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.)

Weekly Highlights Return to MHSAA TV

August 30, 2016

By John Johnson
MHSAA Communications Director

A weekly staple on the MHSAA.tv website and the MHSAASports Channel on YouTube returns this week with highlights of selected games produced last week by members of the Association’s School Broadcast Program.

This week’s highlights package consists of clips from football games between Traverse City West and Midland and Marquette vs. Traverse City St. Francis, and a boys soccer match between Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern and East Lansing.

Here’s this week’s MHSAA.tv schedule of video streams being produced by SBP members, as well as live stats from MHSAA member schools using Digital Scout:

Tuesday (Aug. 30)

Thursday (Sept. 1)

  • Boys Soccer – Williamston at East Lansing, 6:30 p.m. (On Demand)
  • Football – Negaunee at Calumet, 7 p.m. – LIVE
  • Football – Rochester Hills Stoney Creek at Lake Orion, 7 p.m. – LIVE VIDEO & STATS
  • Football – Marquette at Traverse City Central, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Ewen-Trout Creek at Stephenson, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Detroit University Prep at Adrian Lenawee Christian, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Flint Carman-Ainsworth at Saginaw Arthur Hill, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – DeWitt at Grand Ledge, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Greenville at Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – North Muskegon at Whitehall, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Manchester at Addison, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Hanover Horton at Michigan Center, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Sanford Meridian at Lake City, 7 p.m.  (Stats)
  • Football – Howard City Tri-County at Stanton Central Montcalm, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Lake Odessa Lakewood at Belding, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Otsego at Sturgis, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Jackson Northwest at Battle Creek Harper Creek, 7 p.m.  (Stats)
  • Football – Hemlock at Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Vassar at Brown City, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Flint Powers Catholic at Saginaw Heritage, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Wyoming tri-Unity Christian at Big Rapids Crossroads Academy, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Bay City Western at Midland, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Harbor Springs at Houghton Lake, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Linden at Goodrich, 7 p.m.  (Stats)
  • Football – Lansing Catholic at Lansing Everett, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Charlotte at Fowlerville, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Mt. Morris at Flint Kearsley, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Midland Dow at Bay City Central, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Lansing Eastern at Lansing Waverly, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Unionville-Sebewaing at Marlette, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Benton Harbor at Grand Rapids South Christian, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Britton-Deerfield at Erie-Mason, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Holland West Ottawa at Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – New Lothrop at Burton Bentley, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – St. Clair Shores Lake Shore at Marysville, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Walled Lake Central at Plymouth, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Garden City at Romulus, 7 p.m. (Stats)

Friday (Sept. 2)

  • Football – Birmingham Brother Rice at Mishawaka Penn, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – West Bloomfield at Oxford, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Warren Woods-Tower at St. Clair, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Davison at Mt. Pleasant, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Monroe St. Mary CC at Riverview, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Muskegon Oakridge at Whitehall, 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Detroit Denby at Detroit Osborn, 4 p.m. (Stats)

The NFHS Network has announced new pricing for 2016-17, eliminating the Day Pass and lowering the cost of a Month Pass to $9.95.  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. Some schools also will be selling Annual Passes at a discounted rate. A portion of every subscription sold by a school goes to benefit its program.

Now in its eighth 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.  

Schools interested in becoming a part of the School Broadcast Program should contact John Johnson at the MHSAA Office.