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. 

Broadcast Schedules Set for MHSAA Football Finals Exclusively on NFHS Network

By Jon Ross
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties

November 18, 2025

Over the next two weekends, and for the first time, all 10 MHSAA Football Finals will broadcast exclusively on the NFHS Network.

The two 8-Player Finals will be contested Saturday at the Superior Dome on the campus of Northern Michigan University, while the eight 11-Player Finals will be played Nov. 28 and Nov. 30 at Ford Field in Detroit. The Detroit Lions also host the Green Bay Packers on Nov. 27, and on Nov. 29, Michigan State will host Maryland in a Big Ten matchup also at Ford Field.

A subscription to the NFHS Network is $13.99 per month – subscribe at NFHSNetwork.com. The broadcast teams for each game is below:

Division

Day

Time

Play by Play

Analyst

Sideline

8P-Div. 1

Nov. 22

11 am

Sean Baligian

Grant Perry

Patti Cesarini

8P-Div. 2

Nov. 22

2 pm

Sean Baligian

Grant Perry

Patti Cesarini

Div. 1

Nov. 30

7 pm

Evan Stockton

Grant Perry

Alexis Ayala

Div. 2

Nov. 28

7 pm

Evan Stockton

Grant Perry

Cristiana Rosa

Div. 3

Nov. 30

12:30 pm

Evan Stockton

Grant Perry

Dave Ellis

Div. 4

Nov. 28

12:30 pm

Evan Stockton

Grant Perry

Cristiana Rosa

Div. 5

Nov. 30

4 pm

Joe Jason

Chris Fritzsching

Alexis Ayala

Div. 6

Nov. 28

4 pm

Joe Jason

Chris Fritzsching

Dave Ellis

Div. 7

Nov. 30

9:30 am

Ben Holden

Chris Fritzsching

Dave Ellis

Div. 8

Nov. 28

9:30 am

Ben Holden

Chris Fritzsching

Dave Ellis

You can also listen to all 10 finals via MHSAANetwork.com. The audio call of each game is carried there for both live and on-demand listening.

Division

Day

Time

Play by Play

Analyst

8P-Div. 1

Nov. 22

11am

Matt Tjapkes

none

8P-Div. 2

Nov. 22

2pm

Matt Tjapkes

none

Div. 1

Nov. 30

7pm

Eric Vandefifer

Adam Schihl

Div. 2

Nov. 28

7pm

Eric Vandefifer

Adam Schihl

Div. 3

Nov. 30

12:30pm

Eric Vandefifer

Adam Schihl

Div. 4

Nov. 28

12:30pm

Eric Vandefifer

Adam Schihl

Div. 5

Nov. 30

4pm

Eric Vandefifer

Adam Schihl

Div. 6

Nov. 28

4pm

Eric Vandefifer

Adam Schihl

Div. 7

Nov. 30

9:30am

Joe Jason

Eric Vandefifer

Div. 8

Nov. 28

9:30am

Joe Jason

Eric Vandefifer

PHOTO From left: Ben Holden, Madison McCarter, Ryan Riopelle and Evan Stockton crew the first "Sunday Selection Show" exclusively on the NFHS Network, Oct. 26 from the Michigan State University School of Journalism Newsroom.