Big Hoops Tip Off on MHSAA TV
November 28, 2017
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
Winter sports get off to a fast start on MHSAA.tv in the coming week, with a heavy load of basketball games being produced by School Broadcast Program members.
The new sports season also begins with several schools new to the program utilizing the NFHS Network’s new Pixellot technology to stream home athletic events. The latest active additions to the program are Dollar Bay, Macomb Lutheran North and Novi. There are now more than a dozen Pixellot schools in the program, and more will come online throughout the winter.
Pixellot enables schools to produce more games than they can generally find students to cover – meaning that a basketball tripleheader can be streamed instead of only the varsity contest. All the participating school has to do is enter the events it wants covered – athletic and non-athletic – into the system.
Pixelott is a unit equipped with four High Definition cameras which cover the length of the playing surface and then focus in on the ball and player movement to deliver the action. The unit communicates with the scoreboard to insert a time and score graphic on the screen. Ambient audio is picked up by the device, but the play-by-play of an in-person announce team also can be patched in.
In its ninth 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 is used by schools wishing to stream games but which lack the ability to staff the events. The SBP program also gives schools the opportunity to raise money through advertising and viewing subscriptions.
Here’s this week’s MHSAA.tv schedule of video streams being produced by SBP members:
Monday – Nov. 27
Swimming & Diving – Manistique at Marquette – 3:30 p.m.
Tuesday – Nov. 28
Freshman Girls Basketball - Mattawan at Plainwell - 4:15 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Mattawan at Plainwell - 5:45 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Lake City at Harrison - 6 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Iron Mountain at Norway - 6:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Utica Eisenhower at Lake Orion - 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Mattawan at Plainwell - 7:15 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Lake City at Harrison - 7:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Iron Mountain at Norway - 8 p.m.
Thursday – Nov. 29
JV Girls Basketball – Ann Arbor Skyline at Novi - 5:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Ann Arbor Skyline at Novi - 7 p.m.
Friday - Dec. 1
Freshman Girls Basketball - South Haven at Plainwell - 4:15 p.m.
Freshman Girls Basketball - Midland at Freeland - 4:30 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Holland at Comstock Park - 5:30 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - South Haven at Plainwell - 5:45 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Midland at Freeland - 6 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - West Iron County at Norway - 6:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Holland at Comstock Park - 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Birmingham Groves at Lake Orion - 7 p.m.
Boys Ice Hockey – Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood at Calumet - 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball - South Haven at Plainwell - 7:15 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Midland at Freeland - 7:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball - West Iron County at Norway - 8 p.m.
Saturday - Dec. 2
Girls Competitive Cheer – Novi Invitational - 9 a.m.
Girls Competitive Cheer – Plainwell Invitational - 10 a.m.
Boys Ice Hockey – Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingwood at Calumet - 7 p.m.
Monday - Dec. 4
Freshman Boys Basketball – Bay City Western at Freeland - 5:30 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball – Bay City Western at Freeland - 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Holly at Lake Orion - 7 p.m.
Tuesday - Dec. 5
Freshman Girls Basketball - Portage Northern at Plainwell - 4:15 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Hamilton at Comstock Park - 5:30 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - Birch Run at Otisville LakeVille - 5:30 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball – Ann Arbor Skyline at Novi - 5:30 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Portage Northern at Plainwell - 5:45 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Livonia Ladywood at Macomb Lutheran North - 6 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Cheboygan at Alpena - 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Hamilton at Comstock Park - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball – Auburn Hills Avondale at Lake Orion - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Birch Run at Otisville LakeVille - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball – Ann Arbor Skyline at Novi - 7 p.m.
Boys Ice Hockey - Marquette at Calumet - 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Gladstone at Marquette - 7:15 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Portage Northern at Plainwell - 7:15 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Baraga at Dollar Bay - 7:20 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Livonia Ladywood at Macomb Lutheran North - 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday - Dec. 6
JV Girls Basketball - South Lyon at Novi - 5:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball - South Lyon at Novi - 7 p.m.
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 also will be selling Season and Annual Passes at a discounted rate. 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.
Football Finals Replay on FOX For Christmas
December 18, 2018
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
The eight championship games of 2018 MHSAA 11-Player Football Finals will re-air on FOX Sports Detroit on Christmas Day.
Here’s the complete schedule:
Dec. 25
8 a.m. – Division 8 – Reading 39, Breckenridge 20 – The Rangers hold the Huskies to 22 yards rushing, while Elijah Strine and Hunter Midtgard each score twice for Reading.
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10 a.m. – Division 2 – Warren DeLaSalle 29, Muskegon Mona Shores – Make it two in a row for the Pilots! QB Nolan Schultz rushes for three TDs and passes for a fourth.
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Noon – Division 6 – Jackson Lumen Christi 42, Montague 28 – Nick Thomas rushes for 249 yards and two touchdowns to carry the Titans to the championship.
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2 p.m. – Division 4 - Edwardsburg 28, Chelsea 7 – The Eddies put it away in the second half. Caden Goggins and Chase Sager combine for 243 yards to lead the way.
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4 p.m. – Division 7 – New Lothrop 50, Madison Heights Madison 44 - The highest-scoring Finals game ever! Hornets QB Avery Moore rushes for four TDs and 132 yards and passes for a fifth score in this one.
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6 p.m. – Division 1 – Clinton Twp. Chippewa Valley 31, Clarkston 30 - A Finals game for the ages. In the final minute of regulation, Clarkston scores and goes for the win, with Chippewa Valley stopping the 2-point conversion!
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8 p.m. – Division 5 – Hudsonville Unity Christian 42, Portland 7 – A total team effort for Unity, outrushing Portland 279-95. QB Isaac TeSlaa runs for two TDs and passes for a third.
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10 p.m. – Division 3 – Detroit Martin Luther King 41, Muskegon 25 – King breaks it open with three scores during a four-minute span of the final period. QB Dequan Finn throws four scoring passes, two to Dom Polidore-Hannah.
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Things are winding down for the holidays on MHSAA.tv with School Broadcast Program members heading into a break.
In its 10th 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 SBP also gives schools the opportunity to raise money through advertising and viewing subscriptions.
Here’s this week’s MHSAA.tv schedule of video streams being produced by School Broadcast Program members and the NFHS Network:
Tuesday, Dec. 18
- Freshman Boys Basketball - Mt. Morris at Otisville Lakeville - 3:46 PM
- Freshman Girls Basketball - Plymouth at Howell - 3:50 PM
- Freshman Boys Basketball - Tecumseh at Saline - 4 PM
- Freshman Boys Basketball - Charlotte at Fowlerville - 4 PM
- Freshman Girls Basketball - Lapeer at Grand Blanc - 4 PM
- Junior Girls Basketball - South Lyon at Saline - 4 PM
- Freshman Boys Basketball - Delton Kellogg at Kalamazoo Christian - 4:15 PM
- Freshman Boys Basketball – Battle Creek Lakeview at Plainwell - 4:15 PM
- Junior Girls Basketball - Davison at Powers Catholic - 4:30 PM
- Freshman Boys Basketball - Carrollton at Freeland - 4:30 PM
- Freshman Girls Basketball - Macomb Lutheran North at St. Clair Shores Lake Shore - 4:30 PM
- Freshman Boys Basketball - Fulton at Hemlock - 4:30 PM
- Junior Girls Basketball - Plymouth at Howell - 5:20 PM
- Junior Boys Basketball - Mt. Morris at Otisville Lakeville - 5:20 PM
- Junior Girls Basketball - Byron at Ovid-Elsie - 5:30 PM
- Junior Boys Basketball - Tecumseh at Saline - 5:30 PM
- Junior Boys Basketball - Delton Kellogg at Kalamazoo Christian - 5:30 PM
- Junior Girls Basketball - Otisville Lakeville at Mt. Morris - 5:30 PM
- Junior Girls Basketball - Lapeer at Grand Blanc - 5:30 PM
- Girls Basketball - Johannesburg-Lewiston at Pellston - 5:30 PM
- Junior Girls Basketball - Grand Rapids Covenant Christian at Comstock Park - 5:30 PM
- Girls Basketball - South Lyon at Saline - 5:30 PM
- Junior Girls Basketball - Allendale at Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian - 5:30 PM
- Junior Boys Basketball – Battle Creek Lakeview at Plainwell - 5:45 PM
- Junior Boys Basketball - Carrollton at Freeland - 6 PM
- Girls Basketball - Davison at Flint Powers Catholic - 6 PM
- Junior Girls Basketball – Saginaw Swan Valley at Frankenmuth - 6 PM
- Girls Basketball – Saginaw Valley Lutheran at Hemlock - 6 PM
- Junior Boys Basketball – Waterford Our Lady at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood - 6 PM
- Boys Basketball - Evart at Harrison - 6 PM
- Junior Boys Basketball - Ravenna at Hart - 6 PM
- Junior Girls Basketball - Macomb Lutheran North at St. Clair Shores Lake Shore - 6 PM
- Boys Basketball - Charlotte at Fowlerville - 6 PM
- Junior Girls Basketball - Carney-Nadeau at Norway - 6:30 PM
- Girls Basketball - Plymouth at Howell - 6:50 PM
- Boys Basketball - Mt. Morris at Otisville Lakeville - 6:50 PM
- Boys Basketball - Delton Kellogg at Kalamazoo Christian - 7 PM
- Girls Basketball - Grand Rapids Covenant Christian at Comstock Park - 7 PM
- Girls Basketball - Lapeer at Grand Blanc - 7 PM
- Boys Basketball - Charlotte at Fowlerville - 7 PM
- Girls Basketball - Otisville Lakeville at Mt. Morris - 7 PM
- Boys Basketball - Lake Orion at Clarkston - 7 PM
- Boys Basketball - Tecumseh at Saline - 7 PM
- Freshman Girls Basketball - South Lyon at Saline - 7 PM
- Girls Basketball - Allendale at Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian - 7 PM
- Girls Basketball - Byron at Ovid-Elsie - 7 PM
- Boys Basketball - Holly at Flint Kearsley - 7 PM
- Boys Basketball – Battle Creek Lakeview at Plainwell - 7:15 PM
- Girls Basketball - L'Anse at Negaunee - 7:15 PM
- Boys Basketball – Waterford Our Lady at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood - 7:30 PM
- Boys Basketball – Saginaw Valley Lutheran at Hemlock - 7:30 PM
- Boys Basketball - Carrollton at Freeland - 7:30 PM
- Boys Basketball - Davison at Flint Powers Catholic - 7:30 PM
- Girls Basketball – Saginaw Swan Valley at Frankenmuth - 7:30 PM
- Boys Basketball - Ravenna at Hart - 7:30 PM
- Boys Basketball - Fenton at Flint Kearsley - 7:30 PM
- Girls Basketball - Carney-Nadeau at Norway - 8 PM
Wednesday, Dec. 19
- Wrestling – Quad at Mt. Morris with New Lothrop, Millington, Gaylord - 5 PM
- Wrestling - Byron at Otisville Lakeville - 5 PM
- Junior Boys Ice Hockey - Orchard Lake St. Mary’s at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood - 5:15 PM
- Boys Basketball - Mancelona at Pellston - 5:30 PM
- Wrestling – Double Dual at Saginaw Heritage with Mt. Pleasant, Bay City Western - 6 PM
- Junior Girls Basketball - Merrill at St. Charles - 6 PM
- Boys Basketball - Bad Axe at Harbor Beach - 6 PM
- Girls Basketball – Pontiac Notre Dame Prep at Waterford Our Lady - 7 PM
- Girls Basketball - Merrill at St. Charles - 7:30 PM
Thursday, Dec. 20
- Freshman Boys Basketball - Hartland at Howell - 3:50 PM
- Freshman Boys Basketball – Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker at Otisville Lakeville - 3:55 PM
- Freshman Girls Basketball – Harrison Twp. L'Anse Creuse at St. Clair Shores Lake Shore - 4:30 PM
- Freshman Boys Basketball – Saginaw Valley Lutheran at Freeland - 4:30 PM
- Freshman Boys Basketball – Clarkston Everest Collegiate at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood - 4:30 PM
- Freshman Boys Basketball - Allegan at Plainwell - 5 PM
- Junior Boys Basketball - Hartland at Howell - 5:20 PM
- Junior Girls Basketball – Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker at Otisville Lakeville - 5:25 PM
- Junior Boys Basketball - South Lyon East at Lakeland - 5:30 PM
- Junior Boys Basketball - Salem at Novi - 5:30 PM
- Freshman Boys Basketball - Haslett at Fowlerville - 5:30 PM
- Junior Girls Basketball - Saginaw at Grand Blanc - 5:30 PM
- Freshman Girls Basketball - Plymouth Christian at Saline - 5:30 PM
- Junior Girls Basketball - Flint Southwestern at Mt. Morris - 5:30 PM
- Junior Girls Basketball - L'Anse at Calumet - 5:45 PM
- Junior Girls Basketball - Baraga at Dollar Bay - 5:45 PM
- Junior Girls Basketball - Unionville-Sebewaing at Frankenmuth - 6 PM
- Girls Basketball - Brown City at Harbor Beach - 6 PM
- Girls Basketball – Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood - 6 PM
- Boys Basketball - Roscommon at Harrison - 6 PM
- Junior Boys Basketball – Saginaw Valley Lutheran at Freeland - 6 PM