Selection Sunday Show Returns to FSD

Highlights

October 22, 2019

By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties

The transition from high school football’s regular season to postseason play takes place at 7 p.m. this Sunday (Oct. 27) on FOX Sports Detroit-PLUS on the Selection Sunday Show with the announcing of qualifiers and pairings for the MHSAA Football Playoffs.

In addition to the statewide cable television broadcast, the Selection Sunday Show can be viewed on the internet through the FOXSportsDetroit.com Website and on handheld devices and television streaming devices like Roku through FOX Sports GO!

This year’s show will again originate from the FOX Sports Detroit studios in Southfield. Matt Shepard, Johnny Kane and Rob Rubick will handle the on-camera duties.

The following headline this week’s football action among games on Friday (Oct. 25) with live streaming video on MHSAA.tv being produced by members of the School Broadcast Program:

• A non-conference game between two 8-0 teams – Frankenmuth from the Tri-Valley Conference East and 2018 Division 7 champion New Lothrop from the Mid-Michigan Activities Conference.

• The Southwest Michigan Athletic Conference West crown will be decided when Portage Northern (7-1) hosts St. Joseph (6-2). Both teams are 4-0 in league play.

• And 5-3 teams which could clinch playoff spots during games being streamed this weekend are Cadillac, East Grand Rapids, Grand Blanc, Manchester and Warren De La Salle Collegiate.

From left: Ben Holden, Madison McCarter, Ryan Riopelle, Evan Stockton crew the first Sunday Selection Show exclusively on the NFHS Network, from the Michigan State University School of Journalism Newsroom.

Broadcast Schedules Set for MHSAA Football Finals Exclusively on NFHS Network

By Jon Ross
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties

November 18, 2025

Over the next two weekends, and for the first time, all 10 MHSAA Football Finals will broadcast exclusively on the NFHS Network.

The two 8-Player Finals will be contested Saturday at the Superior Dome on the campus of Northern Michigan University, while the eight 11-Player Finals will be played Nov. 28 and Nov. 30 at Ford Field in Detroit. The Detroit Lions also host the Green Bay Packers on Nov. 27, and on Nov. 29, Michigan State will host Maryland in a Big Ten matchup also at Ford Field.

A subscription to the NFHS Network is $13.99 per month – subscribe at NFHSNetwork.com. The broadcast teams for each game is below:

Division	Day	Time	Play by Play	Analyst	Sideline
8P-Div. 1	Nov. 22	11 am	Sean Baligian	Grant Perry	Patti Cesarini
8P-Div. 2	Nov. 22	2 pm	Sean Baligian	Grant Perry	Patti Cesarini
Div. 1	Nov. 30	7 pm	Evan Stockton	Grant Perry	Alexis Ayala
Div. 2	Nov. 28	7 pm	Evan Stockton	Grant Perry	Cristiana Rosa
Div. 3	Nov. 30	12:30 pm	Evan Stockton	Grant Perry	Dave Ellis
Div. 4	Nov. 28	12:30 pm	Evan Stockton	Grant Perry	Cristiana Rosa
Div. 5	Nov. 30	4 pm	Joe Jason	Chris Fritzsching	Alexis Ayala
Div. 6	Nov. 28	4 pm	Joe Jason	Chris Fritzsching	Dave Ellis
Div. 7	Nov. 30	9:30 am	Ben Holden	Chris Fritzsching	Dave Ellis
Div. 8	Nov. 28	9:30 am	Ben Holden	Chris Fritzsching	Dave Ellis

You can also listen to all 10 finals via MHSAANetwork.com. The audio call of each game is carried there for both live and on-demand listening.

Division	Day	Time	Play by Play	Analyst
8P-Div. 1	Nov. 22	11am	Matt Tjapkes	none
8P-Div. 2	Nov. 22	2pm	Matt Tjapkes	none
Div. 1	Nov. 30	7pm	Eric Vandefifer	Adam Schihl
Div. 2	Nov. 28	7pm	Eric Vandefifer	Adam Schihl
Div. 3	Nov. 30	12:30pm	Eric Vandefifer	Adam Schihl
Div. 4	Nov. 28	12:30pm	Eric Vandefifer	Adam Schihl
Div. 5	Nov. 30	4pm	Eric Vandefifer	Adam Schihl
Div. 6	Nov. 28	4pm	Eric Vandefifer	Adam Schihl
Div. 7	Nov. 30	9:30am	Joe Jason	Eric Vandefifer
Div. 8	Nov. 28	9:30am	Joe Jason	Eric Vandefifer

PHOTO From left: Ben Holden, Madison McCarter, Ryan Riopelle and Evan Stockton crew the first "Sunday Selection Show" exclusively on the NFHS Network, Oct. 26 from the Michigan State University School of Journalism Newsroom.

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