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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

Pixellot Productions On Rise

September 19, 2018

By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties

A year ago, Pixellot – the automated production solution for schools wishing to stream live video of their athletic events on the NFHS Network and MHSAA.tv – was in use at six schools across Michigan.

With the new school year underway, nearly two dozen schools are actively streaming events using Pixellot, with half of those schools streaming indoor and outdoor events. Several schools have more than two Pixellot units in place.

“Schools are finding that Pixellot provides a great opportunity to get a lot of their games out to their fans in a way they could never achieve,” said Mark Uyl, executive director of the MHSAA.  “We have some schools which are using a mix of their traditional, student-staffed, School Broadcast Program efforts along with Pixellot to be able to add subvarsity coverage; and schools going exclusively with Pixellot with installations at multiple venues.”

Pixellot units use from two to four High Definition cameras that cover the length of the playing surface and then focus on the ball and player movement to deliver the action. The unit communicates with the scoreboard to insert a time and score graphic on the screen. Ambient audio is picked up by the device, but the commentary of the public address announcer or the radio style play-by-play of an in-person announcing team also can be patched in.

All that has to be done from a school’s perspective is type in the event schedule and promote the fact that the games are available on MHSAA.tv. Pixellot does the rest. The unit also can be set up to isolate a camera on a fixed location, which allows for activities like cheer and wrestling to be streamed.

Schools actively engaged in Pixellot productions now include: Ann Arbor Greenhills, Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood, Brighton, Calumet, Dollar Bay, Frankenmuth, Freeland, Fremont, Grand Blanc, Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian, Harrison, Howell, Kalamazoo Christian, Macomb Lutheran North, Manchester, Norway, Novi, Otisville-LakeVille, Ovid-Elsie, Plainwell, Saginaw Heritage, Saline, Stevensville Lakeshore, Warren DeLaSalle and Williamston. Schools using indoor and outdoor units include Cranbrook Kingswood, Frankenmuth, Freeland, Grand Blanc, Howell, Manchester, Norway, Novi, Ovid-Elsie, Plainwell, Saginaw Heritage, Saline and Stevensville Lakeshore. Additional schools will have their Pixellot units coming online soon.

More than 70 percent of the programming taking place this week on MHSAA.tv will be Pixellot productions, featuring a football game Friday evening with two of the top-ranked Division 1 teams facing off for the top spot in the Saginaw Valley League’s Red division. Grand Blanc hosts Davison at 7 p.m. Both teams are 4-0 overall and 2-0 in league play, tied with Lapeer for first place.

Here’s this week’s MHSAA.tv schedule of video streams being produced by School Broadcast Program members and the NFHS Network:

Tuesday - Sept. 18

Wednesday - Sept. 19 

Thursday - Sept. 20

Friday - Sept. 21

Saturday - Sept. 22

Monday - Sept. 24

Tuesday - Sept. 25

All sporting events – live or delayed - are available on a subscription basis only for their first 72 hours online. They become available for free, on-demand viewing approximately 72 hours following their completion.

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 also will be selling Season and Annual Passes at a discounted rate. A portion of every subscription sold by a school goes to benefit its program. 

Highlights of games broadcast during the past week by MHSAA School Broadcast Program contributors feature a pair of close football contests – Marquette’s 36-35 overtime win over Escanaba and Howell topping Novi, 21-17 – and a volleyball match with Lake Orion defeating Oxford, 3-0.

Highlights can be found each week on the MHSAA.tv website, the home page of the MHSAA Website, and the MHSAASports Channel on YouTube.

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