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Follow Stats Live on NFHS Network

September 7, 2016

By John Johnson
MHSAA Communications Director

Each week, football fans can track the progress of a number of games across the state on the MHSAA.tv website through the NFHS Network’s partnership with Digital Scout.

Schools using Digital Scout to record game statistics can connect that game to the online crowd, and if the game has live streaming video, the two feeds will be integrated. Viewers must have a subscription to be able to access the live content. More than 40 football games this Friday (Sept. 9) are scheduled to stream live stats.

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.

Here’s this week’s MHSAA.tv schedule of video streams available being produced by SBP members, as well as live stats from MHSAA member schools using Digital Scout:

Wednesday (Sept. 7)

Thursday (Sept. 8)

Friday (Sept. 9)

  • Football – Traverse City West vs. Traverse City Central – 6:15 p.m. LIVE VIDEO & STATS
  • Football – Goodrich at Montrose – 6:45 p.m. - LIVE
  • Football – Sault Ste. Marie at Marquette – 7 p.m. – LIVE
  • Football – Muskegon Mona Shores at Rockford - 7 p.m. – LIVE
  • Football – Whittemore-Prescott at Oscoda – 7 p.m. - LIVE
  • Football – Pewamo-Westphalia at Saranac – 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Davison at Flint Carman-Ainsworth – 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Fraser at Grosse Pointe South – 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Haslett at Owosso – 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Brown City at Cass City – 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Sturgis at Paw Paw – 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Lansing Catholic at Allendale – 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Grosse Pointe Woods Univ. Liggett at Roch. Hills Lutheran Northwest – 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Sanford Meridian at Roscommon – 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Calumet at Hurley (WI) – 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Jackson Lumen Christi at Battle Creek Harper Creek – 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Grand Rapids Forest Hills Eastern at Grand Rapids South Christian – 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Okemos at Lansing Everett – 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Onsted at Erie-Mason – 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Lake Odessa Lakewood at Perry – 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Lake Odessa at West Bloomfield – 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Cedar Springs at Greenville – 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Mishawaka Penn at Orchard Lake St. Mary’s – 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Harbor Beach at Reese – 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Holland West Ottawa at Caledonia – 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Lansing Sexton at Grand Ledge – 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Saginaw Heritage at Midland Dow – 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Gladstone at Negaunee – 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Holly at Flint Kearsley – 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Midland at Flint Southwestern – 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Lansing Waverly at Dewitt – 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Goodrich at Montrose – 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Hanover-Horton at Manchester – 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Addison at Vandercook Lake – 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Ida at Blissfield – 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Comstock Park at Coopersville – 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Laingsburg at Dansville – 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – St. Clair at Clinton Twp. Clintondale – 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Genesee at New Lothrop – 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Beaverton at Houghton Lake – 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Stanton Central Montcalm at Grant – 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – North Muskegon at Muskegon Oakridge – 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Ottawa Lake-Whiteford at Britton-Macon – 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Stephenson at Crystal Falls Forest Park – 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Onekama at Baldwin – 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Oxford at Clarkston – 7 p.m. (Stats)
  • Football – Plymouth at Grand Blanc – 7 p.m. (Stats)

Saturday (Sept. 10)

  • Boys Soccer – Mason at East Lansing – 11:30 a.m. (On Demand)
  • Football – Grand Traverse Academy at Lawrence – 3 p.m. (Stats)

Now 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.  

Schools interested in becoming a part of the School Broadcast Program should contact John Johnson at the MHSAA Office. 

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 from football games between Rochester Hills Stoney Creek at Lake Orion, South Haven at Dowagiac and Montrose at Clio.

Montrose Earns SBP Awards 5-Peat

By John Johnson
MHSAA Communications Director emeritus

May 11, 2018

Make it five in row for Montrose High School, which again claimed the top spot as the “Program of the Year” in the MHSAA’s School Broadcast Program Excellence Awards for 2017-18.

The SBP Excellence Awards will award certificates and plaques to the schools which took individual honors, with the presentation dates and times to be announced.

Montrose took first place in every category: Best Highlight, Best Multicamera Production, Best Student Play-by-Play, Best Produced Commercial/Feature, Best Single Camera Production with PlayOn! Sports Graphics and Best Use of PlayOn! Sports Graphics. It also placed a second entry in five of the six categories.

Montrose continued to demonstrate good blend of productions in a variety of sports covered and an overall command of the PlayOn! Sports software used for graphics and inserting commercials/features during the course of productions.

Other criteria used in selecting the top program awards were sporting events produced and live page views for those events. The events category was dominated by schools using Pixellot, the NFHS Network’s automated coverage solution, but still topped by a traditional SBP member. Comstock Park has produced 89 events to date this year, followed by three Pixellot schools – Freeland (76), Plainwell (76) and Macomb Lutheran North (71). 

For live page views, the top four schools were Dollar Bay, Lake Orion, Norway and Calumet. Dollar Bay and Norway are dedicated Pixellot schools, while Calumet produces games with traditional crews and Pixellot.

Here is the complete list by categories of the schools and students being honored in this year’s SBP Excellence Awards:

Best Highlight

First Place – Montrose - Eric Vandefifer, David Sackrider, Peyton Hobson, Tanner Sims – Football game v. Birch Run.

Second Place – Negaunee - Thomas Bagley, Chaz Bluse, Alec Johnson – Gymnastics meet v. Super Seven co-op.

Third Place – Montrose - Danny Sackrider, Steven Folsom, Taylor Burke Pennington, Randall Smith – Boys Basketball game v. Genesee Christian.

Best Multicamera Production

First Place – Montrose – Eric Vandefifer, John Blackford, Kenzie Bishop – MHSAA District Wrestling Finals.

Second Place – Lake Orion – WDBC Staff – Boys Basketball game v. Oxford.

Third Place – Lake Orion – WDBC Staff – Boys Basketball game v. Rochester.

Best Student Play-By-Play

First Place – Montrose – Eric Vandefifer and David Sackrider – Football game v. Birch Run.

Second Place – Montrose – Eric Vandefifer and David Sackrider – JV Boys Basketball game v. Genesee Christian.

Third Place – Lake Orion – Ben Wellman and Ted Hirschfield – Boys Basketball game v. Rochester.

Best Produced Commercial/Feature

First Place – Montrose – Jared Adams, Maddie Pyrc, John Blackford – Conlee Oil Company Commercial.

Second Place – Montrose – Jared Adams, Molly Dunton, David Sackrider – Hamilton’s RV Commercial.

Best Single Camera Production with PlayOn! Graphics

First Place - Montrose – David Sackrider, Eric Vandefifer, Tanner Sims, Peyton Hobson, Taylor Burke-Pennington – Football game v. Birch Run.

Second Place – Negaunee – Colton Yesney, Carter Richardson, Robby Williams, Peyton Anderson – Girls Volleyball match v. Gwinn.

Third Place – Montrose - David Sackrider, Eric Vandefifer, Tanner Sims, Peyton Hobson, Taylor Burke-Pennington - JV Boys Basketball game v. Genesee Christian.

Best Use of PlayOn! Graphics/Software

First Place - Montrose – David Sackrider, Eric Vandefifer, Tanner Sims, Peyton Hobson, Taylor Burke-Pennington – Football Game v. Birch Run.

Second Place – Lake Orion - Ben Wellman, Isabella Larsen, Micah Williams, Samuel Jenkins – Boys Basketball game v. Clarkston.

Third Place – Montrose - David Sackrider, Eric Vandefifer, Tanner Sims, Peyton Hobson,Taylor Burke-Pennington - JV Boys Basketball game v. Genesee Christian.

Montrose also was honored this spring by the NFHS Network with the Best Live Sports Broadcast of the 2017-18 school year. Its production of a regular-season football game with Birch Run, won by Montrose in overtime, took top honors.

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. 

The program also gives schools the opportunity to raise money through advertising and viewing subscriptions.  

A complete list of participating schools can be found on the School Broadcast Program page of the MHSAA website.

PHOTOS: (Top) Montrose’s Eric Vandefifer interviews three of his school’s wrestlers who qualified for the MHSAA Individual Finals, during a basketball telecast in March. (Middle) Montrose SBP students take in Tigers Student Media Day this spring.