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.
42 MIHL Showcase Games to Stream Live
February 4, 2020
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
The NFHS Network has completed arrangements with LiveBarn for the live video streaming of the 20th Annual MIHL Prep Hockey Showcase this Thursday through Saturday (Feb. 6-8) at Kennedy Recreation Center in Trenton.
All 42 games over the three-day event will be available on a subscription basis on MHSAA.tv and LiveBarn. To get directly to the games on MHSAA.tv – Click Here. Here’s the complete schedule:
Thursday - Feb. 6
5:20 p.m. Warren De La Salle Collegiate vs. Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett
5:40 p.m. Grosse Pointe North vs. Allen Park Cabrini
6 p.m. Lake Orion vs. Plymouth
7:20 p.m. Port Huron Northern vs. Rochester United
7:40 p.m. Ann Arbor Skyline vs. Novi
8 p.m. Riverview Gabriel Richard vs. Howell
Friday - Feb. 7
9:30 a.m. Grosse Pointe South vs. Salem
9:50 a.m. Grandville vs. Detroit County Day
10:10 a.m. Hancock vs. Utica Eisenhower
11:30 a.m. Orchard Lake St. Mary's vs. Traverse City Central
11:50 a.m. Brighton vs. Grand Rapids Catholic Central
12:10 p.m. Flint Powers vs. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central
1:30 p.m. Calumet vs. Livonia Stevenson
1:50 p.m. Plymouth vs. Byron Center
2:10 p.m. East Grand Rapids vs Ann Arbor Skyline
4 p.m. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood vs. Hartland
4:40 p.m. Allen Park Cabrini vs Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern/Eastern
4:20 p.m. Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice vs. Saginaw Heritage
6 p.m. Detroit Catholic Central vs. Green Bay Notre Dame Academy
6:20 p.m. Detroit U-D Jesuit vs. Midland Dow
6:40 p.m. Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett vs. Big Rapids
8 p.m. Trenton vs. Cleveland St. Ignatius
8:20 p.m. Houghton vs. Riverview Gabriel Richard
8:40 p.m. Port Huron Northern vs. Grand Rapids Christian
Saturday - Feb. 8
8 a.m. Detroit Country Day vs. Midland Dow
8:20 a.m. Howell vs. Grand Rapids Catholic Central
8:40 a.m. Warren De La Salle Collegiate vs. Hancock
10 a.m. Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice vs. Green Bay Notre Dame Academy
10:20 a.m. Grosse Pointe South vs. Grandville
10:40 a.m. Big Rapids vs East Grand Rapids
Noon Trenton vs. Calumet
12:20 p.m. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood vs. Houghton
12:40 p.m. Traverse City Central vs. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern/Eastern
2:30 p.m. Livonia Stevenson vs. Saginaw Heritage
2:50 p.m. Orchard Lake St. Mary's vs. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central
3:10 p.m. Byron Center vs. Flint Powers
4:30 p.m. Detroit Catholic Central vs. Hartland
4:50 p.m. Cleveland St. Ignatius vs. Brighton
5:10 p.m. Grand Rapids Christian vs. Utica Eisenhower
6:30 p.m. Detroit U-D Jesuit vs. Salem
6:50 p.m. Novi vs. Lake Orion
7:10 p.m. Grosse Pointe North vs. Rochester United
The Showcase is part of a week of nearly 600 live events on MHSAA.tv and the NFHS Network. You can Click Here to look at the latest list of all upcoming varsity games.
Now in its 11th 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. 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.