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

Wednesday, Sept. 20

Thursday, Sept. 21

Friday, Sept. 22

Saturday, Sept. 23

Monday, Sept. 25

Tuesday, Sept. 26

Wednesday, Sept. 27

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 VestaburgHighlights 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 Set to Stream 200 Events

September 4, 2019

By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties

As the fall sports season swings into high gear, live streaming video on MHSAA.tv and the NFHS Network will reach higher numbers as well, with nearly 200 events scheduled over the next seven days.

The amount of content is evenly split between varsity and subvarsity competition, the growing number of freshman and junior varsity games a result of more schools having their Pixellot units come on line.  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. Once installed, a school needs only to input its schedules, and events like triple-header soccer evenings become a reality.

Here’s a list of the upcoming varsity level events taking place over the coming week on MHSAA.tv and the NFHS Network: 

Wednesday - Sept. 4
Girls Volleyball - Pontiac Notre Dame Prep v. TBA - 1 PM
Girls Volleyball - Freeland  v. Midland Bullock Creek  - 5 PM
Boys Soccer - Ithaca  v. Saginaw Nouvel  - 5:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Freeland  v. Sanford Meridian  - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball - Wayne Memorial v. Howell - 6:15 PM
Girls Volleyball - Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood  v. Madison Heights Bishop Foley  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Fowlerville  v. Lansing Eastern  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Novi  v. Westland John Glenn - 6:30 PM
Boys Soccer - Cedar Springs  v. TBA - 6:45 PM
Girls Volleyball - Freeland  v. Merrill  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Hemlock  v. Saginaw Nouvel  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Waterford Our Lady  v. Macomb Lutheran North  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Petoskey  v. Traverse City West  - 7 PM
 
Thursday - Sept. 5
Girls Volleyball - Manchester  v. Dexter  - 5 PM
Boys Soccer - Manchester  v. Clinton  - 5:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Fremont  v. TBA - 5:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Grand Rapids Catholic Central  v. Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball - Fenton  v. Swartz Creek  - 6:15 PM
Girls Volleyball - Holly v. Linden - 6:15 PM
Girls Volleyball - Corunna  v. Lake Fenton  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Clarkston Everest Collegiate v. Southfield Christian - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Kalamazoo Christian  v. Coloma  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Flint Kearsley  v. Flushing  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Oakland Christian v. Livonia Clarenceville  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Flint Powers Catholic  v. Frankenmuth  - 6:30 PM
Boys Soccer - Petoskey v. Alpena  - 6:45 PM
Girls Volleyball - Linden v. Holly  - 6:45 PM
Girls Volleyball - Chassell v. Dollar Bay - 6:50 PM
Boys Soccer - Clare v. Roscommon  - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - Fowlerville v. Howell - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - White Lake Lakeland  v. Walled Lake Central  - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - Saline  v. Ann Arbor Skyline  - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - Saline  v. Ann Arbor Skyline  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - St. Charles  v. Vestaburg  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - West Bloomfield  v. Birmingham Seaholm  - 7 PM
 
Friday - Sept. 6
Football - Troy Athens v. Troy  - 7 PM
Football - Calumet  v. Negaunee  - 7 PM
Football - Clare  v. Gladwin  - 7 PM
Football - Frankenmuth  v. Standish-Sterling  - 7 PM
Football - St. Clair Shores Lake Shore  v. Warren Lincoln - 7 PM
Football - White Lake Lakeland  v. Waterford Mott  - 7 PM
Football - Pontiac Notre Dame Prep v. Muskegon Catholic Central  - 7 PM
Football - Novi  v. Brighton  - 7 PM
Football - Ovid-Elsie  v. Montrose  - 7 PM
Football - Petoskey  v. Escanaba  - 7 PM
Football - Portage Northern  v. Stevensville Lakeshore  - 7 PM
Football - South Lyon East  v. Walled Lake Western  - 7 PM
Football - South Lyon  v. Trenton  - 7 PM
Football - Brownstown Woodhaven  v. Gibraltar Carlson  - 7 PM
Football - Corunna v. Fowlerville - 7 PM
Football – Saginaw Heritage v. Grand Blanc - 7 PM
Football – Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern v. E. Grand Rapids - 7 PM
Football - Saranac v. Pewamo-Westphalia - 7 PM
Football - Southfield A&T v. Lake Orion - 7 PM
Football – London St. Thomas Aquinas v. Warren De La Salle Collegiate - 7 PM
Football - Traverse City v. Marquette - 7 PM
Football – Birmingham Groves at West Bloomfield – 7 PM
Football – Rockford v. Lowell – 7 PM
Football – Tolono (IL) Unity v. Pontiac  - 8 PM
 
Saturday - Sept. 7
Boys Soccer - Troy Athens v. TBA - 1 PM
Boys Soccer - Portage Northern  v. Mattawan  - 6:45 PM
Football - Grand Rapids Catholic Central  v. Niles (IL) Notre Dame - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Bangor v. Watervliet - 8 AM
Girls Volleyball - Corunna  v. TBA - 8:30 AM
Girls Volleyball - Petoskey  v. TBA - 9 AM
 
Monday - Sept. 9
Girls Volleyball - Hemlock  v. TBA - 5 PM
Boys Soccer - Manchester  v. Onsted  - 5:30 PM
Boys Soccer - St. Clair Shores Lake Shore  v. Macomb Lutheran North  - 6 PM
Boys Soccer - White Lake Lakeland  v. Novi  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Pellston  v. Charlevoix  - 7:30 PM
 
Tuesday - Sept. 10
Girls Volleyball - Pontiac Notre Dame Prep v. TBA - 1 PM
Boys Soccer - Byron v. Montrose - 4:30 PM
Boys Soccer - Ovid-Elsie v. Otisville LakeVille  - 5 PM
Girls Volleyball - Grand Rapids Catholic Central  v. Comstock Park  - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball - St. Clair Shores Lake Shore  v. Marine City  - 6 PM
Boys Soccer - Stevensville Lakeshore  v. Portage Northern  - 6:30 PM
Boys Soccer - Portage Northern  v. Stevensville Lakeshore  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Manchester  v. Vandercook Lake  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Mt. Morris  v. Chesaning  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - New Lothrop v. Montrose - 6:30 PM
Boys Soccer - Petoskey  v. Cadillac  - 6:45 PM
Boys Soccer - Troy Athens v. North Farmington  - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - Brighton  v. Salem  - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - White Lake Lakeland  v. Waterford Mott  - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - Novi  v. Hartland  - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - Saline  v. Ann Arbor Pioneer  - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - South Lyon  v. South Lyon East  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Fremont  v. Reed City  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Kalamazoo Christian  v. Constantine  - 7 PM
Boys Soccer – Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice v. Pontiac Notre Dame Prep - 7:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Bad Axe  v. Caro  - 7:30 PM
 
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. 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.