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.
Ice Matchups Shine On MHSAA TV Lineup
January 8, 2019
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
A couple of match-ups involving four of the state’s higher-ranked ice hockey teams highlight an MHSAA.tv schedule packed with more 250 events to be produced in the coming week by School Broadcast Program participants.
The top-ranked team in Division 1, Detroit Catholic Central, will be at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood for a Michigan Interscholastic Hockey League battle on Friday (Jan. 11) at 7:15 p.m. The Cranes were ranked third in the latest coaches poll in Division 3.
Then on Saturday (Jan. 12), Birmingham Brother Rice, rated third in Division 2, will be at Calumet for a 7 p.m. face-off. The Copper Kings are fifth in Division 3. Catholic Central and Brother Rice each reached the Semifinals of the MHSAA Tournament last year.
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. 8
Freshman Girls Basketball - Brighton at Howell - 3:50 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball - Burton Bentley at Otisville Lakeville - 3:50 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball - Midland at Saginaw Heritage - 4 PM
Freshman Girls Basketball - Rockford at Grandville - 4 PM
Freshman Girls Basketball - Lansing Catholic Central at Fowlerville - 4 PM
Freshman Girls Basketball - Muskegon Catholic Central at Fremont - 4 PM
Freshman Girls Basketball - Croswell-Lexington at Fenton - 4 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball - Grandville Calvin Christian at Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian - 4:15 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball - Vicksburg at Plainwell - 4:15 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball - Ann Arbor Greenhills at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood - 4:30 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball – Standish Sterling at Frankenmuth - 4:30 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball - Warren Cousino at St. Clair Shores Lake Shore - 4:30 PM
Freshman Girls Basketball - Essexville-Garber at Freeland - 4:30 PM
JV Boys Basketball - Burton Bentley at Otisville Lakeville - 5:20 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Brighton at Howell - 5:20 PM
Girls Basketball - Plymouth Christian at Southfield Christian - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Rockford at Grandville - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Flint Kearsley at Linden - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Canton at Novi - 5:30 PM
Girls Basketball - Mancelona at Pellston - 5:30 PM
JV Boys Basketball - Bath at Mt. Morris - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Sparta at Comstock Park - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Comstock at Kalamazoo Christian - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Midland at Saginaw Heritage - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Lansing Catholic Central at Fowlerville - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Owosso at Fenton - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Lansing Sexton at Ovid-Elsie - 5:30 PM
JV Boys Basketball - Linden at Flint Kearsley - 5:30 PM
JV Boys Basketball - Watersmeet at Dollar Bay - 5:45 PM
JV Boys Basketball - Grandville Calvin Christian at Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian - 5:45 PM
JV Boys Basketball - Vicksburg at Plainwell - 5:45 PM
Boys Basketball - Houghton Lake at Harrison - 6 PM
JV Girls Basketball - North Muskegon at Hart - 6 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Essexville-Garber at Freeland - 6 PM
Girls Basketball - Ubly at Harbor Beach - 6 PM
Girls Basketball - Newaygo at Fremont - 6 PM
JV Boys Basketball – Standish Sterling at Frankenmuth - 6 PM
Girls Basketball - Burton Bendle at Flint Powers Catholic - 6 PM
JV Boys Basketball - Ann Arbor Greenhills at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood - 6 PM
JV Boys Basketball - Warren Cousino at St. Clair Shores Lake Shore - 6 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Iron Mountain at Norway - 6:15 PM
Boys Basketball - Burton Bentley at Otisville Lakeville - 6:50 PM
Girls Basketball - Brighton at Howell - 6:50 PM
Girls Basketball - Rockford at Grandville - 7 PM
Boys Basketball - Bath at Mt. Morris - 7 PM
Girls Basketball - Flint Kearsley at Linden - 7 PM
Boys Basketball - Midland at Saginaw Heritage - 7 PM
Girls Basketball - Sparta at Comstock Park - 7 PM
Girls Basketball - Notre Dame Prep at Lake Orion - 7 PM
Girls Basketball - Lansing Catholic Central at Fowlerville - 7 PM
Girls Basketball - Owosso at Fenton - 7 PM
Girls Basketball – Lansing Sexton at Ovid-Elsie - 7 PM
Girls Basketball - Comstock at Kalamazoo Christian - 7 PM
Girls Basketball - Canton at Novi - 7 PM
Boys Basketball - Linden at Flint Kearsley - 7 PM
Boys Basketball - Watersmeet at Dollar Bay - 7:15 PM
Boys Basketball - Vicksburg at Plainwell - 7:15 PM
Boys Basketball - Grandville Calvin Christian at Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian - 7:15 PM
Boys Basketball – Standish Sterling at Frankenmuth - 7:30 PM
Girls Basketball - North Muskegon at Hart - 7:30 PM
Girls Basketball - Essexville-Garber at Freeland - 7:30 PM
Boys Basketball - Burton Bendle at Flint Powers Catholic - 7:30 PM
Boys Basketball - Newaygo at Fremont - 7:30 PM
Boys Basketball - Ann Arbor Greenhills at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood - 7:30 PM
Boys Basketball - Warren Cousino at St. Clair Shores Lake Shore - 7:30 PM
Boys Basketball – Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart at Vestaburg - 7:30 PM
Girls Basketball - Iron Mountain at Norway - 8 PM
Wednesday - Jan. 9
Freshman Girls Basketball – Bay City Central at Saginaw Heritage - 4 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball – Ann Arbor Pioneer at Flint Powers Catholic - 4 PM
Wrestling – Quad at Mt. Morris with Durand, Otisville Lakeville, Chesaning - 5 PM
Wrestling - New Lothrop at Ovid-Elsie - 5 PM
Wrestling – Triangular at Flint Kearsley with Holly and Flushing - 5 PM
Wrestling - Ravenna at Hart - 5 PM
JV Girls Basketball – Flint Carman-Ainsworth at Saginaw Heritage - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Basketball – Wixom St. Catherine at Ann Arbor Greenhills - 5:30 PM
Boys Basketball – Gaylord St. Mary at Pellston - 5:30 PM
Wrestling – Triangular at Saline with Monroe and Jackson - 5:30 PM
JV Boys Basketball – Ann Arbor Pioneer at Flint Powers Catholic - 5:30 PM
Wrestling – Quad at White Lake Lakeland with Waterford Mott, Walled Lake Northern, South Lyon East - 5:30 PM
Unified Sports - Northville at Howell - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Basketball – Madison Heights Bishop Foley at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood - 6 PM
Boys Basketball - Ubly at Harbor Beach - 6 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Manton at McBain - 6 PM
Competitive Cheer – OAA Jamboree at Lake Orion with Rochester Adams, Rochester, Rochester Hills Stoney Creek, Tory Athens, West Bloomfield - 6:30 PM
Girls Basketball – Wixom St. Catherine at Ann Arbor Greenhills - 7 PM
Girls Basketball – Flint Carman-Ainsworth at Saginaw Heritage - 7 PM
Girls Basketball – Madison Heights Bishop Foley at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood - 7:30 PM
Girls Basketball - Manton at McBain - 7:30 PM
Thursday - Jan. 10
Freshman Boys Basketball - Chesaning at Otisville Lakeville - 3:55 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball - Grant at Fremont - 4 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball - Hamilton at Comstock Park - 4 PM
Freshman Boys Basketball - Bridgeport at Frankenmuth - 4:30 PM
Middle School Boys Basketball – Allen Park Inter-City Baptist at Southfield Christian - 4:30 PM
Freshman Girls Basketball - Otsego at Plainwell - 5 PM
JV Boys Basketball - Chesaning at Otisville Lakeville - 5:20 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Grant at Fremont - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Hanover-Horton at Manchester - 5:30 PM
JV Boys Basketball - Hamilton at Comstock Park - 5:30 PM
JV Boys Basketball - Bridgeport at Frankenmuth - 6 PM
JV Boys Basketball - Owosso at Flint Kearsley - 6 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Otsego at Plainwell - 6:15 PM
Boys Basketball - Chesaning at Otisville Lakeville - 6:50 PM
Girls Basketball - Troy Athens at Lake Orion - 7 PM
Girls Basketball - Hanover-Horton at Manchester - 7 PM
JV Boys Basketball - Grant at Fremont - 7 PM
JV Girls Basketball - Bridgeport at Frankenmuth - 7:30 PM
Friday - Jan. 11
Freshman Boys Basketball - Salem at Howell &l