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.
Football Streaming Returns to MHSAA TV
August 27, 2019
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
For the third straight year, MHSAA.tv and the NFHS Network will open the high school football season with live streaming video of contests from gridiron festivals in Detroit and Flint.
The action begins at 4 p.m. Thursday (Aug. 29) when Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice and Utica Eisenhower open the 15th Annual Xenith Prep Kickoff Classic at Tom Adams Stadium on the campus of Wayne State University in Detroit, and Grand Blanc faces Midland Dow in the Third Annual Vehicle City Gridiron Classic at historic Atwood Stadium in Flint on the campus of Kettering University.
The nightcap games on Thursday are Clinton Township Chippewa Valley vs. Saline at 7 p.m. in Detroit and Goodrich against Flint Powers Catholic in Flint at 7:30 p.m.
Here’s the schedule for the other games:
Prep Kickoff Classic – Detroit
Friday - Aug. 30
Birmingham Groves v. Grosse Pointe South, 4 p.m.
Muskegon v. Warren De La Salle Collegiate, 7 p.m.
Saturday - Aug. 31
Detroit Catholic Central v. Detroit Martin Luther King, 1 p.m.
Detroit Cass Tech v. Chicago Wendell Phillips Academy, 4 p.m.
Vehicle City Gridiron Classic – Flint
Friday, Aug. 30
Otisville LakeVille v. North Branch, 4 p.m.
Flint Carman-Ainsworth v. Port Huron, 7:30 p.m.
The NFHS Network is also working with FOX Sports Detroit to help promote the 2019 edition of Football Week In Michigan, by making the games in Detroit available to cable or satellite subscribers of that channel on FOX Sports GO!
The games in Detroit and Flint are part of a 25-game weekend on the NFHS Network and MHSAA.tv, which is also highlighted by Week 1 showdowns between Pewamo-Westphalia and Reading at Olivet College and Hudson at Ithaca both at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Here’s a list of the varsity events being broadcast on the network over the coming week:
Tuesday, Aug. 27
Girls Volleyball - Pontiac Notre Dame Prep vs. TBD - 1 PM
Boys Soccer – Ann Arbor Greenhills vs. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood – 4:30 PM
Boys Soccer - Ovid-Elsie vs. Byron Center Charter School - 5 PM
Girls Volleyball - Pontiac Notre Dame Prep vs. TBA - 5 PM
Boys Soccer - Manchester vs. Brooklyn Columbia Central - 5:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Bloom. Hills Academy of the Sacred Heart vs. Southfield Christian - 6:30 PM
Boys Soccer - Cedar Springs vs. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern - 6:45 PM
Boys Soccer - Troy Athens vs. Berkley - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - Novi vs. Salem - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - Birmingham Seaholm vs. Bloomfield Hills - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - South Lyon vs. Milford - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - Troy vs. Clarkston - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - Lapeer vs. Notre Dame Prep - 7:30 PM
Wednesday, Aug. 28
Boys Soccer – Dexter vs. Saline – 4 PM
Girls Volleyball - Troy Athens vs. TBA - 5 PM
Girls Volleyball - Freeland vs. Bay City Western - 5 PM
Girls Volleyball - Freeland vs. Gladwin - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball - Pentwater vs. Hart - 6 PM
Boys Soccer - Portage Northern vs. Battle Creek Central - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - South Lyon East vs. Whitmore Lake - 6:30 PM
Boys Soccer – Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central vs. Cedar Springs – 6:45 PM
Boys Soccer - Troy Athens vs. Bloomfield Hills - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - Saline vs. Dexter - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Fowler vs. Pewamo-Westphalia - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Freeland vs. Beaverton - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Morley Stanwood vs. Lakeview - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Ovid-Elsie vs. Owosso - 7 PM
Thursday, Aug. 29
Boys Soccer - Petoskey vs. Maple City Glen Lake - 1 PM
Boys Soccer - Petoskey vs. Ogemaw Heights - 3 PM
2019 Xenith Prep Football Kickoff Classic – Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice vs. Utica Eisenhower - 4 PM
2019 Vehicle City Gridiron Classic – Grand Blanc vs. Midland Dow - 4 PM
Football - Maple City Glen Lake vs. Millington - 6 PM
Boys Soccer - South Lyon East vs. Walled Lake Western - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Otisville LakeVille vs. Byron Center Charter - 6:30 PM
2019 Xenith Prep Football Kickoff Classic – Clinton Twp. Chippewa Valley vs Saline - 7 PM
Football - Troy Athens vs. Detroit Old Redford Preparatory - 7 PM
Football - Calumet vs. Wakefield-Marenisco - 7 PM
Football - Cedar Springs vs. Saginaw Swan Valley - 7 PM
Football - Freeland vs. Marshall - 7 PM
Football - Ithaca vs. Hudson - 7 PM
Football – Stevensville Lakeshore vs. Holland West Ottawa - 7 PM
Football - Birmingham Seaholm vs. Ferndale - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - South Lyon vs. Lakeland - 7 PM
Football - Allegan vs. Plainwell - 7 PM
Football - Lake Orion vs. Lapeer - 7 PM
Football - Reading vs. Pewamo-Westphalia at Olivet College - 7 PM
Football - Zeeland West vs. East Grand Rapids - 7 PM
2019 Flint Vehicle City Gridiron Classic – Goodrich vs. Flint Powers Catholic - 7:30 PM
Football - Pontiac Notre Dame Prep vs. Linden - 7:30 PM
Friday, Aug. 30
2019 Xenith Prep Football Kickoff Classic - Grosse Pointe South vs Birmingham Groves - 4 PM
2019 Flint Vehicle City Gridiron Classic – Otisville LakeVille vs. North Branch - 4 PM
2019 Xenith Prep Football Kickoff Classic - Warren De La Salle Collegiate vs Muskegon - 7 PM
Football - Bad Axe vs. Harbor Beach - 7 PM
2019 Flint Vehicle City Gridiron Classic – Flint Carman-Ainsworth vs. Port Huron - 7:30 PM
Saturday, Aug. 31
2019 Xenith Prep Football Kickoff Classic - Detroit Catholic Central vs Detroit King - 1 PM
Football - Norway vs. Lake Linden-Hubbell - 2 PM
2019 Xenith Prep Football Kickoff Classic – Phillips Academy (IL) vs Detroit Cass Tech - 4 PM
Tuesday, Sept. 3
Boys Soccer - Ovid-Elsie vs. Montrose - 5 PM
Boys Soccer - Manchester vs. Blissfield - 5:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Ovid-Elsie vs. Montrose - 6:30 PM
Boys Soccer - Troy Athens vs. TBA - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - Brighton vs. Novi - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - Freeland vs. Essexville Garber - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - Howell vs. Salem - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - Imlay City vs. Notre Dame Prep - 7:30 PM ?
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.