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Dot-TV Schedule Features Hoops Classic
January 3, 2019
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
The first weekend of action of the new year on MHSAA.tv will feature the five games of the 2019 GottaGetIt Hoops Boys Basketball Classic at Grand Blanc High School on Saturday (Jan. 5) beginning at noon.
Here’s the complete schedule at Grand Blanc:
Jan. 5
- Flint Hamady (4-2) v. Birmingham Brother Rice (2-4) - Noon
- Grand Rapids Union (3-1) v. Warren Lincoln (6-2) - 2 PM
- Detroit Douglass (2-4) v. Flint Powers Catholic (3-4) - 4 PM
- Benton Harbor (8-0) v. Saginaw (6-1) - 6 PM
- Harvey (IL) Thornton Township (4-3) v. Grand Blanc (5-2) - 8 PM
Benton Harbor won the Class B title last year. Flint Powers, Grand Blanc and Saginaw all drew mention in media preseason rankings this winter.
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 events. The SBP also gives schools the opportunity to raise money through advertising and viewing subscriptions.
Here’s the upcoming MHSAA.tv schedule of video streams being produced by School Broadcast Program members and the NFHS Network:
Thursday - January 3
- JV Boys Basketball - Hudsonville at Grandville - 5:30 PM
- Freshman Girls Basketball - Hudsonville at Grandville - 5:30 PM
- JV Girls Basketball - Ishpeming Westwood at Calumet - 5:45 PM
- JV Boys Basketball – Lake Linden-Hubbell at Dollar Bay - 5:45 PM
- Boys Basketball - West Bloomfield at Lake Orion - 7 PM
- JV Girls Basketball - Hudsonville at Grandville - 7 PM
- Freshman Boys Basketball - Hudsonville at Grandville - 7 PM
- Boys Basketball - Lake Linden-Hubbell at Dollar Bay - 7:15 PM
- Girls Basketball - Ishpeming Westwood at Calumet - 7:15 PM
- Boys Basketball – Carson City-Crystal at Vestaburg - 7:30 PM
Friday - January 4
- Freshman Girls Basketball - DeWitt at Howell - 3:50 PM
- Freshman Girls Basketball - Grand Blanc at Flint Powers Catholic - 4 PM
- Freshman Boys Basketball - Watervliet at Kalamazoo Christian - 4 PM
- Freshman Girls Basketball - Macomb Dakota at Bloomfield Hills Marian - 4 PM
- Freshman Boys Basketball – Waterford Kettering at White Lake Lakeland - 4 PM
- Freshman Boys Basketball - Flint Powers Catholic at Grand Blanc - 4 PM
- Freshman Boys Basketball - Frankenmuth at Saginaw Heritage - 4 PM
- Freshman Boys Basketball – South Lyon at Highland Milford – 4 PM
- JV Girls Basketball – Holly at Fenton – 4:15 PM
- Freshman Boys Basketball - Saginaw Nouvel at Freeland - 4:30 PM
- JV Girls Basketball - DeWitt at Howell - 5:20 PM
- Girls Basketball - Genesee Christian at Otisville Lakeville - 5:20 PM
- JV Boys Basketball – South Lyon at Highland Milford – 5:30 PM
- JV Boys Basketball - Flint Powers Catholic at Grand Blanc - 5:30 PM
- Girls Basketball – Bay City Western at Bay City John Glenn - 5:30 PM
- JV Boys Basketball – Saginaw Arts & Sciences at Mt Morris - 5:30 PM
- JV Girls Basketball - Grand Blanc at Flint Powers Catholic - 5:30 PM
- JV Girls Basketball - Macomb Dakota at Bloomfield Hills Marian - 5:30 PM
- JV Boys Basketball - Watervliet at Kalamazoo Christian - 5:30 PM
- JV Girls Basketball - Frankenmuth at Saginaw Heritage - 5:30 PM
- JV Boys Basketball – Waterford Kettering at White Lake Lakeland - 5:30 PM
- JV Boys Basketball - Hemlock at Harbor Beach - 6 PM
- JV Girls Basketball – Allen Park Cabrini at St. Clair Shores Lake Shore - 6 PM
- JV Girls Basketball – Saginaw Swan Valley at Hemlock - 6 PM
- Girls Basketball - Central Montcalm at Fremont - 6 PM
- JV Boys Basketball – St. Ignace at Pellston - 6 PM
- JV Boys Basketball - Saginaw Nouvel at Freeland - 6 PM
- Girls Basketball – Holly at Fenton – 6 PM
- Boys Basketball - Genesee Christian at Otisville Lakeville - 6:50 PM
- Girls Basketball - DeWitt at Howell - 6:50 PM
- Boys Basketball – Bay City Western at Bay City John Glenn - 7 PM
- Girls Basketball - Macomb Dakota at Bloomfield Hills Marian - 7 PM
- Boys Basketball – Saginaw Arts & Sciences at Mt. Morris - 7 PM
- Boys Basketball – Waterford Kettering at White Lake Lakeland - 7 PM
- Boys Basketball - Frankenmuth at Saginaw Heritage - 7 PM
- Girls Basketball - Grand Blanc at Flint Powers Catholic - 7 PM
- Boys Ice Hockey - Novi at Calumet - 7 PM
- Boys Basketball - Flint Powers Catholic at Grand Blanc - 7 PM
- Boys Basketball - Watervliet at Kalamazoo Christian - 7 PM
- Boys Basketball – Royal Oak Shrine at Waterford Our Lady - 7 PM
- Boys Basketball – South Lyon at Highland Milford – 7 PM
- Boys Basketball - Hemlock at Harbor Beach - 7:20 PM
- Boys Basketball - Saginaw Nouvel at Freeland - 7:30 PM
- Boys Basketball - Central Montcalm at Fremont - 7:30 PM
- Girls Basketball – Allen Park Cabrini at St. Clair Shores Lake Shore - 7:30 PM
- Girls Basketball – Grand Rapids Catholic Central at Comstock Park - 7:30 PM
- Girls Basketball – Saginaw Swan Valley at Hemlock - 7:30 PM
- Girls Basketball – Allen Park Cabrini at St. Clair Shores Lake Shore - 7:30 PM
- Boys Basketball – St. Ignace at Pellston - 7:30 PM
- Boys Basketball – Holly at Fenton – 7:30 PM
Saturday - January 5
- Wrestling - Saginaw Heritage Invitational - 9 AM
- Competitive Cheer – Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian Invitational - 9 AM
- Competitive Cheer – Grandville Invitational - 9:30 AM
- JV Competitive Cheer – Grandville Invitational - 9:30 AM
- Competitive Cheer – Frankenmuth Invitational - 10 AM
- Competitive Cheer – Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian Invitational - 11 AM
- Boys Basketball – Flint Hamady v. Birmingham Brother Rice @ Grand Blanc Classic - Noon
- JV Girls Basketball – Fruitport Calvary Christian at Hart - 2 PM
- Boys Basketball – Grand Rapids Union v. Warren Lincoln @ Grand Blanc Classic - 2 PM
- JV Boys Basketball – Fruitport Calvary Christian at Hart - 3:30 PM
- Boys Basketball – Detroit Douglass v. Flint Powers Catholic @ Grand Blanc Classic - 4 PM
- Girls Basketball – Fruitport Calvary Christian at Hart - 5 PM
- Boys Ice Hockey - Brighton at Calumet - 6 PM
- Boys Basketball - Benton Harbor v. Saginaw @ Grand Blanc Classic - 6 PM
- Boys Basketball – Fruitport Calvary Christian at Hart - 6:30 PM
- Boys Basketball – Harvey (IL) Thornton Township v. Grand Blanc @ Grand Blanc Classic - 8 PM
Monday - January 7
- Freshman Boys Basketball - Pinconning at Hemlock - 4:30 PM
- Freshman Girls Basketball - Marysville at St. Clair Shores Lake Shore - 4:30 PM
- JV Girls Basketball - Watersmeet at Dollar Bay - 5:45 PM
- JV Girls Basketball - St. Louis at St. Charles - 6 PM
- JV Girls Basketball - Pinconning at Hemlock - 6 PM
- JV Boys Basketball - Pentwater at Hart - 6 PM
- JV Girls Basketball - Marysville at St. Clair Shores Lake Shore - 6 PM
- JV Boys Basketball - West Iron County at Norway - 6:30 PM
- Girls Basketball – Marine City Cardinal Mooney at Waterford Our Lady - 7 PM
- Boys Basketball – Unionville-Sebewaing at Bay City John Glenn - 7 PM
- Girls Basketball - Watersmeet at Dollar Bay - 7:15 PM
- Girls Basketball - Marysville at St. Clair Shores Lake Shore - 7:30 PM
- JV Boys Basketball - Pinconning at Hemlock - 7:30 PM
- JV Boys Basketball - St. Louis at St. Charles - 7:30 PM
- Boys Basketball - Pentwater at Hart - 7:30 PM
- Boys Basketball - West Iron County at Norway - 8 PM
Tuesday - January 8
1975 Class D Football Film Finds Way Back to MHSAA for All to Enjoy Again
By
John Johnson
MHSAA Communications Director emeritus
April 11, 2023
Chasing history was one of the most enjoyable parts of serving at the MHSAA for nearly 34 years. Researching information, but especially what I considered for a long time to be talking to the “old guys” (now I’m one of them) and soaking up their verbal histories of our games.
It also involved chasing down old photos, broadcasts and game films – especially those which preceded our more modern video era beginning in the 1990s.
When I arrived at the MHSAA in 1987, there was a shelf of old 16mm film canisters of an assortment of Boys Basketball Finals from the 1950s to the 70s – certainly not a complete set. The Association would shoot some game action from each quarter and the trophy presentations. They’d be sent out to the participating schools to show to the students (I remember watching a Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart game in 1967 when I was in fifth grade). Some would find their way back to the office – most would not.
Will Robinson, the legendary Detroit Public School League coach who led Pershing High School to the league’s first MHSAA titles (in 1967 and 1970) after a district-imposed hiatus from 1931-61 from statewide tournaments, would pull my chain every time we saw each other about those games featuring Spencer Haywood and Ralph Simpson, among others. We never found them.
So it became a project to try and track down as many old game films of state championships as we could.
Any conversation with someone with a history tone always included a question about the whereabouts of a game film or video. One of those recently bore fruit.
When Crystal Falls Forest Park played in the 8-Player Football Finals at the Superior Dome in Marquette back in 2017, I spent a lot of time talking with living legend Bill Santilli, who led the Trojans to the Class D crown in the very first year of the tournament in 1975, and who would later coach the school to a second state title (2007) and serve as athletic director. He said he had a box on his desk collecting dust that he didn’t know what to do with – that box contained an old video tape from that game.
I uttered four little words – “Send It To Me.”
After a while the tape arrived in East Lansing, and I got our video production friends at When We Were Young Productions/Rush Media in Wisconsin on it. This winter, they found someone who could convert it and sent me a file that was recently posted to the MHSAASPORTS Channel on YouTube. You can watch the Trojans play Flint Holy Rosary by Clicking Here or watching above.
There are all kinds of old game films/videos and artifacts in attics, closets, garages, etc., in every town. Two of our Muskegon historians – Ron Pesch, the MHSAA’s history guy; and the old broadcaster, Jim Moyes, who called games on the radio for years in the Port City – can tell stories of their own about discoveries they have made. Moyes found all kinds of mementos while working on his book on the history of high school track & field in Michigan, and sitting with Ron at this year’s Girls Basketball Finals, he told a story of finding the mother lode of photographs from one of his other historical passions – silent film star Buster Keaton – who spent ten summers in the Actor’s Colony in Muskegon.
Pesch found a listing for Eleanor Keaton, Buster’s widow, using a telephone book (remember those?), made a phone call and shortly thereafter, on a vacation to California, was in her living room where he was loaned a photo album and family scrapbook containing all kinds of images from their time in Muskegon. Many of those images appear in a soon-to-be-released documentary, while the album and scrapbook now reside in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences library in Beverly Hills, Calif. You can preview the film by Clicking Here.
So if you think you have something of a state championship that could be utilized on a bigger platform and enjoyed by everyone, drop a note to [email protected]. If something needs to be converted to a more modern format, you’ll get a copy back, and the footage will be eventually viewable on the MHSAA’s YouTube channel.
To help guide your search, think in the following terms:
► Just about anything before 1990. But there are gaps during the 90s that need to be filled as well.
► Only Championship games and Semifinal games, unless something momentous occurred (like Richie Jordan’s 60-point game for Fennville against Bridgman in a Regional Semifinal in 1965, which is still an all-time tournament single-game record for boys basketball).
► For a list of what’s in the MHSAA archives prior to 2000 – Click Here. A long-term project is to get all of the games on the list and up to about 2010 uploaded to the YouTube channel. Most games from 2013-14 on can be viewed on the NFHS Network, and some games between 2010 and 2013 are available for purchase as DVDs from PrepFilms.com.
PHOTO Posing with the championship trophy after the 1975 Class D Football Final are (left to right): Forest Park tight end Bryan LaChapelle, quarterback Richard Mettlach, head coach Dick Mettlach and running back Bill Santilli.