SBP Excellence Awards Accepting Entries
January 17, 2018
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
Applications are being accepted for the MHSAA’s fifth annual SBP Excellence Awards, which recognize the efforts of member schools participating in the School Broadcast Program for content produced during the 2017-18 school year.
SBP schools can submit up to two entries in each of six categories: best single-camera production, best multi-camera production, best use of graphics, best produced local commercials/features, best student play-by-play announcers and best highlight clip.
The SBP Excellence Awards will be used in selecting the Program of the Year. Other criteria for Program of the Year include quantity and quality of productions and sports covered, best command of graphics software, initiative to cover home and away athletic contests and initiative/creative in selling local advertising and subscriptions.
Montrose High School has won the Program of the Year award the past four years.
More details about the 2017-18 SBP Excellence Awards, and an online entry form, can be found on the School Broadcast Program page of the MHSAA Website. (For more details, CLICK HERE; to go to the entry form, CLICK HERE)
The deadline for submitting entries is Feb. 16, 2018, at 4 p.m.
More than 90 live sporting events are scheduled on MHSAA.tv this week, produced by SBP participants. A total of 55 games at the varsity level will be covered, with more to be added as the week progresses. Be sure to check “Upcoming Events” on the MHSAA.tv home page daily for last-minute additions.
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 – the NFHS Network’s automated streaming solution - is used by schools that wish to live stream games but lack the ability to staff the events. 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 - January 16
- Freshman Boys Basketball - Chesaning at Otisville-Lakeville - 4 p.m.
- Freshman Girls Basketball - Comstock at Plainwell - 4:15 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Kent City at Comstock Park - 4:30 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball – Livonia Stevenson at Novi - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Genesee at Montrose - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Chesaning at Otisville-Lakeville - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Comstock at Plainwell - 5:45 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball – Lake Linden-Hubbell at Dollar Bay - 5:45 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Houghton at Calumet - 5:45 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Lake City at Harrison - 6 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Onaway at Rogers City - 6 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Stephenson at Norway - 6:30 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Onaway at Rogers City - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Kent City at Comstock Park - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Ferndale at Lake Orion - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Chesaning at Otisville-Lakeville - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Mason at Fowlerville - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball – Livonia Stevenson at Novi - 7 p.m.
- Boys Ice Hockey - Escanaba at Marquette - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Genesee at Montrose - 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball – Sault St. Marie at Negaunee – 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball – Bellaire at Onaway – 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Houghton at Calumet - 7:15 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Comstock at Plainwell - 7:15 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Grant at Fremont - 7:19 p.m.
- Girls Basketball – Lake Linden-Hubbell at Dollar Bay - 7:20 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Lake City at Harrison - 7:30 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Stephenson at Norway - 8 p.m.
Wednesday - January 17
- Wrestling - Paw Paw at Plainwell - 5:30 p.m.
- Cheerleading - Lake Fenton at Montrose - 6 p.m.
Thursday, January 18
- Freshman Boys Basketball - New Lothrop at Otisville-Lakeville - 4 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - New Lothrop at Otisville-Lakeville - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Burton Bendle at Montrose - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball – Howard City Tri County at Fremont - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Spring Lake at Comstock Park - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Hancock at Calumet - 5:45 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Beaverton at Harrison - 6 p.m.
- Girls Gymnastics – Lake Linden-Hubbell at Negaunee - 6 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball – Cooks-Big Bay de Noc at Norway - 6:30 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Southfield at Lake Orion - 7 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - New Lothrop at Otisville-Lakeville - 7 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball – Howard City Tri County at Fremont - 7 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Burton Bendle at Montrose - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Hancock at Calumet - 7:15 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Beaverton at Harrison - 7:30 p.m.
- Boys Basketball – Cooks-Big Bay de Noc at Norway - 8 p.m.
Friday – January 19
- JV Girls Basketball - Hartland at Novi - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Bessemer at Dollar Bay - 5:45 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Hillman at Rogers City - 6 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Spring Lake at Comstock Park - 6 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Lansing Catholic at Fowlerville - 6 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Traverse City at Alpena - 6 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - North Dickinson at Norway - 6:30 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Hartland at Novi - 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Hillman at Rogers City - 7 p.m.
- Boys Ice Hockey – Grand Rapids Catholic Central at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood - 7:15 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Bessemer at Dollar Bay - 7:15 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Lansing Catholic at Fowlerville - 7:30 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Spring Lake at Comstock Park - 7:30 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - North Dickinson at Norway - 8 p.m.
Saturday – January 20
- Cheerleading - Harrison Invitational - 9:45 a.m.
- Cheerleading - Freeland Invitational - 12 p.m.
- Boys Ice Hockey – Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood at Warren DeLaSalle - 2:30 p.m.
Monday – January 21
- Boys Basketball - Alma at Fowlerville - 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball – Painesdale-Jeffers at Lake Linden Hubbell - 7:20 p.m.
Tuesday – January 22
- Freshman Boys Basketball - South Haven at Plainwell - 4:15 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Allendale at Comstock Park - 5:30 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Otisville-Lakeville at Montrose - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Howell at Novi - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Montrose at Otisville-Lakeville - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Jeffers at Calumet - 5:45 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - South Haven at Plainwell - 5:45 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Bessemer at Dollar Bay - 5:45 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Tawas Area at Rogers City - 6 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Whitehall at Fremont - 6 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball – Niagara (WI) at Norway - 6:30 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Whitehall at Fremont - 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball – Rochester Hills Stoney Creek at Lake Orion - 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Allendale at Comstock Park - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Otisville-Lakeville at Montrose - 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Montrose at Otisville-Lakeville - 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Howell at Novi - 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Tawas Area at Rogers City - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball – Painesdale-Jeffers at Calumet - 7:15 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Bessemer at Dollar Bay - 7:20 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - South Haven at Plainwell - 7:30 p.m.
- Boys Basketball – Iron Mountain at Negaunee – 7:30 p.m.
- Girls Basketball – Niagara (WI) at Norway - 8 p.m.
Wednesday – January 24
- Freshman Boys Basketball - Gabriel Richard at Macomb Lutheran North - 4 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Gabriel Richard at Macomb Lutheran North - 5:30 p.m.
- Cheerleading - Allendale at Comstock Park - 6:30 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Sault Ste. Marie at Alpena - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball – Riverview Gabriel Richard at Macomb Lutheran North - 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball – Escanaba at Negaunee – 7:30 p.m.
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 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 feature the following events:
- Ice Hockey – Detroit Catholic Central 6, Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood 3
- Boys Basketball – Mt. Pleasant 56, Midland 54
- Girls Basketball – Alpena 57, Traverse City West 45
Highlights can be found each week on the MHSAA.tv website, the home page of the MHSAA Website, and the MHSAASports Channel on YouTube.
With the winter sports season fully underway, StateChamps! High School Sports Show returns with new weekly editions debuting each Sunday at 9 a.m. on Fox Sports Detroit – featuring fresh editions of the MHSAA Minute.
The MHSAA Minute takes a look each week at different things happening in the life of the Association, from promoting educational programs to rules changes in high school sports. This week’s Minute promotes the upcoming Women In Sports Leadership Conference. Archived editions of MHSAA Minute can be found on the StateChamps! YouTube Channel.
Tournament Streams Ahead in 4 Sports
October 29, 2019
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
It will be a very busy week of live video and audio streaming of MHSAA Tournament activity on the MHSAA.tv, MHSAANetwork.com and FOXSportsDetroit.com websites.
The centerpiece of the next seven days comes Saturday (Nov. 2), when the Boys Soccer Finals will have live audio and video streaming of its championship games from Novi and Comstock Park High Schools. Two games will be played at each site with the game times set for noon and 3 p.m. The finalists will be determined following Semifinal play Wednesday (Oct. 30), with four of those games being streamed live on MHSAA.tv.
Saturday’s coverage also will include the Lower Peninsula Cross Country Finals at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn. The Finish Line Cam will capture the opening 800 meters of the race on the infield of the track and the conclusion of the race beginning between the third and fourth turns on the oval. The Finish Line Cam also will feature commentary throughout each race from reporters on the course. Weather permitting, coverage also may include the awards presentations and a camera showing the runners just past the two-mile mark of the race before reentering the oval at MIS.
Lots of Football Playoff games will take place beginning Friday evening with three featured games on the FOX Sports Detroit Prep Zone. The Prep Zone games can be seen on FoxSportsDetroit.com and on FOX Sports Go! for handheld and streaming devices like Roku. Here are this weekend’s games, all at 7 p.m. Friday:
- White Lake Lakeland at Plymouth (Div. 2)
- Rochester Adams at Utica Eisenhower (Div. 2)
- DeWitt at East Lansing (Div. 3)
MHSAA.tv will play host to 30 Pre-District Football Playoff games over the weekend, most produced by participants in the School Broadcast Program. The NFHS Network is providing bonus coverage of two additional games Friday – Brighton at Holt in Division 1 and Pinckney at Coldwater in Division 3.
On Monday (Nov. 4), a record number of District matches in the MHSAA Volleyball Tournament will have opening night streaming video. Over the course of the first week of the playoffs, action will be streamed from 25 tournament centers.
The unprecedented coverage in Football, Soccer and Volleyball this fall is due to the addition of Pixellot, the NFHS Network’s automated production solution at a growing number of MHSAA member schools. The number of active Pixellot schools now stands at 84, with nearly 30 additional schools awaiting installation at their stadiums, gymnasiums, or both venues. As a result, the number of events produced by School Broadcast Program participants has passed the 2,000 mark already this school year.
Here’s the complete schedule of upcoming events on MHSAA.tv:
Tuesday - Oct. 29
Girls Volleyball - Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian v. TBA - 5 PM
Girls Volleyball - Milford v. Troy - 5 PM
Girls Volleyball - Ishpeming v. Gwinn - 5:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Norway v. Munising - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball – Ada Forest Hills Eastern v. East Grand Rapids - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Allen Park Inter-City Baptist v. Bloomfield Hills Roeper - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Gladstone v. Negaunee - 6:45 PM
Girls Volleyball - Bessemer v. Dollar Bay - 6:50 PM
Girls Volleyball - Saline v. Dexter - 7 PM – Traditional SBP Production
Girls Volleyball - Saline v. Dexter - 7 PM – Pixellot Production
Girls Volleyball - Bad Axe v. Unionville Sebewaing - 7:30 PM
Wednesday - Oct. 30
2019 MHSAA Div. 1 Boys Soccer Semifinal – Salem v. Troy Athens – 6 PM
2019 MHSAA Div. 3 Boys Soccer Semifinal - Grand Rapids South Christian v. Ludington - 6 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 Boys Soccer Semifinal - Fenton v. Melvindale - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Flint Kearsley v. Lake Fenton - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Cadillac v. Traverse City West - 6:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div. 4 Boys Soccer Semifinal - Clarkston Everest Collegiate v. Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Hemlock v. Ithaca - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Frankenmuth v. Birch Run - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Petoskey v. Alpena - 7 PM
Thursday - Oct. 31
Girls Volleyball – Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central v. Grand Rapids Christian - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Wyoming v. East Grand Rapids - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Dollar Bay v. TBA - 6:55 PM
Friday - Nov. 1
Girls Volleyball - Auburn Hills Oakland Christian v. Bloomfield Hills Roeper - 6:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div. 4 Region 1 District 2 Football Playoffs - Shepherd v. Freeland - 6:50 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 Region 4 District 1 Football Playoffs - Sterling Heights v. Birmingham Seaholm - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 6 Region 1 District 2 Football Playoffs - Harrison v. Clare - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 Region 3 District 1 Football Playoffs - Pinckney vs Coldwater - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 7 Region 2 District 1 Football Playoffs - North Muskegon v. Pewamo Westphalia - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 6 Region 1 District 1 Football Playoffs - Negaunee v. Calumet - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 Region 1 District 1 Football Playoffs - Portage Central vs Portage Northern - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 6 Region 1 District 2 Football Playoffs - Lake City v. Maple City Glen Lake - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div. 1 Region 2 District 1 Football Playoffs - West Bloomfield v. Canton - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 4 Region 4 District 2 Football Playoffs - Harper Woods v. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 6 Region 4 District 1 Football Playoffs - Durand v. Montrose - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 6 Region 2 District 2 Football Playoffs - Ithaca v. Sanford Meridian - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 8 Region 1 District 1 Football Playoffs – Bark River-Harris v. Ishpeming - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 4 Region 3 District 2 Football Playoffs - North Branch v. Pontiac Notre Dame Prep - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 4 Region 1 District 2 Football Playoffs - Allendale v. Grand Rapids Catholic Central - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 Region 1 District 1 Football Playoffs – Mt. Pleasant v. Cedar Springs - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 Region 2 District 1 Football Playoffs - Canton v. West Bloomfield - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 7 Region 2 District 2 Football Playoffs - Laingsburg v. New Lothrop - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 Region 1 District 2 Football Playoffs - Brighton vs Holt - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 Region 3 District 2 Football Playoffs – Rochester Hills Stoney Creek v. Lake Orion - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 Region 2 District 2 Football Playoffs – Ann Arbor Pioneer v. Brownstown Woodhaven - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 Region 1 District 2 Football Playoffs - Lowell v. E. Grand Rapids - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 2 Football Playoffs - East Kentwood v. Rockford - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 5 Region 3 District 1 Football Playoffs - Carrollton v. Frankenmuth - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 Region 1 District 1 Football Playoffs – Midland Dow v. Traverse City Central – 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 Region 2 District 2 Football Playoffs – Flushing v. Walled Lake Western – 7 PM
Saturday - Nov. 2
Girls Volleyball - Fowlerville v. TBA - 8:30 AM
Girls Volleyball – Mt. Morris v. Anchor Bay - 8:30 AM
2019 MHSAA L.P. Cross Country Finals - Division 3 & 4 - Finish Line Camera - 9:15 AM
2019 MHSAA L.P. Cross Country Finals - Course Cam - 2.25 Mile Mark - 9:15 AM
2019 MHSAA L.P. Cross Country Finals - Awards Presentation Camera - 12:15 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 6 Region 4 District 1 Football Playoff - Durand v. Montrose - 12:45 PM
2019 MHSAA L.P. Cross Country Finals - Division 1 & 2 - Finish Line Camera - 1:15 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 4 Region 4 District 2 Football Playoff - Harper Woods v. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood - 2:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 Boys Soccer Championship - TBA vs TBA Time TBD
2019 MHSAA Div 3 Boys Soccer Championship - TBA vs TBA Time TBD
2019 MHSAA Div 1 Boys Soccer Championship - TBA vs TBA Time TBD
2019 MHSAA Div 4 Boys Soccer Championship - TBA vs TBA Time TBD
2019 MHSAA Div 1 Region 1 District 1 Football Playoff – Hudsonville v. Traverse City West – 7 PM
Monday - Nov. 4
2019 MHSAA Div 2 District 38 Volleyball First Round – Saginaw Swan Valley vs Saginaw Arthur Hill - 5 PM
2019 MHSAA Division 2 Volleyball Quarterfinals - Caro v. Birch Run - 5 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 District 80 Volleyball First Round - Kalamazoo Christian v. Galesburg-Augusta - 5 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 1 Volleyball First Round - Petoskey v. Gaylord - 5 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 8 Volleyball First Round - Milford vs Walled Lake Western - 5 PM
Girls Volleyball - Corunna v. Mt Morris - 5:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 19 Volleyball First Round - South Lyon East v. Howell - 5:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 District 40 Volleyball First Round - Corunna v. Mt Morris - 5:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 District 73 Volleyball Playoffs - Hesperia v. Hart - 5:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 7 Volleyball First Round - Bloomfield Hills v. Troy Athens - 5:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 District 35 Volleyball First Round - Reed City v. Manistee - 5:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 4 District 123 Volleyball First Round – Detroit Southeastern v. Southfield Manoogian - 5:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 4 District 121 Volleyball First Round - Plymouth Christian v. West Bloomfield Jewish Frankel Academy - 5:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 District 40 Volleyball First Round - Corunna v. Mt Morris - 5:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 12 First Round – Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern vs Cedar Springs - 6 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 4 District 103 Volleyball First Round - Alanson vs Pellston - 6 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 District 76 Volleyball First Round - Lakeview vs Morley-Stanwood - 6 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 26 Volleyball First Round – Birmingham Seaholm v. Royal Oak - 6 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 District 77 Volleyball First Round - Bangor v. Watervliet - 6:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 District 80 Volleyball First Round - Schoolcraft vs Delton Kellogg - 6:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 1 Volleyball First Round - Petoskey v. Gaylord - 6:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 District 38 Volleyball First Round – Midland Bullock Creek v. Freeland - 6:50 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 4 District 123 Volleyball First Round - Detroit Safety Academy vs Warren Michigan Math Science - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 District 96 Volleyball First Round - Unionville Sebewaing vs Harbor Beach - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 7 Volleyball First Round - Avondale vs Troy - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 8 Volleyball First Round - Walled Lake Central vs Walled Lake Northern - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Division 2 Volleyball Quarterfinals - Saginaw v. Frankenmuth - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 District 38 Volleyball First Round – Midland Bullock Creek v. Freeland - 7 PM