100 Stations Carry MHSAA's 'This Week'

September 17, 2019

By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties

More than 100 over-the-air radio stations and internet audio website are carrying the MHSAA Network’s flagship program, This Week In High School Sports, as part of their weekly high school sports programming for the third straight year.

The five-minute program, powered by Michigan Student Aid, is in its fifth year. It leads off each week with feature stories from around the state from the MHSAA’s Second Half, or from network affiliated stories and interviews. This Week Game Balls are then presented for team or individual achievements in the past week. Be The Referee, a 60-second look at the fine art of officiating, comes in the middle of the show, and is followed by a closing MHSAA Perspective. 

This week’s show will feature the inspirational story of Larry Prout Jr. at Pinckney High School, present game balls in 8-player football to Powers North Central and in boys soccer to Gaylord; address a swimming rules change during Be The Referee and conclude with an MHSAA Perspective on how most decisions in high school sports take place at the local level.

Here is a list of radio stations and web audio outlets carrying This Week In High School Sports

Alma - WQBX-FM (104.9) - Halftime of game broadcasts, Between 1-2 p.m. Saturdays if no game that week
Alma – WFYC-AM (1280) – Halftime of game broadcasts, Between 1-2 p.m. Saturdays if no game that week
Alpena – WHSB-FM (107.7) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Alpena - WKJZ-FM (94.9) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Alpena - WZTK-FM (105.7) - Football Fridays, 6:30 p.m.; Halftime of basketball game broadcasts
Ashley - WJSZ-FM (92.5) - Halftime of game broadcasts
Battle Creek – WBCK-FM (95.3) – Following game broadcasts
Beaverton – WMRX-FM (97.7) -  Halftime of game broadcasts; Sundays, 8 a.m.
Bridgman – WYTZ-FM (97.5) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Cadillac - WKAD-FM (93.7) – Immediately following Friday game broadcasts
Canton - WSDP-FM (88.1) - Halftime of football game broadcasts
Caro – WIDL-FM (92.1) – Prior to pregame show 
Cheboygan - WCBY-FM (100.7) - Halftime of game broadcasts
Clawson – Detroit Sports & Entertainment – Halftime of game broadcasts
Coldwater - WTVB-AM (1590) - Halftime of Friday game broadcasts
Coldwater - WTVB-FM (95.5) – Halftime of Friday game broadcasts
Deckerville - ThumbTailgater.com - Halftime of game broadcasts 
Detroit - WDTK-FM (101.5) - Pregame of game broadcasts
Detroit - WDTK-AM (1400) - Pregame of game broadcasts
East Lansing - WVFN-AM (730) – Fridays at 6 p.m. during football season
Escanaba - WCHT (600) - Halftime of game broadcasts 
Escanaba – WUPF-FM (107.3) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Escanaba - WDBC (680) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Escanaba – WYKX-FM (104.7) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Ferrysburg - WMPA-FM (93.1) - Fridays at 6:35 p.m. during pregame broadcast 
Frankenmuth - Frankenmuth Sports Network – Pregame and halftime of game broadcasts
Frankfort – WBNZ-FM (92.3) – Pregame of game broadcasts
Grand Haven - WAWL-FM (103.5) - Halftime of game broadcasts
Grand Haven - WGHN-AM (1370) – Fridays at 6:35 p.m. during pregame broadcast
Grand Haven – WGHN-FM (92.1) – Fridays at 6:35 p.m. during pregame broadcast
Grand Haven – WGHN-FM (94.9) – Fridays at 6:35 p.m. during pregame broadcast
Grand Haven – MichiganGameNight.com – Halftime of game broadcasts
Grand Rapids - WMAX-FM (96.1) – Following post-game scoreboard show
Grand Rapids – MichiganSportsRadio.com – Pregame or halftime of game broadcasts
Grayling – WGRY-FM (101.1) - Pregame of game broadcasts
Grayling - WQON-FM (100.3) - Pregame of game broadcasts 
Greenville – WGLM-FM (106.3) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Hancock – WMPL-AM (920) – Pregame of game broadcasts
Hancock – WMPL-FM (107.3) – Pregame of game broadcasts  
Hancock – WKMJ-FM (93.5) – Pregame of game broadcasts
Holland - WHTC-AM (1450) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Holland - WHTC-FM (99.7) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Howell – LivingstonPost.com – Halftime of game broadcasts
Houghton - WHKB-FM (102.3) - Postgame of game broadcasts
Houghton Lake – WTWS-FM (92.1) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Iron Mountain – WZNL-FM (94.3) – Halftime of game broadcasts, Saturday at 11:30 a.m.
Ironwood – WJMS-AM (590) – Pregame of game broadcasts
Jackson – WKHM-AM (970) - Halftime of game broadcasts
Jackson – WKHM-FM (101.5) - Halftime of game broadcasts
Jackson - WKHM-FM (105.3) - Halftime of game broadcasts
Kalamazoo – WQLR (1600) - Halftime of game broadcasts
Kalamazoo – WKZO-AM (590) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Lansing – LansingHerald.com – Halftime of game broadcasts
Lowell – WRWW-FM (92.3) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Ludington – WKLA-AM (1450) – TBA
Ludington – WKLA-FM (92.7) - TBA
Ludington – WKLA-FM (96.3) – TBA
Ludington - WLDN-FM (97.7) – TBA
Ludington - WLDN-FM (98.7) – TBA
Manistique - WTIQ-AM (1490) - Halftime of game broadcasts
Marquette – WRUP-FM (98.3) – Postgame of game broadcasts
Marquette - WKQS-FM (101.9) – Postgame of game broadcasts
Marquette - WFXD-FM (103.3) – Postgame of game broadcasts.
Marquette – WFXD-HD2 (105.1 – 99.9) - Postgame of game broadcasts
Marquette – WUPZ-FM (94.9) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Marquette - WZAM-AM (970) - Tuesdays between 4-5 p.m.
Marquette - WZAM-FM (93.3) - Tuesdays between 4-5 p.m.
Midland – WMPX-AM (1490) – Halftime of game broadcasts; Sundays, 8 a.m.
Midland – WMPX-FM (107.7) -  Halftime of game broadcasts; Sundays, 8 a.m.
Monroe - MonroeCountyRadio.com - Halftime of game broadcasts
Mt. Pleasant – WCZY-FM (104.3) - Halftime of game broadcasts
Mt. Pleasant - WMMI-FM (92.3) - Halftime of game broadcasts
Muskegon - WLCS-FM (98.3) - Pregame of game broadcasts
Muskegon – WVIB-FM (100.1) - Pregame of game broadcasts
Muskegon – WMUS-FM (107.9) – Following post-game scoreboard show
Newberry – WNBY-AM (1450) – Halftime of game broadcasts, Saturday at 11:30 a.m.
Newberry – WNBY-FM (93.9) – Halftime of game broadcasts, Saturday at 11:30 a.m.
Niles – RCSportscasting.com – Halftime of game broadcasts
Novi – WOVI-FM (89.5) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Ontonagon – WUPY-FM (101.1) – Pregame of game broadcasts
Oscoda – WWTH-FM (100.7) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Petoskey - WMBN-AM (1340) – Immediately following Friday game broadcasts
Petoskey – WMBN-FM (104.7) – Immediately following Friday game broadcasts
Rogers City – WHAK-FM (99.9) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Saugatuck - WVYN-FM (92.7) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Sault Ste. Marie - WSOO-AM (1230) – Halftime of game broadcasts, Saturday at 11:30 a.m.  
Sault Ste. Marie – WUPN-FM (95.1) – Halftime of game broadcasts, Monday at 8:50 a.m.
Scottville – WKZC-FM (94.9) – TBA
South Haven – WCSY-FM (103.7) – Halftime of game broadcasts
St. Ignace/Cheboygan – WWMK-FM (106.3) – Halftime of Friday game broadcasts
St. Joseph – WSJM-AM (1400) – Halftime of game broadcasts, Daily at 1:40 p.m.
St. Joseph – WSJM-FM (106.1) – Halftime of game broadcasts, Daily at 1:40 p.m.
St. Joseph – WSJM-FM (94.9) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Sturgis – WBET-AM (1230) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Sturgis – WBET-FM (99.3) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Sturgis – JoeInsider.com – Halftime of game broadcasts
Tawas City - WKJC-FM (104.7)

MHSAA TV Sets OAA Red Volleyball Race

October 15, 2019

By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties

The chase for the Oakland Activities Association Red volleyball title will get a lot of attention on MHSAA.tv and the NFHS Network this week, with matches on Tuesday (Oct. 15) and Thursday (Oct. 17) that will determine the champion.

Clarkston enters the week on top of the Red at 5-0 in division play with Lake Orion and Rochester Hills Stoney Creek chasing the Wolves at 4-1. Lake Orion is at Stoney Creek on Tuesday, while Clarkston can clinch at least a share of the title hosting Rochester Adams (3-2) – both games will be streamed live on MHSAA.tv.  On Thursday, Clarkston at Troy (1-4) and Adams at Lake Orion will both be streamed live, while West Bloomfield (2-3) is at Stoney Creek.

Clarkston was the highest-ranked OAA team in last week’s statewide coaches poll, and Lake Orion was an honorable mention.

Among School Broadcast Program-produced football streams Friday (Oct. 18) is Grand Rapids Christian at East Grand Rapids for the lead in the Ottawa-Kent Conference Gold. Saline can clinch the Southeastern Conference Red title with a win over visiting Ann Arbor Pioneer, but a Pioneer win would put both teams tied at the top and possibly be joined by Temperance Bedford. Fowler is at Pewamo-Westphalia to determine the Central Michigan Athletic Conference crown.

Plus, Boys District Semifinal and Final games from a number of sites around the state will be streamed. Here’s the complete list of varsity-level events to be broadcast live during the coming week:

Monday - Oct. 14
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer District Playoffs – Warren Wood Tower v. Hazel Park  - 5:30 PM
Girls  Volleyball - Norway v. Escanaba  - 6 PM
Girls  Volleyball - Byron v. Fowlerville  - 6:30 PM
Girls  Volleyball - Ann Arbor Greenhills v. Belleville  - 6:30 PM
Girls  Volleyball - Otisville LakeVille v. Flint Kearsley  - 6:30 PM
2019 MHSA Boys Soccer District Playoffs -Warren Fitzgerald v. Madison Heights Lamphere  - 7 PM
Girls  Volleyball - Morley Stanwood v. Big Rapids  - 7 PM
 
Tuesday - Oct. 15
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer District Playoffs - Greenville v. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern  - 3:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer District - Thornapple Kellogg v. Plainwell  - 4:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer District Playoffs - Flushing v. Grand Blanc  - 5 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer District Playoffs- Edwardsburg v. St. Joseph  - 5 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer District Playoffs - Eastern v. Cedar Springs  - 5:15 PM
Girls  Volleyball - Ishpeming v. West Iron County  - 5:30 PM
Girls  Volleyball - Sparta v. Comstock Park  - 6 PM
Girls  Volleyball - Brighton v. Howell  - 6:15 PM
Girls  Volleyball – Mt. Morris v. Montrose  - 6:30 PM
Girls  Volleyball - Plymouth Christian v. Southfield Christian   - 6:30 PM
Girls  Volleyball – Flint Powers Catholic v. Grand Blanc  - 6:30 PM
Girls  Volleyball – Grand Rapids South Christian v. East Grand Rapids  - 6:30 PM
Girls  Volleyball - South Lyon East v. Waterford Kettering  - 6:30 PM
Girls  Volleyball - South Lyon v. Walled Lake Western  - 6:30 PM
Girls  Volleyball - Calumet v. Negaunee  - 6:45 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer District Playoffs - Swartz Creek v. Oxford  - 7 PM
Girls  Volleyball - Big Rapids v. Remus Chippewa Hills  - 7 PM
Girls  Volleyball - Freeland v. Essexville Garber  - 7 PM
Girls  Volleyball - Fremont v. Howard City Tri County  - 7 PM
Girls  Volleyball - Lake Orion v. Rochester Hills Stoney Creek  - 7 PM
Girls  Volleyball - Pellston v. Mancelona  - 7 PM
Girls  Volleyball - Troy v. Birmingham Groves  - 7 PM
Girls  Volleyball - West Bloomfield v. Oxford  - 7 PM
Girls  Volleyball - Bad Axe v. Reese  - 7:30 PM
 
Wednesday - Oct. 16
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer District Playoffs - Stevensville Lakeshore v. Mattawan  - 5 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer Districts - Final at Madison Heights Lamphere  - 6 PM
Girls  Volleyball – Riverview Gabriel Richard v. Macomb Lutheran North  - 6:30 PM
Girls  Volleyball - Flint Kearsley v. Fenton  - 6:30 PM
Girls  Volleyball - Stevensville Lakeshore v. Edwardsburg  - 6:30 PM
Girls  Volleyball - Petoskey v. TBA  - 6:30 PM
Girls  Volleyball - Cadillac v. Alpena  - 6:45 PM
Girls  Volleyball - Frankenmuth v. Alma  - 7 PM
 
Thursday - Oct. 17
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer District Playoffs - District Final at Cedar Springs  - 5 PM
Girls  Volleyball – Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart v. New Lothrop  - 5 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer District Playoffs - District Final at Grand Blanc  - 6 PM
Girls  Volleyball - East Grand Rapids v. Grand Rapids Christian  - 6:30 PM
Girls  Volleyball - Kalamazoo Christian v. Gobles  - 6:30 PM
Girls  Volleyball - South Lyon v. Waterford Mott  - 6:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer District Playoffs - District Final at East Lansing  - 7 PM
Girls  Volleyball – Troy Athens v. Rochester  - 7 PM
Girls  Volleyball - Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian v. Hopkins  - 7 PM
Girls  Volleyball - Rochester Adams v. Lake Orion  - 7 PM
Girls  Volleyball - Troy v. Clarkston  - 7 PM
Girls  Volleyball - Walled Lake Northern v. White Lake Lakeland  - 7 PM
 
Friday - Oct. 18
Football - Sparta v. Comstock Park  - 5 PM
Football - Byron v. Montrose  - 5:45 PM
Football – Grand Rapids Christian v. East Grand Rapids  - 6:30 PM
Football - Howell v. Brighton  - 6:45 PM
Football - Bad Axe v. Caro  - 7 PM
Football - Brighton v. Howell  - 7 PM
Football - Calumet v. Hancock  - 7 PM
Football - Cedar Springs v. Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills  - 7 PM
Football – Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood v. Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard  - 7 PM
Football - Freeland v. Bridgeport  - 7 PM
Football – Saginaw Heritage v. Bay City Western  - 7 PM
Football – St. Clair Shores Lake Shore v. Warren Woods-Tower  - 7 PM
Football - Stevensville Lakeshore v. Kalamazoo Central  - 7 PM
Football - Munising v. Ishpeming  - 7 PM
Football - Novi v. Northville  - 7 PM
Football - Petoskey v. Alpena  - 7 PM
Football - Portage Central v. Mattawan  - 7 PM
Football - Saline v. Ann Arbor Pioneer  - 7 PM
Football – Birmingham Seaholm v. Birmingham Groves  - 7 PM
Football - Walled Lake Central v. White Lake Lakeland  - 7 PM
Football - Walled Lake Northern v. Walled Lake Western  - 7 PM
Football - Fowler v. Pewamo Westphalia  - 7 PM
Football - Fowlerville v. Lansing Catholic  - 7 PM
Football – Lake Orion at Clarkston – Friday – 7 PM
Football - Otsego v. Sturgis - 7 PM
Football – Benzie Central v. Boyne City – 7 PM
Football – Detroit Country Day v. Haslett – 7 PM
Football – Beal City v. McBain – 7 PM
Football – Muskegon v. Muskegon Mona Shores – 7 PM
Football – St. Clair Shores Lakeview v. Port Huron – 7 PM
Football – Chesaning v. Mt. Morris – 7 PM
Football – Pontiac Notre Dame Prep v. Detroit Public Safety Academy – 7 PM
Football - Flint Powers Catholic v. Grand Blanc ?- 7 PM

 
Saturday - Oct. 19
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer District Playoffs - District Final at Plainwell  - 11 AM
Girls  Volleyball - New Lothrop v. TBA  - 12 PM
Girls  Volleyball - Fenton v. TBA  - 8 AM
Girls  Volleyball - Saline v. Vandercook Lake  - 8 AM
Girls  Volleyball - Mt Morris v. TBA  - 9 AM
Girls  Volleyball - New Lothrop v. TBA  - 9 AM
 
Monday - Oct. 21
Girls  Volleyball - Multi-team Event at Ishpeming  - 5 PM
Girls  Volleyball - Norway v. West Iron County  - 6 PM
Girls  Volleyball – Riverview Gabriel Richard v. Macomb Lutheran North  - 6:30 PM
Girls  Volleyball – Macomb Lutheran North v. New Haven  - 6:30 PM
Girls  Volleyball - Clare v. Sanford Meridian  - 7:30 PM
Girls  Volleyball - Holly v. Flint Kearsley  - 7:30 PM
 
Tuesday - Oct. 22
Girls  Volleyball - Capac v. Harbor Beach  - 6 PM
Girls  Volleyball - Coopersville v. Comstock Park  - 6 PM
Girls  Volleyball – St. Clair Shores Lake Shore v. Roseville  - 6 PM
Girls  Volleyball - Fenton v. Linden  - 6:15 PM
Girls  Volleyball - Holly v. Flint Kearsley  - 6:15 PM
Girls  Volleyball - Wyoming v. Grand Rapids Christian  - 6:30 PM
Girls  Volleyball - Big Rapids v. Grant  - 7 PM
Girls  Volleyball - Gladstone v. Marquette - 7 PM
Girls  Volleyball - Novi v. Canton  - 7 PM
Girls  Volleyball - Saline v. Ann Arbor Skyline  - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer Playoffs – Regional Semifinals at Troy – 5 & 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer Playoffs – Regional Semifinals at West Bloomfield – 5 & 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer Playoffs – Regional Semifinals at Chesaning – 5 & 7 PM

All of the games are produced by participants in the School Broadcast Program – with East Lansing, Lake Orion, Pewamo-Westphalia, Saline, Marquette, Fowlerville, Montrose and Comstock Park deploying traditional, hands-on, student crew crews to capture the action. The other games are produced by schools using Pixellot – the NFHS Network’s automated streaming solution.

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.