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Montrose To Be Recognized Friday

September 13, 2016

By John Johnson
MHSAA Communications Director

Montrose High School, the MHSAA School Broadcast Program of the Year for the third straight year, will be honored at halftime of the Flint Beecher at Montrose football game on Friday (Sept. 16). Kickoff is at 7 p.m.

Montrose won the Program of the Year honor again in 2015-16 and was also honored by the NFHS Network as one of its Elite SBP schools nationwide. In addition to repeating as the top school in the program, Montrose captured first place honors in three of the five individual categories.

Montrose took first place in Best Student Play-By-Play (Eric Vandefifer and Conner Pyrc – Boys Basketball game v. Goodrich), and the top two spots for Best Produced Commercial/Feature (Eric Vandefifer, Conner Pyrc, Jared Adams, Mandy Ramsey, John Blackford – Ford Field Trip Feature; and Amanda Ramsey, Jared Adams, Alyssa Bernard, –  RAINN Sexual Assault PSA).  The program also took second and third place for Best Use of PlayOn! Sports Graphics (Eric Vandefifer, Conner Pyrc, Jared Adams, Mandy Ramsey, John Blackford – Boys Basketball game v. Saginaw Arts & Sciences Academy; and Peyton Hobson, John Blackford, Conner Pyrc – Boys Basketball game v. Corunna); and third place in Best Multicamera Production (Eric Vandefifer, Conner Pyrc, Jared Adams, Mandy Ramsey, John Blackford – Boys Basketball game v. Saginaw Arts & Sciences Academy). Montrose also demonstrated during the year a good blend of productions in a variety of sports covered, the ability to cover home and away events and an overall command of the PlayOn! Sports software used for graphics and inserting commercials/features during the course of productions.

The presentation will be shown live on MHSAA.tv as one of a number of live events being streamed online this year by School Broadcast Program members.

In its eighth 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.

The program also gives schools the opportunity to raise money through advertising and viewing subscriptions.  

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.

Here’s this week’s MHSAA.tv schedule of video streams available being produced by SBP members, as well as live stats from MHSAA member schools using Digital Scout:

Tuesday – Sept. 13

Wednesday – Sept. 14

Thursday – Sept. 15

Friday – Sept. 16

  • Football – Flint Beecher at Montrose – 6:45 p.m. – LIVE
  • Football – Escanaba at Marquette – 7 p.m. – LIVE
  • Football – Lansing Eastern at East Lansing – 7 p.m. – On Demand
  • Football – Farwell at Clare – 7 p.m. – LIVE
  • Football – Hillman at Rogers City – 7 p.m. – LIVE
  • Football – Oxford at Lake Orion – 7 p.m. – LIVE VIDEO & STATS
  • Football – Allendale at Comstock Park – 7 p.m. – LIVE VIDEO & STATS
  • Football – Star International Academy v. Detroit Cesar Chavez Academy – 4:30 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Livonia Churchill v. Plymouth – 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Maple City Glen Lake v. Onekama – 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Grand Ledge v. Okemos – 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central v. Greenville – STATS
  • Football – Grass Lake v. Manchester – 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Grand Rapids Christian v. Grand Rapids South Christian – 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Oakland Christian v. Sterling Heights Parkway Christian – 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Harbor Beach v. Marlette – 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Eaton Rapids v. Fowlerville – 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Grand Haven v. Holland West Ottawa – 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Brighton v. South Lyon – 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Hart v. Whitehall – 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Grand Traverse Academy v. Marion – 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Addison v. Napoleon – 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Fenton v. Flint Kearsley – 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Davison v. Flint Southwestern Academy – 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Hanover-Horton v. Vandercook Lake – 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Lake Odessa Lakewood v. Vermontville Maple Valley – 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Corunna v. Goodrich – 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Bellevue v. Adrian Lenawee Christian – 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – New Boston Huron v. Monroe SMCC – 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Grosse Pointe South v. Utica Ford – 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Midland v. Mt. Pleasant – 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Flint Hamady v. New Lothrop – 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Iron Mountain v. Negaunee – 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Houghton Lake v. Sanford Meridian – 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Erie-Mason v. Hillsdale – 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Calumet v. Houghton – 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Saginaw Arthur Hill v. Bay City Central – 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Laingsburg v. Potterville – 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Owosso v. Lansing Waverly – 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian v. Grandville Calvin Christian – 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Port Huron Northern v. St. Clair – 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Hemlock v. St. Louis – 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Stanton Central Montcalm v. Newaygo – 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Battle Creek Harper Creek v. Hastings – 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Dryden v. Mayville – 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – St. Clair Shores Lakeview v. Madison Heights Madison – 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Adrian v. Tecumseh – 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Portage Central v. Traverse City Central – 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Lansing Everett v. Holt – 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – North Muskegon v. Ravenna – 7 p.m. – STATS
  • Football – Coopersville v. Sparta – 7 p.m. – STATS

Saturday, Sept. 17

  • Football – Lutheran Westland v. Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest – 1 p.m. - STATS

Tuesday – Sept. 20

The NFHS Network has announced new pricing for 2016-17, eliminating the Day Pass and lowering the cost of a Month Pass to $9.95. 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. Some schools also will be selling Annual Passes at a discounted rate. A portion of every subscription sold by a school goes to benefit its program.

The SBP programming schedule is expected to expand now that school is in session across the state.  A complete list of participating schools can be found on the School Broadcast Program page of the MHSAA website. Schools interested in becoming a part of the School Broadcast Program should contact John Johnson at the MHSAA Office. 

A weekly staple on the MHSAA.tv website and the MHSAASports Channel on YouTube is back for another year with highlights of selected games last week produced by members of the Association’s School Broadcast Program. This week's package includes clips from the St. Clair/Clinton Township Clintondale and Traverse City Central/West football games, plus highlights from the Central/West "Patriot Game" festivities.

Football Week in Michigan Airs on FOX

October 10, 2017

By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties 

The MHSAA Football Playoff Finals – powered by the Michigan Army National Guard – dominate the schedule for FOX Sports Detroit’s first annual “Football Week In Michigan” this November.

Over eight days – November 18-25 – the best in high school, college and professional football involving Michigan teams will be featured on a variety of FOX video platforms – FOX Sports Detroit, FS1, FOX Sports GO!, Big Ten Network and FOX over-the-air television.

MHSAA championship football games provide 10 of the 13 games during FWIM. The prep schedule begins on Nov. 18 with the two divisions of the 8-Player Football Finals live from the Superior Dome in Marquette on FOX Sports GO! Those games will then be re-aired early in the week on FOX Sports Detroit. 

Seven of the eight 11-Player Football Finals on Nov. 24-25 will be shown live on FOX Sports Detroit-PLUS, the exception being the Division 4 game on Nov. 24, which will be shown on a same-day delayed basis on FOX Sports Detroit that evening at 11:30 p.m. All of the 11-Player Finals will be available live on FOX Sports Go!

Over-the-air FOX television affiliates in Michigan also will have the option to carry 11-Player Final games in their markets if they have a local team participating in a game. Participating affiliates are: Alpena – WBKB-DT2 (11.2); Cadillac – WFQX-TV (32); Detroit – WJBK-TV (2); Flint – WSMH-TV (66); Grand Rapids – WXMI-TV (17); Lansing – WSYM-TV (47); Marquette – WLUC-DT2 (6.2); Sault Ste. Marie – WWUP-DT2 (10.2); Vanderbilt – WFUP-TV (45). Check local listings Thanksgiving week for games to be shown locally.

Football Week In Michigan officially was recognized last week in a Proclamation by Michigan Governor Rick Snyder.

FOX Sports Detroit’s MHSAA Football Playoff coverage begins Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. with the announcement of the pairings for the 2017 Playoffs on the Selection Sunday Show on FOX Sports Detroit-PLUS. Throughout the Playoffs leading up to the 11-Player Finals, the FOX Sports Detroit Prep Zone returns to feature four games each week which can be viewed live on FoxSportsDetroit.com and FOX Sports GO!

A share of the Mid-Eastern Football Conference title is on the line Friday (Oct. 13) at 7 p.m. when Norway hosts Lake Linden-Hubbell in a game that can be watched live on MHSAA.tv.

The winner of the game will tie Newberry for the league title. The Indians completed league play last week with a 28-14 win over Norway. Norway is 6-1 overall, and Lake Linden-Hubbell is 3-3.

Norway is one of more than 60 MHSAA member schools across the state participating in the School Broadcast Program, one of nearly a dozen schools to be streaming live video of its home athletic events using the NFHS Network’s Pixellot technology and one of three schools currently using Pixellot in their gymnasiums and football/multi-purpose fields.

Pixellot is a unit equipped with four High Definition cameras which cover the length of the playing surface and then focus 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 also can be patched in.

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 10

Thursday, October 12

Friday, October 13

Monday, October 16

Tuesday, October 17

Wednesday, October 18

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 back for another week. Featured events are in girls volleyball with Saginaw Swan Valley at Freeland, football with Newberry at Norway and boys soccer with Lansing Everett 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:

  • Wyandotte Roosevelt at Gibraltar Carlson
  • Algonac at Richmond
  • Berkley at Farmington Hills Harrison
  • Detroit Catholic Central at Warren DeLaSalle
  • Grand Blanc at Livonia Franklin
  • Muskegon at Muskegon Mona Shores
  • Pontiac Notre Dame Prep at Portland
  • 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 Selection Sunday.

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.