Football Rivalries Top This Week’s MHSAA.tv, Media Partner Broadcast Schedules

By Jon Ross
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties

September 22, 2021

A series of football rivalries will be showcased on MHSAA.tv and the NFHS Network, as well as media partners Bally Sports Detroit and State Champs! Sports Network during another busy weekend of broadcasts Sept. 24-26.

This week’s Bally Sports Detroit live cable football broadcast will feature Lansing-area rivals Grand Ledge (4-0) and DeWitt (3-1) at 7 p.m. Friday with first place on the line in the Capital Area Activities Conference Blue. That game can be watched on BSD’s PLUS channel or online on BSD’s website or app. On Sunday, State Champs will broadcast live on its website the annual “Boys Bowl” between Detroit Catholic League Central contenders Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice (3-1) and Detroit Catholic Central (3-1), with kickoff at 1 p.m.

This weekend’s MHSAA.tv football schedule includes more than 165 games, including a number of notable Friday night rivalry clashes. Annual powers Rockford (4-0) and Hudsonville (2-2) are among four teams undefeated in Ottawa-Kent Conference Red play after two league games, and Dearborn Fordson (4-0) takes on Belleville (3-1) in a matchup that regularly helps decide the Kensington Lakes Activities Association East champion. Pewamo-Westphalia (4-0) faces Fowler (2-2) for first place in the Central Michigan Athletic Conference, Edwardsburg (4-0) and Plainwell (4-0) match up to decide the leader in the Wolverine Conference, and Frankenmuth (4-0) and Freeland (4-0) will clash for first place in the Tri-Valley Conference East. While not a league game, Boyne City (4-0) and Traverse City St. Francis (4-0) also will meet in a matchup of undefeated teams.

See links below to those and a few more events of note being broadcast on the Network this week:

FOOTBALL

Sept. 24, 6:35 p.m.: Fowler at Pewamo-Westphalia
Sept. 24, 7 p.m.: Novi at Canton
Sept. 24, 7 p.m.: Belleville at Fordson
Sept. 24, 7 p.m.: Freeland at Frankenmuth
Sept. 24, 7 p.m.: West Bloomfield at Lake Orion
Sept. 24, 7 p.m.: Montrose at New Lothrop
Sept. 24, 7 p.m.: Edwardsburg at Plainwell
Sept. 24, 7 p.m.: Hudsonville at Rockford
Sept. 24, 7 p.m.: Muskegon Mona Shores at Zeeland East
Sept. 24, 7 p.m.: Clinton Township Chippewa Valley at Romeo

Sept. 25, 1 p.m.: Boyne City at Traverse City St. Francis

VOLLEYBALL

Sept. 22, 5:25 p.m.: Kalamazoo Central at Kalamazoo Loy Norrix
Sept. 23, 6:30 p.m.: Maple City Glen Lake at Leland
Sept. 23, 6:30 p.m.: Cadillac at Gaylord

BOYS SOCCER

Sept. 22, 6 p.m.: Midland at Flint Powers Catholic
Sept. 25, 10 a.m.: Berkley at Rochester
Sept. 25, 12:30 p.m.: Auburn Hills Oakland Christian at Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett

The MHSAA.tv schedule total also includes more than 200 volleyball and more than 80 boys soccer matches this week. Click the links below to see all three sports’ listings in full:

Football VolleyballBoys 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 Minute Returns This Week

January 9, 2018

By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
 

With the winter sports season fully underway, StateChamps! High School Sports Show returns with new weekly editions debuting each Sunday at 9 a.m. on Fox Sports Detroit – featuring a fresh series of messages called the MHSAA Minute.
 
The MHSAA Minute takes a look each week at different things happening in the life of the Association, from promoting educational programs to rules changes in high school sports. The first of two messages will air this week on high school rules changes in basketball. Archived editions of MHSAA Minute can be found on the StateChamps! YouTube Channel.
 
This week’s schedule of high school sporting events on MHSAA.tv produced by Association members taking part in the School Broadcast Program features 100 contests.
 
A total of 57 games at the varsity level are on the schedule for this week, with more to be added as the week progresses. Be sure to check Upcoming Events on the MHSAA.tv home page daily for last-minute additions.
 
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. Pixellot – the NFHS Network’s automated streaming solution - is used by schools that wish to live stream games but lack the ability to staff the events. The program also gives schools the opportunity to raise money through advertising and viewing subscriptions
 
Here’s this week’s MHSAA.tv schedule of video streams being produced by SBP members:
 
Tuesday - Jan. 9
Freshman Girls Basketball – Morley-Stanwood at Fremont  - 4 p.m.
Freshman Girls Basketball - Vicksburg at Plainwell  - 4:15 p.m.
Freshman Girls Basketball - Warren Regina at Macomb Lutheran North  - 4:30 p.m.
Freshman Boys Basketball - Houghton Lake at Harrison  - 4:30 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - Byron at Montrose  - 5:30 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball – Grand Rapids Catholic Central at Comstock Park  - 5:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Northville at Novi  - 5:30 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Central Montcalm at Fremont  - 5:30 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Ontonagon at Calumet  - 5:45 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Vicksburg at Plainwell  - 5:45 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Whittemore-Prescott at Rogers City  - 6 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Midland Bullock Creek at Freeland  - 6 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Warren Regina at Macomb Lutheran North  - 6 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - Houghton Lake at Harrison  - 6 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Northville at Novi  - 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Grand Rapids Catholic Central at Comstock Park  - 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Warren Regina at Macomb Lutheran North  - 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Whittemore-Prescott at Rogers City  - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Byron at Montrose  - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Tawas Area at Alpena  - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball – St. Johns at Fowlerville  - 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Central Montcalm at Fremont  - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball – Merrill at Vestaburg – 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Vicksburg at Plainwell  - 7:15 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Ontonagon at Calumet  - 7:15 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Bessemer at Lake Linden-Hubbell  - 7:20 p.m.
Boys Basketball – Midland Bullock Creek at Freeland  - 7:30 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Houghton Lake at Harrison  - 7:30 p.m.
 
Wednesday - Jan. 10
Wrestling - Central Montcalm at Fremont  - 5:30 p.m.
Wrestling - Alma at Freeland  - 6 p.m.
Cheerleading – OAA Meet at Lake Orion - 6:30 p.m.
Boys Basketball – Ishpeming at Negaunee – 7:30 p.m.
 
Thursday - Jan. 11
Freshman Boys Basketball - Burton Bendle at Otisville-Lakeville  - 4 p.m.
Freshman Boys Basketball - Carrollton at Freeland  - 4:30 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Sparta at Comstock Park  - 5:30 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Durand at Montrose  - 5:30 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Burton Bendle at Otisville-Lakeville  - 5:30 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Newaygo at Fremont  - 5:30 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - Hancock at Dollar Bay  - 5:45 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - Carrollton at Freeland  - 6 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - Mio at Rogers City  - 6 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - Newaygo at Fremont  - 7 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - Burton Bendle at Otisville-Lakeville  - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Mio at Rogers City  - 7 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - Durand at Montrose  - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Hancock at Dollar Bay  - 7:15 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Carrollton at Freeland  - 7:30 p.m.
 
Friday - Jan. 12
Freshman Girls Basketball – Warren Woods-Tower at Macomb Lutheran North  - 4 p.m.
Freshman Girls Basketball - Coopersville at Fremont  - 4:30 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Republic-Michigamme at Dollar Bay  - 5:45 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Sparta at Comstock Park  - 6 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball – Sanford Meridian at Harrison  - 6 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Fowlerville at Williamston  - 6 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Newaygo at Fremont  - 6 p.m.
Boys Ice Hockey – Detroit U-D Jesuit at Calumet  - 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Carson City-Crystal at Vestaburg – 7 p.m.
Boys Ice Hockey - Detroit Catholic Central at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood  - 7:15 p.m.
Boys Basketball – Wyoming Kelloggsville at Wyoming Lee – 7:15 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Republic-Michigamme at Dollar Bay  - 7:20 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Fowlerville at Williamston  - 7:27 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Newaygo at Fremont  - 7:30 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Sparta at Comstock Park  - 7:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Sanford Meridian at Harrison  - 7:30 p.m.
 
Saturday - Jan. 13
Swimming and Diving - Marquette   - 10  a.m.
Boys Ice Hockey – Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood at Detroit Catholic Central  - 6:15 p.m.
Boys Ice Hockey – Detroit U-D Jesuit at Calumet  - 7 p.m.
 
Monday - Jan. 15
Cheerleading – OK Meet at Comstock Park  - 5 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Marion at Harrison  - 6 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - North Dickinson at Norway  - 6:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Oxford at Lake Orion  - 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Marion at Harrison  - 7:30 p.m.
Boys Basketball - North Dickinson at Norway  - 8 p.m.
 
Tuesday - Jan. 16
Freshman Boys Basketball - Chesaning at Otisville-Lakeville  - 4 p.m.
Freshman Girls Basketball - Comstock at Plainwell  - 4:15 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - Kent City at Comstock Park  - 4:30 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball – Livonia Stevenson at Novi  - 5:30 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - Genesee at Montrose  - 5:30 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Comstock at Plainwell  - 5:45 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball – Lake Linden-Hubbell at Dollar Bay  - 5:45 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Houghton at Calumet  - 5:45 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - Chesaning at Otisville-Lakeville  - 6 p.m.
JV Boys Basketball - Lake City at Harrison  - 6 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Onaway at Rogers City  - 6 p.m.
JV Girls Basketball - Stephenson at Norway  - 6:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Onaway at Rogers City  - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Kent City at Comstock Park  - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Ferndale at Lake Orion  - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Chesaning at Otisville-Lakeville  - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Mason at Fowlerville  - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball – Livonia Stevenson at Novi  - 7 p.m.
Boys Ice Hockey - Escanaba at Marquette  - 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Genesee at Montrose  - 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Houghton at Calumet  - 7:15 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Comstock at Plainwell  - 7:15 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Grant at Fremont  - 7:19 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Lake Linden-Hubbell at Dollar Bay  - 7:20 p.m.
Boys Basketball - Lake City at Harrison - 7:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball - Stephenson at Norway - 8 p.m.
 
Wednesday - Jan. 17
Wrestling - Paw Paw at Plainwell  - 5:30 p.m.
Cheerleading - Lake Fenton at Montrose  - 6 p.m.
 
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 will also be selling Season and 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.

Highlights of games produced in the past week by MHSAA School Broadcast Program members feature the following events:
 
Boys Basketball – Fremont 54, Big Rapids 49
Girls Basketball – Wakefield-Marinesco 56, Dollar Bay 54 (OT)
Boys Basketball – Harrison 48, Roscommon 40
 
Highlights can be found each week on the MHSAA.tv website, the home page of the MHSAA Website, and the MHSAASports Channel on YouTube