Montrose To Receive Excellence Awards

By John Johnson
MHSAA Communications Director emeritus

September 16, 2015

Montrose High School, the MHSAA School Broadcast Program of the Year for the 2014-15 school year, will be honored at halftime of the Durand at Montrose football game on Friday. Kickoff is at 7 p.m.

Montrose has won the Program of the Year honor in each of the first two years the MHSAA, in partnership with Herff Jones, has sponsored the School Broadcast Program Excellence Awards. In addition to repeating as the top school in the program, Montrose captured first place honors in three of the five individual categories.

Montrose took first place in Best Play-By-Play (Eric Vandefifer, Trey Schmitz  – Boys Basketball game vs. Lake Fenton), Best Single Camera Production with PlayOn! Sports graphics (Trey Schmitz, Andrew Morley, Eric Vandefifer – Girls Soccer match vs. Hemlock), and the top two spots for Best Use of PlayOn! Sports Graphics (Eric Vandefifer, Trey Schmitz, Andrew Morley, Griffin Powell, Bradley Payne – Boys Basketball game vs. Goodrich; and Eric Vandefifer, Trey Schmitz, Andrew Morley – Girls Basketball game vs. Lake Fenton). The program also took a second place for Best Produced Commercial/Feature (Alyssa Bernard, Amanda Ramsey, Alicia Town, Allia Town – Sexual Assault PSA) and a third for Best Multicamera Production (Trey Schmitz, Andrew Morley, Amanda Ramsey, Nathan Brown, Eric Vandefifer, Brandon Smith – Genesee Area Conference Girls Competitive Cheer Finals). 

The presentation will be shown live on MHSAA.tv as one of a number of live events being streamed online this year by School Broadcast Program members.

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 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 the schedule of School Broadcast Program members planning to stream competition this week for broadcast at MHSAA.tv  (As of Sept. 14):

The SBP programming schedule is expected to expand now that school is in session across the state. A complete list of participating schools can be found on the School Broadcast Program page of the MHSAA website.

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

This week's MHSAA.tv highlights package includes clips from the South Haven/Plainwell and Lake Fenton/Montrose football games and Chassell/Calumet volleyball match.

Districts Move to Semis on MHSAA TV

March 4, 2020

By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties

Here is the schedule for MHSAA Girls Basketball District Semifinal games with live streaming video on Wednesday (March 4) on the NFHS Network and MHSAA.tv:

  • District 4 at Grand Blanc - Davison v.  Lapeer – 5 PM; Flint Southwestern v. Grand Blanc - 7 PM
  • District 5 at Waterford Kettering - Rochester Adams v.  Waterford Kettering – 5 PM; Clarkston v. Lake Orion - 6:30 PM
  • District 6 at Bloomfield Hills -  West Bloomfield v. Waterford Mott – 5 PM; Pontiac v. Auburn Hills Avondale – 7 PM
  • District 7 at White Lake Lakeland - Walled Lake Northern v.  Walled Lake Central - 5 PM; Walled Lake Western v. White Lake Lakeland - 7 PM
  • District 8 at Holly - Hartland v. Linden - 5:30 PM; Holly v. Howell – 7 PM
  • District 9 at Rockford - Grand Rapids Northview v. Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills - 5:30 PM; Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central v. Rockford – 7 PM
  • District 13 at Stevensville Lakeshore - Portage Central v.  Mattawan - 5:30 PM; Kalamazoo Central v.  Stevensville Lakeshore - 7:30 PM
  • District 17 at Brighton  - Dexter v. South Lyon East – 5 PM; Brighton v. Ann Arbor Skyline – 7 PM
  • District 26 at Bloomfield Hills Marian - Southfield A&T v. Royal Oak - 5:30 PM; Bloomfield Hills Marian v.  Berkley - 7:15 PM
  • District 32 at Macomb L'Anse Creuse North - Macomb Dakota v. Port Huron Northern 5:30 PM; Port Huron v.  Macomb L'Anse Creuse North – 7 PM
  • District 35 at Cadillac - Cadillac v.  Reed City – 6 PM; Big Rapids v.  Benzie Central - 8 PM
  • District 40 at Chesaning - Chesaning v.  Owosso - 5:30 PM; Durand v.  Ovid-Elsie – 7 PM
  • District 42 at Fremont - Comstock Park v.  Sparta – 6 PM; Newaygo v.  Grant - 7:30 PM
  • District 48 at Plainwell - Plainwell v. Vicksburg 5:30 PM; Battle Creek Harper Creek v.  Comstock - 7:30 PM
  • District 65 at Non-Traditional Draw -  Calumet v. Iron Mountain - 6 PM (At Calumet)
  • District 66 at Manistique - Negaunee v.  Manistique – 7 PM
  • District 69 at Maple City Glen Lake - Maple City Glen Lake v. Mancelona - 5:30 PM; Grand Traverse Academy v.  Traverse City St. Francis - 7:15 PM
  • District 72 at Hart - Mason County Central v. Evart - 5:30 PM; Hart v.  Shelby - 7:00 PM
  • District 76 at Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian - Pewamo-Westphalia v. Saranac - 5:30 PM; Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian v. Grandville Calvin Christian – 7 PM
  • District 79 at Kalamazoo Christian - Kalamazoo Christian v. Vermontville Maple Valley - 5:30 PM; Kalamazoo Hackett v. Delton Kellogg 7 PM
  • District 94 at Otisville-Lakeville - Millington v.  Flint Beecher 5:30 PM; Otisville-Lakeville v. Flint Hamady – 7 PM
  • District 96 at Bad Axe - Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker v.  Bad Axe – 6 PM; Cass City v. Unionville-Sebewaing - 7:30 PM
  • District 102 at Non-Traditional Draw - St. Ignace v.  Mackinac Island - 6:30 PM (At St. Ignace)
  • District 103 at Pellston - Harbor Springs Harbor Light Christian v.  Pellston 5:30 PM; Mackinaw City v.  Alanson – 7 PM
  • District 112 at Kingston - Mayville v. Ubly – 6 PM; Owendale-Gagetown v. Kingston - 7:30 PM
  • District 123 at Huron Valley Lutheran - Westland Universal Learning Academy v. Lutheran Westland – 5 PM
  • District 126 at Auburn Hills Oakland Christian - Waterford Our Lady v. Clarkston Everest Collegiate – 6 PM; Burton St. Thomas More Academy v. Auburn Hills Oakland Christian - 7:30 PM

The schedules for the District Finals will be released the day before that round.  You can always reach a list of the upcoming tournament games by Clicking Here.
 
The Girls Basketball action is part of a week of more than 200 live events on MHSAA.tv and the NFHS Network. You can Click Here to look at the latest list of all upcoming varsity games.
 
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. School Broadcast Program participants benefit as 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.