MHSAA TV Features Grid Showdowns

Highlights

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

JV 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.

Wednesday - Sept. 5

Girls Volleyball – Marlette at Freeland - 5 p.m.
Freshman Girls Volleyball – Madison Heights Bishop Foley at Macomb Lutheran North - 5:30 p.m.
JV Girls Volleyball - Durand at Ovid-Elsie - 5:30 p.m.
Freshman Girls Volleyball - Durand at Ovid-Elsie - 5:30 p.m.
JV Girls Volleyball – Marine Cardinal Mooney at Ann Arbor Greenhills - 5:30 p.m.
Girls Volleyball - Durand at Ovid-Elsie - 6:30 p.m.
Girls Volleyball – Marine City Cardinal Mooney at Ann Arbor Greenhills - 6:30 p.m.

Thursday - Sept. 6

Freshman Girls Volleyball – Grand Rapids Catholic Central at Comstock Park - 4 p.m.
Freshman Football - Croswell-Lexington at Frankenmuth - 4:30 p.m.
Freshman Football - Ypsilanti at Saline - 4:30 p.m.
Girls Volleyball – Brooklyn Columbia Central at Manchester - 5 p.m.
JV Girls Volleyball – Grand Rapids Catholic Central at Comstock Park - 5 p.m.
Freshman Girls Volleyball - Clarkston at Grand Blanc - 5:30 p.m.
JV Girls Volleyball - Clarkston at Grand Blanc - 5:30 p.m.
Girls Volleyball – Grand Rapids Catholic Central at Comstock Park - 6 p.m.
JV Football - Bridgeport at Frankenmuth - 6 p.m.
JV Football - Ypsilanti at Saline - 6:30 p.m.
JV Football - Ishpeming at Norway - 6:30 p.m.
JV Football - Chesaning at Montrose - 6:30 p.m.
Girls Volleyball - Clarkston at Grand Blanc - 7 p.m.

Friday - Sept. 7

Football - Williamston at Fowlerville - 7 p.m.
Freshman Boys Soccer - Salem at Saline - 4 p.m.
Football - Lake Orion at Rochester Adams - 7 p.m.
Football – Saginaw Swan Valley at Freeland - 7 p.m.
Football - Sault Ste. Marie at Marquette - 7 p.m.
Football - Flint at Grand Blanc - 7 p.m.
Football - Salem at Novi - 7 p.m.
Football - Saint Thomas Aquinas at Warren DeLaSalle - 7 p.m.
Football – Ishpeming Westwood at Calumet - 7 p.m.
Football – Otisville Lakeville at Ovid-Elsie - 7 p.m.

Saturday - Sept. 8

JV Girls Volleyball – Mustang Invitational at Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian - 8:30 a.m.

Monday - Sept. 10

Field Hockey – Bloomfield Hills Marian at Novi - 3:30 p.m.
JV Field Hockey – Bloomfield Hills Marian at Novi - 5 p.m.
Boys Soccer - Howell at Fowlerville - 5:30 p.m.

Tuesday - Sept. 11

Freshman Girls Volleyball - Schoolcraft at Kalamazoo Christian - 4:15 p.m.
JV Girls Volleyball - Schoolcraft at Kalamazoo Christian - 5:30 p.m.
Girls Volleyball - Schoolcraft at Kalamazoo Christian - 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 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.

Highlights

Lake Orion Named SBP Best for 2018-19

By John Johnson
MHSAA Communications Director emeritus

May 7, 2019

Lake Orion High School has been named the “Program of the Year” to headline the MHSAA’s School Broadcast Program Excellence Awards for 2018-19.

The SBP Excellence Awards will award certificates and plaques to the schools which took individual honors, with the presentation dates and times to be announced.

Lake Orion claimed the top spot in three of the five award categories and placed in all five categories, capturing seven individual awards. The program demonstrated a good blend in a variety of sports covered – at home and on the road – and an overall command of the PlayOn! Sports software used for graphics and inserting commercials/features during the course of productions.

Here is the complete list by category of the schools and students being honored with this year’s SBP Excellence Awards:

Best Multicamera Production

First Place – Cedar Springs – Nathan Draper, Max VanderMeulen, Macie Huntoon, Katia Corwin, Mason Francis, Josh Allen, Jacob Meredith, Jacob Swinehart, Dylan Patterson, Austin Kibby, Tayvon Gardner, Rylee Kinzinger, Riley Smith – Football game v. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern.

Second Place – Lake Orion – Sienna Gibson, Kevin McCormick Jr., Teddy Hirschfield, Jacob Johr, Becca Hamilton, Derek Dungan, Amanda Pordon, Eric Maxwell, Hunter Chambers – Boys Basketball game v. Rochester Adams.

TIE - Third Place – Cedar Springs – Nathan Draper, Max VanderMeulen, Macie Huntoon, Katia Corwin, Mason Francis, Josh Allen, Jacob Meredith, Jacob Swinehart, Dylan Patterson, Austin Kibby, Tayvon Gardner, Rylee Kinzinger, Riley Smith – Football game v. Gaylord.

TIE – Third Place – Lake Orion – Sienna Gibson, Teddy Hirschfield, Kevin McCormick Jr., Isabella Larsen, Derek Dungan, Alexandra Hill, Jenna Gaylord, Becca Hamilton, Eric Maxwell, Amanda Pordon, Alex Gustanski – Boys Basketball game v. Clarkston.

Best Student Play-By-Play

First Place – Lake Orion – Kevin McCormick Jr. & Teddy Hirschfield – Boys Basketball game v. Rochester Adams.

Second Place – Lake Orion – Kevin McCormick Jr. & Teddy Hirschfield – Boys Basketball game v. Oxford.

Third Place – Montrose – Daniel Sackrider & Chase Hobson – Boys Basketball game v. Mt. Morris.

Best Produced Commercial/Feature

First Place – Lake Orion – Kalee Kniess & Ryan Hammond – Feature: Beyond The Lights-Kyle Loken

Second Place – Montrose - Molly Dunton, Chase Hobson, Gabe Patterson, Joe Wade, Tansy Cook – Zehnder’s of Frankenmuth Commercial.

Third Place – Montrose – David Sackrider – Unsportsmanlike Conduct Podcast Promo.

Best Single Camera Production with PlayOn! Graphics

First Place – Lake Orion – Hunter Chambers, Kevin McCormick Jr., Emily Penrose, Holden Dholakia, Josh McCaffrey – MHSAA Boys Basketball Quarterfinal game – Detroit U-D Jesuit v. Roseville.

Second Place – Cedar Springs – Clyde Dykhouse, Nathan Draper, Graham Bayink – Football game - Zeeland East v. East Grand Rapids.

Third Place – Montrose - David Sackrider, Daniel Sackrider, Alex Morrow, Libby Scott - Girls Basketball game v. Mt. Morris.

Best Use of PlayOn! Graphics/Software

First Place - Montrose - David Sackrider, Daniel Sackrider, Alex Morrow, Libby Scott - Girls Basketball game v. Mt. Morris.

Second Place – Lake Orion - Kevin McCormick Jr., Teddy Hirschfield, Kalee Kniess, Marc Studier – Boys Basketball game v. Clarkston.

PHOTOS: (Top) From left, Lake Orion's Kaleena Kniess, Jenna Gaylord, Becca Hamilton, Josh McCaffrey, and Derek Dungan broadcast a volleyball match this past fall. (Middle) The football crew of Delaney Rogers, Ryan Hammond and Kniess hit the road for a game. (Photos courtesy of the Lake Orion School Broadcast Program.)