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Montrose Wins Top MHSAA/SBP Award

May 11, 2016

By John Johnson
MHSAA Communications Director

Make it three in row for Montrose High School, which was selected as the “Program of the Year” in the third annual MHSAA School Broadcast Program Excellence Awards for 2015-16.

The SBP Excellence Awards will award certificates and plaques to the schools which took individual honors, with the presentation dates and times to be announced.

Montrose took first place in Best Student Play-By-Play and the top two spots for Best Produced Commercial/Feature. The program also took a second place for Best Use of PlayOn! Sports Graphics.

Montrose also demonstrated during the year a good blend of productions in a variety of sports covered, the ability to cover home and away events and an overall command of the PlayOn! Sports software used for graphics and inserting commercials/features during the course of productions.

Other category winners were:  Cedar Springs High School for Best Multicamera Production and Best Single Camera Production with PlayOn! Graphics and Haslett High School for Best Use of PlayOn! Graphics. 

Here is the complete list by categories of the schools and students being honored in this year’s SBP Excellence Awards:

Best Multicamera Production

First Place – Cedar Springs – Ethan Lewis, John Grigsby, Leah Carter, Kelly Salmon – Football game v. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern.

Second Place – Haslett – Conor Clifford, Torsten Holland, Alex Riley, Dylan Wolschleger, Brennan Simzak, Altair Boonraksa, Jacob Johnston, Nathan Glaza, Thomas Ashley – Girls Basketball game v. Mason.

Third Place – Montrose – Eric Vandefifer, Conner Pyrc, Jared Adams, Mandy Ramsey, John Blackford – Boys Basketball game v. Saginaw Arts & Sciences Academy.

Best Play-By-Play

First Place – Montrose – Eric Vandefifer and Conner Pyrc – Boys Basketball game v. Goodrich.

Second Place – Haslett – Conor Clifford and Torsten Holland – Girls Basketball game v. Mason.

Third Place – Cedar Springs - Jonathan Wolfarth and Jalen Jackson – Football game v. Wyoming.

Best Produced Commercial/Feature

First Place – Montrose – Eric Vandefifer, Conner Pyrc, Jared Adams, Mandy Rasmey, John Blackford – Ford Field Trip Feature.

Second Place – Montrose – Amanda Ramsey, Jared Adams, Alyssa Bernard, –  RAINN Sexual Assault PSA.

Best Single Camera Production with PlayOn! Graphics

First Place – Cedar Springs - Alex Tanis, Alex Robinson, Jonathan Wolfarth, Ethan Lewis – MHSAA Football Playoff – Muskegon at Muskegon Mona Shores.

Second Place – Haslett – Tyler Goldberg and Jonah Brown – MHSAA Football Playoff – Romeo v. Grand Ledge.

Third Place – Cedar Springs – Alex Tanis, Alex Robinson, Jonathan Wolfarth, Ethan Lewis – MHSAA Football Playoff – Lansing Catholic v. Grand Rapids West Catholic.

Best Use of PlayOn! Graphics/Software

First Place – Haslett – Dylan Wolschleger, Brennan Simzak, Jacob Johnston, Conor Clifford, Reece Huberts, Henrik Holland, David Weston – Girls Basketball game v. St. Johns.

Second Place – Montrose – Eric Vadnefifer, Conner Pyrc, Jared Adams, Mandy Ramsey, John Blackford – Boys Basketball game v. Saginaw Arts & Sciences Academy.

Third Place – Montrose - Peyton Hobson, John Blackford, Conner Pyrc – Boys Basketball game v. Corunna.

Michigan schools were represented recently when the NFHS Network announced its SBP awards for the 2015-16 school year on April 28. Jamie Kitts of Montrose High School was one of three finalists for the Best Teacher honor, and Rockford High School had a finalist for Highlight of the Year, a 65-yard touchdown run by quarterback Tyler Bradfield against Grandville.

The School Broadcast Program, powered by PlayOn! Sports, is a platform which schools can utilize to reach members of their communities about activities taking place in their buildings, providing recognition for students while at the same time giving them hands-on opportunities to gain broadcasting experience and providing schools an opportunity to realize additional revenues for their programs. Schools interested in becoming a part of the School Broadcast Program should contact John Johnson at the MHSAA Office.

MHSAA TV: Boys Hoops District Semis Schedule

March 11, 2020

By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties

Here is the schedule for MHSAA Boys Basketball District Semifinal games with live streaming video on Wednesday (March 11) on the NFHS Network and MHSAA.tv:

  • District 1 at Marquette - Marquette v. Gaylord, 6  PM
  • District 4 at Grand Blanc - Flint Southwestern v. Davison, 5 PM; Lapeer v. Grand Blanc, 7 PM
  • District 6 at West Bloomfield  - Orchard Lake St Mary's v. Bloomfield Hills, 5 PM; Waterford Mott v. West Bloomfield, 7 PM
  • District 7 at Walled Lake Northern - Walled Lake Northern v. Milford, 5 PM; Walled Lake Western v. White Lake Lakeland, 7 PM
  • District 8 at Howell - Howell v. Fenton, 6 PM; Holly v. Linden, 7:30 PM
  • District 9 at Cedar Springs - Grand Rapids Northview v. Rockford, 5 PM; Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern v. Lowell, 7 PM
  • District 13 at St. Joseph - Stevensville Lakeshore v. Mattawan, 5 PM; Kalamazoo Central v. St. Joseph, 7 PM
  • District 17 at Brighton - Ann Arbor Skyline v. Dexter, 5 PM; South Lyon East v. South Lyon, 7 PM
  • District 18 at Saline - Ann Arbor Huron v. Belleville, 5:30 PM; Ypsilanti Lincoln v. Ypsilanti Community, 7 PM
  • District 35 at Cadillac - Cadillac v. Big Rapids, 6 PM; Ludington v. Reed City, 8 PM
  • District 36 at Clare - Clare v. Remus Chippewa Hills, 6 PM; Gladwin v. Tawas,  7:30 PM
  • District 39 at Bridgeport - Bridgeport v. Caro, 5:30 PM; Frankenmuth v. Mt. Morris, 7:30 PM
  • District 40 at Corunna - Ovid-Elsie v. Corunna, 5:30 PM; Perry v. Owosso, 7 PM
  • District 49 at Williamston - Lansing Catholic v. Lansing Sexton, 5:30 PM; Williamston v. Haslett, 7 PM
  • District 63 at Armada - Croswell-Lexington v. Imlay City, 6 PM; Armada v. Yale, 7:30 PM
  • District 64 at Flint Powers Catholic - Goodrich v. Lake Fenton, 6 PM; Flint Powers Catholic v. Ortonville Brandon, 7:30 PM
  • District 65 at Calumet - Calumet v. L'Anse, 7 PM
  • District 67 at St. Ignace – St. Ignace v. Charlevoix, 6:30 PM
  • District 75 at Pewamo-Westphalia - Pewamo-Westphalia v. Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian, 6 PM; Potterville v. Vermontville Maple Valley, 7:30 PM
  • District 76 at Grandville Calvin Christian - Grand Rapids Covenant Christian v. Holland Black River, 5:30 PM; Grandville Calvin Christian v. Wyoming Potter's House, 7:15PM
  • District 88 at Riverview Gabriel Richard - Ecorse v. Allen Park Cabrini, 6 PM; Taylor Prep v. Riverview Gabriel Richard, 7:30 PM
  • District 94 at Burton Bendle - Burton Bentley v. Flint Beecher, 5:30 PM; Burton Bendle v. Otisville LakeVille, 7 PM
  • District 95 at Reese - New Lothrop v. Hemlock, 6 PM; Reese v. Saginaw Valley Lutheran, 7:30 PM
  • District 98 at Painesdale Jeffers - Painesdale Jeffers v. Dollar Bay, 7 PM
  • District 103 at Pellston - Pellston v. Burt Lake Northern Michigan Christian, 5:30 PM; Alanson v. Petoskey St. Michael Academy 7 PM
  • District 107 at Brethren - Frankfort v. Manistee Catholic Central, 6 PM; Brethren v. Onekama, 7:30 PM
  • District 121 at Plymouth Christian Academy - Ann Arbor Central Academy v. Livingston Christian, 5:30 PM; Westland Huron Valley Lutheran v. Plymouth Christian Academy, 7 PM
  • District 124 at Bloomfield Hills Roeper - Bloomfield Hills Roeper v. Novi Christian, 5:30 PM; West Bloomfield Frankel Jewish Academy v. Southfield Christian, 7 PM
  • District 125 at Auburn Hills Oakland Christian - Auburn Hills Oakland Christian v. Chesterfield Austin Catholic, 6 PM; Sterling Heights Parkway Christian v. Warren Michigan Math & Science, 7:30 PM

The schedules for 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 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.