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.
League Leaders Meet on MHSAA TV
January 22, 2019
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
A number of basketball match-ups with conference leads on the line highlight this week’s MHSAA.tv schedule, which again is offering more than 250 events produced by School Broadcast Program participants.
In Boys Basketball: On Wednesday (Jan. 23), Bad Axe is hosting Unionville-Sebewaing at 6 p.m., and both teams are 5-0 in the Greater Thumb Conference West. Ovid-Elsie welcomes New Lothrop in a Thursday contest at 7 p.m., with the two teams tied for the top of the Mid-Michigan Activities Conference with 5-1 league records. On Friday (Jan. 25) at 7:30 p.m., Reed City is at Fremont, where both teams are 5-1 in the Central State Activities Association Gold.
In Girls Basketball: An early Saginaw Valley League Red showdown Friday has Saginaw Heritage (9-0 overall, 2-0 league) at Bay City John Glenn (8-1, 1-0) at 7 p.m.
In its 10th 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 events. The SBP also gives schools the opportunity to raise money through advertising and viewing subscriptions.
Here’s the upcoming MHSAA.tv schedule of video streams being produced by School Broadcast Program members and the NFHS Network:
Tuesday - Jan. 22
Freshman Boys Basketball - Novi at Howell - 3:50 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball - Coopersville at Comstock Park - 4 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball - Whitehall at Fremont - 4 PM
Freshman Girls Basketball - Freeland at Fenton - 4 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball - Waterford Mott at White Lake Lakeland - 4 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball - East Kentwood at Grandville - 4 PM
Freshman Girls Basketball - Dearborn Divine Child at Bloomfield Hills Marian - 4 PM
Middle School Girls Basketball - Ann Arbor Greenhills - 4:15 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball - Carrollton at Frankenmuth - 4:30 PM
Middle School Girls Basketball - Ann Arbor Greenhills - 5:15 PM
JV Boys Basketball - Novi at Howell - 5:20 PM
JV Boys Basketball - Genesee Christian at Montrose - 5:25 PM
JV Boys Basketball - Whitehall at Fremont - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Watervliet at Kalamazoo Christian - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Hopkins at Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian - 5:30 PM
JV Boys Basketball - Flushing at Flint Kearsley - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Howell at Novi - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Dearborn Divine Child at Bloomfield Hills Marian - 5:30 PM
JV Boys Basketball - Waterford Mott at White Lake Lakeland - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Basketball - South Haven at Plainwell - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Ortonville-Brandon at Fenton - 5:30 PM
JV Boys Basketball - East Kentwood at Grandville - 5:30 PM
JV Boys Basketball - Coopersville at Comstock Park - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Lake Fenton at Ovid-Elsie - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Chesaning at Corunna - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Bessemer at Dollar Bay - 5:45 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Mason County Central at Hart - 6 PM
Boys Basketball - McBain at Harrison - 6 PM
JV Boys Basketball - Carrollton at Frankenmuth - 6 PM
Girls Basketball - St. Louis at Hemlock - 6 PM
Girls Basketball - Unionville-Sebewaing at Bad Axe - 6 PM
JV Girls Basketball - West Iron County at Norway - 6:30 PM
Boys Basketball - Novi at Howell - 6:50 PM
Boys Basketball - Whitehall at Fremont - 7 PM
Boys Basketball - Waterford Mott at White Lake Lakeland - 7 PM
Girls Basketball - Hopkins at Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian - 7 PM
Boys Basketball - Flushing at Flint Kearsley - 7 PM
Girls Basketball - Ortonville-Brandon at Fenton - 7 PM
Girls Basketball - Lake Fenton at Ovid-Elsie - 7 PM
Girls Basketball - Chesaning at Corunna - 7 PM
Boys Basketball - Oak Park at Lake Orion - 7 PM
Girls Basketball - Watervliet at Kalamazoo Christian - 7 PM
Boys Basketball - East Kentwood at Grandville - 7 PM
Girls Basketball - Clarkston Everest Collegiate at Waterford Our Lady - 7 PM
Girls Basketball - Howell at Novi - 7 PM
Boys Basketball - Coopersville at Comstock Park - 7 PM
Girls Basketball - Dearborn Divine Child at Bloomfield Hills Marian - 7 PM
Boys Basketball - Genesee Christian at Montrose - 7 PM
Boys Basketball - Walled Lake Northern at Milford - 7 PM
Girls Basketball - South Haven at Plainwell - 7:15 PM
Girls Competitive Cheer - Bessemer at Dollar Bay - 7:15 PM
Girls Basketball - Mason County Central at Hart - 7:30 PM
Boys Basketball - Carrollton at Frankenmuth - 7:30 PM
Boys Basketball - St. Louis at Hemlock - 7:30 PM
Girls Basketball - West Iron County at Norway - 8 PM
Wednesday - Jan. 23
Wrestling – Burton Bendle, Flint Hamady & Webberville at Corunna - 5 PM
JV Boys Basketball - Clarkston Everest Collegiate at Ann Arbor Greenhills - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Basketball - East Jackson at Manchester - 5:30 PM
Wrestling – Plainwell Quad - 5:30 PM
Wrestling - Wyoming Lee at Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian - 5:30 PM
Wrestling – St. Johns at Fowlerville - 5:30 PM
Girls Competitive Cheer - Lake Fenton at Montrose - 6 PM
Girls Competitive Cheer – West Michigan Conference Jamboree at Hart - 6 PM (Mason County Central, Montague, Ravenna, Shelby, Whitehall)
Boys Basketball - Memphis at Harbor Beach - 6 PM
Boys Basketball - Unionville-Sebewaing at Bad Axe - 6 PM
JV Boys Basketball - Clarkston Everest Collegiate at Ann Arbor Greenhills - 7 PM
Girls Basketball - East Jackson at Manchester - 7 PM
Girls Basketball - Bath at Pewamo-Westphalia - 7 PM
Boys Basketball – Portland St. Patrick at Vestaburg - 7:30 PM
Thursday - Jan. 24
Freshman Girls Basketball – Walled Lake Western at White Lake Lakeland - 4 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball - Grand Rapids West Catholic at Comstock Park - 4 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball – Flint Carman-Ainsworth at Grand Blanc - 4 PM
Freshman Girls Basketball - Flint Southwestern at Flint Powers Catholic - 4 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball - Byron at Mt. Morris - 4 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Lansing Eastern at Fowlerville - 4 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball - Lawton at Kalamazoo Christian - 4:15 PM
Middle School Girls Basketball - Vandercook Lake at Manchester - 4:30 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball - Shepherd at Freeland - 4:30 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball - St. Charles at Hemlock - 4:30 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball - Millington at Frankenmuth - 4:30 PM
Middle School Boys Basketball – Sterling Heights Parkway Christian at Southfield Christian - 4:30 PM
Wrestling – Macomb Area Conference Gold Quad at St. Clair Shores Lakeshore- 5 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball - Paw Paw at Plainwell - 5 PM
Freshman Girls Basketball - Caledonia at Grandville - 5:30 PM
JV Boys Basketball - New Lothrop at Ovid-Elsie - 5:30 PM
JV Boys Basketball - Byron at Mt. Morris - 5:30 PM
JV Boys Basketball - Caledonia at Grandville - 5:30 PM
JV Boys Basketball - Grand Rapids West Catholic at Comstock Park - 5:30 PM
Freshman Girls Basketball - Chesaning at Fenton - 5:30 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball - Lansing Eastern at Fowlerville - 5:30 PM
JV Boys Basketball – Flint Carman-Ainsworth at Grand Blanc - 5:30 PM
Boys Basketball – Indian River Inland Lakes at Pellston - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Lawton at Kalamazoo Christian - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Basketball – Walled Lake Western at White Lake Lakeland - 5:30 PM
JV Boys Basketball - Houghton at Calumet - 5:45 PM
JV Girls Basketball - St. Charles at Hemlock - 6 PM
Girls Basketball - Flint Southwestern at Flint Powers Catholic - 6 PM
JV Boys Basketball - Millington at Frankenmuth - 6 PM
Girls Basketball - Marlette at Harbor Beach - 6 PM
JV Boys Basketball - Shepherd at Freeland - 6 PM
JV Boys Basketball - Paw Paw at Plainwell - 6:15 PM
Boys Basketball - New Lothrop at Ovid-Elsie - 7 PM
JV Girls Basketball – Flint Carman-Ainsworth at Grand Blanc - 7 PM
Girls Basketball – Walled Lake Western at White Lake Lakeland - 7 PM
Boys Basketball - Byron at Mt. Morris - 7 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Swartz Creek at Fenton - 7 PM
JV Boys Basketball - Lansing Eastern at Fowlerville - 7 PM
JV Boys Basketball - Lawton at Kalamazoo Christian - 7 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Caledonia at Grandville - 7 PM
Girls Basketball - Farmington at Lake Orion - 7 PM
Girls Basketball – Burton St. Thomas More at Waterford Our Lady - 7 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball - Caledonia at Grandville - 7 PM
Boys Basketball - Houghton at Calumet - 7:15 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Shepherd at Freeland - 7:30 PM
JV Boys Basketball - St. Charles at Hemlock - 7:30 PM
Boys Basketball - Potterville at Pewamo-Westphalia - 7:30 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Millington at Frankenmuth - 7:30 PM
Boys Ice Hockey - Rochester at Lake Orion - 7:45 PM
Friday - Jan. 25
Freshman Boys Basketball - Birmingham Brother Rice at Warren DeLaSalle - 4 PM
Freshman Girls Basketball - Ludington at Fremont - 4:30 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball - Madison Heights Bishop Foley at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood - 4:30 PM
Freshman Girls Basketball - Grand Blanc - 5 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Montrose at Otisville-Lakeville - 5:25 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Monroe at Saline - 5:30 PM
JV Boys Basketball - Plymouth at Howell - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Michigan Center at Manchester - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Bay City John Glenn at Saginaw Heritage - 5:30 PM
Girls Basketball - Onaway at Pellston - 5:30 PM
JV Boys Basketball - Birmingham Brother Rice at Warren DeLaSalle - 5:30 PM
Girls Basketball - Goodrich at Corunna - 5:30 PM
Girls Basketball - Northville at Novi - 5:30 PM
Girls Basketball - Goodrich at Corunna - 5:30 PM
Girls Basketball - Reed City at Fremont - 6 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Ravenna at Hart - 6 PM
JV Boys Basketball - Madison Heights Bishop Foley at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood - 6 PM
Boys Basketball - Marlette at Harbor Beach - 6 PM
Girls Basketball - Hemlock at St. Charles - 6 PM
Girls Basketball - Swartz Creek at Fenton - 6 PM
Boys Basketball - Plymouth at Howell - 6:50 PM