Streaming Season Begins on MHSAA TV
August 20, 2019
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
A new school year brings with it the start of more live streaming video of high school sporting events than ever before and a new website look for viewers on the NFHS Network and MHSAA.tv.
The NFHS Network Website and the member state high school association pages under that umbrella have been revamped for 2019-20, with an interface that improves functionality on desktop and laptop computers, as well as handheld devices.
Throughout the course of the school year, the number of schools appearing online will grow as more member schools will be installing Pixellot – the NFHS Network’s automated streaming solution – in stadiums and gymnasiums. More than 100 schools have signed up to install Pixellot units over the past few months.
This is the first full week of programming by MHSAA Members participating in the School Broadcast Program – either as a Pixellot or a traditionally-producing program giving students the hands-on opportunity to learn video production skills. Here’s a list of the upcoming varsity level events taking place over the coming week:
Tuesday - Aug. 20
Boys Soccer - Stevensville Lakeshore v. Edwardsburg - 6:30 PM
Boys Soccer – Comstock Park at Grand Rapids Catholic Central – 6:40 PM
Boys Soccer - Novi v. Howell - 7 PM
Wednesday - Aug. 21
Boys Soccer - Cedar Springs v. Howard City Tri County - 5 PM
Girls Volleyball - Stevensville Lakeshore v. TBA - 5:30 PM
Boys Soccer - Freeland v. Hemlock - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - Utica v. Pontiac Notre Dame Prep - 7:30 PM
Thursday - Aug. 22
Boys Soccer - Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood v. Brandon - 4:30 PM
Boys Soccer - South Lyon East v. Pinckney - 6:30 PM
Boys Soccer - Brighton v. Canton - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - Novi v. Northville - 7 PM
Friday - Aug. 23
Girls Volleyball - Fremont v. White Cloud - 8:30 AM
Girls Volleyball - Otisville LakeVille v. Vassar - 11:30 AM
Boys Soccer - Maple City Glen Lake v. Traverse City Christian - 3:30 PM
Boys Soccer - Manchester v. Michigan Center - 5:30 PM
Saturday - Aug. 24
Girls Volleyball – Waterford Our Lady v. TBA - 8:30 AM
Girls Volleyball - Linden v. TBA - 8:30 AM
Girls Volleyball – Mt. Morris v. Oscoda - 8:30 AM
Girls Volleyball - Pellston v. Mancelona - 8:30 AM
Girls Volleyball - Bad Axe v. Deckerville Community - 9 AM
Boys Soccer - Ithaca v. TBA - 10 AM
Boys Soccer - Ovid-Elsie v. Laingsburg - 10 AM
Boys Soccer - Stevensville Lakeshore v. Ortonville Brandon - 11 AM
Boys Soccer - Ithaca v. Greenville - 1:30 PM
Boys Soccer - Ithaca v. TBA - 3 PM
Boys Soccer - Ovid-Elsie v. Perry - 4 PM
Girls Volleyball - Pellston v. Boyne City - 5 PM
Monday - Aug. 26
Girls Volleyball – Ann Arbor Greenhills v. Whitmore Lake - 9 AM
Boys Soccer - Maple City Glen Lake v. Charlevoix - 5 PM
Girls Field Hockey - Novi v. Ann Arbor Pioneer - 5 PM
Boys Soccer - Ithaca v. Birch Run - 5:30 PM
Boys Soccer - St. Clair Shores Lake Shore v. Clawson - 6 PM
Boys Soccer - Freeland v. Alma - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - Howell v. Hartland - 7 PM
Tuesday - Aug. 27
Girls Volleyball - Pontiac Notre Dame Prep v. TBA - 1 PM
Boys Soccer - Ovid-Elsie v. Byron Center Charter School - 5 PM
Girls Volleyball - Pontiac Notre Dame Prep v. TBA - 5 PM
Boys Soccer - Manchester v. Brooklyn Columbia Central - 5:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Bloom. Hills Academy of the Sacred Heart v. Southfield Christian - 6:30 PM
Boys Soccer – Cedar Springs v. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern – 6:30 PM
Boys Soccer – Troy Athens v. Berkley - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - Novi v. Salem - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - South Lyon v. Milford - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - Troy v. Clarkston - 7 PM
Boys Soccer – Birmingham Seaholm v. Bloomfield Hills – 7 PM
Boys Soccer - Lapeer v. Pontiac Notre Dame Prep - 7:30 PM ?
In addition, there are a number of sub-varsity contests and non-athletic events from school board meetings to daily school newscasts being streamed. Visit the MHSAA.tv Website for complete information.
Football games will begin as early as Aug. 28 with sub-varsity contests, and Aug. 29 with varsity games. The NFHS Network launches its Michigan schedule Aug. 29 with its annual coverage of the Prep Kickoff Classic in Detroit.
The Prep Kickoff Classic, conducted by the Detroit Sports Commission, is in its 15th year and takes place at Tom Adams Field on the campus of Wayne State University. Here’s the complete schedule:
Thursday - Aug. 29
Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice v. Utica Eisenhower, 4 p.m.
Clinton Township Chippewa Valley v. Saline, 7 p.m.
Friday - Aug. 30
Birmingham Groves v. Grosse Pointe South, 4 p.m.
Muskegon v. Warren De La Salle, 7 p.m.
Saturday - Aug. 31
Detroit Catholic Central v. Detroit Martin Luther King, 1 p.m.
Detroit Cass Tech v. Chicago Wendell Phillips Academy, 4 p.m.
The NFHS Network also is working with FOX Sports Detroit to help promote the 2019 edition of Football Week In Michigan by making the games available to cable or satellite subscribers of that channel on FOX Sports GO!
In addition, the NFHS Network will send a School Broadcast Program crew to Atwood Stadium in Flint to cover the third annual Vehicle City Gridiron Classic. Here’s the schedule:
Thursday - Aug. 29
Grand Blanc v. Midland Dow, 4 p.m.
Goodrich v. Flint Powers Catholic, 7 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 30
Otisville LakeVille v. North Branch, 4 p.m.
Flint Carman-Ainsworth v. Port Huron, 7 p.m.
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 program 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 benefit, as 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.
UP Swim/Dive Finals On MHSAA TV
February 13, 2018
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
Swimming and diving action kicks off live streaming video coverage of MHSAA Championships on MHSAA.tv and the NFHS Network this week at the Upper Peninsula Swimming & Diving Finals at Marquette High School.
Friday’s (Feb. 16) coverage of the Diving Finals begins at 2:30 p.m., and the Swimming Finals on Saturday (Feb. 17) commence at 10 a.m.
The U.P. Swimming & Diving Finals will be joined this week by live action in Wrestling and Girls Competitive Cheer on MHSAA.tv, with those events being produced by participants in the School Broadcast Program.
School Broadcast Program participants cover tournament games which take place at their facilities as a condition of membership in the program. SBP schools also play a major role in the production of Quarterfinal games in the Boys and Girls Basketball Tournaments in March.
This week, Team Wrestling Regional coverage will take place at Freeland, Fremont and Marquette on Wednesday (Feb. 14), and Competitive Cheer Districts will be covered by Comstock Park and Novi.
The NFHS Network will provide six straight weekends of tournament coverage this winter on MHSAA.tv. Here’s the complete schedule:
- Feb. 16-17 – Upper Peninsula Swimming & Diving Finals
- Feb. 22-24 – Team Dual Wrestling Quarterfinals-Semifinals-Finals
- March 2-3 – Individual Wrestling Finals
- March 2-3 – Girls Competitive Cheer Finals
- March 8-10 – Ice Hockey Semifinals & Finals
- March 13 – Girls Basketball Quarterfinals
- March 15-16 – Girls Basketball Semifinals
- March 20 – Boys Basketball Quarterfinals
- March 22-23 – Boys Basketball Semifinals
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.
Of the record 115 events on this week’s MHSAA.tv schedule, 72 at the varsity level will be covered, with more to be added as the week progresses. A record 67 events 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.
Here’s this week’s MHSAA.tv schedule of video streams being produced by SBP members:
Tuesday - February 13
- JV Boys Basketball - Saginaw Arts & Sciences at Montrose - 4 p.m.
- Freshman Boys Basketball - Kalamazoo Christian at Plainwell - 4:15 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Saginaw Arts & Sciences at Montrose - 4:30 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Greenville at Comstock Park - 5:30 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Fowlerville at Corunna - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Stanton Central Montcalm at Fremont - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Hartland at Novi - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Plainwell at Kalamazoo Christian - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Baraga at Dollar Bay - 5:45 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Kalamazoo Christian at Plainwell - 5:45 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Munising at Norway - 6:30 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Hartland at Novi - 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Merrill at Vestaburg - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Stanton Central Montcalm at Fremont - 7 p.m.
- Boys Ice Hockey - Houghton at Calumet - 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Greenville at Comstock Park - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Saginaw Arts & Sciences at Montrose - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Fowlerville at Corunna - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Rochester at Lake Orion - 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Plainwell at Kalamazoo Christian - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Kalamazoo Christian at Plainwell - 7:15 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Baraga at Dollar Bay - 7:15 p.m.
- Boys Basketball – Wakefield-Marinesco at Lake Linden-Hubbell - 7:20 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Gladstone at Negaunee - 7:30 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Munising at Norway - 8 p.m.
Wednesday - February 14
- Wrestling – MHSAA Team Regional Semifinal at Freeland
- Semifinals – 6 p.m. – Birch Run v. Yale; Freeland v. Mt. Morris
- Finals – 7:30 p.m. (Approximate time after semifinals)
- Wrestling – MHSAA Team Regional Semifinal at Fremont
- Semifinals – 6 p.m. - Fremont v. Kent City; Comstock Park v. Grand Rapids Catholic Central
- Finals – 7:30 p.m. (Approximate time after semifinals)
- Wrestling – MHSAA Team Regional Semifinal at Marquette – Marquette v. Gaylord – 6 p.m.
- Wrestling – MHSAA Team Regional Semifinal at Marquette – St. Johns v. Flint Kearsley – 6 p.m.
- Wrestling – MHSAA Team Regional Final at Marquette – 7:30 p.m.
- Girls Competitive Cheer – OK Conference at Comstock Park - 6:30 p.m.
Thursday - February 15
- Freshman Boys Basketball - Hackett Catholic at Kalamazoo Christian - 4:15 p.m.
- Freshman Boys Basketball – Pontiac Notre Dame Prep at Macomb Lutheran North - 4:30 p.m.
- Freshman Boys Basketball - Shepherd at Freeland - 4:30 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Watersmeet at Dollar Bay - 5 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Spring Lake at Comstock Park - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Hackett Catholic at Kalamazoo Christian - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - West Iron County at Calumet - 5:45 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball – Pontiac Notre Dame Prep at Macomb Lutheran North - 6 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Houghton Lake at Harrison - 6 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Shepherd at Freeland - 6 p.m.
- Boys Ice Hockey - Houghton at Marquette - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Burton Bendle at Montrose - 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Clarkston at Lake Orion - 7 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Hackett Catholic at Kalamazoo Christian - 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - West Iron County at Calumet - 7:15 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Dollar Bay at Lake Linden-Hubbell - 7:20 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Houghton Lake at Harrison - 7:30 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Shepherd at Freeland - 7:30 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Watersmeet at Dollar Bay - 7:30 p.m.
- Boys Basketball – Pontiac Notre Dame Prep at Macomb Lutheran North - 7:30 p.m.
Friday - February 16
- Upper Peninsula Diving Finals at Marquette – 2:30 p.m.
- Freshman Girls Basketball – Pontiac Notre Dame Prep at Macomb Lutheran North - 4:30 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - TBA at Novi - 5:30 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - New Lothrop at Otisville-Lakeville - 5:30 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Burton Bendle at Montrose - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Republic-Michigamme at Dollar Bay - 5:45 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Chassell at Calumet - 5:45 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Hillman at Rogers City - 6 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Williamston at Fowlerville - 6 p.m.
- Girls Competitive Cheer – MHSAA Districts at Comstock Park - 6 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Pontiac Notre Dame Prep at Macomb Lutheran North - 6 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Hillman at Rogers City - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball – Carson City-Crystal at Vestaburg - 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - TBA at Novi - 7 p.m.
- Boys Ice Hockey – Birmingham Brother Rice at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood - 7:15 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Republic-Michigamme at Dollar Bay - 7:15 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Chassell at Calumet - 7:15 p.m.
- Boys Basketball – Painesdale Jeffers at Lake Linden-Hubbell - 7:20 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Notre Dame Prep at Macomb Lutheran North - 7:30 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Williamston at Fowlerville - 7:30 p.m.
- Girls Basketball – Ishpeming Westwood at Negaunee - 7:30 p.m.
Saturday - February 17
- Upper Peninsula Swimming Finals at Marquette – 10 a.m.
- Girls Competitive Cheer – MHSAA District at Novi - 11 a.m.
- Boys Ice Hockey – Flint Powers Catholic at Lake Orion - 2 p.m.
- Boys Ice Hockey – Detroit Catholic Central at Orchard Lake St. Mary’s - 7:30 p.m.
- Boys Ice Hockey – TBA v. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood - TBA
- Wrestling – MHSAA Individual Regional Fremont - TBA
Monday - February 19
- Freshman Boys Basketball - Midland Bullock Creek at Freeland - 4:30 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Saginaw Arts & Sciences Nouvel at Macomb Lutheran North - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Grant at Fremont - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Baraga at Calumet - 5:45 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball – Midland Bullock Creek at Freeland - 6 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball – Eben Junction Superior Central at Norway - 6:30 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Breckenridge at Vestaburg - 7 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Grant at Fremont - 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Baraga at Calumet - 7:15 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball – Midland Bullock Creek at Freeland - 7:30 p.m.
- Boys Basketball – Eben Junction Superior Central at Norway - 8 p.m.
Tuesday - February 20
- Coed Basketball - Northville at Novi - 4 p.m.
- Freshman Boys Basketball - Delton Kellogg at Kalamazoo Christian - 4:15 p.m.
- Boys Ice Hockey - Escanaba at Calumet - 5 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Allendale at Comstock Park - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Delton Kellogg at Kalamazoo Christian - 5:30 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Byron at Montrose - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Dowagiac at Plainwell - 5:45 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Tawas Area at Rogers City - 6 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Allendale at Comstock Park - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Delton Kellogg at Kalamazoo Christian - 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball – St. Johns at Fowlerville - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Tawas Area at Rogers City - 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Dowagiac at Plainwell - 7:15 p.m.
Wednesday - February 21