MHSAA TV Marches On The Mats

February 27, 2018

By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties   

Another big weekend of MHSAA Championships take place on Friday and Saturday (March 2-3) on MHSAA.tv, as March Magic marches onto the Individual Wrestling and Girls Competitive Cheer mats.

Live Finals streaming this week begins at noon Friday from Ford Field in Detroit at the Individual Wrestling Finals. Manned cameras will be on each of 20 mats on the floor, and broadcasts will include full graphics to indicate the participants in each match, plus full in-progress scoring information via Trackwrestling.

The Girls Competitive Cheer Finals at the DeltaPlex in Grand Rapids begin Friday evening with Division 1, followed by the other three divisions Saturday.

Here’s the complete wrestling coverage schedule:

  • Friday – Rounds 1-2-3-4 – Noon
  • Friday – Semifinal Round – 7:30 p.m.
  • Saturday – Rounds 6-7-8 – 8:30 a.m. - Round 6 at 8:30 a.m. is the third Consolation round. Round 7 at about 9:45 a.m. is the fourth Consolation Round. Round 8 at about 11 a.m. is the final round in the Consolation bracket.
  • Saturday Finals – 3 p.m.
  • Saturday – Awards – 6 p.m. (TENTATIVE - Time approximate following conclusion of wrestling)

You can get to all of the wrestling action on a single landing page on the NFHS Network – Click Here.

Here’s the complete cheer coverage schedule:

  • Friday – Division 1 – 6 p.m. (East Kentwood, Grand Blanc, Grandville, Lake Orion, Rochester, Rochester Adams, Rochester Hills Stoney Creek, Sterling Heights Stevenson)
  • Saturday – Division 2 – 10 a.m. (Allen Park, Dearborn Divine Child, DeWitt, Gibraltar Carlson, Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills, Muskegon Mona Shores, Muskegon Reeths-Puffer,
    Southgate Anderson)
  • Saturday - Division 4 – 2 p.m.  (Addison, Adrian Madison, Farwell, Houghton Lake, Hudson, Merrill, Pewamo-Westphalia, Sanford Meridian)
  • Saturday - Division 3 – 6 p.m. (Charlotte, Comstock Park, Escanaba, Flat Rock, Lake Odessa Lakewood, Monroe Jefferson, Pontiac Notre Dame Prep, Richmond)

The continued Wrestling and full Cheer coverage is part of six straight weekends of live MHSAA Championship coverage on MHSAA.tv, and online viewers can catch every weekend of action for one low cost of $9.95. Over the next three weeks of live Winter championship coverage, the following events will be featured: 

  • March 8-10 – Ice Hockey Semifinals & Finals
  • March 13 – Girls Basketball Quarterfinals
  • March 15-16 – Girls Basketball Semifinals
  • March 20 – Boys Basketball Quarterfinals
  • March 22-23 – Boys Basketball Semifinals

In addition to all of the tournament action, regular-season coverage of contests by participants in the MHSAA’s School Broadcast Program will bring more than 45 contests into homes over the coming week – including a number of District contests in Girls Basketball.

Here’s this week’s MHSAA.tv schedule of video streams being produced by SBP members:

Tuesday, Feb. 27

Wednesday, Feb. 28

Thursday, March 1

Friday, March 2

Monday, March 5

Be sure to check “Upcoming Events” on the MHSAA.tv home page daily for last-minute additions.

In its ninth 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. Pixellot – The NFHS Network’s automated streaming solution – is used by schools wishing to live stream games, but lacking the ability to staff the events. The program also gives schools the opportunity to raise money through advertising and viewing subscriptions. 

A complete list of participating schools can be found on the School Broadcast Program page of the MHSAA website.

Highlights of games produced in the past week by MHSAA School Broadcast Program members

feature a girls basketball game, Powers North Central at Norway, and a boys basketball game, Fowlerville at Lansing Catholic.

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

Fall Live Streams Return to MHSAA TV

August 23, 2018

By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties

The MHSAA Network gets started for the 2018-19 school year this week, with live streaming football on MHSAA.tv.

The MHSAA.tv Website starts the 2018 football season with the NFHS Network streaming 11 games in three days from the Vehicle City Gridiron Classic at Flint and the Battle at the Big House in Ann Arbor on Thursday, the Thursday and Friday games at the Prep Kickoff Classic in Detroit and the West Michigan Sports Commission Gridiron Classic in Allendale on Saturday.  

The MHSAA School Broadcast Program will be involved at three of the four sites for the NFHS Network this weekend.  Montrose High School will produce the games at Flint. Lake Orion High School will produce the games in Ann Arbor, and Cedar Springs High School will produce the games at Allendale.

Topping off the weekend’s streaming activity will be a number of games being produced by other members of the MHSAA School Broadcast Program – which has experienced great growth since last year due to the NFHS Network’s automated production solution, Pixellot. Three dozen schools will be utilizing a total of 50 Pixellot units in the year ahead, with some schools installing multiple units to cover outdoor and indoor events.

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 being produced by SBP members and the NFHS Network:

Thursday – Aug. 23

Football - Vehicle City Gridiron Classic - Flint vs. Flint Beecher  - 1 p.m.

Football - Battle at the Big House - Warren Mott vs. Ann Arbor Skyline  - 3:30 p.m.

Football - Xenith Prep Kickoff Classic - Oak Park vs. Utica Eisenhower  - 4 p.m.

Football - Vehicle City Gridiron Classic - Flint Hamady vs. Byron  - 4 p.m.

Freshman Football - Marshall vs. Freeland  - 4:30 p.m.

Junior Varsity Football - Marshall vs. Freeland  - 6:30 p.m.

Football - Battle at the Big House - Lapeer vs. Lake Orion  - 7 p.m.

Football - Xenith Prep Kickoff Classic - Detroit Catholic Central vs. Walled Lake Western  - 7 p.m.

Football - Vehicle City Gridiron Classic - Fenton vs. Ortonville Brandon  - 7 p.m.

Football – Chippewa Valley vs. Saline  - 7 p.m.

Football – Chippewa Valley vs. Saline  - 7 p.m.

Football - Westland vs. Novi  - 7 p.m.

Football – Bay City Central vs. Frankenmuth  - 7 p.m.

Football - Cass City vs. Montrose  - 7 p.m.

 

Friday – Aug. 24

Football - Xenith Prep Kickoff Classic - Allen Park vs. Trenton  - 4 p.m.

Field Hockey - Skyline vs. Novi  - 4:30 p.m.

Junior Varsity Field Hockey - Skyline vs. Novi  - 6 p.m.

Football - Xenith Prep Kickoff Classic - Davison vs. Southfield  - 7 p.m.

 

Saturday – Aug. 25

Football - West Michigan Sports Commission Gridiron Classic - East Kentwood vs. Muskegon Mona Shores  - 4 p.m.

Football - West Michigan Sports Commission Gridiron Classic - Zeeland East vs. East Grand Rapids  - 7 p.m.

Junior Varsity Girls Volleyball - Freeland  - 9 a.m.

Varsity Girls Volleyball - Norway  - 9:30 a.m.

 

Monday – Aug. 27

Freshman Girls Volleyball - Notre Dame Prep vs. Macomb Lutheran North  - 5:30 p.m.

Varsity Girls Volleyball – Ann Arbor Greenhills - 9 a.m.

 

Tuesday – Aug. 28

Freshman Boys Soccer – Ann Arbor Pioneer vs. Saline  - 4 p.m.

Junior Varsity Boys Soccer - Ann Arbor Huron vs. Saline  - 5:30 p.m.

Varsity Girls Volleyball – Rock Mid Peninsula vs. Norway  - 6 p.m.

Varsity Boys Soccer - Ann Arbor Huron vs. Saline  - 7 p.m.

NFHS Network subscriptions begin at $9.95 per 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.