MHSAA TV Features Grid Showdowns

September 5, 2018

By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties

A trio of football games pitting schools with 2-0 records highlights this week’s schedule on MHSAA.tv.

In the Upper Peninsula’s West-PAC Large Division, Calumet hosts Ishpeming Westwood on Friday. The two teams are tied atop the league standings with Hancock.

The other games are league openers. Saginaw Swan Valley will travel to Freeland on Friday in a Tri-Valley Conference Central match, and in the Capital Area Activities Conference Red, Williamston is at Fowlerville.

Here’s this week’s MHSAA.tv schedule of video streams being produced by School Broadcast Program members and the NFHS Network:

Tuesday, Sept. 4

Wednesday - Sept. 5

Thursday - Sept. 6

Friday - Sept. 7 

Saturday - Sept. 8

Monday - Sept. 10

Tuesday - Sept. 11

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 during the past week by the MHSAA School Broadcast Program feature Saline’s 17-7 football win over two-time reigning Division 4 champion Grand Rapids Catholic Central, Allen Park Cabrini’s 3-0 volleyball win over Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood and East Lansing’s 2-1 boys soccer win over Williamston.

Highlights can be found each week on the MHSAA.tv website, the home page of the MHSAA Website, and the MHSAASports Channel on YouTube.

Broadcast Schedules Set for MHSAA Football Finals Exclusively on NFHS Network

By Jon Ross
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties

November 18, 2025

Over the next two weekends, and for the first time, all 10 MHSAA Football Finals will broadcast exclusively on the NFHS Network.

The two 8-Player Finals will be contested Saturday at the Superior Dome on the campus of Northern Michigan University, while the eight 11-Player Finals will be played Nov. 28 and Nov. 30 at Ford Field in Detroit. The Detroit Lions also host the Green Bay Packers on Nov. 27, and on Nov. 29, Michigan State will host Maryland in a Big Ten matchup also at Ford Field.

A subscription to the NFHS Network is $13.99 per month – subscribe at NFHSNetwork.com. The broadcast teams for each game is below:

Division

Day

Time

Play by Play

Analyst

Sideline

8P-Div. 1

Nov. 22

11 am

Sean Baligian

Grant Perry

Patti Cesarini

8P-Div. 2

Nov. 22

2 pm

Sean Baligian

Grant Perry

Patti Cesarini

Div. 1

Nov. 30

7 pm

Evan Stockton

Grant Perry

Alexis Ayala

Div. 2

Nov. 28

7 pm

Evan Stockton

Grant Perry

Cristiana Rosa

Div. 3

Nov. 30

12:30 pm

Evan Stockton

Grant Perry

Dave Ellis

Div. 4

Nov. 28

12:30 pm

Evan Stockton

Grant Perry

Cristiana Rosa

Div. 5

Nov. 30

4 pm

Joe Jason

Chris Fritzsching

Alexis Ayala

Div. 6

Nov. 28

4 pm

Joe Jason

Chris Fritzsching

Dave Ellis

Div. 7

Nov. 30

9:30 am

Ben Holden

Chris Fritzsching

Dave Ellis

Div. 8

Nov. 28

9:30 am

Ben Holden

Chris Fritzsching

Dave Ellis

You can also listen to all 10 finals via MHSAANetwork.com. The audio call of each game is carried there for both live and on-demand listening.

Division

Day

Time

Play by Play

Analyst

8P-Div. 1

Nov. 22

11am

Matt Tjapkes

none

8P-Div. 2

Nov. 22

2pm

Matt Tjapkes

none

Div. 1

Nov. 30

7pm

Eric Vandefifer

Adam Schihl

Div. 2

Nov. 28

7pm

Eric Vandefifer

Adam Schihl

Div. 3

Nov. 30

12:30pm

Eric Vandefifer

Adam Schihl

Div. 4

Nov. 28

12:30pm

Eric Vandefifer

Adam Schihl

Div. 5

Nov. 30

4pm

Eric Vandefifer

Adam Schihl

Div. 6

Nov. 28

4pm

Eric Vandefifer

Adam Schihl

Div. 7

Nov. 30

9:30am

Joe Jason

Eric Vandefifer

Div. 8

Nov. 28

9:30am

Joe Jason

Eric Vandefifer

PHOTO From left: Ben Holden, Madison McCarter, Ryan Riopelle and Evan Stockton crew the first "Sunday Selection Show" exclusively on the NFHS Network, Oct. 26 from the Michigan State University School of Journalism Newsroom.