 p.m. – LIVE VIDEO & STATS
- Football – Grand Rapids Christian at Cedar Springs – 7 p.m. - LIVE
- Football – Marquette v. Gladstone – 7 p.m. – STATS
- Football – Plymouth v. Canton – 7 p.m. – STATS
- Football – Oxford v. Farmington – 7 p.m. – STATS
- Football – Eben Junction Superior Central v. Stephenson – 7 p.m. - STATS
- Football – Beaverton v. Sanford Meridian – 7 p.m. – STATS
- Football – Davison v. Saginaw – 7 p.m. – STATS
- Football – St. Clair v. St. Clair Shores South Lake – 7 p.m. – STATS
- Football – Hudsonville v. Holland West Ottawa – 7 p.m. – STATS
- Football – Grand Ledge v. Jackson – 7 p.m. – STATS
- Football – East Jackson v. Manchester – 7 p.m. – STATS
- Football – Fowlerville v. Lansing Catholic – 7 p.m. – STATS
- Football – Oakland Christian v. Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest – 7 p.m. – STATS
- Football – Addison v. Michigan Center – 7 p.m. – STATS
- Football – Swartz Creek v. Flint Kearsley – 7 p.m. – STATS
- Football – Saranac v. Bath – 7 p.m. – STATS
- Football – St. Johns v. Lansing Waverly – 7 p.m. – STATS
- Football – Erie-Mason v. Hudson – 7 p.m. – STATS
- Football – Calumet v. Hancock – 7 p.m. – STATS
- Football – Lowell v. Greenville – 7 p.m. – STATS
- Football – Corunna v. Flint Beecher – 7 p.m. – STATS
- Football – Gwinn v. Negaunee – 7 p.m. – STATS
- Football – Wyoming Lee v. Belding – 7 p.m. – STATS
- Football – Bay City Central v. Midland – 7 p.m. – STATS
- Football – New Lothrop v. Belding – 7 p.m. – STATS
- Football – Hanover-Horton v. Napoleon – 7 p.m. – STATS
- Football – Grand Rapids West Catholic v. Coopersville – 7 p.m. – STATS
- Football – Grand Traverse Academy v. Wyoming Tri-unity Christian – 7 p.m. – STATS
- Football – Traverse City Central v. Gaylord – 7 p.m. – STATS
- Football – Saginaw Arthur Hill v. Saginaw Heritage – 7 p.m. – STATS
- Football – Midland Dow v. Flint Powers – 7 p.m. – STATS
- Football – Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary v. Hemlock – 7 p.m. – STATS
- Football – Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central v. Grosse Ile – 7 p.m. – STATS
- Football – Grosse Pointe South v. Grosse Pointe North – 7 p.m. – STATS
- Football – Laingsburg v. Fowler – 7 p.m. – STATS
- Football – Sparta v. Allendale – 7 p.m. – STATS
- Football – Detroit Cesar Chavez Academy v. Adrian Lenawee Christian – 7 p.m. – STATS
- Football – Stanton Central Montcalm v. Fremont – 7 p.m. – STATS
- Football – Battle Creek Harper Creek v. Battle Creek Pennfield – 7 p.m. – STATS
- Football – Marlette v. Ubly – 7 p.m. – STATS
- Football – Lansing Everett v. Lansing Eastern – 7 p.m. – STATS
- Football – Whitehall v. Montague – 7 p.m. – STATS
- Football – Wayland Union v. Grand Rapids South Christian – 7 p.m. – STATS
- Football – Petersburg-Summerfield v. Britton-Macon – 7 p.m. – STATS
- Football – Mayville v. Morrice – 7 p.m. – STATS
- Football – St. Clair Shores Lake Shore v. St. Clair Shores Lakeview – 7 p.m. – STATS
- Football – Baraga v. Powers North Central – 7 p.m. – STATS
- Football – Wyoming Kelloggsville v. Grandville Calvin Christian – 7 p.m. – STATS
- Football – Adrian v. Ypsilanti – 7 p.m. – STATS
Saturday – Sept. 24
- Boys Soccer – Detroit Catholic Central at East Lansing – Noon – On-Demand
The NFHS Network has announced new pricing for 2016-17, eliminating the Day Pass and lowering the cost of a Month Pass to $9.95. 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. Some schools also will be selling Annual Passes at a discounted rate. A portion of every subscription sold by a school goes to benefit its program.
The SBP programming schedule is expected to expand now that school is in session across the state. A complete list of participating schools can be found on the School Broadcast Program page of the MHSAA website. Schools interested in becoming a part of the School Broadcast Program should contact John Johnson at the MHSAA Office.
A weekly staple on the MHSAA.tv website and the MHSAASports Channel on YouTube is back for another year with highlights of selected games last week produced by members of the Association’s School Broadcast Program. This week's package includes clips from the St. Clair/Clinton Township Clintondale and Traverse City Central/West football games, plus highlights from the Central/West "Patriot Game" festivities.
This week’s highlights package consists of clips from Vicksburg at Plainwell and Flint Southwestern at Davison football and Okemos at East Lansing girls swimming & diving.