Football Classics Featured Friday on FOX

June 4, 2020

By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties

FOX Sports Detroit on Friday will air a series of “Classic” games from the MHSAA Football Finals, including the longest game in Finals history. 

Here’s the complete schedule:

Noon - 1998 Class AA Final: Detroit Catholic Central vs. Rockford – Catholic Central repeats in Class AA with a 27-23 victory. Rockford took a 23-14 lead into the fourth quarter before the Shamrocks got a nine-yard touchdown run from Casey Rogowski on the first play of the segment. With 5:04 to play, a 70-yard pass play from Dave Lusky to Derek Anderson scored the winning points.

2:30 p.m. - 2000 Division 1 Final: Grand Ledge vs. Utica Eisenhower – One of the most dramatic finishes in the history of the Finals, as Grand Ledge scores twice in the final minute to capture the Division 1 title, 19-14.  The Comets drove 80 yards in eight plays, capped by a five-yard scoring run by quarterback Matt Bohnet with 53 seconds to go, but failed on the two-point conversion which would have given them the lead. Grand Ledge recovered the ensuing onside kick, and two plays later, Bohnet hit Tim George with a 45-yard touchdown pass with 22 ticks left on the clock for the game winner.

4:30 p.m. - 2006 Division 2 Final: Muskegon vs. Warren De La Salle Collegiate – These two teams went back and forth, with the fourth lead change going Muskegon’s way en route to a 32-30 win for the Big Reds. Ronald Johnson opened the scoring for Muskegon by returning a De La Salle fumble 36 yards for a touchdown in the first quarter, and then delivered the winning blow on the first play of the fourth quarter, catching a Chris Crawford pass for a 47-yard scoring play. Crawford rushed for 228 yards and passed for 137.

7 p.m. - 2007 Division 3 Final: East Grand Rapids vs. Orchard Lake St. Mary’s – After ending regulation tied at 14-14, these two teams went for five overtimes before East emerged as a 46-39 winner.  During regulation, Joe Glendening scored twice on runs of 68 and eight yards; and in overtime, he scored in the fourth and fifth extra periods.

Some portions of the games may be edited out due to time constraints.

42 MIHL Showcase Games to Stream Live

February 4, 2020

By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties

The NFHS Network has completed arrangements with LiveBarn for the live video streaming of the 20th Annual MIHL Prep Hockey Showcase this Thursday through Saturday (Feb. 6-8) at Kennedy Recreation Center in Trenton.
 
All 42 games over the three-day event will be available on a subscription basis on MHSAA.tv and LiveBarn. To get directly to the games on MHSAA.tvClick Here.  Here’s the complete schedule:
 
Thursday - Feb. 6      
5:20 p.m.         Warren De La Salle Collegiate vs. Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett
5:40 p.m.         Grosse Pointe North vs.  Allen Park Cabrini
6 p.m.              Lake Orion vs. Plymouth
7:20 p.m.         Port Huron Northern vs. Rochester United
7:40 p.m.         Ann Arbor Skyline vs. Novi
8 p.m.              Riverview Gabriel Richard vs. Howell
 
Friday - Feb. 7
9:30 a.m.         Grosse Pointe South vs. Salem
9:50 a.m.         Grandville vs. Detroit County Day
10:10 a.m.       Hancock vs. Utica Eisenhower
11:30 a.m.       Orchard Lake St. Mary's vs. Traverse City Central
11:50 a.m.       Brighton vs. Grand Rapids Catholic Central
12:10 p.m.       Flint Powers vs. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central
1:30 p.m.         Calumet vs. Livonia Stevenson
1:50 p.m.         Plymouth vs. Byron Center
2:10 p.m.         East Grand Rapids vs Ann Arbor Skyline
4 p.m.              Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood vs. Hartland
4:40 p.m.         Allen Park Cabrini vs Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern/Eastern
4:20 p.m.         Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice vs. Saginaw Heritage
6 p.m.              Detroit Catholic Central vs. Green Bay Notre Dame Academy
6:20 p.m.         Detroit U-D Jesuit vs. Midland Dow
6:40 p.m.         Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett vs. Big Rapids
8 p.m.              Trenton vs. Cleveland St. Ignatius
8:20 p.m.         Houghton vs. Riverview Gabriel Richard
8:40 p.m.         Port Huron Northern vs. Grand Rapids Christian
           
Saturday - Feb. 8       
8 a.m.              Detroit Country Day vs. Midland Dow
8:20 a.m.         Howell vs. Grand Rapids Catholic Central
8:40 a.m.         Warren De La Salle Collegiate vs. Hancock
10 a.m.            Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice vs. Green Bay Notre Dame Academy
10:20 a.m.       Grosse Pointe South vs. Grandville
10:40 a.m.       Big Rapids vs East Grand Rapids
Noon               Trenton vs. Calumet
12:20 p.m.       Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood vs. Houghton
12:40 p.m.       Traverse City Central vs. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern/Eastern
2:30 p.m.         Livonia Stevenson vs. Saginaw Heritage
2:50 p.m.         Orchard Lake St. Mary's vs. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central
3:10 p.m.         Byron Center vs. Flint Powers
4:30 p.m.         Detroit Catholic Central vs. Hartland
4:50 p.m.         Cleveland St. Ignatius vs. Brighton
5:10 p.m.         Grand Rapids Christian vs. Utica Eisenhower
6:30 p.m.         Detroit U-D Jesuit vs. Salem
6:50 p.m.         Novi vs. Lake Orion
7:10 p.m.         Grosse Pointe North vs. Rochester United
 
The Showcase is part of a week of nearly 600 live events on MHSAA.tv and the NFHS Network. You can Click Here to look at the latest list of all upcoming varsity games.           
 
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 $10.99 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.