Prep Zone Includes Facebook Live Stream
October 25, 2017
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
There’s a new twist as the MHSAA Football Playoffs – powered by the Michigan Army National Guard – begin their seventh season on FOX Sports Detroit’s PrepZone. One of the four games each week also will be streamed on Facebook Live.
Each Monday for the first four weeks of the Playoffs, a FOX Sports Detroit Twitter poll will be conducted for 24 hours to select one game to be available on Facebook. This week’s poll was won by Livonia Franklin at Walled Lake Western, which garnered more than 50 percent of the vote.
The four live games each week will be free on the FOX Sports Detroit Website and will also be available to mobile users of FOX Sports GO! Authentication may be required to watch on FS GO!
Here’s this week’s PrepZone schedule. All games kick off Friday (Oct. 27) at 7 p.m.:
- Lowell at Flushing
- Livonia Franklin at Walled Lake Western
- Grand Rapids Christian at DeWitt
- Lansing Catholic at Olivet
In addition to the games on FOXSportsDetroit.com, a number of additional Playoff games this weekend will be streamed live on MHSAA.tv by School Broadcast Program participants. That schedule includes (all games Friday at 7 p.m.):
- Midland Dow at Traverse City West
- Tecumseh at East Lansing
- Coopersville at Comstock Park
- Remus Chippewa Hills at Clare
- Carrollton at Freeland
- Laingsburg at Montrose
- Oscoda at Breckenridge
- Bark River-Harris at Norway
- Parma Western at Haslett
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. Pixellot is used by schools wishing to stream games but which lack the ability to staff the events. The SBP 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, October 24
- JV Girls Volleyball – Munising at Norway, 6 p.m.
- Girls Volleyball – New Lothrop at Montrose, 6:30 p.m.
- Girls Volleyball – Portland at Fowlerville, 6:30 p.m.
- Girls Volleyball – Hancock at Calumet, 6:30 p.m.
- Girls Volleyball – Munising at Norway, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, October 25
- Freshman Girls Volleyball – Midland Bullock Creek at Freeland, 5 p.m.
- JV Girls Volleyball - Midland Bullock Creek at Freeland, 6 p.m.
- JV Girls Volleyball – Munising at Norway, 6 p.m.
- Girls Volleyball - Midland Bullock Creek at Freeland, 7 p.m.
- Girls Volleyball – Munising at Norway, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, October 26
- Boys Soccer – Goodrich at East Lansing, 5 p.m. (Div. 2 Regional Semifinal)
- Boys Soccer – Pontiac Notre Dame Prep vs. Petoskey at East Lansing, 7 p.m. (Div. 2 Regional Semifinal)
Friday, October 27
- Football - Midland Dow at Traverse City West, 7 p.m. (Div. 2 Pre-District)
- Football - Carrollton at Freeland, 7 p.m. (Div. 5 Pre-District)
- Football - Bark-River Harris at Norway, 7 p.m. (Div. 8 Pre-District)
- Football - Coopersville at Comstock Park, 7 p.m. (Div. 4 Pre-District)
- Football - Oscoda at Breckenridge, 7 p.m. (Div. 7 Pre-District)
- Football – Laingsburg at Montrose, 7 p.m. (Div. 6 Pre-District)
- Football – Tecumseh at East Lansing, 7 p.m. (Div. 3 Pre-District)
- Football – Remus Chippewa Hills at Clare, 7 p.m. (Div. 5 Pre-District)
- Football – Parma Western at Haslett, 7 p.m. (Div. 3 Pre-District)
Saturday, October 28
- Boys Soccer – Division 2 Regional Final at East Lansing, 5 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 30
- Girls Volleyball - Lansing Catholic at Fowlerville, 5 p.m. (Class B District)
- Girls Volleyball - Tawas Area vs. Gladwin at Harrison, 6 p.m. (Class B District)
- Girls Volleyball - Williamston vs. Haslett at Fowlerville, 7 p.m. (Class B District)
- Girls Volleyball - Ogemaw Heights vs. Standish Sterling at Harrison, 7:15 p.m. (Class B District)
Wednesday, Nov. 1
- Girls Volleyball – Clarkston at Lake Orion, 5:30 p.m. (Class A District)
- Girls Volleyball – Tawas-Gladwin winner at Harrison, 6 p.m. (Class B District)
- Girls Volleyball – Ogemaw Heights-Standish Sterling winner vs. Grayling at Harrison, 7:15 p.m. (Class B District)
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 Month Pass purchased this week would enable a viewer to access all of the live MHSAA Tournament action this fall. That schedule includes:
- Saturday Specials - Weekly Football Playoff Coverage on Nov. 4 and Nov. 11
- MHSAA Boys Soccer Finals on Nov. 4
- MHSAA Girls Volleyball Semifinals & Finals – Nov. 16-18
- MHSAA Lower Peninsula Girls Swimming & Diving Finals – Nov. 18
- Super Streaming Saturday – All 16 Football Semifinal Games – Nov. 18
A complete list of participating schools can be found on the School Broadcast Program page of the MHSAA website.
A weekly staple on the MHSAA.tv website and the MHSAASports Channel on YouTube is back for another year with highlights of selected games last week produced by members of the Association’s School Broadcast Program.
This week’s highlights package consists of clips from football games Montrose at Birch Run, Coldwater at Traverse City West and Corunna at Fowlerville. Schools interested in becoming a part of the School Broadcast Program should contact John Johnson at the MHSAA Office.
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.
Here are some of the games to be featured this week on State Champs! Extra Point:
- Livonia Churchill at Pinckney
- Romeo at Rochester Adams
- Detroit Central at Clintondale
- Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard at Algonac
- Grand Rapids Christian at DeWitt
- Lowell at Flushing
- Livonia Franklin at Walled Lake Western
- Lansing Catholic at Olivet
PLUS - Additional coverage from Grand Rapids, Lansing, Flint, Upper Peninsula and School Broadcast Program games.
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 talks about local officials associations.
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.
PSAs Tout Value of School Sports
December 13, 2016
By John Johnson
MHSAA Communications Director
A pair of public service announcements promoting the value – and values – of school-based sports are now available for download from the MHSAA Website.
The annual Student-Athlete Belief Statement, featuring the 2016-17 members of the MHSAA Student Advisory Council, is a 60-second message the Association has produced since the SAC created the belief statement in 2007:
As the voice of Michigan’s student-athletes, the Student Advisory Council’s role is to convey the message of how high school sports are supposed to be played. We are responsible for helping the MHSAA maintain a positive and healthy atmosphere in which interscholastic athletes can thrive.
We believe athletes should be competitive, sportsmanlike and excel academically. We believe students in the stands should have fun, but not take the focus away from the game. We believe coaches should act as teachers, helping student-athletes develop while still keeping high school sports in perspective. We believe that parents should always be positive role models and be supportive of their child’s decisions. We believe officials commit their own time to high school sports and respect should always be shown and given to them.
The most important goal for student-athletes is to enjoy high school sports while keeping a high level of respect between all those involved in the games.
The second message was created by the Michigan High School Football Coaches Association in cooperation with The Sports Neurology Clinic at the CORE Institute in Brighton, which the MHSAA first aired during the 11-Player Football Finals in December. The 30-second Opportunities of Sport message promotes the values school sports provide to young people and addresses a need to understand concussions.
Both messages are posted in a high definition format suitable for over-the-air broadcast and a web resolution suitable for posting online. Additional messages promoting officials recruitment and other MHSAA messages can be found on the Public Service Announcement page of the MHSAA Website.
Another busy week looms ahead with live streaming video on MHSAA.tv being produced by members of the School Broadcast Program. Last week, SBP schools created more than 60 events, split between athletic and non-athletic programs.
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.
All sporting events – live or delayed – are available on a subscription basis only for their first 72 hours online. They become available for free, on-demand viewing approximately 72 hours following their completion.
Here’s this week’s MHSAA.tv schedule of video streams produced by SBP members:
Tuesday, Dec. 13
- Girls Basketball – Mt. Pleasant at Midland Dow, 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball – Hopkins at Comstock Park, 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball – Pontiac Notre Dame Prep at Lake Orion, 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball – Onaway at Indian River Inland Lakes, 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball – Negaunee at Marquette, 7:10 p.m.
- Girls Basketball – Ontonagon at Lake Linden-Hubbell, 7:20 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 14
- Ice Hockey – Grosse Pointe South at Detroit Catholic Central, 7:10 p.m.
- Girls Basketball – Remus Chippewa Hills at Vestaburg, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 15
- Boys Swimming & Diving – DeWitt at East Lansing, 6 p.m.
- Ice Hockey – Kingsford at Calumet, 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball – Toronto St. John Paul at Alpena, 7 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 16
- Boys Basketball – Cedar Springs at Comstock Park, 6 p.m.
- Girls Basketball – Cadillac at Alpena, 7 p.m.
- Ice Hockey – Orchard Lake St. Mary’s at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood, 7:20 p.m.
- Boys Basketball – Lake Linden-Hubbell at Calumet, 7:20 p.m.
- Girls Basketball – Cedar Springs at Comstock Park, 7:30 p.m.
- Girls Basketball – Breckenridge at Vestaburg, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 17
- Ice Hockey – Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood at Birmingham Brother Rice, 7:20 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 20
- Boys Basketball – Romeo at Lake Orion, 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball – Zeeland West at Comstock Park, 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball – Petoskey at Alpena, 7 p.m.
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.
A complete list of participating schools can be found on the School Broadcast Program page of the MHSAA website.
Fans can also access scores of games in-progress on the NFHS Network website via ScoreStream. Click on the Scores button in the upper right corner.
A weekly staple on the MHSAA.tv website and the MHSAASports Channel on YouTube is back for another year with highlights of selected games last week produced by members of the Association’s School Broadcast Program.
This week’s highlights package consists of clips of a Boys Basketball game between Bellaire at Charlevoix; and ice hockey game pitting Warren DeLaSalle at Marquette; and a Girls Basketball game between Escanaba at Negaunee. See below.
Schools interested in becoming a part of the School Broadcast Program should contact John Johnson at the MHSAA Office.
DVDs of MHSAA Fall Championships make a great Christmas gift, and are available for ordering through PrepFilms.com. All Final games in Football, Girls Volleyball and Boys Soccer are available, as are all of the Volleyball Semifinals and a variety of Football Playoff contests from the first four weeks of that tournament. DVDs are $24.95 each.
Audio of all of the Finals in Football, Volleyball and Soccer from the fall sports season, plus the Semifinals of Volleyball also are available for Instant download through the MHSAA Network website. Instant downloads are $4.99 each. Click on Archives.