MHSAA.tv Broadcast Schedule Includes Nearly 200 Week 1 Varsity Football Games

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

August 22, 2022

Nearly 200 varsity football games scheduled for this opening weekend of the Michigan high school season will be broadcast on MHSAA.tv and the NFHS Network or by Michigan High School Athletic Association partner Bally Sports Detroit – including all 16 games being played at the Xenith Prep Kickoff Classic, Battle at the Big House and Vehicle City Gridiron Classic.

Varsity football teams may kick off the season Thursday (Aug. 25), and BSD and NFHS Network will have broadcasts that first day from all three showcase events. Below are the schedules for all three:

Xenith Prep Kickoff Classic – Wayne State University – Tom Adams Field
Aug. 25, 4 p.m.: Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice vs. Macomb Dakota – Bally Sports Detroit
Aug. 25, 7 p.m.: Sterling Heights Stevenson vs. West Bloomfield – Bally Sports Detroit
Aug. 26, 4 p.m.: Allen Park vs. Wyandotte – NFHS Network
Aug. 26, 7 p.m.: Belleville vs. Novi – NFHS Network
Aug. 27, 1 p.m.: Dexter vs. Grosse Pointe South – NFHS Network
Aug. 27, 4 p.m.: Cedar Springs vs. River Rouge – NFHS Network

Battle at the Big House – University of Michigan – Michigan Stadium
Aug. 25, Noon: Brighton vs. Dearborn Fordson – NFHS Network
Aug. 25, 3:30 p.m.: DeWitt vs. Haslett – NFHS Network
Aug. 25, 7 p.m.: Clarkston vs. Davison – NFHS Network
Aug. 26, Noon: Livonia Churchill vs. Plymouth – NFHS Network
Aug. 26, 3:30 p.m.: Port Huron vs. Grand Rapids Catholic Central – NFHS Network
Aug. 26, 7 p.m.: Lapeer vs. Ann Arbor Huron – NFHS Network

Vehicle City Gridiron Classic – Kettering University – Atwood Stadium
Aug. 25, 4 p.m.: Grand Blanc vs. Grandville – NFHS Network
Aug. 25, 7:30 p.m.: Flint Kearsley vs. Flint Carman-Ainsworth – NFHS Network
Aug. 26, 4 p.m.: Flint Southwestern vs. Swartz Creek – NFHS Network
Aug. 26, 7:30 p.m.: Flint Beecher vs. Saginaw Nouvel – NFHS Network

The other nearly-200 varsity football games will be viewable on the NFHS Network via the MHSAA’s School Broadcast Program. Several girls volleyball and boys soccer matches also are on this week’s schedule; see the link’s below for each sport:

Football | Girls Volleyball | Boys Soccer

NFHS Network subscriptions begin at $11.99 per month (or $79.99 annually). Subscribers have access to all live video across the country. School Broadcast Program participants benefit as a portion of every subscription sold by a school goes to benefit its program.

More than 550 MHSAA member schools are participants in the School Broadcast Program, now in its 14th year, producing games using traditional hands-on student crews or via Pixellot cameras installed at stadiums and gymnasiums across the state. A complete list of participating schools can be found on the School Broadcast Program page of the MHSAA Website.

Additionally this season, Bally Sports Detroit will be broadcasting a game every week of the regular season followed on Friday nights by the hour-long highlight show “Football Fridays Overtimes powered by State Champs” – see the schedule below, with games for Weeks 6-9 to be released at a later date.

Aug. 25, 4 p.m.: Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice vs. Macomb Dakota at Wayne State
Aug. 25, 7 p.m.: Sterling Heights Stevenson vs. West Bloomfield at Wayne State
Sept. 2, 7 p.m.: Birmingham Groves at Oxford
Sept. 9, 7:30 p.m.: Clarkston at Rochester Adams
Sept. 16, 7:30 p.m.: Detroit Martin Luther King at Detroit Cass Tech
Sept. 23, 7:30 p.m.: Detroit Catholic Central at Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice

List of 2021-22 MHSAA Network Affiliates Growing as Fall Sports Ramp Up

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

August 31, 2021

More than 70 radio stations and web audio outlets have joined a growing list of Michigan High School Athletic Association Network affiliates for the 2021-22 school year, with more expected to come on board as fall sports schedules continue to build toward a busy September and October.

Affiliates carry games and also the MHSAA Network radio show – “This Week in High School Sports” – which began its seventh season last week.

A list of MHSAA Network affiliates can be found on the MHSAA Website. Below is a list of those affiliates and links to their broadcast platforms through Aug. 30.

Alma - WQBX (104.9 FM) 
Auburn Hills - 
WAHS (89.5 FM)
Benton Harbor - WSJM (94.9 FM) 
Bloomfield Hills - WBFH (88.1 FM) 
Bloomfield Hills - BRBN
Canton - WSDP (88.1 FM)
Caro - WIDL (92.1 FM) 
Cheboygan - WCBY (1240 AM) 
Cheboygan - WCBY (100.7 FM) 
Deckerville - Thumb Tailgater Sports
Dowagiac - Dowagiac Chieftains Network
Escanaba - WCHT (93.5 FM) 
Escanaba - WCHT (600 AM) 
Escanaba - WYKX (104.7 FM) 
Escanaba - WDBC (94.5 FM) 
Escanaba - WUPF (107.3 FM) 
Ferndale - WDTK (101.5 FM) 
Frankenmuth - Frankenmuth Sports Network
Flushing - MFNT 
Gaylord - WMJZ (101.5 FM) 
Grand Haven - WGHN (92.1 FM) 
Grand Haven - 
WGHN (94.9 FM) 
Grand Haven - WGHN (1370 AM) 
Grand Haven - 
WMPA (93.1 FM) 
Grand Haven - 
WAWL (103.5 FM)
Grand Haven - Michigan Game Night
Grand Haven - JoeInsider.com
Grand Rapids - WMAX (96.1 FM) 
Grayling - WQON (100.3 FM) 
Grayling - WGRY (101.1 FM) 
Grayling - WJML (1110 AM) 
Grayling - WJNL (1210 AM) 
Grayling - 
W266CS (101.1 FM) 
Hancock - WMPL (920 AM) 
Hillman - WKJZ (94.9 FM) 
Hillsdale - WCSR (92.1 FM) 
Hillsdale - WCSR (99.5 FM) 
Holland - WHTC (1450 AM) 
Holland - WYVN (92.7 FM) 
Houghton - WHKB (102.3)
Iron Mountain - WZNL (94.3 FM) 
Ironwood - WJMS (590 AM) 
Jackson - WKHM (970 AM) 
Jackson - WKHM (105.3 FM) 
Manistique - WTIQ (1490 AM) 
Marquette - WFXD (103.3 FM) 
Marquette - WZAM (106.9 FM) 
Marquette - WZAM (970 AM) 
Marquette - W286BC (105.1 FM) 
Marquette - W262AG (99.9 FM) 
Marquette - WKQS (101.9 FM) 
Marquette - WRUP (98.3 FM) 
Marquette - GTO (97.5 FM) 
Marquette - WUPG (96.7 FM) 
Marquette - WUPT (100.3 FM)
Midland - WMPX (97.7 FM) 
Mt. Pleasant - WMMI (92.3 FM) 
Muskegon - WLCS (98.3 FM) 
Muskegon - WVIB (100.1 FM) 
Novi - WOVI (89.5 FM)
Ontonagon - 
WUPY (101.1 FM) 
Ovid - WOES (91.3 FM)
Prudenville - WTWS (92.1 FM) 
Rockford - Michigan Sports Radio 
Sault Ste. Marie - WUPN (95.1 FM) 
St. Ignace - WWMK (106.3 FM) 
Stevensville - Lakeshore Lancers Network
Tawas City - WKJC (104.7 FM) 
Tawas City - WQLB (103.3 FM) 
Tawas City - WTZM (106.1 FM) 
Temperance - WMLZ-LP (107.9 FM)
Traverse City - WWMN (106.3 FM) 
Warren - WPHS (89.1 FM)
West Bloomfield - 
WBLD (89.3)

MHSAA.tv and the NFHS Network enjoyed an exciting opening weekend of football video streaming, with 16 games played as part of the Vehicle City Gridiron Classic, Battle at the Big House and Xenith Prep Kick Off Classic receiving a combined 22,494 live views on MHSAA.tv, with the Big House game featuring Traverse City Central and DeWitt leading that list with nearly 5,000 views. Those totals do not include views by those who watched two Xenith games live on MHSAA broadcast partner Bally Sports Detroit’s cable channel and digital platforms.

Bally Sports Detroit will take its live cable broadcast to Muskegon on Friday (Sept. 3) for the Big Reds’ 7 p.m. matchup with Detroit Cass Tech. The game can be watched on live TV on Bally Sports Detroit-PLUS and on BSD’s website.

MHSAA broadcast partner State Champs! Sports Network will begin its series of live Saturday football streams this week as well, covering Merrillville (Ind.) Andrean at Grand Rapids Catholic Central at 4 p.m. Sept. 4. 

A number of other intriguing events are scheduled to be streamed live on MHSAA.tv, including the following:

FOOTBALL
Sept. 2: Cedar Springs at Rockford, 7 p.m.
Sept. 2: Livonia Stevenson at Dearborn Fordson, 7 p.m.
All football games: MHSAA.tv Football

VOLLEYBALL
Aug. 31: Marquette at Menominee, 7 p.m.
Sept. 1: Traverse City Central at Traverse City West, 5 p.m.
Sept. 1: Saginaw Valley Lutheran at Midland Bullock Creek, 7 p.m.
All volleyball matches: MHSAA.tv Volleyball

BOYS SOCCER
Sept. 1: Ludington at Whitehall, 5:45 p.m.
Sept. 1: East Grand Rapids at Grand Rapids South Christian, 6:45 p.m.
Sept. 2: Ann Arbor Skyline at Saline, 7 p.m.
All soccer matches: MHSAA.tv Boys Soccer

NFHS Network subscriptions begin at $10.99 per month. Subscribers have access to all live video and streaming statistics across the country. School Broadcast Program participants benefit as a portion of every subscription sold by a school goes to benefit its program. More than 400 MHSAA member schools are participants in the School Broadcast Program, now in its 13th year, producing games using traditional hands-on student crews or via Pixellot cameras installed at stadiums and gymnasiums across the state. A complete list of participating schools can be found on the School Broadcast Program page of the MHSAA Website.