Ranked Volleyball Powers Set to Serve on MHSAA.tv
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
September 8, 2021
A pair of potentially rankings-rocking volleyball matchups highlight another exciting week of broadcasts on MHSAA.tv and the NFHS Network.
On Wednesday (Sept. 8), Division 1 No. 6 Farmington Hills Mercy takes on No. 9 Novi at 5 p.m. Also Wednesday, Division 2 No. 2 Pontiac Notre Dame Prep hosts a quad including Division 1 top-ranked Bloomfield Hills Marian, Rochester Hills Stoney Creek and Flint Powers Catholic, also beginning at 5 p.m.
Nearly 150 varsity football games will again be broadcast on MHSAA.tv this week, with that list including matchups of anticipated state powers DeWitt at East Lansing and Grand Blanc at Midland Dow. MHSAA media partners Bally Sports Detroit and State Champs! Sports Network will continue their weekly live broadcasts with Detroit-area matchups – Bally with a live cable TV broadcast of Detroit Martin Luther King and Detroit Cass Tech on Friday on Bally Sports Detroit PLUS, and State Champs with a Saturday live stream of Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood vs. Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes.
See links to those matches/games and more below:
VOLLEYBALL
Sept. 8: Farmington Hills Mercy vs. Novi, 5 p.m.: MHSAA.tv
Sept. 8: Pontiac Notre Dame Prep quad, 5 p.m.: MHSAA.tv
All volleyball matches this week: MHSAA.tv
FOOTBALL
Sept. 10: Detroit Cass Tech at Detroit Martin Luther King, 7 p.m.: Bally Sports Detroit PLUS, BSD website
Sept. 10: DeWitt at East Lansing, 7 p.m.: MHSAA.tv
Sept. 10: Grand Blanc at Dow, 7 p.m.: MHSAA.tv
Sept. 11: Our Lady of the Lakes at Cranbrook Kingswood, 3 p.m. - State Champs! Sports Network (also on MHSAA.tv)
All football games this week: MHSAA.tv
NFHS Network subscriptions begin at $10.99 per month. Subscribers have access to all live video and streaming statistics across the country. School Broadcast Program participants benefit as a portion of every subscription sold by a school goes to benefit its program. More than 400 MHSAA member schools are participants in the School Broadcast Program, now in its 13th year, producing games using traditional hands-on student crews or via Pixellot cameras installed at stadiums and gymnasiums across the state. A complete list of participating schools can be found on the School Broadcast Program page of the MHSAA Website.
11-Player Finals to Return to Bally Sports Detroit, with Audio-Only on MHSAA Network
By
Jon Ross
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
November 23, 2021
The Michigan High School Athletic Association 11-Player Football Finals will return this weekend to Bally Sports Detroit’s primary and PLUS channels, with streaming audio available at MHSAANetwork.com.
Following is a game-by-game TV schedule, including BSD channel and broadcasters:
FRIDAY (Nov. 26)
► Division 8 – 10 a.m. – Beal City (12-1) vs. Hudson (13-0) – BSD primary – Evan Stockton, analyst Rob Rubick, reporter Brooke Fletcher
► Division 2 – 1 p.m. – Traverse City Central (12-1) vs. Warren De La Salle Collegiate (12-0) – BSD PLUS – Stockton, Rubick and Fletcher
► Division 6 – 4:30 p.m. – Warren Michigan Collegiate (11-2) vs. Lansing Catholic (12-1) – BSD PLUS – Dan Dickerson, analyst Justin Cessante, reporter Dannie Rogers
► Division 4 – 7:30 p.m. – Hudsonville Unity Christian (13-0) vs. Chelsea (13-0) – BSD primary – Matt Shepard, analyst John Wangler, Rogers
SATURDAY (Nov. 27)
► Division 7 – 10 a.m. – Lawton (13-0) vs. Pewamo-Westphalia (13-0) – BSD primary – Matt Shepard, analyst Rob Rubick, reporter Brooke Fletcher
► Division 1 – 1 p.m. – Belleville (12-1) vs. Rochester Adams (13-0) – BSD primary – Shepard, Rubick and Fletcher
► Division 5 – 4:30 p.m. – Marine City (13-0) vs. Grand Rapids Catholic Central (13-0) – BSD PLUS – Dan Dickerson, analyst Justin Cessante, reporter Dannie Rogers
► Division 3 – 7:30 p.m. – DeWitt (12-1) vs. Detroit Martin Luther King (12-1) – BSD PLUS – Dickerson, Cessante and Rogers
All games will be available live on the Bally Sports app and streamed on the Bally Sports Detroit website. Viewing programming on the Bally Sports app may require authentication.
All eight championship games also will be available for listening from the MHSAA Network at MHSAANetwork.com. Joe Jason and Al Pscholka will provide play-by-play and analysis from the first two games both days, with Eric Vandefifer and Adam Schihl teaming up for the final two games both days.
Additionally, Bally Sports Detroit also will reair the Nov. 20 8-Player Football Finals on Thursday (Nov. 25) on the BSD primary channel. Adrian Lenawee Christian’s Division 1 win over Suttons Bay will reair at 7 p.m., followed by Powers North Central’s Division 2 win over Colon.