6 Days of Hoops on MHSAA TV
March 15, 2016
By John Johnson
MHSAA Communications Director
An unprecedented six straight days of MHSAA Girls and Boys Basketball Tournament coverage will take place this week on MHSAA.tv and FOX Sports Detroit.
The week starts out with three days of Boys Regional and Girls Quarterfinal coverage produced by participants in the MHSAA’s School Broadcast Program.
The championship live streaming this week begins at 1 p.m. Thursday with the first of two Class C Semifinal games in the Girls Basketball Tournament, and concludes on Saturday when FOX Sports Detroit will provide coverage for the 19th consecutive year. The boys coverage includes two reigning champions – Flint Beecher in Class C and Powers North Central in Class D. Here’s the complete video basketball schedule for the coming week:
Monday – Class D Boys Basketball Regional Semifinals at Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart
Fulton v. Baldwin – 6 p.m.
Big Rapids Crossroads Academy v. Muskegon Catholic Central – 7:45 p.m.
Monday – Class C Boys Basketball Regional Semifinals at Flint Hamady
Southfield Christian vs. Sandusky – 6 p.m.
Flint Beecher v. Detroit Cornerstone Health/Technology – 7:30 p.m.
Monday – Class D Boys Basketball Regional Semifinals at Negaunee
Powers North Central v. Lake Linden-Hubbell – 6 p.m.
Crystal Falls Forest Park v. Rock Mid Peninsula – 8 p.m.
Tuesday – Class A Girls Basketball Quarterfinal at Fenton
Port Huron Northern v. St. Johns – 7 p.m.
Tuesday – Class B Girls Basketball Quarterfinal at Fowlerville
Grand Rapids South Christian v. Dearborn Heights Robichaud – 7 p.m.
Tuesday – Class D Girls Basketball Quarterfinal at Negaunee
Newberry v. Stephenson – 7 p.m.
Wednesday – Boys Basketball Regional Finals
Class D at Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart – 7 p.m.
Class C at Flint Hamady – 7 p.m.
Class D at Negaunee – 7 p.m.
The boys basketball games at Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart are being produced by the School Broadcast Program at the Mt. Pleasant Tech Center. The games at Flint Hamady are being produced by the SBP at Flint Kearsley; and the games at Negaunee are being produced by Negaunee High School. The Girls Basketball Quarterfinal at Fenton is being produced by the SBP at Montrose High School, and Haslett High School is producing the game at Fowlerville.
Thursday – Class C Girls Basketball Quarterfinals
Niles Brandywine/Grand Rapids Covenant Christian winner v. Traverse City St. Francis/St. Ignace winner – 1 p.m.
Flint Hamady/Ithaca winner v. Ypsilanti Arbor Prep/Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett winner – 2:50 p.m.
Thursday – Class D Girls Basketball Quarterfinals
Wyoming Tri-unity Christian/Pittsford winner v. Waterford Our Lady/Kingston winner – 6 p.m.
Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart/Gaylord St. Mary winner v. Newberry/Stephenson winner – 7:50 p.m.
Friday – Class A Girls Basketball Quarterfinals
Ann Arbor Huron/Detroit M.L. King winner v. Port Huron Northern/St. Johns winner – 1 p.m.
Northville/Warren Cousino winner v. East Lansing/Hudsonville winner – 2:50 p.m.
Friday – Class B Girls Basketball Quarterfinals
Detroit Mumford/Detroit Country Day winner v. Grand Rapids South Christian/Dearborn Heights Robichaud winner – 6 p.m.
Bay City John Glenn/Manistee winner v. Marshall/Grand Rapids Catholic Central winner – 7:50 p.m.
Saturday – Finals – FOX Sports Detroit – All games streamed live on FOX Sports Go!
10 a.m. – Class D – LIVE
Noon – Class A – LIVE
4 p.m. – Class C – LIVE
10 p.m. – Class B – Same Day Delay
In addition, there will be free live video streams of all postgame press conferences, the postgame award ceremonies, the 3-Point and Free Throw Shooter’s Challenges and the presentation of the Miss Basketball Award by the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan. The FOX Sports Detroit telecasts also will be posted on MHSAA.tv for on demand viewing following each contest.
The continued Basketball coverage is part of six straight weekends of live MHSAA Championship coverage on MHSAA.tv, and online viewers can catch every weekend of action for one low cost of $14.95.
A Month Pass on MHSAA.tv for $14.95 will give a viewer access to events over a 30-day period from the time it is purchased. Over the next two weeks of live winter championship coverage, the following events will be featured:
- Boys Basketball Regionals – March 14-16
- Girls Basketball Quarterfinals – March 15
- Girls Basketball Semifinals – March 17-18
- Boys Basketball Quarterfinals – March 22
- Boys Basketball Semifinals – March 24-25
A Day Pass is available for $9.95. All events will be available for free on-demand viewing by three days following their initial live airing.
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.
Lower Peninsula Cross Country, Boys Soccer Finals Make for Big Broadcast Saturday
By
Jon Ross
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
November 3, 2021
All eight Lower Peninsula Girls & Boys Cross Country Finals and all four Boys Soccer Finals will be broadcast Saturday on MHSAA.tv and the NFHS Network, capping a viewing schedule that also will include Soccer Semifinals, Volleyball District Semifinals and Finals and Football District and Regional Finals.
Nearly 2,000 Lower Peninsula runners will take to the course at Michigan International Speedway on Saturday (Nov. 6), with races beginning at 9:30 a.m. Coverage will include views from cameras at starting line, the 1- and 2-mile marks, the finish line and throughout the race from the lead cart.
The Division 4 and 3 races begin at 9:30 a.m. and can viewed at this link: https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/mhsaa-mi/gam0fa8764d8b
Division 2 and 1 races begin at 1:30 p.m. and can viewed here:
https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/mhsaa-mi/gam81321985cc
Saturday’s Division 1 and 4 Boys Soccer Finals will be played at Novi High School, with Divisions 2 and 3 at Comstock Park High School. The larger schools at each site will play at noon, followed by the smaller-school divisions at 3 p.m.
Division 1 – https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/mhsaa-mi/gam2b096b5062
Division 2 – https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/mhsaa-mi/gam8aea573f91
Division 3 – https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/mhsaa-mi/gam8b0ab1143e
Division 4 – https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/mhsaa-mi/gam5ad1cdfa45
Audio of all four Boys Soccer Finals will be available at http://mhsaanetwork.com/.
Five of eight Wednesday (Nov. 3) Semifinals also will be broadcast. See schedule with links below:
Division 1 – 6 p.m. – Grosse Pointe South vs. New Baltimore Anchor Bay
Division 1 – 7 p.m. – Northville vs. Okemos
Division 2 – 6 p.m. – DeWitt vs. Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice
Division 3 – 7 p.m. – Allen Park Inter-City Baptist vs. Clarkston Everest Collegiate
Division 3 – 7 p.m. – Grand Rapids South Christian vs. Elk Rapids
The MHSAA Volleyball Tournament continues Wednesday (Nov. 3) and Thursday with District Semifinals, with District Finals also to be played at some sites Thursday and most Friday and Saturday – more than 30 District Finals are on the broadcast schedule.
More than 50 of this weekend’s 11-Player Football District Finals and 8-Player Regional Finals will be broadcast this weekend as well on MHSAA.tv. Links to coverage of both are below:
MHSAA media partner Bally Sports Detroit will continue its weekly live cable TV broadcasts with Friday’s Division 3 District Final of River Rouge (7-2) at Detroit Martin Luther King (9-1). Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. on BSD’s PLUS channel, and the game also may be watched on the BSD website and app.
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.