MHSAA TV Loaded for Start of New Year
January 6, 2016
By John Johnson
MHSAA Communications Director
Coming off a two-week break, basketball games dominate the coming week’s action on MHSAA.tv – most of it live – streamed by students involved in the MHSAA’s School Broadcast Program.
In its seventh 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 On-Demand – 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 the schedule School Broadcast Program members plan to stream this week for broadcast at MHSAA.tv. On-Demand listings may be available as soon as one hour following an event’s completion. (List as of Jan. 5):
Wednesday – Jan. 6
- Grand Rapids West Catholic at Comstock Park – Wrestling – 5 p.m. – LIVE
- Gaylord at Alpena – Girls JV Basketball – 5:30 p.m. – LIVE
- DeWitt at Haslett – Wrestling – 6 p.m. – LIVE
- Gaylord at Alpena – Girls Basketball – 7 p.m. – LIVE
Thursday – Jan. 7
- Coopersville at Comstock Park – Freshman Girls Basketball – 4 p.m. - LIVE
- Coopersville at Comstock Park – JV Girls Basketball – 5:30 p.m. - LIVE
- Gaylord at Alpena – Boys JV Basketball – 5:45 p.m. – LIVE
- Bloomfield Hills at Lake Orion – Girls Basketball – 7 p.m. - LIVE
- Gaylord at Alpena – Boys Basketball – 7:15 p.m. – LIVE
- L’Anse at Calumet – Boys Basketball – 7:20 p.m. – LIVE
Friday – Jan. 8
- East Lansing at Haslett – Bowling – 3:15 p.m. – LIVE
- Lake Fenton at Montrose – Girls Basketball – 5:25 p.m. – LIVE
- Novi at Calumet – Ice Hockey – 7 p.m. – LIVE
- Royal Oak at Lake Orion – Boys Basketball – 7 p.m. – LIVE
- Edwardsburg at Dowagiac – Boys Basketball – 7 p.m. - LIVE
Saturday – Jan. 9
- Brighton at Calumet – Ice Hockey – 7 p.m. – LIVE
- Detroit Catholic Central at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood – 7:10 p.m. - LIVE
Monday – Jan. 11
- Midland Dow at Alpena – Boys JV Basketball – 4:30 p.m. – LIVE
- Midland Dow at Alpena – Boys Basketball – 6 p.m. – LIVE
Tuesday – Jan. 12
- Williamston at Haslett – Boys Basketball – 7 p.m. – LIVE
- Houghton at Negaunee – Ice Hockey – 7 p.m. – On-Demand
- South Haven at Dowagiac – Boys Basketball – 7 p.m. - LIVE
- Ontonagon at Calumet – Girls Basketball – 7:20 p.m. – LIVE
Wednesday – Jan. 13
- Ishpeming at Negaunee – Girls Basketball - 7 p.m. - LIVE
Schools interested in becoming a part of the School Broadcast Program should contact John Johnson at the MHSAA Office.
Each week, MHSAA.tv features highlights of events produced by schools involved in the MHSAA School Broadcast Program. This week's package includes clips from the Sault Ste. Marie/Bay City Central hockey and Calumet/Ontonagon boys basketball game, plus buzzer-beating shots from around the state.
MHSAA.tv on NFHS Network Surpasses Decade of Providing Fans Another Way to Watch
By
Jon Ross
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
August 30, 2024
The way high school sports fans in Michigan follow their favorite teams changed forever 11 years ago.
MHSAA Championships began airing on the NFHS Network in 2013, and one of the oldest games archived was the season-opening varsity football game between Adrian and Carleton Airport on Aug. 30, 2013. Adrian would go on to win that game 26-7. John Koehn of WLEN in Adrian provided the play-by-play. (Watch the entire game here.)
The second, third, and fourth oldest archived streams were also Adrian football games. The first MHSAA basketball game to air was Cheboygan vs. Newberry on Dec. 10, 2013.
Since that start, more than 172,000 events in Michigan have been broadcast on the NFHS Network. Last school year alone, more than 50,000 events aired. This includes games from all levels – freshman, JV, and varsity. It includes regular-season matchups, all the way through MHSAA Finals. Most games are produced with automated cameras installed in gyms and stadiums. Schools also use student crews to produce broadcasts – providing hands-on learning opportunities for future broadcasters.
More than 600 of the MHSAA’s 752 member schools are partners of the NFHS Network. A monthly subscription to watch is $11.99 – and a portion of that goes back to schools in Michigan. To date, the NFHS Network has shared nearly $1.5 million with partner schools.
If you can’t attend a game in person, watching on the NFHS Network is a great way to support your favorite school.