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
- 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.
Hoops on Film: 1976 Class D Girls Final
July 13, 2015
By John Johnson
MHSAA communications director
One of the earliest championship games in MHSAA girls basketball history is featured this week as part of MHSAA.tv’s Hoops On Film Series.
From the late 1940’s to the mid 1970’s the Michigan High School Athletic Association shot portions of the action at its boys and girls basketball finals on 16mm film. The films were loaned out, primarily to the participating schools, to help them relive the moments of playing in a championship game.
While many of the old films have wandered astray over time, about 60 games still exist in the MHSAA archives. Anyone in possession of such a film is encouraged to contact John Johnson at the MHSAA Office ([email protected]) to discuss having the film converted to a digital format.
Some of the films only have portions of the second half and the post-game awards; some have most of the action. None of the films have sound. They range in length from 10 minutes to about an hour. A new film will be posted online each Monday through the week of August 17. DVD’s may be purchased directly from the MHSAA.tv Website – just click the Get DVD button below the player.
Here’s a look at this week’s game, with recap courtesy of MHSAA historian Ron Pesch:
Lake City 58, Perkins 48 – 1976 Class D Girls Final - Abby Currier scored 26 points and Becky Sessions added 22 as Lake City cruised past Perkins, 58-48, for the Class D title. Lynette Royer led Perkins with 23 points. This was the fourth Class D Final, as the girls basketball tournament started in 1973, and remains the lone championship game won by Lake City. The season before, the Trojans had bowed out in the Semifinals against eventual champion Flint Holy Rosary. The two teams met again in the semis in 1976, and this time it was Lake City which prevailed, advancing to the Final the following morning against Perkins and winning the school’s first MHSAA crown in any sport. It was the only appearance ever in an MHSAA statewide tournament final for Perkins, which merged the following year with nearby Rock to form Mid-Peninsula High School, about a half-hour’s drive north of Escanaba. The newly-formed Wolverines would win the Class D crown in 1977.
Previous releases:
1973 Class C Boys Final: Detroit East Catholic 50, Saginaw St. Stephen 49 - Watch
1954 Class A Boys Final: Muskegon Heights 43, Flint Northern 41 (OT) - Watch
1971 Class A Boys Final: Flint Northern 79, Detroit Kettering 78 - Watch