Call for SBP Excellence Awards Entries
January 4, 2017
By John Johnson
MHSAA Communications Director
The MHSAA again will recognize the efforts of its members participating in the School Broadcast Program through the fourth annual SBP Excellence Awards, which is now accepting applications for content produced during the 2016-17 school year.
SBP schools can submit up to three entries in each of six categories: Best single-camera production, best multi-camera production, best use of graphics, best produced local commercials/features, best student play-by-play announcers and best highlight clip.
The SBP Excellence Awards will be used in selecting the Program of the Year. Other criteria for Program of the Year include quantity and quality of productions and sports covered, best command of graphics software, initiative to cover home and away athletic contests, and initiative/creative in selling local advertising and subscriptions.
Montrose High School has won the Program of the Year award the past three years.
More details about the 2016-17 SBP Excellence Awards, and an online entry form, can be found on the School Broadcast Program page of the MHSAA Website. (For more details, CLICK HERE; to go to the entry form, CLICK HERE)
The deadline for submitting entries is 4 p.m. Feb. 15.
In its eighth 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.
The program also gives schools the opportunity to raise money through advertising and viewing subscriptions.
All sporting events – Live or On-Demand – 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.
Here’s the schedule of events School Broadcast Program members plan to stream for broadcast at MHSAA.tv. On-Demand listings may be available as soon as one hour following an event’s completion.
Wednesday, Jan. 4
- Wrestling – Quad at Lake Orion, 6 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 5
- Girls Basketball – Bloomfield Hills at Lake Orion, 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball – Ashley at Vestaburg, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 6
- JV Girls Basketball – Lincoln Alcona at Rogers City, 6 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Lincoln Alcona at Rogers City, 7 p.m. - Ice Hockey – Novi at Calumet, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 7
- Girls Competitive Cheer – Comstock Park Invitational, 1 p.m.
- Ice Hockey – Brighton at Calumet, 7 p.m.
- Ice Hockey – Detroit Catholic Central at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood, 7:15 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 9
- JV Boys Basketball – Whittemore-Prescott at Rogers City, 6 p.m.
- Boys Basketball – Whittemore-Prescott at Rogers City, 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball – Ontonagon at Calumet, 7:20 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 10
- Girls Basketball – Oxford at Lake Orion, 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball – Grand Rapids West Catholic at Comstock Park, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 11
- Girls Basketball – Merrill at Vestaburg, 7:30 p.m.
Be sure to check the Upcoming Events page at MHSAA.tv for schedule additions every day.
The NFHS Network has announced new pricing for 2016-17, eliminating the Day Pass and lowering the cost of a Month Pass to $9.95. 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. Some schools also will be selling 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.
Fans can also access scores of games in-progress on the NFHS Network website via ScoreStream. Click on the Scores button in the upper right corner.
A weekly staple on the MHSAA.tv website and the MHSAASports Channel on YouTube is back for another year with highlights of selected games last week produced by members of the Association’s School Broadcast Program.
This week’s highlights package consists of clips of a boys basketball game between Saginaw Nouvel and Beal City and a girls basketball game pitting Traverse City Central and Traverse City West.
Schools interested in becoming a part of the School Broadcast Program should contact John Johnson at the MHSAA Office.
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.