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Pixellot Productions On Rise
September 19, 2018
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
A year ago, Pixellot – the automated production solution for schools wishing to stream live video of their athletic events on the NFHS Network and MHSAA.tv – was in use at six schools across Michigan.
With the new school year underway, nearly two dozen schools are actively streaming events using Pixellot, with half of those schools streaming indoor and outdoor events. Several schools have more than two Pixellot units in place.
“Schools are finding that Pixellot provides a great opportunity to get a lot of their games out to their fans in a way they could never achieve,” said Mark Uyl, executive director of the MHSAA. “We have some schools which are using a mix of their traditional, student-staffed, School Broadcast Program efforts along with Pixellot to be able to add subvarsity coverage; and schools going exclusively with Pixellot with installations at multiple venues.”
Pixellot units use from two to four High Definition cameras that 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 commentary of the public address announcer or the radio style play-by-play of an in-person announcing team also can be patched in.
All that has to be done from a school’s perspective is type in the event schedule and promote the fact that the games are available on MHSAA.tv. Pixellot does the rest. The unit also can be set up to isolate a camera on a fixed location, which allows for activities like cheer and wrestling to be streamed.
Schools actively engaged in Pixellot productions now include: Ann Arbor Greenhills, Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood, Brighton, Calumet, Dollar Bay, Frankenmuth, Freeland, Fremont, Grand Blanc, Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian, Harrison, Howell, Kalamazoo Christian, Macomb Lutheran North, Manchester, Norway, Novi, Otisville-LakeVille, Ovid-Elsie, Plainwell, Saginaw Heritage, Saline, Stevensville Lakeshore, Warren DeLaSalle and Williamston. Schools using indoor and outdoor units include Cranbrook Kingswood, Frankenmuth, Freeland, Grand Blanc, Howell, Manchester, Norway, Novi, Ovid-Elsie, Plainwell, Saginaw Heritage, Saline and Stevensville Lakeshore. Additional schools will have their Pixellot units coming online soon.
More than 70 percent of the programming taking place this week on MHSAA.tv will be Pixellot productions, featuring a football game Friday evening with two of the top-ranked Division 1 teams facing off for the top spot in the Saginaw Valley League’s Red division. Grand Blanc hosts Davison at 7 p.m. Both teams are 4-0 overall and 2-0 in league play, tied with Lapeer for first place.
Here’s this week’s MHSAA.tv schedule of video streams being produced by School Broadcast Program members and the NFHS Network:
Tuesday - Sept. 18
- JV Girls Volleyball - Northville at Howell - 4:55 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Hanover-Horton at Manchester - 5 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball - Byron at Ovid-Elsie - 5:30 PM
- Boys Soccer - Fowlerville at Williamston - 5:30 PM
- Freshman Girls Volleyball - Byron at Ovid-Elsie - 5:30 PM
- Freshman Girls Volleyball - Bay City at Saginaw Heritage - 5:30 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball - Bay City at Saginaw Heritage - 5:30 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Northville at Howell - 6:25 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Byron at Ovid-Elsie - 6:30 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball - Hanover-Horton at Manchester - 7 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Bay City at Saginaw Heritage - 7 PM
- Girls Volleyball – Breckenridge at Vestaburg – 7 PM
Wednesday - Sept. 19
- Freshman Girls Volleyball – Parchment at Kalamazoo Christian – 4:30 PM
- Freshman Girls Volleyball - Birch Run at Freeland - 5 PM
- JV Field Hockey - Hartland at Saline - 5:30 PM
- Boys Soccer - Vicksburg at Plainwell - 5:45 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball - Birch Run at Freeland - 6 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Birch Run at Freeland - 7 PM
- Field Hockey - Hartland at Saline - 7 PM
Thursday - Sept. 20
- Freshman Football – Dowagiac at Plainwell – 4:15 PM
- JV Football – Portage Central at Stevensville Lakeshore – 4:20 PM
- Freshman Football - Plymouth at Novi - 4:30 PM
- Freshman Football - Midland Dow at Saginaw Heritage - 4:30 PM
- Freshman Football - Belleville at Saline - 4:30 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball – Grand Rapids West Catholic at Comstock Park - 5 PM
- Girls Volleyball – Quad with Michigan Center, Hudson, Whitmore at Manchester - 5 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball - Belleville at Ann Arbor Greenhills - 5:30 PM
- JV Boys Soccer – Temperance Bedford at Saline - 5:30 PM
- JV Football - New Lothrop at Ovid-Elsie - 6 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball - Ishpeming at Norway - 6 PM
- Girls Volleyball – Grand Rapids West Catholic at Comstock Park - 6 PM
- JV Football - Dowagiac at Plainwell - 6 PM
- JV Football - Calumet at Norway - 6:30 PM
- JV Football - Plymouth at Novi - 6:30 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Belleville at Ann Arbor Greenhills - 6:30 PM
- JV Football - Midland Dow at Saginaw Heritage - 6:30 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Birmingham Seaholm at Lake Orion - 7 PM
- Boys Soccer - Temperance Bedford at Saline - 7 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Birmingham Seaholm at Lake Orion - 7 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Ishpeming at Norway - 7:15 PM
Friday - Sept. 21
- Freshman Boys Soccer - Plymouth at Saline - 4 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Baraga at Dollar Bay - 4:45 PM
- Football - Hartland at Howell - 6:55 PM
- Football – Coleman at Vestaburg – 7 PM
- Football - Davison at Grand Blanc - 7 PM
- Football - Lansing Eastern at Fowlerville - 7 PM
- Football - Lake Orion at West Bloomfield - 7 PM
- Football - Napoleon at Manchester - 7 PM
- Football – Standish-Sterling at Freeland - 7 PM
- Football - Carrollton at Frankenmuth - 7 PM
- Football - Spring Lake at Comstock Park - 7 PM
- Football - Canton at Brighton - 7 PM
- Football – Ann Arbor Skyline at Saline - 7 PM
- Football - Norway at Calumet - 7 PM
- Football - Orchard Lake St. Mary’s at Warren DeLaSalle - 7 PM
- Football - Petoskey at Marquette - 7 PM
Saturday - Sept. 22
- Girls Volleyball – Novi Invitational - 8 AM
- JV Girls Volleyball – TBA at Ovid-Elsie - 8:30 AM
- Girls Volleyball - Saginaw Heritage - 8:30 AM
- Girls Volleyball - Frankenmuth Invitational - 8:30 AM
- JV Boys Soccer - Mattawan at Plainwell - 8:45 AM
- Football - Walled Lake Central at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood - 1 PM
- Boys Soccer - Mattawan at Plainwell - 10:15 PM
Monday - Sept. 24
- Middle School Girls Volleyball - Wyoming Lee at Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian - 4:15 PM
- Field Hockey - Dexter at Novi - 4:30 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball - Goodrich at Grand Blanc - 5:30 PM
- Middle School Girls Volleyball - Wyoming Lee at Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian - 5:30 PM
- Freshman Girls Volleyball - Goodrich at Grand Blanc - 5:30 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball - Saginaw Valley Lutheran at Frankenmuth - 5:30 PM
- Freshman Girls Volleyball – Saginaw Valley Lutheran at Frankenmuth - 5:30 PM
- JV Field Hockey - Dexter at Novi - 6 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball – Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian - 6:30 PM
- Girls Volleyball – Saginaw Valley Lutheran at Frankenmuth - 7 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Goodrich at Grand Blanc - 7 PM
Tuesday - Sept. 25
- Freshman Girls Volleyball - Lawton at Kalamazoo Christian - 4:15 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball - Howell at Novi - 5 PM
- Freshman Girls Volleyball - Howell at Novi - 5 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball – Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian - 5 PM
- JV Field Hockey – Bloomfield Hills Academy of the Sacred Heart at Saline - 5:30 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball - Lawton at Kalamazoo Christian - 5:30 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball – Bark River-Harris at Norway - 6 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Howell at Novi - 6:30 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Bloomfield Hills at Lake Orion - 7 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Lawton at Kalamazoo Christian - 7 PM
- Field Hockey - Bloomfield Hills Academy of the Sacred Heart at Saline - 7 PM
- Girls Volleyball – Bark River-Harris at Norway - 7:15 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.
Highlights of games broadcast during the past week by MHSAA School Broadcast Program contributors feature a pair of close football contests – Marquette’s 36-35 overtime win over Escanaba and Howell topping Novi, 21-17 – and a volleyball match with Lake Orion defeating Oxford, 3-0.
Highlights can be found each week on the MHSAA.tv website, the home page of the MHSAA Website, and the MHSAASports Channel on YouTube.
A complete list of participating schools can be found on the School Broadcast Program page of the MHSAA website.
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Lake Orion Named SBP Best for 2018-19
By
John Johnson
MHSAA Communications Director emeritus
May 7, 2019
Lake Orion High School has been named the “Program of the Year” to headline the MHSAA’s School Broadcast Program Excellence Awards for 2018-19.
The SBP Excellence Awards will award certificates and plaques to the schools which took individual honors, with the presentation dates and times to be announced.
Lake Orion claimed the top spot in three of the five award categories and placed in all five categories, capturing seven individual awards. The program demonstrated a good blend in a variety of sports covered – at home and on the road – and an overall command of the PlayOn! Sports software used for graphics and inserting commercials/features during the course of productions.
Here is the complete list by category of the schools and students being honored with this year’s SBP Excellence Awards:
Best Multicamera Production
First Place – Cedar Springs – Nathan Draper, Max VanderMeulen, Macie Huntoon, Katia Corwin, Mason Francis, Josh Allen, Jacob Meredith, Jacob Swinehart, Dylan Patterson, Austin Kibby, Tayvon Gardner, Rylee Kinzinger, Riley Smith – Football game v. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern.
Second Place – Lake Orion – Sienna Gibson, Kevin McCormick Jr., Teddy Hirschfield, Jacob Johr, Becca Hamilton, Derek Dungan, Amanda Pordon, Eric Maxwell, Hunter Chambers – Boys Basketball game v. Rochester Adams.
TIE - Third Place – Cedar Springs – Nathan Draper, Max VanderMeulen, Macie Huntoon, Katia Corwin, Mason Francis, Josh Allen, Jacob Meredith, Jacob Swinehart, Dylan Patterson, Austin Kibby, Tayvon Gardner, Rylee Kinzinger, Riley Smith – Football game v. Gaylord.
TIE – Third Place – Lake Orion – Sienna Gibson, Teddy Hirschfield, Kevin McCormick Jr., Isabella Larsen, Derek Dungan, Alexandra Hill, Jenna Gaylord, Becca Hamilton, Eric Maxwell, Amanda Pordon, Alex Gustanski – Boys Basketball game v. Clarkston.
Best Student Play-By-Play
First Place – Lake Orion – Kevin McCormick Jr. & Teddy Hirschfield – Boys Basketball game v. Rochester Adams.
Second Place – Lake Orion – Kevin McCormick Jr. & Teddy Hirschfield – Boys Basketball game v. Oxford.
Third Place – Montrose – Daniel Sackrider & Chase Hobson – Boys Basketball game v. Mt. Morris.
Best Produced Commercial/Feature
First Place – Lake Orion – Kalee Kniess & Ryan Hammond – Feature: Beyond The Lights-Kyle Loken
Second Place – Montrose - Molly Dunton, Chase Hobson, Gabe Patterson, Joe Wade, Tansy Cook – Zehnder’s of Frankenmuth Commercial.
Third Place – Montrose – David Sackrider – Unsportsmanlike Conduct Podcast Promo.
Best Single Camera Production with PlayOn! Graphics
First Place – Lake Orion – Hunter Chambers, Kevin McCormick Jr., Emily Penrose, Holden Dholakia, Josh McCaffrey – MHSAA Boys Basketball Quarterfinal game – Detroit U-D Jesuit v. Roseville.
Second Place – Cedar Springs – Clyde Dykhouse, Nathan Draper, Graham Bayink – Football game - Zeeland East v. East Grand Rapids.
Third Place – Montrose - David Sackrider, Daniel Sackrider, Alex Morrow, Libby Scott - Girls Basketball game v. Mt. Morris.
Best Use of PlayOn! Graphics/Software
First Place - Montrose - David Sackrider, Daniel Sackrider, Alex Morrow, Libby Scott - Girls Basketball game v. Mt. Morris.
Second Place – Lake Orion - Kevin McCormick Jr., Teddy Hirschfield, Kalee Kniess, Marc Studier – Boys Basketball game v. Clarkston.
Third Place – Montrose - David Sackrider, Daniel Sackrider, Peyton Hobson, Tanner Sims, Drewe Conley– Football game v. Chesaning.
Here is the schedule for Spring sporting events to be streamed live on MHSAA.tv for May 7-21:
Tuesday - May 7
Softball - Battle Creek Lakeview at Stevensville Lakeshore - 3:55 PM
JV Girls Soccer - South Lyon East at White Lake Lakeland - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Lacrosse - Midland at Grand Blanc - 5:30 PM
Girls Soccer - South Lyon East at White Lake Lakeland - 7 PM
Boys Lacrosse - Auburn Hills Avondale at St. Clair Shores Lake Shore - 7 PM
Girls Lacrosse - Midland at Grand Blanc - 7 PM
Wednesday - May 8
Softball - Middleville Thornapple Kellogg at Stevensville Lakeshore - 4:25 PM
JV Girls Soccer - Clinton Twp. Chippewa Valley at St. Clair Shores Lake Shore - 4:30 PM
Freshman Boys Lacrosse - Brighton - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Lacrosse - Walled Lake Northern at White Lake Lakeland - 5:30 PM
Girls Soccer - Clinton Twp. Chippewa Valley at St. Clair Shores Lake Shore - 6 PM
Boys Lacrosse – TBA at Brighton - 7 PM
Girls Lacrosse - Tecumseh at Saline - 7 PM
Girls Lacrosse - Walled Lake Northern at White Lake Lakeland - 7 PM
Thursday - May 9
Softball - St. Joseph at Stevensville Lakeshore - 3:55 PM
JV Boys Lacrosse – TBA at Novi - 5 PM
JV Girls Soccer - South Lyon at White Lake Lakeland - 5:30 PM
Girls Soccer - Lansing Eastern at Fowlerville - 6:30 PM
Boys Lacrosse – TBA at Novi - 6:30 PM
Girls Soccer - South Lyon at White Lake Lakeland - 7 PM
Friday - May 10
JV Boys Lacrosse - Tecumseh at Saline - 5:30 PM
Girls Soccer - Portage Northern at Plainwell - 6 PM
Boys Lacrosse – New Baltimore Anchor Bay at Brighton - 6 PM
Girls Lacrosse - Flushing at Grand Blanc - 6 PM
Boys Lacrosse - Tecumseh at Saline - 7 PM
Saturday - May 11
Girls Soccer – Carson City-Crystal at Ithaca - 9 AM
Girls Soccer – North Branch at Freeland – 10 AM
Boys Lacrosse - Utica at St. Clair Shores Lake Shore - 10 AM
JV Girls Lacrosse - Pontiac Notre Dame Prep at White Lake Lakeland - 10 AM
Girls Soccer – Swartz Creek at Freeland - 11 AM
Boys Lacrosse - Clarkston at Brighton - 11 AM
Girls Soccer – Corunna v. Ovid-Elsie at Ithaca - 10:30 AM
Girls Lacrosse - Pontiac Notre Dame Prep at White Lake Lakeland - 11:30 AM
Girls Soccer – Swartz Creek v. Big Rapids at Freeland - 12 PM
JV Boys Lacrosse - Northville at Saline - 12:30 PM
Girls Soccer – Ithaca Invitational - Consolation - 12:30 PM
JV Boys Lacrosse - Pontiac Notre Dame Prep at Novi - 1 PM
Freshman Boys Lacrosse - Clarkston at Brighton - 1 PM
Boys Lacrosse - Northville at Saline - 2 PM
Girls Soccer – Swartz Creek v. Boyne City at Freeland - 2 PM
Girls Soccer – Ithaca Invitational - Championship - 2 PM
Boys Lacrosse - Pontiac Notre Dame Prep at Novi - 3 PM
Girls Soccer – Boyne City at Freeland - 3 PM
JV Boys Lacrosse - Flint Powers Catholic at Grand Blanc - 5:30 PM
Boys Lacrosse - Flint Powers Catholic at Grand Blanc - 7 PM
Monday - May 13
JV Girls Soccer - Utica at St. Clair Shores Lake Shore - 4:30 PM
JV Girls Soccer - Hemlock at Freeland - 5 PM
Girls Soccer - Hemlock at Ithaca - 5:30 PM
Girls Soccer - Edwardsburg at Plainwell - 6 PM
Girls Soccer - Utica at St. Clair Shores Lake Shore - 6 PM
Boys Lacrosse - Grosse Pointe South at Brighton - 6 PM
Girls Lacrosse - Davison at Grand Blanc - 6 PM
Girls Soccer - Pinconning at Freeland - 7 PM
Tuesday - May 14
Softball - Auburn Hills Avondale at Lake Orion - 4:30 PM
JV Girls Soccer - Walled Lake Western at White Lake Lakeland - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Soccer - Ann Arbor Skyline at Saline - 5:30 PM
Girls Soccer - Walled Lake Western at White Lake Lakeland - 7 PM
Girls Soccer - Ann Arbor Skyline at Saline - 7 PM
Wednesday - May 15
JV Girls Soccer - Romeo at St. Clair Shores Lake Shore - 3:30 PM
Girls Lacrosse - Waterford Kettering at Grand Blanc - 4 PM
Girls Lacrosse - Temperance Bedford at Toledo Clay - 5:25 PM
JV Girls Soccer - Milford at White Lake Lakeland - 5:30 PM
Girls Soccer - Sturgis at Plainwell - 6 PM
JV Girls Lacrosse - Waterford Kettering at Grand Blanc - 6 PM
Girls Soccer - Milford at White Lake Lakeland - 7 PM
Thursday - May 16
Girls Soccer - Clinton at Manchester - 5:30 PM
Friday - May 17
JV Girls Soccer - Battle Creek Lakeview at St. Clair Shores Lake Shore - 4:30 PM
JV Girls Soccer - Midland Dow at Freeland - 5 PM
Girls Soccer - Battle Creek Lakeview at St. Clair Shores Lake Shore - 6 PM
Girls Soccer - Brooklyn Columbia Central at Manchester - 7 PM
Girls Soccer - Midland Dow at Freeland - 7 PM
Monday - May 20
Girls Soccer – TBA at Manchester - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Soccer - Grand Blanc at Saline - 5:30 PM
Girls Soccer - Shepherd at Ithaca - 5:30 PM
Girls Soccer - Standish Sterling at Freeland - 7 PM
Girls Soccer - Grand Blanc at Saline - 7 PM
Tuesday - May 22
JV Girls Soccer - Temperance Bedford at Saline - 5:30 PM
Girls Soccer - Temperance Bedford at Saline - 7 PM
Girls Soccer - Temperance Bedford at Saline - 7 PM
In its 10th 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 events. The SBP also gives schools the opportunity to raise money through advertising and viewing subscriptions.
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 are 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.
PHOTOS: (Top) From left, Lake Orion's Kaleena Kniess, Jenna Gaylord, Becca Hamilton, Josh McCaffrey, and Derek Dungan broadcast a volleyball match this past fall. (Middle) The football crew of Delaney Rogers, Ryan Hammond and Kniess hit the road for a game. (Photos courtesy of the Lake Orion School Broadcast Program.)