MHSAA TV Serves Up Key TVC Match
October 4, 2017
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
A battle for control of the Tri-Valley Conference Central takes place today (Oct. 4) on MHSAA.tv when Freeland hosts Saginaw Swan Valley in girls volleyball at 7 p.m.
Swan Valley enters this week’s action 31-8-2 and ranked seventh in the latest Class B coaches poll. Freeland, which garnered honorable mention this week in the same poll, is 26-5-2 overall. Both teams are 3-0 in league play.
Freeland is one of more than 60 MHSAA member schools across the state participating in the
School Broadcast Program, and one of nearly a dozen schools to be streaming live video of its home athletic events using the NFHS Network’s Pixellot technology.
Pixellot is a unit equipped with four High Definition cameras which cover the length of the playing surface and then focus in 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 play-by-play of an in-person announce team can also be patched in. Freeland is one of several schools in the state using Pixellot in its gymnasium and at its football/multipurpose field.
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 is used by schools wishing to stream games but which lack the ability to staff the events. The SBP 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, October 3
- Girls Volleyball - Houghton at Calumet, 6:30 p.m.
- Boys Soccer – Lansing Everett at Fowlerville, 6:30 p.m.
- Girls Volleyball - Gwinn at Marquette, 7 p.m.
- Girls Volleyball – Manistique at Negaunee, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, October 4
- Freshman Girls Volleyball – Saginaw Swan Valley at Freeland, 5 p.m.
- JV Girls Volleyball – Saginaw Swan Valley at Freeland, 6 p.m.
- Girls Volleyball - Saginaw Swan Valley at Freeland, 7 p.m.
Thursday, October 5
- Freshman Football – Sturgis at Plainwell, 4:30 p.m.
- Girls Volleyball - Mio at Rogers City, 6 p.m.
- JV Girls Volleyball – Crystal Falls Forest Park at Norway, 6 p.m.
- Freshman Girls Volleyball – Corunna at Otisville Lakeville, 6 p.m.
- JV Football – Standish-Sterling at Freeland, 6 p.m.
- JV Girls Volleyball – Corunna at Otisville Lakeville, 6 p.m.
- JV Football – Grand Rapids Catholic Central at Comstock Park, 6 p.m.
- JV Football – Sturgis at Plainwell, 6:15 p.m.
- Girls Volleyball - Corunna at Otisville Lakeville, 6:30 p.m.
- Girls Volleyball - West Iron County at Calumet, 6:30 p.m.
- Girls Volleyball - Menominee at Marquette, 7 p.m.
- Girls Volleyball – Crystal Falls Forest Park at Norway, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, October 6
- Football - Lakeland Union (WI) vs. Marquette @ Superior Dome, 7 p.m.
- Football – Carson City-Crystal at Vestaburg, 7 p.m.
- Football - Sanford Meridian at Clare, 7 p.m.
- Football - Lake Orion at Oxford, 7 p.m.
- Football – Mt. Morris at Montrose, 7 p.m.
- Football – Manistique at Negaunee, 7 p.m.
Monday, October 9
- JV Boys Soccer – Paw Paw at Plainwell, 5 p.m.
- Freshman Girls Volleyball – Plainwell Quad, 5 p.m.
- JV Girls Volleyball – Escanaba at Norway, 6 p.m.
- Boys Soccer - Paw Paw at Plainwell, 6:45 p.m. Plainwell 8 in D2, PP 18th D3
- Girls Volleyball - Escanaba at Norway, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, October 10
- Girls Volleyball - Au Gres-Sims at Rogers City, 6 p.m.
- Girls Volleyball - Negaunee at Calumet, 6:30 p.m.
- Girls Volleyball – Grand Rapids Catholic Central at Comstock Park, 7 p.m.
- Girls Volleyball - Grand Rapids Catholic Central at Comstock Park, 7 p.m.
- Girls Volleyball - Merrill at Vestaburg, 7 p.m.
NFHS Network subscriptions begin at $9.95 per 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 are in their fifth week. Featured events are in girls volleyball with Clarkston at Lake Orion, football with Lowell at Cedar Springs and football with Lansing Catholic at Fowlerville. Highlights can be found each week on the MHSAA.tv website, the home page of the MHSAA Website, and the MHSAASports Channel on YouTube.
More than 15 football games are featured each week on the State Champs! Sports Network Extra Point – powered by the Michigan High School Athletic Association – Saturday at 10 a.m. on FOX Sports Detroit.
The half-hour program features highlights from more than a dozen games each week, including clips from games produced by MHSAA School Broadcast Program members. The program airs multiple times each weekend on FOX Sports Detroit and on Comcast Channel 900, and will be archived on the State Champs YouTube Channel. Consult your local listings for additional playback times.
Here are some of the games to be featured this week on State Champs! Extra Point:
- Chelsea at Ypsilanti
- Warren Mott at Romeo
- Redford Union at Redford Thurston
- Clarkston Everest at Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes
- Warren Fitzgerald at Madison Heights Madison
- Hudsonville at Caledonia
- PLUS - Additional coverage from Grand Rapids, Lansing, Flint, Upper Peninsula and School Broadcast Program games.
The MHSAA also has a presence on other State Champs! Network programs throughout each weekend. The MHSAA Minute is a weekly part of the State Champs! High School Sports Show on FOX Sports Detroit at 9 a.m. every Sunday – with multiple replays on FOX Sports Detroit and Comcast Channel 900 throughout the week. That program also is archived on the State Champs YouTube Channel. Consult your local listings for additional playback times.
This week’s MHSAA Minute on State Champs talks about concussion protocols and the Association’s concussion insurance program.
The MHSAA also has content on the State Champs Scoreboard! High School Football Radio Show on Friday nights during the football and basketball seasons, originating on WXYT-FM (97.1) in Detroit and carried on more than 10 radio stations across the state. This Week In High School Sports and Be the Referee are weekly features on the program.
Playoffs Ramp Up on MHSAA TV, FSD
October 23, 2018
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
Highlighted by more than a dozen Football Playoff games, this week’s MHSAA broadcast schedule is loaded with tournament action in three sports.
The slate is highlighted by the first Pre-District Football Playoff game to be shown on cable television statewide, as FOX Sports Detroit launches its Football Week In Michigan activities for 2018 by traveling to Kent City for a Division 7 first-round showdown between the 8-1 Falcons and last year’s Division 8 runner-up, Saugatuck (8-1).
Matt Shepard and Rob Rubick have the call of the game Friday (Oct. 26) at 7 p.m., which also can be seen free on the FoxSportsDetroit.com website and on the FOX Sports app. Authentication may be required to view on the FOX Sports app.
The highly popular Prep Zone series returns for its eighth season as well Friday, with Davison (7-2) at Oxford in a Division 1 Pre-District game and Haslett (8-1) at East Lansing (8-1) in a Division 3 contest. Both games begin at 7 p.m. on the FoxSportsDetroit.com website and on the FOX Sports app.
All games produced on FOX Sports Detroit will be available for on-demand viewing on the MHSAA.tv website.
Another 10 football games Friday evening and another four on Saturday are being produced by School Broadcast Program members and the NFHS Network.
School Broadcast Program members also will be covering a Boys Soccer Regional this week at Cedar Springs and Girls Volleyball Districts beginning Monday (Oct. 29) at four locations.
Here’s this week’s MHSAA.tv schedule of video streams being produced by School Broadcast Program members and the NFHS Network: (Check this list online at MHSAA.com for updates throughout the week as SBP members schedule additional games.)
Tuesday - Oct. 23
- Freshman Girls Volleyball - Delton Kellogg at Kalamazoo Christian - 4:15 PM
- Freshman Girls Volleyball – Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood - 4:30 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Three Rivers at Plainwell - 4:45 PM
- Boys Soccer Div. 2 Regional Semifinal – Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern v. Petoskey @ Cedar Springs - 5 PM
- Freshman Girls Volleyball – Flint Carman-Ainsworth at Grand Blanc - 5:30 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball - Adrian at Saline - 5:30 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball - Delton Kellogg at Kalamazoo Christian - 5:30 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball – Flint Carman-Ainsworth at Grand Blanc - 5:30 PM
- Field Hockey – Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central at Saline - 6 PM
- Boys Soccer Div. 2 Regional Semifinal - Haslett v. Spring Lake @ Cedar Springs - 7 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Adrian at Saline - 7 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Delton Kellogg at Kalamazoo Christian - 7 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Escanaba at Marquette - 7 PM
- Girls Volleyball – Flint Carman-Ainsworth at Grand Blanc - 7 PM
Wednesday - Oct. 24
- Middle School Football – Auburn Hills Avondale at Novi - 4:30 PM
- Girls Volleyball – TBA at Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian - 5 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball – Canton Prep at Ann Arbor Greenhills - 5:30 PM
- JV/Girls Volleyball - Cheboygan at Pellston - 5:30 PM
- Girls Volleyball – St. Johns at Fowlerville - 6:15 PM
- Girls Volleyball – Canton Prep at Ann Arbor Greenhills - 6:30 PM
Thursday - Oct. 25
- JV Girls Volleyball – Ewen-Trout Creek at Dollar Bay - 4:25 PM
- Girls Volleyball – Bloomfield Hills Academy of the Sacred Heart at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood - 4:30 PM
- Freshman Girls Volleyball – Pewamo-Westphalia at Ovid-Elsie - 5:30 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball - Ashley at Ovid-Elsie - 5:30 PM
- Boys Soccer Div. 2 Regional Final @ Cedar Springs - 6 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball - North Dickinson at Norway - 6 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Ashley at Ovid-Elsie - 7 PM
- Girls Volleyball - North Dickinson at Norway - 7:15 PM
Friday - Oct. 26
- Football Div. 8 Pre-District - Pittsford at Reading - 6:45 PM
- Football Div. 1 Pre-District - Monroe at Brownstown Woodhaven - 7 PM
- Football Div. 5 Pre-District – Remus Chippewa Hills at Freeland - 7 PM
- Football Div. 5 Pre-District - Richmond at Frankenmuth - 7 PM
- Football Div. 3 Pre-District - Gaylord at Cedar Springs - 7 PM
- Football Div. 6 Pre-District – Ishpeming Westwood at Calumet - 7 PM
- Football Div. 1 Pre-District – Rockford at Traverse City West – 7 PM
- Football Div. 3 Pre-District – Petoskey at Mt. Pleasant – 7 PM
- Football Div. 6 Pre-District – Hemlock at Montrose – 7 PM
- Football Div. 2 Pre-District – Warren DeLaSalle at Warren Mott – 7 PM
Saturday - Oct. 27
- Football Div. 1 Pre-District - Kalamazoo Central at Saline - 1 PM
- Football Div. 6 Pre-District - Blissfield at Hillsdale - 1 PM
- Football Div. 2 Pre-District – Jenison at Traverse City Central – 7 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Williamston at Fowlerville - 8:30 AM
Monday - Oct. 29
- Girls Volleyball Div. 1 District – Ann Arbor Skyline at Saline - 5 PM
- Girls Volleyball Div. 3 District - Kent City at Grand Rapids Covenant Christian - 5:30 PM
- Girls Volleyball Div. 3 District – Millington v. Otisville-Lakeville @ Montrose – 6 PM
- Girls Volleyball Div. 3 District – Grandville Calvin Christian at Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian - 7 PM
- Girls Volleyball Div. 1 District – Ann Arbor Huron v. Jackson @ Saline – 7 PM
Tuesday - Oct. 30
- Girls Volleyball Div. 1 District – Saginaw Arthur Hill v. Swartz Creek @ Saginaw Heritage – 5 PM
- Girls Volleyball Div. 1 District – Flushing @ Saginaw Heritage - 7 PM
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.