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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.

Track Finals Live on MHSAA TV

May 28, 2019

By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties

Live streaming video of Saturday’s (June 1) MHSAA Track & Field Finals will take place beginning at 10 a.m. on the NFHS Network and MHSAA.tv.
 
Saturday’s Track Finals kick off three straight weekends of MHSAA Spring Championships action on MHSAA.tv. All of the action can be viewed by purchasing a Month Pass for just $9.95.
 
Track action begins on Saturday at 10 a.m. (EDT) at Lower Peninsula sites in the greater Grand Rapids area at East Kentwood (Div. 1), Zeeland (Div. 2), Jenison (Div. 3) and Hudsonville (Div. 4), as well as at the Upper Peninsula Finals in Kingsford. Here’s the complete schedule (Girls run first in all events in 2019):
 
Lower Peninsula Finals (All times EDT)

  • 10 a.m. – 3,200-Meter Relay Final; Round One – 100-Meter Dash, 100 & 110-Meter Hurdles, 200-Meter Dash
  • 1 p.m. – Running Finals (100 & 110 Hurdles, 100 Dash, 800 Relay, 1,600 Run, 400 Relay, 300 Hurdles, 800 Run, 200 Dash, 3,200 Run, 1,600 Relay)

Upper Peninsula Finals (All event times approximate & EDT)

  • 10 a.m. – 3,200 Relay
  • 11:45 a.m. – 110 & 100 Hurdles
  • 12:15 p.m.  – 100 Dash
  • 12:45 p.m. – 800 Relay
  • 1:15 p.m. – 1,600 Run
  • 1:45 p.m. – 400 Relay
  • 2:15 p.m. – 400 Dash
  • 2:45 p.m. – 300 Hurdles
  • 3:15 p.m. – 800 Run
  • 3:45 p.m. – 200 Dash
  • 4:15 p.m. – 3,200 Run
  • 5:15 p.m. – 1,600 Relay

Field events will not be shown, and awards presentations in all events will be shown when not in conflict with running events taking place at the same time.
 
You can get to the Track Finals page at MHSAA.tv at this link.
 
Over the following weekends, MHSAA Finals in Boys and Girls Lacrosse (June 8), Girls Soccer (June 14-15) and Semifinals and Finals in Baseball and Softball (June 13-15) will be streamed live. All events will be archived for free on-demand viewing, beginning three days after their completion. Subscriptions must be cancelled before the 30-day period is over to avoid recurring charges.
 
The Lacrosse, Baseball-Softball and Girls Soccer events also will have live streaming audio at MHSAANetwork.com.
 
The coming week also features select tournament games in Lacrosse, Soccer and Softball produced by MHSAA members participating in the School Broadcast Program.
 
Here is the schedule for Spring sporting events to be streamed live on MHSAA.tv for May 28-June 1:
 
Tuesday, May 28
MHSAA District Girls Soccer - West Bloomfield v. Waterford Mott  - 4 PM
MHSAA District Softball - Edwardsburg v. Stevensville Lakeshore  - 4:25 PM
MHSAA District Girls Soccer - Lowell v. Grand Rapids Northview  - 5 PM
MHSAA District Girls Soccer - Coldwater v. Plainwell  - 5 PM
MHSAA District Girls Soccer - DeWitt v. St Johns  - 5 PM
MHSAA Regional Girls Lacrosse - Brighton v. Novi  - 5 PM
MHSAA District Girls Soccer - Montrose v. Saginaw Nouvel  - 5:30 PM
MHSAA District Girls Soccer - Bloomfield Hills v. Walled Lake Northern  - 6 PM
MHSAA Boys Lacrosse Regional - Flint Powers Catholic v. Bloom. Hills Cranbrook Kingswood  - 6 PM
MHSAA District Girls Soccer - Cedar Springs v. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern  - 7 PM
MHSAA Regional Girls Lacrosse - Ann Arbor Pioneer v. Northville  - 7 PM
MHSAA District Girls Soccer - Cedar Springs v. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern  - 7 PM
MHSAA District Girls Soccer - Fowlerville v. Haslett  - 7 PM
MHSAA District Girls Soccer - Monroe v. Temperance Bedford  - 4 PM
 
Wednesday , May 29
MHSAA Girls Lacrosse Regional - Grand Rapids Christian v. Spring Lake  - 5:30 PM
MHSAA Girls Lacrosse Regional - Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett v. Rochester Hills Stoney Creek  - 5:30 PM
MHSAA District Girls Soccer - Brownstown Woodhaven v. Lincoln Park  - 6 PM
MHSAA Girls Lacrosse Regional - Bloom. Hills Cranbrook Kingswood v. Bloom Hills Acad. of the Sacred Heart  - 7 PM
MHSAA Girls Lacrosse Regional - Grand Rapids Catholic Central v. East Grand Rapids  - 7:30 PM
 
Thursday, May 30
MHSAA District Girls Soccer Final - Participants TBA @ East Lansing  - 4 PM
MHSAA District Girls Soccer - Participants TBA @ Montrose  - 5:30 PM
MHSAA District Girls Soccer Final - Participants TBA @ Plainwell  - 6 PM
MHSAA District Girls Soccer Final - Participants TBA @ White Lake Lakeland  - 7 PM
 
Friday, May 31
MHSAA Regional Girls Lacrosse Final - Participants TBA @ Novi  - 6 PM
 
Saturday, June 1
2019 MHSAA Div 1 Track Championship - Finals  - 10 AM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 Track Championship - Finals  - 10 AM
2019 MHSAA Div 4 Track Championship - Finals  - 10 AM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 Track Championship - Finals  - 10 AM
2019 MHSAA UP Track Championship - Finals  - 10 AM
MHSAA Girls Lacrosse Regional Final - Participants TBA @ Pontiac Notre Dame Prep  - 12 Noon

In its 10th 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 events. The SBP also gives schools the opportunity to raise money through advertising and viewing subscriptions.
 
NFHS Network subscriptions begin at $9.95 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 also are 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.