Selection Sunday Show Returns to FSD

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.

Here’s the complete list of varsity-level events to be streamed live during the coming week:

Tuesday - Oct. 22
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer Regional Semifinal - Troy Athens v. Warren De La Salle Collegiate  - 5 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer Regional Semifinal - Grand Blanc v. Novi  - 5 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer Regional Semifinal – Clarkston Everest Collegiate v. Roscommon  - 5 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer Regional Semifinal Boys Soccer - Grand Blanc  v. Novi   - 5 PM
Girls Volleyball - Capac v. Harbor Beach  - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball - Coopersville v. Comstock Park  - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball – St. Clair Shores Lake Shore  v. Roseville   - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball - Fenton  v. Linden   - 6:15 PM
Girls Volleyball - Holly  v. Flint Kearsley   - 6:15 PM
Girls Volleyball – Central Lake v. Pellston – 6:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer Regional Semifinal – Clinton Twp. Chippewa Valley vs Rochester Adams  - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer Regional Semifinal - Detroit Catholic Central vs Clarkston  - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer Regional Semifinal - Bad Axe v. Memphis  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Big Rapids  v. Grant   - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Gladstone v. Marquette - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Novi  v. Canton   - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Saline  v. Ann Arbor Skyline   - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Wyoming v. Grand Rapids Christian  - 7 PM
 
Wednesday - Oct. 23
Girls Volleyball - Ovid-Elsie v. Montrose  - 4 PM
Girls Volleyball – Ann Arbor Greenhills v. Riverview Gabriel Richard  - 5 PM (CHSL Quarterfinal)
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer Regional Semifinal - Elk Rapids v. Gladwin  - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball – Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard v. Bloomfield Hills Marian  - 6 PM (CHSL Semifinal)
Girls Volleyball – CHSL Semifinal at Ann Arbor Greenhills  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Mason v. Fowlerville  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Williamston v. Haslett – 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Freeland  v. Frankenmuth   - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Hemlock  v. Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - St. Charles  v. Midland Bullock Creek   - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Bad Axe  v. Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker   - 7:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer Regional Semifinal – Muskegon Orchard View vs Ludington  - 8 PM
 
Thursday - Oct. 24
Girls Volleyball - Hartford v. Watervliet  - 11:55 AM
Girls Volleyball - Cedar Springs  v. Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills   - 4:45 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 Region 3 Boys Soccer Regional Finals - TBA vs TBA  - 6 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 4 Region 15 Boys Soccer Regional Finals - TBA vs TBA  - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball - Grand Rapids Catholic Central v. Grand Rapids West Catholic   - 6 PM
Swimming and Diving – Temperance Bedford v. Saline  - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball - Corunna  v. Owosso   - 6:15 PM
Girls Volleyball – Flint Kearsley v. Linden  - 6:15 PM
Girls Volleyball – Flint Bendle v. Flint Beecher   - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Pontiac Notre Dame Prep v. Flint Powers Catholic   - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Auburn Hills Oakland Christian v. Southfield Christian  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Whitmore Lake v. Bloomfield Hills Roeper  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Linden v. Flint Kearsley   - 6:45 PM
Girls Volleyball - Watersmeet v. Dollar Bay  - 6:50 PM
Football - Ishpeming  v. Bark River-Harris   - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian v. Wyoming Kelloggsville   - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - West Bloomfield  v. Ferndale   - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Holly  v. Swartz Creek   - 7:30 PM
 
Friday - Oct. 25
Football - Wyoming v. East Grand Rapids  - 6:30 PM 
Football - Howell v. Livonia Churchill  - 6:45 PM
Football - Whitehall v. Montrose  - 6:45 PM
Football – Troy Athens v. Pontiac Notre Dame Prep  - 7 PM
Football - Coloma v. Watervliet  - 7 PM
Football - Brighton  v. Dearborn Fordson   - 7 PM
Football - Calumet  v. L'Anse   - 7 PM
Football - Chesaning  v. Carrollton   - 7 PM
Football - Frankenmuth  v. New Lothrop   - 7 PM
Football – Maple City Glen Lake  v. Grayling   - 7 PM
Football – White Lake Lakeland  v. Milford   - 7 PM
Football - Norway  v. West Iron County   - 7 PM
Football - Novi  v. Westland John Glenn  - 7 PM
Football - Ovid-Elsie  v. Corunna   - 7 PM
Football - Portage Northern  v. St. Joseph   - 7 PM 
Football - Rockford  v. East Kentwood   - 7 PM
Football - Saline  v. Grand Blanc   - 7 PM – Traditional SBP Production
Football - Saline  v. Grand Blanc   - 7 PM - Pixellot
Football - South Lyon  v. South Lyon East   - 7 PM
Football - South Lyon  v. South Lyon East   - 7 PM
Football - Troy  v. Berkley   - 7 PM
Football – Brownstown Woodhaven v. Birmingham Groves   - 7 PM
Football - Comstock Park v. Grand Rapids Catholic Central  - 7 PM
Football - Kingsford v. Marquette - 7 PM
Football - Monroe v. Lake Orion  - 7 PM
Football - Pinckney v. Fowlerville  - 7 PM
Football - Sturgis v. Plainwell  - 7 PM
Football – Boyne City v. Kingsley – 7 PM
Football – Ludington v. Mason County Central – 7 PM
Football – Manchester v. Homer – 7 PM
Football – McBain v. Clare – 7 PM
Football – Traverse City West v. Petoskey – 7 PM
Football – Walled Lake Central v. Walled Lake Western – 7 PM
Football – Warren De La Salle Collegiate v. West Bloomfield – 7 PM
Football – Port Huron Northern v. Warren Fitzgerald – 7 PM
 
Saturday - Oct. 26
2019 MHSAA Div 3 Region 12 Boys Soccer Regional Finals - TBA vs TBA  - 1 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 Region 4 Boys Soccer Regional Finals - TBA vs TBA  - 12 PM
Girls Volleyball – Burton Bendle v. TBA  - 8:30 AM
Girls Volleyball - South Lyon East v. TBA  - 9 AM
Football – Traverse City Central v. Cadillac – 1 PM
 
Monday - Oct. 28
Girls Volleyball - Hancock v. Calumet  - 6:30 PM
 
Tuesday - Oct. 29
Girls Volleyball - Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian v. TBA  - 5 PM
Girls Volleyball - Ishpeming  v. Gwinn   - 5:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Highland Milford  v. Troy   - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball - Norway  v. Munising   - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball – Grand Rapids 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 - Bessemer v. Dollar Bay  - 6:50 PM
Girls Volleyball - Saline  v. Dexter   - 7 PM – Traditional SBP
Girls Volleyball - Saline  v. Dexter   - 7 PM - Pixellot
Girls Volleyball - Bad Axe  v. Unionville Sebewaing   - 7:30 PM
 
Now in its 11th 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 the events. The SBP also gives schools the opportunity to raise money through advertising and viewing subscriptions.

NFHS Network subscriptions begin at $10.99 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 benefit as a portion of every subscription sold by a school goes to its program. 

A complete list of participating schools can be found on the School Broadcast Program page of the MHSAA Website.

Title IX at 50: Binder Among Voices Telling Our Story on MHSAA Network

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

March 15, 2022

Women have gained a growing voice on MHSAA Network radio broadcasts, and Carolyn Binder’s is among those who listeners will enjoy during this weekend’s MHSAA Girls Basketball Semifinals and Finals.

Binder is the voice of the Mattawan Wildcats Network and has more than 15 years of experience in radio broadcast and play-by-play. She’ll be providing the play-by-play for all four Division 3 and 1 Semifinals on Thursday and Friday, respectively, and then those division’s championship games Saturday from Michigan State’s Breslin Center.

The 2009 Western Michigan University graduate leant her voice for both play-by-play and analysis of WMU women’s basketball during her time as a student, and since has been part of broadcasts of Midwest League baseball, Opening Day coverage of the Detroit Tigers and Chicago Cubs, Kalamazoo Central and Loy Norrix football and basketball and the USTA Junior National Championships played in Kalamazoo.

The MHSAA Network includes approximately 100 radio stations and web outlets across the state, with about 30 generally carrying the Girls Basketball Semifinals & Finals annually. Keep an ear open for Binder and her partner Lexi Ayala all weekend, and also Tara Fleming as she partners with Denny Kapp for the Division 2 and 4 girls games this weekend and Division 2 and 4 boys Semifinals and Finals next week.

Previous Title IX at 50 Spotlights

March 8: 28 Years, Thousands of Cheers - Read
March 1: 
Kearsley Rolls On Among Girls Bowling's Early Successes - Read
Feb. 22: Marquette Ties Record for Swim & Dive Finals Success - Read
Feb. 15: Jaeger's 2004 Winter Run Created Lasting Connection - Read
Feb. 8: Marian's Cicerone to Finish Among All-Time Elite - Read
Feb. 1: WISL Award Honors Builders of State's Girls Sports Tradition - Read
Jan. 25: Decades Later, Edwards' Legend Continues to Grow - Read
Jan. 18: Iron Mountain Completes Championship Climb - Read
Jan. 11: Harrold's Achievement Heralds Growth of Girls Wrestling - Read
Dec. 20: Competitive Cheer Gives Michigan Plenty to Cheer About - Read
Dec. 14: 
Evelyn's Game Had Plenty of Magic - Read
Dec. 7: 
Council Term Ends, But Leinaar Leaves Lasting Impact - Read
Nov. 30: 
Basketball Season Ready to Add to Rich Tradition - Read
Nov. 23: 
Marysville Builds Winning Streak Yet to be Challenged - Read
Nov. 16: Wroubel Has Championed Girls School Sports from Their Start - Read
Nov. 9: Pioneer's Joyce Legendary in Michigan, National Swim History - Read
Nov. 2: Royal Oak's Finch Leading Way on Football Field - Read
Oct. 26: Coach Clegg Sets Championship Standard at Grand Blanc - Read
Oct. 19: Rockford Girls Set Pace, Hundreds After Have Continued to Chase - Read
Oct. 12: 
Bedford Volleyball Pioneer Continues Blazing Record-Setting Trail - Read
Oct. 5: 
Warner Paved Way to Legend Status with Record Rounds - Read
Sept. 28: Taylor Kennedy Gymnasts Earn Fame as 1st Champions - Read
Sept. 21: 
Portage Northern Star Byington Becomes Play-by-Play Pioneer - Read
Sept. 14: 
Guerra/Groat Legacy Continues to Serve St. Philip Well - Read
Sept. 7: 
Best-Ever Conversation Must Include Leland's Glass - Read
Aug. 31: We Will Celebrate Many Who Paved the Way - Read

(Photos provided by those schools' competitive cheer programs or MHSAA files.)