Fall Playoff Coverage Ramping Up on MHSAA.tv
By
Jon Ross
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
October 28, 2021
A high percentage of this week’s Michigan High School Athletic Association playoff games for football and boys soccer will be broadcast on MHSAA.tv and the NFHS Network, followed by a significant number of opening volleyball tournament matches next week.
Three rounds remain in the MHSAA Boys Soccer Tournament, and MHSAA.tv will broadcast 10 Regional Finals (of 16 to be played), including seven on Thursday (Oct. 28). The 11- and 8-Player Football Playoffs kick off Friday and Saturday, and MHSAA.tv will broadcast more than 100 (of 144 total) football games as well.
The MHSAA Volleyball Tournament begins Monday with District play, and more than 50 matches are currently part of the MHSAA.tv broadcast schedule. The regular-season schedule finishes up this weekend with nearly 70 matches to be broadcast Oct. 28-30.
Additionally, MHSAA media partner Bally Sports Detroit will continue its weekly live cable TV broadcasts with Friday’s Division 1 District Semifinal of Clinton Township Chippewa Valley (6-3) traveling to Troy (8-1). Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. on BSD’s primary channel. The game also may be watched on the BSD website and app.
Click the links below to see all three sports’ listings in full:
Football – Volleyball – Boys Soccer
NFHS Network subscriptions begin at $10.99 per month. Subscribers have access to all live video and streaming statistics across the country. School Broadcast Program participants benefit as a portion of every subscription sold by a school goes to benefit its program.
More than 400 MHSAA member schools are participants in the School Broadcast Program, now in its 13th year, producing games using traditional hands-on student crews or via Pixellot cameras installed at stadiums and gymnasiums across the state. A complete list of participating schools can be found on the School Broadcast Program page of the MHSAA Website.
MHSAA.tv on NFHS Network Surpasses Decade of Providing Fans Another Way to Watch
By
Jon Ross
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
August 30, 2024
The way high school sports fans in Michigan follow their favorite teams changed forever 11 years ago.
MHSAA Championships began airing on the NFHS Network in 2013, and one of the oldest games archived was the season-opening varsity football game between Adrian and Carleton Airport on Aug. 30, 2013. Adrian would go on to win that game 26-7. John Koehn of WLEN in Adrian provided the play-by-play. (Watch the entire game here.)
The second, third, and fourth oldest archived streams were also Adrian football games. The first MHSAA basketball game to air was Cheboygan vs. Newberry on Dec. 10, 2013.
Since that start, more than 172,000 events in Michigan have been broadcast on the NFHS Network. Last school year alone, more than 50,000 events aired. This includes games from all levels – freshman, JV, and varsity. It includes regular-season matchups, all the way through MHSAA Finals. Most games are produced with automated cameras installed in gyms and stadiums. Schools also use student crews to produce broadcasts – providing hands-on learning opportunities for future broadcasters.
More than 600 of the MHSAA’s 752 member schools are partners of the NFHS Network. A monthly subscription to watch is $11.99 – and a portion of that goes back to schools in Michigan. To date, the NFHS Network has shared nearly $1.5 million with partner schools.
If you can’t attend a game in person, watching on the NFHS Network is a great way to support your favorite school.