MHSAA TV Offers Spring Finals Discount

May 25, 2016

By John Johnson
MHSAA Communications Director

For the second straight year, high school sports fans can watch three weekends of MHSAA Spring Tournament action on MHSAA.tv with a special All-Access Pass being offered by the NFHS Network.

The NFHS Network is offering its Month Pass for just $9.95, which is 33 percent off the normal retail price. The pass will provide access to more than 100 hours of live programming of Spring Finals. Click here to take advantage of this offer.

Coverage begins June 4 with live coverage of the running events at the MHSAA Track & Field Finals. Here’s the complete Spring Finals live streaming schedule:

  • June 4 – Track Finals – Running events – Hudsonville (L.P. Div. 1), Zeeland (L.P. Div. 2), Comstock Park (L.P. Div. 3), Houseman Field, Grand Rapids (L.P. Div. 4), Kingsford (U.P.) – Coverage begins at 10 a.m.
  • June 11 – Lacrosse Finals – Brighton (Girls), Howell - Parker Middle School (Boys) – Two games at each site, coverage begins at 2 p.m.
  • June 16-18 – Baseball-Softball Semifinals & Finals – Michigan State University – Four games in each sport-each day, coverage begins at 9 a.m. each day
  • June 17-18 – L.P. Girls Soccer Finals – Michigan State University – Two games each day, beginning at 1 p.m.

Highlights of all Finals events will be available for free viewing on a same day or next day basis. All events will be archived for free on-demand viewing, beginning three days after their completion.

Available on MHSAA.tv this week is a School Broadcast Program highlights package from the past week. This week's highlights package comes from Softball games between Davison at Lake Orion and Owosso at Haslett, and a Baseball game between Gladstone at Negaunee.

The School Broadcast Program, powered by PlayOn! Sports, is a platform which schools can utilize to reach members of their community about activities taking place in their buildings, providing recognition for students while at the same time giving them hands-on opportunities to gain broadcasting experience and providing schools an opportunity to realize additional revenues for their programs. Schools interested in becoming a part of the School Broadcast Program should contact John Johnson at the MHSAA Office.

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

Thursday, Aug. 30

Friday, Aug. 31

Tuesday, Sept. 4

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.