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.
Playoffs Ramp Up on MHSAA TV, FSD
October 23, 2018
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
Highlighted by more than a dozen Football Playoff games, this week’s MHSAA broadcast schedule is loaded with tournament action in three sports.
The slate is highlighted by the first Pre-District Football Playoff game to be shown on cable television statewide, as FOX Sports Detroit launches its Football Week In Michigan activities for 2018 by traveling to Kent City for a Division 7 first-round showdown between the 8-1 Falcons and last year’s Division 8 runner-up, Saugatuck (8-1).
Matt Shepard and Rob Rubick have the call of the game Friday (Oct. 26) at 7 p.m., which also can be seen free on the FoxSportsDetroit.com website and on the FOX Sports app. Authentication may be required to view on the FOX Sports app.
The highly popular Prep Zone series returns for its eighth season as well Friday, with Davison (7-2) at Oxford in a Division 1 Pre-District game and Haslett (8-1) at East Lansing (8-1) in a Division 3 contest. Both games begin at 7 p.m. on the FoxSportsDetroit.com website and on the FOX Sports app.
All games produced on FOX Sports Detroit will be available for on-demand viewing on the MHSAA.tv website.
Another 10 football games Friday evening and another four on Saturday are being produced by School Broadcast Program members and the NFHS Network.
School Broadcast Program members also will be covering a Boys Soccer Regional this week at Cedar Springs and Girls Volleyball Districts beginning Monday (Oct. 29) at four locations.
Here’s this week’s MHSAA.tv schedule of video streams being produced by School Broadcast Program members and the NFHS Network: (Check this list online at MHSAA.com for updates throughout the week as SBP members schedule additional games.)
Tuesday - Oct. 23
- Freshman Girls Volleyball - Delton Kellogg at Kalamazoo Christian - 4:15 PM
- Freshman Girls Volleyball – Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood - 4:30 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Three Rivers at Plainwell - 4:45 PM
- Boys Soccer Div. 2 Regional Semifinal – Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern v. Petoskey @ Cedar Springs - 5 PM
- Freshman Girls Volleyball – Flint Carman-Ainsworth at Grand Blanc - 5:30 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball - Adrian at Saline - 5:30 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball - Delton Kellogg at Kalamazoo Christian - 5:30 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball – Flint Carman-Ainsworth at Grand Blanc - 5:30 PM
- Field Hockey – Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central at Saline - 6 PM
- Boys Soccer Div. 2 Regional Semifinal - Haslett v. Spring Lake @ Cedar Springs - 7 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Adrian at Saline - 7 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Delton Kellogg at Kalamazoo Christian - 7 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Escanaba at Marquette - 7 PM
- Girls Volleyball – Flint Carman-Ainsworth at Grand Blanc - 7 PM
Wednesday - Oct. 24
- Middle School Football – Auburn Hills Avondale at Novi - 4:30 PM
- Girls Volleyball – TBA at Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian - 5 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball – Canton Prep at Ann Arbor Greenhills - 5:30 PM
- JV/Girls Volleyball - Cheboygan at Pellston - 5:30 PM
- Girls Volleyball – St. Johns at Fowlerville - 6:15 PM
- Girls Volleyball – Canton Prep at Ann Arbor Greenhills - 6:30 PM
Thursday - Oct. 25
- JV Girls Volleyball – Ewen-Trout Creek at Dollar Bay - 4:25 PM
- Girls Volleyball – Bloomfield Hills Academy of the Sacred Heart at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood - 4:30 PM
- Freshman Girls Volleyball – Pewamo-Westphalia at Ovid-Elsie - 5:30 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball - Ashley at Ovid-Elsie - 5:30 PM
- Boys Soccer Div. 2 Regional Final @ Cedar Springs - 6 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball - North Dickinson at Norway - 6 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Ashley at Ovid-Elsie - 7 PM
- Girls Volleyball - North Dickinson at Norway - 7:15 PM
Friday - Oct. 26
- Football Div. 8 Pre-District - Pittsford at Reading - 6:45 PM
- Football Div. 1 Pre-District - Monroe at Brownstown Woodhaven - 7 PM
- Football Div. 5 Pre-District – Remus Chippewa Hills at Freeland - 7 PM
- Football Div. 5 Pre-District - Richmond at Frankenmuth - 7 PM
- Football Div. 3 Pre-District - Gaylord at Cedar Springs - 7 PM
- Football Div. 6 Pre-District – Ishpeming Westwood at Calumet - 7 PM
- Football Div. 1 Pre-District – Rockford at Traverse City West – 7 PM
- Football Div. 3 Pre-District – Petoskey at Mt. Pleasant – 7 PM
- Football Div. 6 Pre-District – Hemlock at Montrose – 7 PM
- Football Div. 2 Pre-District – Warren DeLaSalle at Warren Mott – 7 PM
Saturday - Oct. 27
- Football Div. 1 Pre-District - Kalamazoo Central at Saline - 1 PM
- Football Div. 6 Pre-District - Blissfield at Hillsdale - 1 PM
- Football Div. 2 Pre-District – Jenison at Traverse City Central – 7 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Williamston at Fowlerville - 8:30 AM
Monday - Oct. 29
- Girls Volleyball Div. 1 District – Ann Arbor Skyline at Saline - 5 PM
- Girls Volleyball Div. 3 District - Kent City at Grand Rapids Covenant Christian - 5:30 PM
- Girls Volleyball Div. 3 District – Millington v. Otisville-Lakeville @ Montrose – 6 PM
- Girls Volleyball Div. 3 District – Grandville Calvin Christian at Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian - 7 PM
- Girls Volleyball Div. 1 District – Ann Arbor Huron v. Jackson @ Saline – 7 PM
Tuesday - Oct. 30
- Girls Volleyball Div. 1 District – Saginaw Arthur Hill v. Swartz Creek @ Saginaw Heritage – 5 PM
- Girls Volleyball Div. 1 District – Flushing @ Saginaw Heritage - 7 PM
All sporting events – live or delayed - are available on a subscription basis only for their first 72 hours online. They become available for free, on-demand viewing approximately 72 hours following their completion.
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.