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.
Unified Basketball On MHSAA TV
January 30, 2018
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
The efforts of MHSAA member schools to promote participation opportunities with the Michigan Special Olympics will get live video coverage this week as part of more than 80 events on MHSAA.tv being produced by participants in the School Broadcast Program.
The Kensington Lakes Activities Association is in the midst of several weeks of events where a number of its member schools are conducting Unified Basketball games, including a Tuesday (Jan. 30) contest with Novi hosting Brighton at 5:30 p.m. in a game being covered by Pixellot.
Project Unified puts special education students on the court, participating in concert with their general education peers. Lineups must consist of three unified student athletes and two unified student partners on the floor at all times.
The Unified game is one of several basketball games between Novi and Brighton on Tuesday, beginning at 4 p.m., and culminating with the varsity contest about 7:30 p.m. To help promote the Unified event, all of the games on MHSAA.tv originating from Novi will be free.
The schedule over the upcoming week also features a potential battle of unbeatens in the Copper Mountain Conference. Next Tuesday (Feb. 6), Ewen-Trout Creek (15-0), the second-ranked team in Class D, will play at sixth-ranked Dollar Bay (10-0). E-TC leads the Porcupine Mountain division, and Dollar Bay sits atop the Copper division. On Saturday (Feb. 3), the KLAA Competitive Cheer Tournament will be streamed live from Novi High School.
Of the 83 games on this week’s schedule, 49 at the varsity level will be covered, with more to be added as the week progresses. Fifty-six of the games will be produced by schools using Pixellot, the NFHS Network’s automated coverage solution. 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 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.
Here’s this week’s MHSAA.tv schedule of video streams being produced by SBP members:
Monday – January 29, 2018
- JV Boys Basketball – Bessemer at Dollar Bay – 5:45 p.m.
- Boys Basketball – Bessemer at Dollar Bay – 5:45 p.m.
Tuesday - January 30
- JV Boys Basketball - Brighton at Novi - 4 p.m.
- Freshman Girls Basketball - Cedar Springs at Fremont - 4 p.m.
- Freshman Boys Basketball - Hopkins at Plainwell - 4:15 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Clawson at Macomb Lutheran North - 4:30 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Whitehall at Fremont - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Fruitport at Comstock Park - 5:30 p.m.
- Unified Coed Basketball - Brighton at Novi - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Hopkins at Plainwell - 5:45 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Copper Country Christian at Dollar Bay - 5:45 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Au Gres-Sims at Rogers City - 6 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Clawson at Macomb Lutheran North - 6 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Au Gres-Sims at Rogers City - 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Stockbridge at Fowlerville - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Brighton at Novi - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Fruitport at Comstock Park - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Fowlerville at Stockbridge - 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Tawas Area at Alpena - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Royal Oak at Lake Orion - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Hopkins at Plainwell - 7:15 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Watersmeet at Dollar Bay - 7:15 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Dearborn Divine Child at Macomb Lutheran North - 7:30 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Whitehall at Fremont - 7:30 p.m.
- Freshman Boys Basketball - Clare at Harrison - 4:30 p.m.
- Wrestling - Reed City at Fremont - 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday - January 31
- JV Boys Basketball - Clare at Harrison - 6 p.m.
- Wrestling – Standish-Sterling at Freeland - 6 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Clare at Harrison - 7:30 p.m.
Thursday - February 1
- Freshman Boys Basketball - Burton Atherton at Otisville LakeVille - 4 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Northville at Novi - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Burton Atherton at Otisville LakeVille - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Grand Rapids West Catholic at Comstock Park - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Gladwin at Harrison - 6 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Northville at Novi - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Watersmeet at Dollar Bay - 7 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Burton Atherton at Otisville LakeVille - 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Gladwin at Harrison - 7:30 p.m.
Friday - February 2
- Ice Hockey – Houghton v. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood @ MIHL Showcase - 4 p.m.
- Freshman Girls Basketball - Big Rapids at Fremont - 4:30 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Baraga at Dollar Bay - 5:45 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Chesaning at Freeland - 6 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Fowlerville at Portland - 6 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Grand Rapids West Catholic at Comstock Park - 6 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Oscoda at Rogers City - 6 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Reed City at Fremont - 6 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Oscoda at Rogers City - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Baraga at Dollar Bay - 7:15 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Fowlerville at Portland - 7:30 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Chesaning at Freeland - 7:30 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Grand Rapids West Catholic at Comstock Park - 7:30 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Reed City at Fremont - 7:30 p.m.
Saturday - February 3
- Cheerleading – KLAA Conference Meet at Novi - 11 a.m.
- Girls Basketball - Carson City-Crystal at Vestaburg - 1 p.m.
- Ice Hockey – Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern-Eastern v. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood @ MIHL Showcase - 3:10 p.m.
Monday - February 5
- Freshman Boys Basketball - Riverview Gabriel Richard at Macomb Lutheran North - 4 p.m.
- Freshman Boys Basketball - Alma at Freeland - 4:30 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Hancock at Dollar Bay - 5:45 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Lake Linden-Hubbell at Calumet - 5:45 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Alma at Freeland - 6 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Lincoln Alcona at Rogers City - 6 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Lincoln Alcona at Rogers City - 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Lake Linden-Hubbell at Calumet - 7:15 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Hancock at Dollar Bay - 7:20 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Alma at Freeland - 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday - February 6
- Freshman Boys Basketball - Edwardsburg at Plainwell - 4:15 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Saline at Novi - 5:30 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Genesee Christian at Montrose - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Grand Rapids Catholic Central at Comstock Park - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Vassar at Otisville LakeVille - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Negaunee at Calumet - 5:45 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Edwardsburg at Plainwell - 5:45 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Ann Arbor Pioneer at Fowlerville - 6:59 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Genesee Christian at Montrose - 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Vassar at Otisville LakeVille - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Saline at Novi - 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Rochester Adams at Lake Orion - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Grand Rapids Catholic Central at Comstock Park - 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Negaunee at Calumet - 7:15 p.m. Negaunee #4
- Boys Basketball - Edwardsburg at Plainwell - 7:15 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Ewen-Trout Creek at Dollar Bay - 7:15 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Republic-Michigamme at Lake Linden Hubbell - 7:20 p.m.
Wednesday - February 7
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 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 feature the following events:
- Boys Basketball – East Lansing 56, Jackson 48
- Ice Hockey – Kingsford 4, Marquette 3
Highlights can be found each week on the MHSAA.tv website, the home page of the MHSAA Website, and the MHSAASports Channel on YouTube.