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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.

Weekly Highlights Return to MHSAA TV

August 30, 2016

By John Johnson
MHSAA Communications Director

A weekly staple on the MHSAA.tv website and the MHSAASports Channel on YouTube returns this week with highlights of selected games produced last week by members of the Association’s School Broadcast Program.

This week’s highlights package consists of clips from football games between Traverse City West and Midland and Marquette vs. Traverse City St. Francis, and a boys soccer match between Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern and East Lansing.

Here’s this week’s MHSAA.tv schedule of video streams being produced by SBP members, as well as live stats from MHSAA member schools using Digital Scout:

Tuesday (Aug. 30)

Thursday (Sept. 1)

  • Boys Soccer – Williamston at East Lansing, 6:30 p.m. (On Demand)
  • Football – Negaunee at Calumet, 7 p.m. – LIVE
  • Football – Rochester Hills Stoney Creek at Lake Orion, 7 p.m. – LIVE VIDEO & STATS
  • Football – Marquette at Traverse City Central, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Ewen-Trout Creek at Stephenson, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Detroit University Prep at Adrian Lenawee Christian, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Flint Carman-Ainsworth at Saginaw Arthur Hill, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – DeWitt at Grand Ledge, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Greenville at Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – North Muskegon at Whitehall, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Manchester at Addison, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Hanover Horton at Michigan Center, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Sanford Meridian at Lake City, 7 p.m.  (Stats)
  • Football – Howard City Tri-County at Stanton Central Montcalm, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Lake Odessa Lakewood at Belding, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Otsego at Sturgis, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Jackson Northwest at Battle Creek Harper Creek, 7 p.m.  (Stats)
  • Football – Hemlock at Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Vassar at Brown City, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Flint Powers Catholic at Saginaw Heritage, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Wyoming tri-Unity Christian at Big Rapids Crossroads Academy, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Bay City Western at Midland, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Harbor Springs at Houghton Lake, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Linden at Goodrich, 7 p.m.  (Stats)
  • Football – Lansing Catholic at Lansing Everett, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Charlotte at Fowlerville, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Mt. Morris at Flint Kearsley, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Midland Dow at Bay City Central, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Lansing Eastern at Lansing Waverly, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Unionville-Sebewaing at Marlette, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Benton Harbor at Grand Rapids South Christian, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Britton-Deerfield at Erie-Mason, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Holland West Ottawa at Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – New Lothrop at Burton Bentley, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – St. Clair Shores Lake Shore at Marysville, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Walled Lake Central at Plymouth, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Garden City at Romulus, 7 p.m. (Stats)

Friday (Sept. 2)

  • Football – Birmingham Brother Rice at Mishawaka Penn, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – West Bloomfield at Oxford, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Warren Woods-Tower at St. Clair, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Davison at Mt. Pleasant, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Monroe St. Mary CC at Riverview, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Muskegon Oakridge at Whitehall, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Detroit Denby at Detroit Osborn, 4 p.m. (Stats)

The NFHS Network has announced new pricing for 2016-17, eliminating the Day Pass and lowering the cost of a Month Pass to $9.95.  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. Some schools also will be selling Annual Passes at a discounted rate. A portion of every subscription sold by a school goes to benefit its program.

Now in its eighth 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.  

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