MHSAA TV Set for Broadcast Boom
September 6, 2017
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
More than 40 Michigan high school games are scheduled to be streamed live online over the next week, produced by MHSAA School Broadcast Program members on the NFHS Network.
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. The program also gives schools the opportunity to raise money through advertising and viewing subscriptions.
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:
Tuesday, Sept. 5
- Junior Varsity Girls Volleyball - Burton Bentley at Otisville Lakeville, 5 p.m.
- Varsity Boys Soccer - Coopersville at Comstock Park, 6 p.m.
- Varsity Girls Volleyball - Burton Bentley at Otisville Lakeville , 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 6
- Junior Varsity Girls Volleyball - Caro at Freeland, 5 p.m.
- Junior Varsity Girls Volleyball - Clare at Harrison, 6 p.m.
- Varsity Girls Volleyball - Fennville at Wyoming Lee, 6 p.m.
- Varsity Girls Volleyball - Clare at Harrison, 6 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 7
- Freshman Football - Vicksburg at Plainwell, 4:30 p.m.
- Freshman Girls Volleyball - Chassell at Calumet, 4:30 p.m.
- Junior Varsity Girls Volleyball - Sparta at Comstock Park, 5 p.m.
- Junior Varsity Girls Volleyball - Marlette at Otisville Lakeville, 5 p.m.
- Junior Varsity Girls Volleyball - Chassell at Calumet, 5:30 p.m.
- Freshman Football - Corunna at Freeland, 6 p.m.
- Varsity Girls Volleyball - Sparta at Comstock Park, 6 p.m.
- Junior Varsity Football - Vicksburg at Plainwell, 6:15 p.m.
- Varsity Girls Volleyball - Chassell at Calumet, 6:30 p.m.
- Junior Varsity Football - Kingsford at Norway, 6:30 p.m.
- Varsity Girls Volleyball - Marlette at Otisville Lakeville, 6:30 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 8
- Varsity Football - Sturgeon Bay at Norway, 7 p.m.
- Varsity Football - Shepherd at Freeland, 7 p.m.
- Varsity Football - Coopersville at Comstock Park, 7 p.m.
- Varsity Football - Houghton Lake at Clare, 7 p.m.
- Varsity Football - Hurley at Calumet, 7 p.m.
- Varsity Football - West Bloomfield at Lake Orion, 7 p.m.
- Varsity Football - Traverse City Central vs. Traverse City West, 7 p.m.
- Varsity Football - Lincoln Alcona at Rogers City, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 9
- Junior Varsity Boys Soccer - Holland at Plainwell, 9:30 a.m.
- Varsity Boys Soccer - Holland at Plainwell, 11 a.m.
Monday, Sept. 11
- Varsity Boys Soccer - Grand Rapids Forest Hills Eastern at Comstock Park, 6 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 12
- Junior Varsity Girls Volleyball - Crystal Falls Forest Park at Norway, 6 p.m.
- Varsity Girls Volleyball - Coopersville at Comstock Park, 6 p.m.
- Freshman Girls Volleyball - Goodrich at Otisville Lakeville, 6 p.m.
- Varsity Boys Soccer - Hopkins at Wyoming Lee, 6 p.m.
- Junior Varsity Girls Volleyball - Goodrich at Otisville Lakeville , 6 p.m.
- Varsity Girls Volleyball - Goodrich at Otisville Lakeville, 6:30 p.m.
- Varsity Girls Volleyball - Crystal Falls Forest Park at Norway, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 13
- Junior Varsity Boys Soccer - South Haven at Plainwell, 5 p.m.
- Freshman Girls Volleyball - Shepherd at Freeland, 5 p.m.
- Varsity Girls Volleyball - Sanford Meridian at Harrison, 6 p.m.
- Junior Varsity Girls Volleyball - Sanford Meridian at Harrison, 6 p.m.
- Junior Varsity Girls Volleyball - Shepherd at Freeland, 6 p.m.
- Varsity Boys Soccer - South Haven at Plainwell, 6:45 p.m.
- Varsity Girls Volleyball - Shepherd at Freeland, 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 will also 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 produced in the past week by MHSAA School Broadcast Program members are in their second week. Featured games are in football with Calumet at Negaunee, Indian River Inland Lakes at Rogers City, and our first football highlights from a Pixellot school – Ishpeming at Norway. Highlights can be found each week on the MHSAA.tv website, the home page of the MHSAA Website, and the MHSAASports Channel on YouTube.
More than 15 football games are featured each week on the State Champs! Sports Network Extra Point – powered by the Michigan High School Athletic Association – Saturday at 10 a.m. on FOX Sports Detroit.
The half-hour program features highlights from more than a dozen games each week, including clips from games produced by MHSAA School Broadcast Program members. The program airs multiple times each weekend on FOX Sports Detroit and on Comcast Channel 900, and will be archived on the State Champs YouTube Channel. Consult your local listings for additional playback times.
Here is the projected list of games to be featured on this week’s edition of MHSAA Extra Point:
- Detroit Denby at Detroit Central
- East Grand Rapids at Lowell
- Flat Rock at Milan
- Macomb L'Anse Creuse North at New Baltimore Anchor Bay
- Bloomfield Hills at Clarkston
- Rochester Hills Stoney Creek at Farmington Hills Harrison
- West Bloomfield at Lake Orion
- Houghton Lake at Clare
- Sturgeon Bay at Norway
- Plus additional games from the Grand Rapids and Lansing areas, Northern Lower Peninsula and Upper Peninsula.
The MHSAA also has a presence on other State Champs! Network programs throughout each weekend. The MHSAA Minute is a weekly part of the State Champs! High School Sports Show on FOX Sports Detroit at 9 a.m. every Sunday – with multiple replays on FOX Sports Detroit and Comcast Channel 900 throughout the week. That program also is archived on the State Champs YouTube Channel. Consult your local listings for additional playback times.
This week’s MHSAA Minute is the third of a three-part series on football rules changes for 2017, with this edition talking primarily about face guarding and defensive pass interference.
The MHSAA also has content on the State Champs Scoreboard! High School Football Radio Show on Friday nights during the football and basketball seasons, originating on WXYT-FM (97.1) in Detroit and carried on more than 10 radio stations across the state. This Week In High School Sports and Be the Referee are weekly features on the program.
Highlight Reel: Saturday Football Finals
November 28, 2016
By John Johnson
MHSAA Communications Director
The final day of the MHSAA 11-Player Football Finals at Ford Field in Detroit – powered by the Michigan Army National Guard – produced a first-time gridiron champion and a game-winning play that will be talked about for a long time.
Division 7
Pewamo-Westphalia 28, Detroit Loyola 14
Logan & Lehman Go Long - The Pewamo-Westphalia combo of quarterback Jimmy Lehman and receiver Logan Hengesbach connected for two touchdowns in the Division 7 title game against Detroit Loyola. Here's the second TD in the third quarter, with Hengesbach winning the jump ball to complete a 37-yard scoring play.
Johnson Powers Into the End Zone - Detroit Loyola gets on the board midway through the fourth quarter, when TE Keith Johnson makes a great play to catch a pass from Price Watkins and then power into the end zone to complete the 18-yard score.
Division 1
Detroit Cass Tech 49, Detroit Catholic Central 20
CC Takes the Early Lead - Detroit Catholic Central led 14-7 at the end of the first quarter, taking the lead on this 35-yard pass interception return by Jack Morris.
The Peoples' Choice for Cass Tech - Detroit Cass Tech QB Rodney Hall tied a Finals record with five touchdown passes against Detroit Catholic Central - two going to Donovan Peoples-Jones, including this 49-yarder in the third quarter.
Division 5
Grand Rapids West Catholic 43, Menominee 7
Meyers Off to the Races - Grand Rapids West Catholic scored its first TD against Menominee on a pitch and catch from Gaetano Vallone to Brett Meyers covering 91 yards.
Hass Records a Finals First - Menominee uses special teams to get on the board in the third quarter. Sam Larson blocks the West Catholic field goal attempt, and Hunter Hass returns it 76 yards for a TD – the first time in Finals history a blocked field goal has been returned for a score.
Division 3
Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 29, Muskegon 28
Pimpleton's Second Score - Lined up in the slot, Muskegon's Kalil Pimpleton gets his second 18-yard rushing touchdown of the Division 3 Final against Orchard Lake St. Mary's on the end-around to give his team a 21-20 lead early in the fourth quarter.
A Catch for the Ages - In the closing seconds of the Division 3 Final, Orchard Lake St. Mary's QB Caden Prieskorn hits Ky’ren Cunningham in the end zone with an 18-yard touchdown strike to give the Eaglets the win.
The MHSAA Football Finals are sponsored by the Michigan National Guard.
PHOTO: Orchard Lake St. Mary's Chris Bean celebrates during Saturday's Division 3 Final.