MHSAA TV Loaded for Start of New Year
January 6, 2016
By John Johnson
MHSAA Communications Director
Coming off a two-week break, basketball games dominate the coming week’s action on MHSAA.tv – most of it live – streamed by students involved in the MHSAA’s School Broadcast Program.
In its seventh 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.
All sporting events – Live or On-Demand – 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.
Here’s the schedule School Broadcast Program members plan to stream this week for broadcast at MHSAA.tv. On-Demand listings may be available as soon as one hour following an event’s completion. (List as of Jan. 5):
Wednesday – Jan. 6
- Grand Rapids West Catholic at Comstock Park – Wrestling – 5 p.m. – LIVE
- Gaylord at Alpena – Girls JV Basketball – 5:30 p.m. – LIVE
- DeWitt at Haslett – Wrestling – 6 p.m. – LIVE
- Gaylord at Alpena – Girls Basketball – 7 p.m. – LIVE
Thursday – Jan. 7
- Coopersville at Comstock Park – Freshman Girls Basketball – 4 p.m. - LIVE
- Coopersville at Comstock Park – JV Girls Basketball – 5:30 p.m. - LIVE
- Gaylord at Alpena – Boys JV Basketball – 5:45 p.m. – LIVE
- Bloomfield Hills at Lake Orion – Girls Basketball – 7 p.m. - LIVE
- Gaylord at Alpena – Boys Basketball – 7:15 p.m. – LIVE
- L’Anse at Calumet – Boys Basketball – 7:20 p.m. – LIVE
Friday – Jan. 8
- East Lansing at Haslett – Bowling – 3:15 p.m. – LIVE
- Lake Fenton at Montrose – Girls Basketball – 5:25 p.m. – LIVE
- Novi at Calumet – Ice Hockey – 7 p.m. – LIVE
- Royal Oak at Lake Orion – Boys Basketball – 7 p.m. – LIVE
- Edwardsburg at Dowagiac – Boys Basketball – 7 p.m. - LIVE
Saturday – Jan. 9
- Brighton at Calumet – Ice Hockey – 7 p.m. – LIVE
- Detroit Catholic Central at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood – 7:10 p.m. - LIVE
Monday – Jan. 11
- Midland Dow at Alpena – Boys JV Basketball – 4:30 p.m. – LIVE
- Midland Dow at Alpena – Boys Basketball – 6 p.m. – LIVE
Tuesday – Jan. 12
- Williamston at Haslett – Boys Basketball – 7 p.m. – LIVE
- Houghton at Negaunee – Ice Hockey – 7 p.m. – On-Demand
- South Haven at Dowagiac – Boys Basketball – 7 p.m. - LIVE
- Ontonagon at Calumet – Girls Basketball – 7:20 p.m. – LIVE
Wednesday – Jan. 13
- Ishpeming at Negaunee – Girls Basketball - 7 p.m. - LIVE
Schools interested in becoming a part of the School Broadcast Program should contact John Johnson at the MHSAA Office.
Each week, MHSAA.tv features highlights of events produced by schools involved in the MHSAA School Broadcast Program. This week's package includes clips from the Sault Ste. Marie/Bay City Central hockey and Calumet/Ontonagon boys basketball game, plus buzzer-beating shots from around the state.
MHSAA TV Celebrates 10th Anniversary
August 29, 2018
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
It was 10 years ago today that the MHSAA began its current television network efforts by broadcasting a season-opening football game pitting local rivals in small-town setting.
Sand Creek High School was hosting Blissfield in what had become a traditional season-opening game at the time, the two schools less than 15 miles apart. The Aggies were celebrating a community effort by debuting new grandstands on the home side of the field salvaged from nearby Michigan International Speedway. Townsfolk gathered across the street in the high school for a fund-raising taco dinner, and the MHSAA Network was there.
In the 10 years since that kickoff game, won by Blissfield 14-6, the MHSAA’s video production efforts have gone from games on cable television to an exclusively online effort powered by the NFHS Network – which produces more than 135 events and 400 hours of MHSAA Championships – and feature a growing School Broadcast Program, which will produce upwards of 2,000 hours of regular-season games at more 80 participating schools in 2018-19.
Here’s this week’s MHSAA.tv schedule of video streams being produced by SBP members and the NFHS Network:
Wednesday, Aug. 29
- Freshman Boys Soccer - Dearborn at Saline - 4 p.m.
- Freshman Football - Brighton at Novi - 4:30 p.m.
- Freshman Football - Saginaw Swan Valley at Frankenmuth - 4:30 p.m.
- Freshman Football - Saginaw Heritage at Grand Blanc - 4:30 p.m.
- Freshman Girls Volleyball – West Iron County at Calumet – 4:30 p.m.
- Junior Varsity Girls Volleyball – West Iron County at Calumet – 5:30 p.m.
- Junior Varsity Football - Saginaw Swan Valley at Frankenmuth - 6 p.m.
- Junior Varsity Football - Brighton at Novi - 6:30 p.m.
- Junior Varsity Football - Saginaw Heritage at Grand Blanc - 6:30 p.m.
- Girls Volleyball – West Iron County at Calumet – 5:30 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 30
- Field Hockey - Wixom St. Catherine at Novi - 4:30 p.m.
- Football - Windsor Holy Name at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook - 5 p.m.
- Junior Varsity Field Hockey - Wixom St. Catherine at Novi - 6 p.m.
- Football - Ovid-Elsie at Montrose - 7 p.m.
- Football - Novi at Brighton - 7 p.m.
- Football - Oxford at Lake Orion - 7 p.m.
- Football - Carrollton at Freeland - 7 p.m.
- Football – Negaunee at Calumet – 7 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 31
- Football - Grandville at Warren DeLaSalle - 7 p.m.
- Football - Munising at Norway - 7 p.m.
- Football - Grand Rapids Catholic Central at Saline - 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 4
- Junior Varsity Boys Soccer - Ann Arbor Skyline at Saline - 5:30 p.m.
- Girls Volleyball - Iron Mountain at Norway - 6 p.m.
- Boys Soccer - Ann Arbor Skyline at Saline - 7 p.m.
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.
A complete list of participating schools can be found on the School Broadcast Program page of the MHSAA website.
Highlights of games broadcast by MHSAA School Broadcast Program members and the NFHS Network make their 2018-19 debut this week. Featured games are in football with Trenton’s 27-21 win over Allen Park; Zeeland East topping East Grand Rapids, 36-27; and Flint Beecher defeating Flint Southwestern, 24-0.
Highlights can be found each week on the MHSAA.tv website, the home page of the MHSAA Website, and the MHSAASports Channel on YouTube.