Tournament Streams Ahead in 4 Sports

October 29, 2019

By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties

It will be a very busy week of live video and audio streaming of MHSAA Tournament activity on the MHSAA.tv, MHSAANetwork.com and FOXSportsDetroit.com websites.
 
The centerpiece of the next seven days comes Saturday (Nov. 2), when the Boys Soccer Finals will have live audio and video streaming of its championship games from Novi and Comstock Park High Schools. Two games will be played at each site with the game times set for noon and 3 p.m. The finalists will be determined following Semifinal play Wednesday (Oct. 30), with four of those games being streamed live on MHSAA.tv.
 
Saturday’s coverage also will include the Lower Peninsula Cross Country Finals at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn. The Finish Line Cam will capture the opening 800 meters of the race on the infield of the track and the conclusion of the race beginning between the third and fourth turns on the oval. The Finish Line Cam also will feature commentary throughout each race from reporters on the course. Weather permitting, coverage also may include the awards presentations and a camera showing the runners just past the two-mile mark of the race before reentering the oval at MIS.
 
Lots of Football Playoff games will take place beginning Friday evening with three featured games on the FOX Sports Detroit Prep Zone. The Prep Zone games can be seen on FoxSportsDetroit.com and on FOX Sports Go! for handheld and streaming devices like Roku. Here are this weekend’s games, all at 7 p.m. Friday:

  • White Lake Lakeland at Plymouth (Div. 2)
  • Rochester Adams at Utica Eisenhower (Div. 2)
  • DeWitt at East Lansing (Div. 3)

MHSAA.tv will play host to 30 Pre-District Football Playoff games over the weekend, most produced by participants in the School Broadcast Program. The NFHS Network is providing bonus coverage of two additional games Friday – Brighton at Holt in Division 1 and Pinckney at Coldwater in Division 3.
 
On Monday (Nov. 4), a record number of District matches in the MHSAA Volleyball Tournament will have opening night streaming video. Over the course of the first week of the playoffs, action will be streamed from 25 tournament centers.
 
The unprecedented coverage in Football, Soccer and Volleyball this fall is due to the addition of Pixellot, the NFHS Network’s automated production solution at a growing number of MHSAA member schools. The number of active Pixellot schools now stands at 84, with nearly 30 additional schools awaiting installation at their stadiums, gymnasiums, or both venues.  As a result, the number of events produced by School Broadcast Program participants has passed the 2,000 mark already this school year.
 
Here’s the complete schedule of upcoming events on MHSAA.tv:

Tuesday - Oct. 29
Girls Volleyball - Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian v. TBA  - 5 PM
Girls Volleyball - Milford  v. Troy   - 5 PM
Girls Volleyball - Ishpeming  v. Gwinn   - 5:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Norway  v. Munising   - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball – Ada 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 - Gladstone v. Negaunee  - 6:45 PM
Girls Volleyball - Bessemer v. Dollar Bay  - 6:50 PM
Girls Volleyball - Saline  v. Dexter   - 7 PM – Traditional SBP Production
Girls Volleyball - Saline  v. Dexter   - 7 PM – Pixellot Production
Girls Volleyball - Bad Axe  v. Unionville Sebewaing   - 7:30 PM
 
Wednesday - Oct. 30
2019 MHSAA Div. 1 Boys Soccer Semifinal – Salem v. Troy Athens – 6 PM
2019 MHSAA Div. 3 Boys Soccer Semifinal - Grand Rapids South Christian v. Ludington  - 6 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 Boys Soccer Semifinal - Fenton v. Melvindale  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Flint Kearsley  v. Lake Fenton   - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Cadillac  v. Traverse City West   - 6:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div. 4 Boys Soccer Semifinal - Clarkston Everest Collegiate v. Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Hemlock  v. Ithaca   - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Frankenmuth  v. Birch Run   - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Petoskey  v. Alpena   - 7 PM
 
Thursday - Oct. 31
Girls Volleyball – Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central v. Grand Rapids Christian  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Wyoming v. East Grand Rapids  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Dollar Bay v. TBA  - 6:55 PM
 
Friday - Nov. 1
Girls Volleyball - Auburn Hills Oakland Christian v. Bloomfield Hills Roeper  - 6:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div. 4 Region 1 District 2 Football Playoffs - Shepherd v. Freeland  - 6:50 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 Region 4 District 1 Football Playoffs - Sterling Heights v. Birmingham Seaholm  - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 6 Region 1 District 2 Football Playoffs - Harrison v. Clare  - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 Region 3 District 1 Football Playoffs - Pinckney vs Coldwater  - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 7 Region 2 District 1 Football Playoffs - North Muskegon v. Pewamo Westphalia  - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 6 Region 1 District 1 Football Playoffs - Negaunee v. Calumet  - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 Region 1 District 1 Football Playoffs - Portage Central vs Portage Northern  - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 6 Region 1 District 2 Football Playoffs - Lake City v. Maple City Glen Lake  - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div. 1 Region 2 District 1 Football Playoffs - West Bloomfield  v. Canton   - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 4 Region 4 District 2 Football Playoffs - Harper Woods v. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood  - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 6 Region 4 District 1 Football Playoffs - Durand v. Montrose  - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 6 Region 2 District 2 Football Playoffs - Ithaca  v. Sanford Meridian  - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 8 Region 1 District 1 Football Playoffs – Bark River-Harris v. Ishpeming  - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 4 Region 3 District 2 Football Playoffs - North Branch v. Pontiac Notre Dame Prep  - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 4 Region 1 District 2 Football Playoffs - Allendale v. Grand Rapids Catholic Central  - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 Region 1 District 1 Football Playoffs – Mt. Pleasant v. Cedar Springs  - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 Region 2 District 1 Football Playoffs - Canton v. West Bloomfield  - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 7 Region 2 District 2 Football Playoffs - Laingsburg v. New Lothrop  - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 Region 1 District 2 Football Playoffs - Brighton vs Holt  - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 Region 3 District 2 Football Playoffs – Rochester Hills Stoney Creek v. Lake Orion  - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 Region 2 District 2 Football Playoffs – Ann Arbor Pioneer v. Brownstown Woodhaven  - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 Region 1 District 2 Football Playoffs - Lowell v. E. Grand Rapids  - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 2 Football Playoffs - East Kentwood v. Rockford  - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 5 Region 3 District 1 Football Playoffs - Carrollton v. Frankenmuth  - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 Region 1 District 1 Football Playoffs – Midland Dow v. Traverse City Central – 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 Region 2 District 2 Football Playoffs – Flushing v. Walled Lake Western – 7 PM
 
Saturday - Nov. 2
Girls Volleyball - Fowlerville  v. TBA  - 8:30 AM
Girls Volleyball – Mt. Morris  v. Anchor Bay   - 8:30 AM
2019 MHSAA L.P. Cross Country Finals - Division 3 & 4 - Finish Line Camera  - 9:15 AM
2019 MHSAA L.P. Cross Country Finals - Course Cam - 2.25 Mile Mark  - 9:15 AM
2019 MHSAA L.P. Cross Country Finals - Awards Presentation Camera  - 12:15 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 6 Region 4 District 1 Football Playoff - Durand v. Montrose  - 12:45 PM
2019 MHSAA L.P. Cross Country Finals - Division 1 & 2 - Finish Line Camera  - 1:15 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 4 Region 4 District 2 Football Playoff - Harper Woods v. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood  - 2:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 Boys Soccer Championship - TBA vs TBA Time TBD
2019 MHSAA Div 3 Boys Soccer Championship - TBA vs TBA Time TBD
2019 MHSAA Div 1 Boys Soccer Championship - TBA vs TBA Time TBD
2019 MHSAA Div 4 Boys Soccer Championship - TBA vs TBA Time TBD
2019 MHSAA Div 1 Region 1 District 1 Football Playoff – Hudsonville v. Traverse City West – 7 PM
 
Monday - Nov. 4
2019 MHSAA Div 2 District 38 Volleyball First Round – Saginaw Swan Valley vs Saginaw Arthur Hill  - 5 PM
2019 MHSAA Division 2 Volleyball Quarterfinals - Caro v. Birch Run  - 5 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 District 80 Volleyball First Round - Kalamazoo Christian  v. Galesburg-Augusta   - 5 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 1 Volleyball First Round - Petoskey  v. Gaylord  - 5 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 8 Volleyball First Round - Milford vs Walled Lake Western  - 5 PM
Girls Volleyball - Corunna v. Mt Morris  - 5:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 19 Volleyball First Round - South Lyon East  v. Howell   - 5:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 District 40 Volleyball First Round - Corunna v. Mt Morris  - 5:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 District 73 Volleyball Playoffs - Hesperia v. Hart  - 5:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 7 Volleyball First Round - Bloomfield Hills v. Troy Athens  - 5:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 District 35 Volleyball First Round - Reed City v. Manistee  - 5:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 4 District 123 Volleyball First Round – Detroit Southeastern v. Southfield Manoogian  - 5:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 4 District 121 Volleyball First Round - Plymouth Christian v. West Bloomfield Jewish Frankel Academy  - 5:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 District 40 Volleyball First Round - Corunna  v. Mt Morris   - 5:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 12 First Round – Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern vs Cedar Springs  - 6 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 4 District 103 Volleyball First Round - Alanson vs Pellston  - 6 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 District 76 Volleyball First Round - Lakeview vs Morley-Stanwood  - 6 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 26 Volleyball First Round – Birmingham Seaholm v. Royal Oak  - 6 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 District 77 Volleyball First Round - Bangor v. Watervliet  - 6:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 District 80 Volleyball First Round - Schoolcraft vs Delton Kellogg  - 6:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 1 Volleyball First Round - Petoskey v. Gaylord  - 6:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 District 38 Volleyball First Round – Midland Bullock Creek v. Freeland  - 6:50 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 4 District 123 Volleyball First Round - Detroit Safety Academy vs Warren Michigan Math Science  - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 District 96 Volleyball First Round - Unionville Sebewaing vs Harbor Beach  - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 7 Volleyball First Round - Avondale vs Troy  - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 8 Volleyball First Round - Walled Lake Central vs Walled Lake Northern  - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Division 2 Volleyball Quarterfinals - Saginaw v. Frankenmuth  - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 District 38 Volleyball First Round – Midland Bullock Creek v. Freeland  - 7 PM

Network Loaded with Playoff Action

November 3, 2020

By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties

To say there’s a lot of great high school action in the coming week on the MHSAA.tvMHSAANetwork.com and FOXSportsDetroit.com websites is an understatement.

More Girls Volleyball Tournament action than ever before runs throughout a week culminating with more than 50 Football Playoff games, the Boys Soccer Finals and two days of Cross Country Finals.

The Lower Peninsula Cross Country Finals will take place Friday and Saturday (Nov. 6-7) at Michigan International Speedway, with a modified format. There will be two heats in each division for each gender.  The first race will include third-place Regional team finishers and individual qualifiers, with the second race made up of teams that finished first or second at Regionals. 

The Cross Country coverage is enhanced this year with an additional camera on the back of the course to better capture the first 800 meters, and the 1.5-mile and 2.25-mile marks of the race. The traditional Finish Line camera also will cover the action, with commentary from a crew of announcers. 

Here’s the schedule:

Friday – Nov. 6
Division 1 Finals - Boys at 9:30 and 10 a.m. - Girls at 11 and 11:30 a.m.
Division 2 Finals - Boys at 1:30 and 2 p.m. - Girls at 3 and 3:30 p.m.
 
Saturday – Nov. 7
Division 3 Finals  - Boys at 9:30 and 10 a.m. - Girls at 11 and 11:30 a.m.
Division 4 Finals - Boys at 1:30 and 2 p.m. - Girls at 3 and 3:30 p.m.

On Saturday the Boys Soccer Finals will have live audio and video streaming of its championship games from Novi and Comstock Park High Schools. Two games will be played at each site with the game times set for Noon and 3 p.m. The finalists will be determined following Semifinal play on Wednesday (Nov. 4), with all four of those games being streaming live video on MHSAA.tv and live audio on MHSAANetwork.com.

Lots of Football Playoff games will take place beginning Friday evening with three featured games as part of the FOX Sports Detroit “Game of the Week” and the FOX Sports Prep Zone.  All of these games can be seen on FoxSportsDetroit.com and on FOX Sports Go! for handheld and streaming devices like Roku. Here are this weekend games:

  • Hudsonville at Rockford – Prep Zone – Friday, 7 p.m.
  • Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central at Muskegon Mona Shores – Prep Zone – Friday, 7 p.m.
  • Clinton Twp. Chippewa Valley at Rochester Hills Stoney Creek – FOX Sports Detroit “Game of the Week” – Friday, 7:30 p.m.

MHSAA.tv will play host to more than 50 District Semifinal Football Playoff games over the weekend, most produced by participants in the School Broadcast Program with traditional student crews or Pixellot units. The NFHS Network is providing bonus coverage of one additional game on Friday – Bath at Laingsburg. Here’s the complete schedule: 

Friday - Nov. 6
Suttons Bay  vs. Whittemore-Prescott   - 6 PM
Whitehall  vs. Coopersville   - 6 PM
Montrose  vs. Chesaning   - 6:40 PM
Adrian Lenawee Christian vs. Mayville   - 6:50 PM
DeWitt  vs. Lansing Waverly   - 6:50 PM
Lowell  vs. Caledonia   - 6:55 PM
Belleville  vs. Northville   - 7 PM
Birmingham Seaholm  vs. Birmingham Groves   - 7 PM
Brownstown Woodhaven  vs. Dearborn   - 7 PM
Cadillac  vs. Alma   - 7 PM
Cass City  vs. Sandusky   - 7 PM
Charlevoix  vs. Mancelona   - 7 PM
Corunna  vs. Richmond   - 7 PM
Detroit Catholic Central  vs. Novi   - 7 PM
East Grand Rapids  vs. Holland   - 7 PM
East Lansing  vs. Portage Central   - 7 PM
Fenton  vs. North Farmington   - 7 PM
Frankenmuth  vs. Almont   - 7 PM
Freeland  vs. Midland Bullock Creek   - 7 PM
Grand Rapids Catholic Central  vs. Belding  - 7 PM
Ithaca  vs. Ravenna   - 7 PM
Laingsburg  vs. Bath   - 7 PM
Madison Heights Lamphere  vs. Sterling Heights Chandler Park - 7 PM
Manistee  vs. Grayling   - 7 PM
Maple City Glen Lake  vs. Boyne City   - 7 PM
Mason  vs. Fowlerville   - 7 PM
Millington  vs. Mt Morris   - 7 PM
Muskegon Mona Shores  vs. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central   - 7 PM – FOX Sports Prep Zone
New Lothrop  vs. Burton Bendle   - 7 PM
Ortonville Brandon  vs. Goodrich   - 7 PM
Pontiac Notre Dame Prep vs. Detroit Country Day   - 7 PM
Portage Northern  vs. Battle Creek  Lakeview - 7 PM
Redford Union  vs. Livonia Clarenceville   - 7 PM
Riverview Gabriel Richard vs. Jackson Lumen Christi - 7 PM
Rockford  vs. Hudsonville   - 7 PM – FOX Sports Prep Zone
Romulus Summit Academy North  vs. Dearborn Heights Robichaud   - 7 PM
Saline  vs. Ann Arbor  Huron - 7 PM
South Lyon  vs. Walled Lake Western   - 7 PM
St. Joseph  vs. Battle Creek Harper Creek   - 7 PM
Traverse City Central  vs. Swartz Creek   - 7 PM
West Bloomfield  vs. Troy   - 7 PM
White Lake Lakeland  vs. Howell   - 7 PM
Zeeland West  vs. Middleville Thornapple Kellogg   - 7 PM
Rochester Hills Stoney Creek  vs. Clinton Twp.  Chippewa Valley - 7:30 PM – FOX Sports Detroit Game of Week
 
Saturday - Nov. 7
Traverse City St. Francis  vs. Harbor Springs   - 12 PM
Hemlock  vs. Bad Axe   - 1 PM
Kinde North Huron  vs. Peck   - 1 PM
Kingsley  vs. Gladwin   - 1 PM
Midland  vs. Midland Dow   - 1 PM
Pewamo-Westphalia  vs. North Muskegon   - 1 PM
Reed City  vs. Kingsford   - 1 PM
Stevensville Lakeshore  vs. Coldwater   - 1 PM
Mount Pleasant  vs. Marquette  - 2 PM
 
Girls Volleyball District Semifinals and Finals take place Wednesday through Saturday (Nov. 3-7). Separate releases will be issued with detailed Semifinal and Final coverage.
 
This week, more 250 events at all levels in a variety of sports will be available on the NFHS Network/MHSAA.TV. Monthly subscriptions are $10.99. Click for a complete list of 
upcoming games, and for a complete list of on-demand games
 
Fans also can type their school name into the search field on the MHSAA.tv page to search for events. Varsity games being streamed also have links from the MHSAA Website’s Score Center, and from the schedules on individual school pages. Clicking on the green TV set icon listed next to an event will take you directly to a game. You can also watch on Roku enabled devices.

Now in its 12th 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 $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. A portion of every subscription sold by an SBP 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.