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

Wednesday, Feb. 28

Thursday, March 1

Friday, March 2

Monday, March 5

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.

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.