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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

Wednesday - January 17

Thursday, January 18

Friday – January 19

Saturday – January 20

Monday – January 21

Tuesday – January 22

Wednesday – January 24

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:

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.

Track Finals Live on MHSAA TV

May 28, 2019

By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties

Live streaming video of Saturday’s (June 1) MHSAA Track & Field Finals will take place beginning at 10 a.m. on the NFHS Network and MHSAA.tv.
 
Saturday’s Track Finals kick off three straight weekends of MHSAA Spring Championships action on MHSAA.tv. All of the action can be viewed by purchasing a Month Pass for just $9.95.
 
Track action begins on Saturday at 10 a.m. (EDT) at Lower Peninsula sites in the greater Grand Rapids area at East Kentwood (Div. 1), Zeeland (Div. 2), Jenison (Div. 3) and Hudsonville (Div. 4), as well as at the Upper Peninsula Finals in Kingsford. Here’s the complete schedule (Girls run first in all events in 2019):
 
Lower Peninsula Finals (All times EDT)

  • 10 a.m. – 3,200-Meter Relay Final; Round One – 100-Meter Dash, 100 & 110-Meter Hurdles, 200-Meter Dash
  • 1 p.m. – Running Finals (100 & 110 Hurdles, 100 Dash, 800 Relay, 1,600 Run, 400 Relay, 300 Hurdles, 800 Run, 200 Dash, 3,200 Run, 1,600 Relay)

Upper Peninsula Finals (All event times approximate & EDT)

  • 10 a.m. – 3,200 Relay
  • 11:45 a.m. – 110 & 100 Hurdles
  • 12:15 p.m.  – 100 Dash
  • 12:45 p.m. – 800 Relay
  • 1:15 p.m. – 1,600 Run
  • 1:45 p.m. – 400 Relay
  • 2:15 p.m. – 400 Dash
  • 2:45 p.m. – 300 Hurdles
  • 3:15 p.m. – 800 Run
  • 3:45 p.m. – 200 Dash
  • 4:15 p.m. – 3,200 Run
  • 5:15 p.m. – 1,600 Relay

Field events will not be shown, and awards presentations in all events will be shown when not in conflict with running events taking place at the same time.
 
You can get to the Track Finals page at MHSAA.tv at this link.
 
Over the following weekends, MHSAA Finals in Boys and Girls Lacrosse (June 8), Girls Soccer (June 14-15) and Semifinals and Finals in Baseball and Softball (June 13-15) will be streamed live. All events will be archived for free on-demand viewing, beginning three days after their completion. Subscriptions must be cancelled before the 30-day period is over to avoid recurring charges.
 
The Lacrosse, Baseball-Softball and Girls Soccer events also will have live streaming audio at MHSAANetwork.com.
 
The coming week also features select tournament games in Lacrosse, Soccer and Softball produced by MHSAA members participating in the School Broadcast Program.
 
Here is the schedule for Spring sporting events to be streamed live on MHSAA.tv for May 28-June 1:
 
Tuesday, May 28
MHSAA District Girls Soccer - West Bloomfield v. Waterford Mott  - 4 PM
MHSAA District Softball - Edwardsburg v. Stevensville Lakeshore  - 4:25 PM
MHSAA District Girls Soccer - Lowell v. Grand Rapids Northview  - 5 PM
MHSAA District Girls Soccer - Coldwater v. Plainwell  - 5 PM
MHSAA District Girls Soccer - DeWitt v. St Johns  - 5 PM
MHSAA Regional Girls Lacrosse - Brighton v. Novi  - 5 PM
MHSAA District Girls Soccer - Montrose v. Saginaw Nouvel  - 5:30 PM
MHSAA District Girls Soccer - Bloomfield Hills v. Walled Lake Northern  - 6 PM
MHSAA Boys Lacrosse Regional - Flint Powers Catholic v. Bloom. Hills Cranbrook Kingswood  - 6 PM
MHSAA District Girls Soccer - Cedar Springs v. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern  - 7 PM
MHSAA Regional Girls Lacrosse - Ann Arbor Pioneer v. Northville  - 7 PM
MHSAA District Girls Soccer - Cedar Springs v. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern  - 7 PM
MHSAA District Girls Soccer - Fowlerville v. Haslett  - 7 PM
MHSAA District Girls Soccer - Monroe v. Temperance Bedford  - 4 PM
 
Wednesday , May 29
MHSAA Girls Lacrosse Regional - Grand Rapids Christian v. Spring Lake  - 5:30 PM
MHSAA Girls Lacrosse Regional - Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett v. Rochester Hills Stoney Creek  - 5:30 PM
MHSAA District Girls Soccer - Brownstown Woodhaven v. Lincoln Park  - 6 PM
MHSAA Girls Lacrosse Regional - Bloom. Hills Cranbrook Kingswood v. Bloom Hills Acad. of the Sacred Heart  - 7 PM
MHSAA Girls Lacrosse Regional - Grand Rapids Catholic Central v. East Grand Rapids  - 7:30 PM
 
Thursday, May 30
MHSAA District Girls Soccer Final - Participants TBA @ East Lansing  - 4 PM
MHSAA District Girls Soccer - Participants TBA @ Montrose  - 5:30 PM
MHSAA District Girls Soccer Final - Participants TBA @ Plainwell  - 6 PM
MHSAA District Girls Soccer Final - Participants TBA @ White Lake Lakeland  - 7 PM
 
Friday, May 31
MHSAA Regional Girls Lacrosse Final - Participants TBA @ Novi  - 6 PM
 
Saturday, June 1
2019 MHSAA Div 1 Track Championship - Finals  - 10 AM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 Track Championship - Finals  - 10 AM
2019 MHSAA Div 4 Track Championship - Finals  - 10 AM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 Track Championship - Finals  - 10 AM
2019 MHSAA UP Track Championship - Finals  - 10 AM
MHSAA Girls Lacrosse Regional Final - Participants TBA @ Pontiac Notre Dame Prep  - 12 Noon

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.
 
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 also are 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.