MHSAA TV Marches On The Mats
February 27, 2018
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
Another big weekend of MHSAA Championships take place on Friday and Saturday (March 2-3) on MHSAA.tv, as March Magic marches onto the Individual Wrestling and Girls Competitive Cheer mats.
Live Finals streaming this week begins at noon Friday from Ford Field in Detroit at the Individual Wrestling Finals. Manned cameras will be on each of 20 mats on the floor, and broadcasts will include full graphics to indicate the participants in each match, plus full in-progress scoring information via Trackwrestling.
The Girls Competitive Cheer Finals at the DeltaPlex in Grand Rapids begin Friday evening with Division 1, followed by the other three divisions Saturday.
Here’s the complete wrestling coverage schedule:
- Friday – Rounds 1-2-3-4 – Noon
- Friday – Semifinal Round – 7:30 p.m.
- Saturday – Rounds 6-7-8 – 8:30 a.m. - Round 6 at 8:30 a.m. is the third Consolation round. Round 7 at about 9:45 a.m. is the fourth Consolation Round. Round 8 at about 11 a.m. is the final round in the Consolation bracket.
- Saturday – Finals – 3 p.m.
- Saturday – Awards – 6 p.m. (TENTATIVE - Time approximate following conclusion of wrestling)
You can get to all of the wrestling action on a single landing page on the NFHS Network – Click Here.
Here’s the complete cheer coverage schedule:
- Friday – Division 1 – 6 p.m. (East Kentwood, Grand Blanc, Grandville, Lake Orion, Rochester, Rochester Adams, Rochester Hills Stoney Creek, Sterling Heights Stevenson)
- Saturday – Division 2 – 10 a.m. (Allen Park, Dearborn Divine Child, DeWitt, Gibraltar Carlson, Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills, Muskegon Mona Shores, Muskegon Reeths-Puffer,
Southgate Anderson) - Saturday - Division 4 – 2 p.m. (Addison, Adrian Madison, Farwell, Houghton Lake, Hudson, Merrill, Pewamo-Westphalia, Sanford Meridian)
- Saturday - Division 3 – 6 p.m. (Charlotte, Comstock Park, Escanaba, Flat Rock, Lake Odessa Lakewood, Monroe Jefferson, Pontiac Notre Dame Prep, Richmond)
The continued Wrestling and full Cheer coverage is part of six straight weekends of live MHSAA Championship coverage on MHSAA.tv, and online viewers can catch every weekend of action for one low cost of $9.95. Over the next three weeks of live Winter championship coverage, the following events will be featured:
- March 8-10 – Ice Hockey Semifinals & Finals
- March 13 – Girls Basketball Quarterfinals
- March 15-16 – Girls Basketball Semifinals
- March 20 – Boys Basketball Quarterfinals
- March 22-23 – Boys Basketball Semifinals
In addition to all of the tournament action, regular-season coverage of contests by participants in the MHSAA’s School Broadcast Program will bring more than 45 contests into homes over the coming week – including a number of District contests in Girls Basketball.
Here’s this week’s MHSAA.tv schedule of video streams being produced by SBP members:
Tuesday, Feb. 27
- Freshman Boys Basketball - Ludington at Fremont – 4 p.m.
- Freshman Boys Basketball - Comstock at Plainwell - 4:15 p.m.
- Freshman Boys Basketball – Standish-Sterling at Freeland - 4:30 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Comstock at Plainwell - 5:45 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Houghton at Calumet - 5:45 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Standish-Sterling at Freeland - 6 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Ludington at Fremont - 6 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Fowlerville at Hartland - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Berkley at Lake Orion - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Comstock at Plainwell - 7:15 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Houghton at Calumet - 7:15 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Chassell at Lake Linden-Hubbell - 7:20 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Standish-Sterling at Freeland - 7:30 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Ludington at Fremont - 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 28
- Girls Basketball – Fowlerville v. Lansing Sexton – MHSAA District Semi at Haslett – 5:30 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Carrollton v. Midland Bullock Creek/Freeland winner – MHSAA District Semi at Freeland - 6 p.m.
- Girls Basketball – Sparta v. Belding/Fremont winner – MHSAA District Semi at Fremont - 6 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Wellspring Prep v. Ada Forest Hills Eastern/Grand Rapids Catholic Central winner – MHSAA District Semi at Comstock Park - 6 p.m.
- Girls Basketball – MHSAA District Semi at Ann Arbor Greenhills – 6 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Iron Mountain at Norway – MHSAA District Semi - 6:45 p.m.
- Girls Basketball – Williamston at Haslett – MHSAA District Semi – 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Grant v. Howard City Tri-County/Newaygo winner – MHSAA District Semi at Fremont - 7:30 p.m.
- Girls Basketball – Saginaw Swan Valley v. Bay City John Glenn/Essexville Garber winner – MHSAA District Semi at Freeland - 7:30 p.m.
- Girls Basketball – MHSAA District Semi at Ann Arbor Greenhills – 7:30 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Coopersville v. Grand Rapids West Catholic/Comstock Park winner – MHSAA District at Comstock Park - 7:45 p.m.
Thursday, March 1
- Freshman Boys Basketball - Utica at Macomb Lutheran North - 4 p.m.
- Freshman Boys Basketball - TBA at Plainwell - 4:15 p.m.
- Freshman Boys Basketball - Beaverton at Harrison - 4:30 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball – Ottawa Lake Whiteford at Ann Arbor Greenhills – 5 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Utica at Macomb Lutheran North - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - TBA at Plainwell - 5:45 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Beaverton at Harrison - 6 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Riverside West at Freeland - 6 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Rapid River at Norway - 6:30 p.m.
- Boys Basketball – Ottawa Lake Whiteford at Ann Arbor Greenhills – 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball – Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart at Vestaburg - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Fowlerville at Charlotte - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Utica at Macomb Lutheran North - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - TBA at Plainwell - 7:15 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Riverside West at Freeland - 7:30 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Beaverton at Harrison - 7:30 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Rapid River at Norway - 8 p.m.
Friday, March 2
- Girls Basketball – MHSAA District Final at Comstock Park - 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball – MHSAA District Final at Freeland - 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball – MHSAA District Final at Fremont - 7 p.m.
Monday, March 5
- Boys Basketball – Chassel at Dollar Bay – MHSAA District – 5:30 p.m.
- Boys Basketball – Painesdale Jeffers v. Ontonagon at Norway – MHSAA District – 7:30 p.m.
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 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.
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 a girls basketball game, Powers North Central at Norway, and a boys basketball game, Fowlerville at Lansing Catholic.
Highlights can be found each week on the MHSAA.tv website, the home page of the MHSAA Website, and the MHSAASports Channel on YouTube.
Lower Peninsula Cross Country, Boys Soccer Finals Make for Big Broadcast Saturday
By
Jon Ross
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
November 3, 2021
All eight Lower Peninsula Girls & Boys Cross Country Finals and all four Boys Soccer Finals will be broadcast Saturday on MHSAA.tv and the NFHS Network, capping a viewing schedule that also will include Soccer Semifinals, Volleyball District Semifinals and Finals and Football District and Regional Finals.
Nearly 2,000 Lower Peninsula runners will take to the course at Michigan International Speedway on Saturday (Nov. 6), with races beginning at 9:30 a.m. Coverage will include views from cameras at starting line, the 1- and 2-mile marks, the finish line and throughout the race from the lead cart.
The Division 4 and 3 races begin at 9:30 a.m. and can viewed at this link: https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/mhsaa-mi/gam0fa8764d8b
Division 2 and 1 races begin at 1:30 p.m. and can viewed here:
https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/mhsaa-mi/gam81321985cc
Saturday’s Division 1 and 4 Boys Soccer Finals will be played at Novi High School, with Divisions 2 and 3 at Comstock Park High School. The larger schools at each site will play at noon, followed by the smaller-school divisions at 3 p.m.
Division 1 – https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/mhsaa-mi/gam2b096b5062
Division 2 – https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/mhsaa-mi/gam8aea573f91
Division 3 – https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/mhsaa-mi/gam8b0ab1143e
Division 4 – https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/mhsaa-mi/gam5ad1cdfa45
Audio of all four Boys Soccer Finals will be available at http://mhsaanetwork.com/.
Five of eight Wednesday (Nov. 3) Semifinals also will be broadcast. See schedule with links below:
Division 1 – 6 p.m. – Grosse Pointe South vs. New Baltimore Anchor Bay
Division 1 – 7 p.m. – Northville vs. Okemos
Division 2 – 6 p.m. – DeWitt vs. Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice
Division 3 – 7 p.m. – Allen Park Inter-City Baptist vs. Clarkston Everest Collegiate
Division 3 – 7 p.m. – Grand Rapids South Christian vs. Elk Rapids
The MHSAA Volleyball Tournament continues Wednesday (Nov. 3) and Thursday with District Semifinals, with District Finals also to be played at some sites Thursday and most Friday and Saturday – more than 30 District Finals are on the broadcast schedule.
More than 50 of this weekend’s 11-Player Football District Finals and 8-Player Regional Finals will be broadcast this weekend as well on MHSAA.tv. Links to coverage of both are below:
MHSAA media partner Bally Sports Detroit will continue its weekly live cable TV broadcasts with Friday’s Division 3 District Final of River Rouge (7-2) at Detroit Martin Luther King (9-1). Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. on BSD’s PLUS channel, and the game also may be watched on the BSD website and app.
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.