Short Week not Short on Broadcasts
August 30, 2017
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
Some great early-season football games will be featured this week on the State Champs! Sports Network Extra Point – powered by the Michigan High School Athletic Association – Saturday at 10 a.m. on FOX Sports Detroit.
The half-hour program features highlights from more than a dozen games each week, including clips from games produced by MHSAA School Broadcast Program members. The program airs multiple times each weekend on FOX Sports Detroit and on Comcast Channel 900, and will be archived on the State Champs YouTube Channel. Consult your local listings for additional playback times.
Here is the projected list of games to be featured on this week’s edition of MHSAA Extra Point:
- Gibraltar Carlson at Trenton
- Livonia Churchill at Northville
- Detroit Western at Detroit Renaissance
- Gaylord at Hudsonville Unity Christian
- Birmingham Seaholm at Berkley
- East Kentwood at Orchard Lake Saint Mary's
- Macomb Dakota at Utica Eisenhower
- Beal City at Clare
- Inland Lakes at Norway
- South Haven vs. Plainwell
- Comstock Park vs. Wyoming
- Plus additional games from the Grand Rapids, Lansing and Mid-Michigan areas.
The MHSAA also has a presence on other State Champs! Network programs throughout each weekend. The MHSAA Minute is a weekly part of the State Champs! High School Sports Show on FOX Sports Detroit at 9 a.m. every Sunday – with multiple replays on FOX Sports Detroit and Comcast Channel 900 throughout the week. That program also is archived on the State Champs YouTube Channel. Consult your local listings for additional playback times.
This week’s MHSAA Minute is the second of a three-part series on football rules changes for 2017, with this edition talking about pop-up onside kicks.
The MHSAA also has content on the State Champs Scoreboard! High School Football Radio Show on Friday nights during the football and basketball seasons, originating on WXYT-FM (97.1) in Detroit and carried on more than 10 radio stations across the state. This Week In High School Sports and Be The Referee are weekly features on the program.
Highlights of games produced in the past week by MHSAA School Broadcast Program members make their 2017-18 debut this week. Featured games are in football with Traverse City Central hosting Bay City Western and Montrose playing Byron, and a boys soccer match between East Lansing and Haslett. Highlights can be found each week on the MHSAA.tv website, the home page of the MHSAA Website, and the MHSAASports Channel on YouTube.
A limited number of games are being produced this week by MHSAA School Broadcast Program members on the NFHS Network.
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. The program also gives schools the opportunity to raise money through advertising and viewing subscriptions.
All sporting events – live or delayed - are available on a subscription basis only for their first 72 hours online. They become available for free, on-demand viewing approximately 72 hours following their completion.
Here’s this week’s MHSAA.tv schedule of video streams being produced by SBP members:
Tuesday, Aug. 29
- Boys Soccer - Grand Rapids West Catholic at Comstock Park – 6:45 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 30
- Junior Varsity Boys Soccer - Whitehall at Plainwell – 4 p.m.
- Boys Soccer - Whitehall at Plainwell – 6 p.m.
- Freshman Football - Breckenridge at Freeland – 4:30 p.m.
- Junior Varsity Football - Chesaning at Freeland – 6 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 31
- Football - Inland Lakes at Rogers City – 7 p.m.
- Football - South Haven at Plainwell – 7 p.m.
- Football - Grand Haven at Traverse City West – 7 p.m.
- Football - Rochester Adams at Lake Orion – 7 p.m.
- Football - Lake Fenton at Montrose – 7 p.m.
- Football - Wyoming at Comstock Park – 7 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 1
- Football - Ishpeming at Norway
- Football - Beal City at Clare
Tuesday, Sept. 5
- Junior Varsity Girls Volleyball - Burton Bentley at Otisville Lakeville
- Varsity Girls Volleyball - Burton Bentley at Otisville Lakeville
- Varsity Boys Soccer - Coopersville at Comstock Park
Wednesday, Sept. 6
- Junior Varsity Girls Volleyball - Caro at Freeland
NFHS Network subscriptions begin at $9.95 per 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.
Hockey Showdowns Highlight Dot-TV
January 23, 2018
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
Two showdowns of top-five teams in Division 1 ice hockey highlight this week’s schedule of events on MHSAA.tv being produced by participants in the School Broadcast Program.
Second-ranked Orchard Lake St. Mary’s hosts Division 2 second-ranked Birmingham Brother Rice on Wednesday (Jan. 24) and fifth-ranked Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood on Saturday (Jan. 27) in contests at the St. Mary’s Athletic Complex. Face-off each night is 7:30 p.m.
More than 100 live sporting events are scheduled on MHSAA.tv this week, produced by SBP participants. A total of 58 games at the varsity level will be covered, with more to be added as the week progresses. Sixty-nine of the games will be produced by schools using Pixellot, the NFHS Network’s automated coverage solution. 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 is used by schools wishing to live stream games, but that lack the ability to staff the events. The SBP 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 23
- Freshman Boys Basketball – Whitehall at Fremont – 4 p.m.
- Freshman Boys Basketball - South Haven at Plainwell - 4:15 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Howell at Novi - 5:30 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Otisville Lakeville at Montrose - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Allendale at Comstock Park - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Montrose at Otisville Lakeville - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - South Haven at Plainwell - 5:45 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball – Painesdale-Jeffers at Calumet - 5:45 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Bessemer at Dollar Bay - 5:45 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball – Whitehall at Fremont – 5:45 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Whitehall at Fremont - 6:00 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Tawas Area at Rogers City - 6:00 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball – Niagara (WI) at Norway - 6:30 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Montrose at Otisville Lakeville - 7:00 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Otisville Lakeville at Montrose - 7:00 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Allendale at Comstock Park - 7:00 p.m.
- Girls Basketball – Rochester Hills Stoney Creek at Lake Orion - 7:00 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Howell at Novi - 7:00 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Whitehall at Fremont - 7:00 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Tawas Area at Rogers City - 7:00 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 - 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday, January 24
- Freshman Boys Basketball – Riverview Gabriel Richard at Macomb Lutheran North - 4:00 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball – Riverview Gabriel Richard at Macomb Lutheran North - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball – Copper County Christian at Dollar Bay – 5:45 p.m.
- Cheerleading - Allendale at Comstock Park - 6:30 p.m.
- Boys Basketball – Riverview Gabriel Richard at Macomb Lutheran North - 7:00 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Sault Ste. Marie at Alpena - 7:00 p.m.
- Boys Basketball – Hancock at Dollar Bay – 7:15 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Escanaba at Negaunee - 7:30 p.m.
- Ice Hockey – Birmingham Brother Rice at Orchard Lake St. Mary’s – 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, January 25
- Freshman Girls Basketball – Riverview Gabriel Richard at Macomb Lutheran North - 4:00 p.m.
- Freshman Boys Basketball - Durand at Otisville Lakeville - 4:00 p.m.
- Freshman Boys Basketball – Remus Chippewa Hills at Fremont – 4 p.m.
- Freshman Boys Basketball - TBA at Freeland - 4:30 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Coopersville at Comstock Park - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball – Remus Chippewa Hills at Fremont - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball – Riverview Gabriel Richard at Macomb Lutheran North - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Durand at Otisville Lakeville - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - TBA at Freeland - 6:00 p.m.
- Girls Basketball – Riverview Gabriel Richard at Macomb Lutheran North - 7:00 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball – Remus Chippewa Hills at Fremont - 7:00 p.m.
- Boys Ice Hockey - Kingsford at Marquette - 7:00 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Durand at Otisville Lakeville - 7:00 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Kingsford at Marquette - 7:15 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - TBA at Freeland - 7:30 p.m.
- Boys Ice Hockey – Rochester Hills Stoney Creek at Lake Orion - 7:45 p.m.
Friday, January 26
- Freshman Girls Basketball - TBA at Freeland - 4:30 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Grand Blanc at Novi - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball – Lake Linden-Hubbell at Dollar Bay - 5:45 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - TBA at Freeland - 6:00 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Farwell at Harrison - 6:00 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Coopersville at Comstock Park - 6:00 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Fowlerville at Eaton Rapids - 6:00 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Paw Paw at Plainwell - 6:00 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Atlanta at Rogers City - 6 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - West Iron County at Norway - 6:30 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Grand Blanc at Novi - 7:00 p.m.
- Boys Basketball – Traverse City West at Alpena - 7:00 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Atlanta at Rogers City - 7:00 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - North Farmington at Lake Orion - 7:00 p.m.
- Boys Basketball – Lake Linden-Hubbell at Dollar Bay - 7:14 p.m.
- Boys Ice Hockey - Grand Rapids Christian at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood - 7:15 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Paw Paw at Plainwell - 7:30 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Farwell at Harrison - 7:30 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Coopersville at Comstock Park - 7:30 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Fowlerville at Eaton Rapids - 7:30 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - TBA at Freeland - 7:30 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - West Iron County at Norway - 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, January 27
- Boys Ice Hockey - Kingsford at Calumet - 7:00 p.m.
- Boys Ice Hockey – Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood at Orchard Lake St. Mary’s - 7:30 p.m.
- Boys Ice Hockey - Berkley at Lake Orion - 8:00 p.m.
Monday, January 29
- JV Boys Basketball – Bessemer at Dollar Bay – 5:45 p.m.
- Boys Basketball – Bessemer at Dollar Bay – 7:15 p.m.
Tuesday, January 30
- JV Boys Basketball - Brighton at Novi - 4:00 p.m.
- Freshman Girls Basketball - Cedar Springs at Fremont - 4:00 p.m.
- Freshman Boys Basketball - Hopkins at Plainwell - 4:15 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Clawson at Macomb Lutheran North - 4:30 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Whitehall at Fremont - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Fruitport at Comstock Park - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Hopkins at Plainwell - 5:45 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball – Copper County Christian at Dollar Bay – 5:45 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Clawson at Macomb Lutheran North - 6:00 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Au Gres-Sims at Rogers City - 6:00 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Fruitport at Comstock Park - 7:00 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Royal Oak at Lake Orion - 7:00 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Fowlerville at Stockbridge - 7:00 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Stockbridge at Fowlerville - 7:00 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Brighton at Novi - 7:00 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Au Gres-Sims at Rogers City - 7:00 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Tawas Area at Alpena - 7:00 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Hopkins at Plainwell - 7:15 p.m.
- Girls Basketball – Watersmeet at Dollar Bay – 7:15 p.m.
- Boys Basketball – Dearborn Divine Child at Macomb Lutheran North - 7:30 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Whitehall at Fremont - 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, January 31
- Freshman Boys Basketball - Clare at Harrison - 4:30 p.m.
- Wrestling – Reed City at Fremont – 5:30 p.m.
- Wrestling – Standish-Sterling at Freeland - 6:00 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Clare at Harrison - 6:00 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Clare at Harrison - 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 – Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 3, Trenton 2
- Girls Basketball – Comstock Park 54, Spring Lake 52
- Boys Basketball – Novi 71, Livonia Stevenson 61
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 discusses intentional fouls in basketball. Archived editions of MHSAA Minute can be found on the StateChamps! YouTube Channel.