NFHS Network Honors SBP Schools
By
John Johnson
MHSAA Communications Director emeritus
September 19, 2017
Seven MHSAA member schools participating in the School Broadcast Program have been recognized by the NFHS Network for demonstrating excellent broadcasting skills and promotion of their events during the 2016-17 school year.
Calumet and Montrose High Schools have been recognized as Elite Schools for excelling in both production and promotion. Fifty schools nationally were granted Elite status. Garnering Select School recognition for production were Comstock Park, East Lansing, Lake Orion, Marquette and Negaunee. Nationally, 101 schools earned Select honors.
The Montrose and Lake Orion SBP crews are scheduled to live stream all nine of their respective schools’ regular-season football games in 2017; and this week, Montrose is at Corunna for a battle of two 3-1 teams in a key Genesee Area Conference Red game. Lake Orion (1-3) is hosting Southfield Arts & Technology (2-2).
Lake Orion also will stream an Oakland Activities Association showdown in girls volleyball next Tuesday (Sept. 26) as it hosts Clarkston in a battle of two top-10 Class A teams in the statewide coaches rankings.
In its ninth 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.
Here’s this week’s MHSAA.tv schedule of video streams being produced by SBP members:
Tuesday, Sept. 19
- JV Girls Volleyball – Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian at Comstock Park, 5 p.m.
- JV Girls Volleyball - Superior at Norway, 6 p.m.
- Girls Volleyball - Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian at Comstock Park, 6 p.m.
- Freshman Girls Volleyball - Lake Fenton at Otisville Lakeville, 6 p.m.
- JV Girls Volleyball - Lake Fenton at Otisville Lakeville, 6 p.m.
- Girls Volleyball - Lake Fenton at Otisville Lakeville, 6:30 p.m.
- Girls Volleyball - Lake Linden-Hubbell at Calumet, 6:30 p.m.
- Girls Volleyball - Superior at Norway, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 20
- JV Girls Volleyball - Houghton Lake at Harrison, 6 p.m.
- Girls Volleyball - Houghton Lake at Harrison, 6 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 21
- Girls Volleyball - Hillman at Rogers City, 6 p.m.
- JV Football – Bark River-Harris at Norway, 6:30 p.m.
- Girls Volleyball - Escanaba at Marquette, 7 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 22
- Football – Southfield A&T at Lake Orion, 7 p.m.
- Football - Alpena at Traverse City West, 7 p.m.
- Football - Linden at Flint Kearsley, 7 p.m.
- Football - Belding at Wyoming Lee, 7 p.m.
- Football - Hudsonville Unity Christian at Comstock Park, 7 p.m.
- Football - Montrose at Corunna, 7 p.m.
- Football - Dowagiac at Plainwell, 7 p.m.
- Football - Bullock Creek at Freeland, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 23
- Football - Gaylord at Traverse City Central, 7 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 25
- Freshman Girls Volleyball - Houghton at Calumet, 4 p.m.
- JV Boys Soccer - Allegan at Plainwell, 5 p.m.
- JV Girls Volleyball - Houghton at Calumet, 5 p.m.
- Boys Soccer - Allegan at Plainwell, 6:45 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 26
- JV Girls Volleyball - Spring Lake at Comstock Park, 5 p.m.
- Girls Volleyball - Ontonagon at Dollar Bay, 5 p.m.
- Freshman Girls Volleyball - Gabriel Richard at Macomb Lutheran North, 5:30 p.m.
- JV Girls Volleyball – Stanton Central Montcalm at Fremont, 5:30 p.m.
- JV Girls Volleyball - Gabriel Richard at Macomb Lutheran North, 5:30 p.m.
- Boys Soccer - Belding at Wyoming Lee, 6 p.m.
- Girls Volleyball - Chassell at Lake Linden-Hubbell, 6 p.m.
- Girls Volleyball - Spring Lake at Comstock Park, 6 p.m.
- Girls Volleyball - Ashley at Vestaburg, 7 p.m.
- Girls Volleyball - Clarkston at Lake Orion, 7 p.m.
- Girls Volleyball - Gabriel Richard at Macomb Lutheran North, 7 p.m.
- Girls Volleyball - Stanton Central Montcalm at Fremont, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 27
- JV Boys Soccer - Dowagiac at Plainwell, 5 p.m.
- Freshman Girls Volleyball - Alma at Freeland, 5 p.m.
- JV Girls Volleyball - Alma at Freeland, 6 p.m.
- Boys Soccer - Dowagiac at Plainwell, 6:45 p.m.
- Girls Volleyball - Alma at Freeland, 7 p.m.
NFHS Network subscriptions begin at $9.95 per 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 will also be 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.
Highlights of games produced in the past week by MHSAA School Broadcast Program members are in their third week. Featured games are in football with Marquette at Escanaba, Jackson at East Lansing and Ashley at Vestaburg. Highlights can be found each week on the MHSAA.tv website, the home page of the MHSAA Website, and the MHSAASports Channel on YouTube.
More than 15 football games are featured each week on the State Champs! Sports Network Extra Point – powered by the Michigan High School Athletic Association – Saturday at 10 a.m. on FOX Sports Detroit.
The half-hour program features highlights from more than a dozen games each week, including clips from games produced by MHSAA School Broadcast Program members. The program airs multiple times each weekend on FOX Sports Detroit and on Comcast Channel 900, and will be archived on the State Champs YouTube Channel. Consult your local listings for additional playback times.
The MHSAA also has a presence on other State Champs! Network programs throughout each weekend. The MHSAA Minute is a weekly part of the State Champs! High School Sports Show on FOX Sports Detroit at 9 a.m. every Sunday – with multiple replays on FOX Sports Detroit and Comcast Channel 900 throughout the week. That program also is archived on the State Champs YouTube Channel. Consult your local listings for additional playback times.
This week’s MHSAA Minute on State Champs features the Association’s Check-In Champ program.
The MHSAA also has content on the State Champs Scoreboard! High School Football Radio Show on Friday nights during the football and basketball seasons, originating on WXYT-FM (97.1) in Detroit and carried on more than 10 radio stations across the state. This Week In High School Sports and Be the Referee are weekly features on the program.
MHSAA TV Sets OAA Red Volleyball Race
October 15, 2019
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
The chase for the Oakland Activities Association Red volleyball title will get a lot of attention on MHSAA.tv and the NFHS Network this week, with matches on Tuesday (Oct. 15) and Thursday (Oct. 17) that will determine the champion.
Clarkston enters the week on top of the Red at 5-0 in division play with Lake Orion and Rochester Hills Stoney Creek chasing the Wolves at 4-1. Lake Orion is at Stoney Creek on Tuesday, while Clarkston can clinch at least a share of the title hosting Rochester Adams (3-2) – both games will be streamed live on MHSAA.tv. On Thursday, Clarkston at Troy (1-4) and Adams at Lake Orion will both be streamed live, while West Bloomfield (2-3) is at Stoney Creek.
Clarkston was the highest-ranked OAA team in last week’s statewide coaches poll, and Lake Orion was an honorable mention.
Among School Broadcast Program-produced football streams Friday (Oct. 18) is Grand Rapids Christian at East Grand Rapids for the lead in the Ottawa-Kent Conference Gold. Saline can clinch the Southeastern Conference Red title with a win over visiting Ann Arbor Pioneer, but a Pioneer win would put both teams tied at the top and possibly be joined by Temperance Bedford. Fowler is at Pewamo-Westphalia to determine the Central Michigan Athletic Conference crown.
Plus, Boys District Semifinal and Final games from a number of sites around the state will be streamed. Here’s the complete list of varsity-level events to be broadcast live during the coming week:
Monday - Oct. 14
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer District Playoffs – Warren Wood Tower v. Hazel Park - 5:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Norway v. Escanaba - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball - Byron v. Fowlerville - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Ann Arbor Greenhills v. Belleville - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Otisville LakeVille v. Flint Kearsley - 6:30 PM
2019 MHSA Boys Soccer District Playoffs -Warren Fitzgerald v. Madison Heights Lamphere - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Morley Stanwood v. Big Rapids - 7 PM
Tuesday - Oct. 15
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer District Playoffs - Greenville v. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern - 3:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer District - Thornapple Kellogg v. Plainwell - 4:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer District Playoffs - Flushing v. Grand Blanc - 5 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer District Playoffs- Edwardsburg v. St. Joseph - 5 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer District Playoffs - Eastern v. Cedar Springs - 5:15 PM
Girls Volleyball - Ishpeming v. West Iron County - 5:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Sparta v. Comstock Park - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball - Brighton v. Howell - 6:15 PM
Girls Volleyball – Mt. Morris v. Montrose - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Plymouth Christian v. Southfield Christian - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Flint Powers Catholic v. Grand Blanc - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Grand Rapids South Christian v. East Grand Rapids - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - South Lyon East v. Waterford Kettering - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - South Lyon v. Walled Lake Western - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Calumet v. Negaunee - 6:45 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer District Playoffs - Swartz Creek v. Oxford - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Big Rapids v. Remus Chippewa Hills - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Freeland v. Essexville Garber - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Fremont v. Howard City Tri County - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Lake Orion v. Rochester Hills Stoney Creek - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Pellston v. Mancelona - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Troy v. Birmingham Groves - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - West Bloomfield v. Oxford - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Bad Axe v. Reese - 7:30 PM
Wednesday - Oct. 16
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer District Playoffs - Stevensville Lakeshore v. Mattawan - 5 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer Districts - Final at Madison Heights Lamphere - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball – Riverview Gabriel Richard v. Macomb Lutheran North - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Flint Kearsley v. Fenton - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Stevensville Lakeshore v. Edwardsburg - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Petoskey v. TBA - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Cadillac v. Alpena - 6:45 PM
Girls Volleyball - Frankenmuth v. Alma - 7 PM
Thursday - Oct. 17
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer District Playoffs - District Final at Cedar Springs - 5 PM
Girls Volleyball – Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart v. New Lothrop - 5 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer District Playoffs - District Final at Grand Blanc - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball - East Grand Rapids v. Grand Rapids Christian - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Kalamazoo Christian v. Gobles - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - South Lyon v. Waterford Mott - 6:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer District Playoffs - District Final at East Lansing - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball – Troy Athens v. Rochester - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian v. Hopkins - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Rochester Adams v. Lake Orion - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Troy v. Clarkston - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Walled Lake Northern v. White Lake Lakeland - 7 PM
Friday - Oct. 18
Football - Sparta v. Comstock Park - 5 PM
Football - Byron v. Montrose - 5:45 PM
Football – Grand Rapids Christian v. East Grand Rapids - 6:30 PM
Football - Howell v. Brighton - 6:45 PM
Football - Bad Axe v. Caro - 7 PM
Football - Brighton v. Howell - 7 PM
Football - Calumet v. Hancock - 7 PM
Football - Cedar Springs v. Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills - 7 PM
Football – Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood v. Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard - 7 PM
Football - Freeland v. Bridgeport - 7 PM
Football – Saginaw Heritage v. Bay City Western - 7 PM
Football – St. Clair Shores Lake Shore v. Warren Woods-Tower - 7 PM
Football - Stevensville Lakeshore v. Kalamazoo Central - 7 PM
Football - Munising v. Ishpeming - 7 PM
Football - Novi v. Northville - 7 PM
Football - Petoskey v. Alpena - 7 PM
Football - Portage Central v. Mattawan - 7 PM
Football - Saline v. Ann Arbor Pioneer - 7 PM
Football – Birmingham Seaholm v. Birmingham Groves - 7 PM
Football - Walled Lake Central v. White Lake Lakeland - 7 PM
Football - Walled Lake Northern v. Walled Lake Western - 7 PM
Football - Fowler v. Pewamo Westphalia - 7 PM
Football - Fowlerville v. Lansing Catholic - 7 PM
Football – Lake Orion at Clarkston – Friday – 7 PM
Football - Otsego v. Sturgis - 7 PM
Football – Benzie Central v. Boyne City – 7 PM
Football – Detroit Country Day v. Haslett – 7 PM
Football – Beal City v. McBain – 7 PM
Football – Muskegon v. Muskegon Mona Shores – 7 PM
Football – St. Clair Shores Lakeview v. Port Huron – 7 PM
Football – Chesaning v. Mt. Morris – 7 PM
Football – Pontiac Notre Dame Prep v. Detroit Public Safety Academy – 7 PM
Football - Flint Powers Catholic v. Grand Blanc ?- 7 PM
Saturday - Oct. 19
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer District Playoffs - District Final at Plainwell - 11 AM
Girls Volleyball - New Lothrop v. TBA - 12 PM
Girls Volleyball - Fenton v. TBA - 8 AM
Girls Volleyball - Saline v. Vandercook Lake - 8 AM
Girls Volleyball - Mt Morris v. TBA - 9 AM
Girls Volleyball - New Lothrop v. TBA - 9 AM
Monday - Oct. 21
Girls Volleyball - Multi-team Event at Ishpeming - 5 PM
Girls Volleyball - Norway v. West Iron County - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball – Riverview Gabriel Richard v. Macomb Lutheran North - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Macomb Lutheran North v. New Haven - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Clare v. Sanford Meridian - 7:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Holly v. Flint Kearsley - 7:30 PM
Tuesday - Oct. 22
Girls Volleyball - Capac v. Harbor Beach - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball - Coopersville v. Comstock Park - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball – St. Clair Shores Lake Shore v. Roseville - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball - Fenton v. Linden - 6:15 PM
Girls Volleyball - Holly v. Flint Kearsley - 6:15 PM
Girls Volleyball - Wyoming v. Grand Rapids Christian - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Big Rapids v. Grant - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Gladstone v. Marquette - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Novi v. Canton - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Saline v. Ann Arbor Skyline - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer Playoffs – Regional Semifinals at Troy – 5 & 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer Playoffs – Regional Semifinals at West Bloomfield – 5 & 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer Playoffs – Regional Semifinals at Chesaning – 5 & 7 PM
All of the games are produced by participants in the School Broadcast Program – with East Lansing, Lake Orion, Pewamo-Westphalia, Saline, Marquette, Fowlerville, Montrose and Comstock Park deploying traditional, hands-on, student crew crews to capture the action. The other games are produced by schools using Pixellot – the NFHS Network’s automated streaming solution.
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 $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 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.