MHSAA TV Returns to the Mats

March 2, 2016

By John Johnson
MHSAA Communications Director

Most of the MHSAA Championship action on MHSAA.tv in the coming week can be found on the mat, with nearly 300 hours of live streaming video in Girls Competitive Cheer and Individual Wrestling, plus Student Broadcast Program-produced coverage of Basketball Districts.

Live streaming this week begins at 2 p.m. on Thursday (March 3) from The Palace of Auburn Hills at the Individual Wrestling Finals.  A dedicated camera will be on each of 12 mats on the floor, and include full graphics to indicate the participants on each match, plus full in-progress scoring information via Trackwrestling.

Here’s the complete wrestling coverage schedule:

·  Thursday – First Round – 2 p.m.

·  Friday – Rounds 2-3-4 – 8:30 a.m. - Round 2 at 8:30 a.m. is the first Consolation round. Round 3 at about 10:30 a.m. is the second round in the Championship bracket. Round 4 at about 1:30 p.m. is the second round in the Consolation bracket.

·  Friday – Semifinal Round – 7 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 – Final Round & Awards Presentations – 4:45 p.m.

Girls Competitive Cheer coverage begins Friday (March 4) from The DeltaPlex in Grand Rapids. Here’s the complete schedule

·  Friday – Division 1 – 6 p.m. (East Kentwood, Grandville, Hudsonville, Lake Orion, Livonia Stevenson, Rochester, Southgate Anderson, Sterling Heights Stevenson, Troy Athens)

·  Saturday – Division 2 – 10 a.m. (Allen Park, Dearborn Divine Child, DeWitt, Gibraltar Carlson, Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills, Muskegon Mona Shores, Richland Gull Lake, Trenton)

·  Saturday - Division 4 – 2 p.m.  (Breckenridge, Farwell, Houghton Lake, Hudson, Merrill, Michigan Center, Pewamo-Westphalia, Sanford Meridian)

·  Saturday - Division 3 – 6 p.m. (Comstock Park, Escanaba, Lake Odessa Lakewood, Monroe Jefferson, Paw Paw, Pontiac Notre Dame Prep, Ovid-Elsie, Richmond)

The continued Wrestling and full Cheer coverage is part of six straight weekends of live MHSAA Championship coverage on MHSAA.tv. Online viewers can catch every weekend of action for one low cost of $14.95. 

A Month Pass on MHSAA.tv for $14.95 will give a viewer access to events over a 30-day period from the time it is purchased.  Over the next three weekends of live Winter championship coverage, the following events will be featured: 

  • Girls Basketball Districts – March 2-4
  • Boys Basketball Districts – March 7-9-11
  • Girls Basketball Regionals – March 8-10
  • Ice Hockey Semifinals & Finals – March 10-12
  • Girls Gymnastics Finals – March 11-12
  • Lower Peninsula Boys Swimming & Diving Finals – March 12
  • Boys Basketball Regionals – March 14-16
  • Girls Basketball Quarterfinals – March 15
  • Girls Basketball Semifinals – March 17-18
  • Boys Basketball Semifinals – March 22
  • Boys Basketball Semifinals – March 24-25 

A Day Pass is available for $9.95.  All events become available for free, on-demand viewing approximately 72 hours following their completion.

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.

Upcoming MHSAA Tournament coverage by SBP members includes a Girls Basketball District at Mt. Pleasant which could have a rubber match in its Final on Friday between Saginaw Heritage and Midland Dow, two top five teams in Class A which split their regular-season meetings.  At Laingsburg, the three teams that tied for the regular-season title in the Central Michigan Athletic Conference are in the Semifinals, with Bath and Laingsburg squaring off, and Pewamo-Westphalia on the other side of the bracket.

Here’s the schedule of events School Broadcast Program members plan to cover this week for broadcast on MHSAA.tv  (As of March 1): 

March 2

  • Class C Girls Basketball District Semifinals at Laingsburg

·         Saranac v. Pewamo-Westphalia – 5:30 p.m. - LIVE

·         Laingsburg v. Bath – 7 p.m. - LIVE

  • Class A Girls Basketball District Semifinals at Mt. Pleasant

·         Saginaw Heritage v. Bay City Western – 5:30 p.m. - LIVE

·         Midland v. Midland Dow winner – 7:30 p.m. - LIVE

  • Class D Girls Basketball District at Rogers City

·         Onaway at Rogers City – 6 p.m. – LIVE

  • Class A Girls Basketball District Semifinals at Lake Orion

·         Waterford Mott at Lake Orion – 7 p.m. – LIVE

  • Division 3 Ice Hockey Regional at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood

·         Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood v. Madison Heights Bishop Foley – 7:45 p.m. – LIVE

March 3

  • Tawas Area at Alpena – JV Boys Basketball – 5:30 p.m. – LIVDE
  • Whittemore-Prescott at Rogers City – JV Boys Basketball – 6 p.m. - On-Demand
  • OAA Crossover at Lake Orion – Boys Basketball – 7 p.m. – LIVE
  • Lansing Waverly at East Lansing – Boys Basketball – 7 p.m. – On-Demand
  • Escanaba at Calumet – Boys Basketball – 7:20 p.m. – LIVE
  • Whittemore-Prescott at Rogers City – Boys Basketball – 7:30 p.m. - LIVE 

 

March 4

  • Class A Girls Basketball Finals at Mt. Pleasant – 6:30 p.m. - LIVE
  • Class C Girls Basketball District Finals at Laingsburg – 7 p.m. - LIVE

 

March 5 

  • Division 3 Ice Hockey Regional at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood

·         Teams TBA – 3:15 p.m. – LIVE

 

March 7

  • Class A Boys Basketball District First Round at East Lansing

·         East Lansing v. Lansing Waverly – 5 p.m. - LIVE

·         Haslett v. Grand Ledge – 7:30 p.m. – LIVE 

March 8

  • Class A Girls Basketball Regional Semifinals at Mason - 6 & 7:30 p.m. - LIVE
  • Class A Girls Basketball Regional Semifinals at Hudsonville - 6 & 8 p.m.  - LIVE

Schools interested in becoming a part of the School Broadcast Program should contact John Johnson at the MHSAA Office.

MHSAA TV Live Broadcasts Return

September 8, 2020

By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties

A new season of live high school sports coverage is underway on the NFHS Network and MHSAA.tv, with the coming week’s schedule packed with boys soccer and girls volleyball action.
 
More games than ever before will be available online beginning this season, with approximately 260 MHSAA member schools taking part in the School Broadcast Program with Pixellot units being installed at their athletic facilities or schools still producing games using traditional hands-on student crews.
 
Pixellot is the NFHS Network’s automated production solution. More than 400 Pixellot units are already installed or about to be installed in high school stadiums and gymnasiums around the state. The NFHS Network has been offering schools up to two free Pixellot units since early July – with the schools only needing to cover installation costs.
 
Additionally, MHSAA regulations regarding live video broadcasts and streaming have been relaxed during the pandemic to allow schools to use their choice of means to distribute games to fans who are unable to attend because of government-imposed spectator limits. Third-party broadcasters – like local television stations and cable television outlets – also are allowed to originate games live.
 
In the coming week, more 300 events will be available on the NFHS Network/MHSAA.tv. Monthly subscriptions are $10.99. Click for a complete list of upcoming games and for a complete list of on-demand games.
 
Fans can also type their school name into the search field on the MHSAA.tv page to search for events. Here is a list of varsity sports events being broadcast over the coming week:
 

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL (Home team listed first)

 
Wednesday – Sept. 9
Multi-team Event @ Pontiac Notre Dame Prep - 5 PM
Niles vs. Berrien Springs  - 6 PM
Stevensville Lakeshore vs. Portage Northern  - 6:30 PM
Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood vs. Royal Oak Shrine Catholic  - 6:30 PM
Petoskey vs. Traverse City Central  - 6:30 PM
Traverse City West vs. Gaylord  - 7 PM
Cadillac vs. Alpena  - 7 PM
Macomb Lutheran North vs. Allen Park Cabrini  - 7 PM
Hemlock vs. St. Louis  - 7:30 PM
 
Thursday – Sept. 10
Grand Rapids Christian vs. Grand Haven  - 5 PM
Mt Morris vs. TBD - 5:30 PM
Grand Blanc vs. Linden  - 5:45 PM
Grand Rapids Catholic Central vs. Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills  - 6 PM
Armada vs. Richmond  - 6 PM
Harbor Beach vs. Brown City  - 6 PM
Kinde North Huron vs. Mayville  - 6 PM
DeWitt vs. Williamston  - 6 PM
Fowlerville vs. St Johns  - 6 PM
Auburn Hills Oakland Christian vs. Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest  - 6:30 PM
South Lyon East vs. White Lake Lakeland  - 6:30 PM
Flint Powers Catholic vs. Midland  - 6:30 PM
South Lyon vs. Waterford Kettering  - 6:30 PM
Macomb L'Anse Creuse North vs. New Baltimore Anchor Bay  - 6:30 PM
Negaunee vs. Ishpeming - 6:30 PM
Grand Rapids South Christian vs. Wayland - 7 PM
Hopkins vs. Wyoming Godwin Heights - 7 PM
Fremont vs. Big Rapids  - 7 PM
Maple City Glen Lake vs. Buckley  - 7 PM
Bear Lake vs. Mason County Eastern  - 7 PM
Gladstone vs. Escanaba  - 7 PM
 
Friday – Sept. 11
Marquette vs. Eben Junction Superior Central  - 6:30 PM
 
Saturday – Sept. 12
Cadillac vs. Big Rapids  - TBA
Novi vs. TBD - 8 AM
Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian vs. TBD - 8:30 AM
Corunna vs. TBD - 8:30 AM
Mt Morris vs. TBD - 8:30 AM
East Kentwood vs. Rockford  - 8:30 AM
Multi-team Event @ Mason – Part 1 - 8:30 AM
Caro vs. TBD - 9 AM
Cedar Springs vs. Greenville  - 9 AM
Multi-team Event @ Petoskey - 9 AM
Cadillac vs. Essexville Garber  - 9 AM
Pellston vs. TBD - 9 AM
Multi-team Event @ Petoskey - 1 PM
Multi-team Event @ Mason- - Part 2 - 1:30 PM
Peck vs. TBD  - 6 PM
 
Monday – Sept. 14
Multi-team Event @ Pontiac Notre Dame Prep - 5 PM
Fenton vs. Holly  - 5:15 PM
Flint Kearsley vs. Swartz Creek  - 5:15 PM
Linden vs. Flushing  - 5:15 PM
Bay City John Glenn vs. Essexville Garber  - 5:30 PM
Corunna vs. Goodrich  - 6:15 PM
Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood vs. Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett - 6:30 PM
Calumet vs. Marquette - 6:45 PM
Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian vs. Comstock Park  - 7 PM
Morley Stanwood vs. Holton  - 7 PM
Harrison vs. Sanford Meridian  - 7:30 PM
 
Tuesday – Sept. 15
East Grand Rapids vs. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern  - 6 PM
Peck vs. TBD  - 6 PM
Kinde North Huron vs. Kingston  - 6 PM
Williamston vs. Eaton Rapids  - 6 PM
Romulus Summit Academy North vs. Dearborn Henry Ford Academy - 6 PM
Harbor Beach vs. Ubly  - 6 PM
Cedar Springs vs. Middleville Thornapple Kellogg  - 6 PM
Wayland vs. Lansing Catholic - 6 PM
Mayville vs. Akron-Fairgrove  - 6 PM
Chesaning vs. Durand  - 6:15 PM
Gladstone vs. Ishpeming - 6:30 PM
Westland Huron Valley Lutheran vs. Bloomfield Hills Roeper  - 6:30 PM
St. Clair Shores Lake Shore vs. Marine City  - 6:30 PM
Northville vs. Canton  - 6:30 PM
Painesdale Jeffers vs. Dollar Bay  - 6:30 PM
Galesburg-Augusta vs. Kalamazoo Christian  - 6:30 PM
Grand Blanc vs. Flint Powers Catholic  - 6:30 PM
Negaunee vs. Escanaba  - 6:30 PM
Novi vs. Hartland  - 6:30 PM
Brighton vs. Salem  - 6:30 PM
South Lyon vs. South Lyon East  - 6:30 PM
Sterling Heights Parkway Christian vs. TBD - 6:30 PM
Calumet vs. Hancock  - 6:45 PM
Marquette vs. Wakefield-Marenisco  - 7 PM
Big Rapids vs. Newaygo  - 7 PM
Plymouth Christian Academy vs. Livonia Clarenceville  - 7 PM
Cass City vs. Vassar  - 7:30 PM
St Charles vs. TBD - 7:30 PM
 

BOYS SOCCER (Home team listed first)

 
Tuesday – Sept. 8
Ithaca vs. Alma  - 5:30 PM
St. Joseph vs. Kalamazoo Loy Norrix  - 6:30 PM
Stevensville Lakeshore vs. Portage Central  - 6:30 PM
Cedar Springs vs. Middleville Thornapple Kellogg  - 6:45 PM
East Grand Rapids vs. TBD - 6:45 PM
Bloomfield Hills vs. TBD - 7 PM
Saline vs. DeWitt  - 7 PM
Livonia Clarenceville vs. Bloomfield Hills Roeper  - 7 PM
Walled Lake Western vs. South Lyon East  - 7 PM
Walled Lake Central vs. Waterford Kettering  - 7 PM
Freeland vs. Birch Run  - 7 PM
White Lake Lakeland vs. South Lyon  - 7 PM
Brighton vs. Howell  - 7 PM
 
Wednesday – Sept. 9
Plainwell  vs. TBD - 6 PM
Hemlock vs. Standish-Sterling - 7 PM
 
Thursday – Sept. 10
Manchester vs. Stockbridge  - 5:30 PM
Warren De La Salle Collegiate vs. Detroit Catholic Central  - 6 PM
Chesaning vs. Otisville LakeVille  - 6 PM
Stevensville Lakeshore vs. Richland Gull Lake  - 6:30 PM
Grand Rapids Catholic Central vs. Middleville Thornapple Kellogg  - 6:45 PM
Clare vs. Ogemaw Heights  - 7 PM
Bloomfield Hills vs. Oxford  - 7 PM
South Lyon vs. Walled Lake Northern  - 7 PM
Pontiac Notre Dame Prep School vs. TBD - 7 PM
Troy vs. Berkley  - 7 PM
Livonia Clarenceville vs. Romulus Summit Academy North  - 7 PM
South Lyon East vs. Walled Lake Central  - 7 PM
Brighton vs. Novi  - 7 PM
Howell vs. Salem  - 7 PM
West Bloomfield vs. Utica  - 7 PM
Freeland vs. Bay City John Glenn - 7 PM
 
Friday – Sept. 11
East Grand Rapids vs. TBD - 4 PM
White Lake Lakeland vs. Walled Lake Western  - 4:45 PM
Madison Heights Lamphere vs. Warren Woods-Tower  - 7 PM
 
Saturday – Sept. 12
Multi-team Event @ Pontiac Notre Dame Prep - 9 AM
 
Monday – Sept. 14
Ithaca vs. Hemlock  - 5:30 PM
Manchester vs. Quincy  - 5:30 PM
Vicksburg vs. Allegan  - 6 PM
Grand Blanc vs. Midland  - 7 PM
Madison Heights Lamphere vs. Macomb L'Anse Creuse North  - 7 PM
Grand Rapids South Christian vs. East Kentwood  - 7:15 PM
 
Tuesday – Sept. 15
Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood vs. Macomb Lutheran North  - 4:30 PM
Stevensville Lakeshore vs. Battle Creek Central  - 6:30 PM
Petoskey vs. Cadillac  - 6:45 PM
Grand Rapids Catholic Central vs. Cedar Springs  - 6:45 PM
Livonia Clarenceville vs. Plymouth Christian Academy - 7 PM
Pontiac Notre Dame Prep vs. TBD - 7:30 PM

Now in its 12th 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.

NFHS Network subscriptions begin at $10.99 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. A portion of every subscription sold by an SBP 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