Pixellots top 500 in Michigan
September 22, 2020
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
The number of Pixellot units installed or ordered for MHSAA member schools topped the 500 mark last week as the NFHS Network program to provide units to schools across the country for the cost of installation has more than doubled the number of Pixellots in the Great Lakes State over the past few months.
Pixellot is the NFHS Network’s automated production solution. Installed on the facing of a stadium press box or a gymnasium wall, Pixellot follows the action, complete with a scoreboard connection to show the teams, game score, time remaining, quarter or period – and in sports like football, down and distance. Schools can see revenue from subscriptions and from displaying a sponsor logo on the screen. Schools also can add announcer teams to Pixellot events to enhance the game for viewers.
Nearly 700 events in multiple sports at multiple levels of play fill the coming week’s schedule for the NFHS Network and MHSAA.tv.
In the coming week, nearly 350 varsity events – about half of them in volleyball - will be available. Monthly subscriptions are $10.99. Click for lists of upcoming games and on-demand games.
Fans also can type their school name into the search field on the MHSAA.tv page to search for events. A complete list of schools participating in the School Broadcast Program can be found at the end of this release.
Here is a list of varsity broadcasts scheduled over the coming week (Home team listed first):
Football
Thursday, Sept. 24
New Lothrop vs. Byron Area - 7 PM
Friday, Sept. 25
East Grand Rapids vs. Greenville - 5:30 PM
Lowell vs. Grand Rapids Northview - 6:55 PM
Portage Central vs. Battle Creek Lakeview - 7 PM
Cass City vs. Reese - 7 PM
East Lansing vs. River Rouge - 7 PM
Walled Lake Northern vs. South Lyon - 7 PM
Bloomfield Hills vs. Royal Oak - 7 PM
Peck vs. Carsonville-Port Sanilac - 7 PM
Pontiac Notre Dame Prep vs. Harper Woods - 7 PM
Bay City John Glenn vs. Birch Run - 7 PM
Saginaw Swan Valley vs. Frankenmuth - 7 PM
Mt Morris vs. Durand - 7 PM
Freeland vs. Alma - 7 PM
Watervliet vs. Fennville - 7 PM
Jackson Lumen Christi vs. Hastings - 7 PM
Lake Orion vs. Oak Park - 7 PM
Chesaning vs. Montrose - 7 PM
Vicksburg vs. Three Rivers - 7 PM
Marquette vs. Sault Ste. Marie - 7 PM
Suttons Bay vs. Central Lake - 7 PM
Saginaw Heritage vs. Midland - 7 PM
Ithaca vs. Midland Bullock Creek - 7 PM
Mayville vs. Kingston - 7 PM
Livonia Clarenceville vs. Lutheran Westland - 7 PM
Grand Blanc vs. Davison - 7 PM
Sturgis vs. Allegan - 7 PM
Harbor Beach vs. Sandusky - 7 PM
Brownstown Woodhaven vs. Allen Park - 7 PM
Mason vs. Eaton Rapids - 7 PM
Fenton vs. Flint Kearsley - 7 PM
Dearborn Divine Child vs. Detroit Loyola - 7 PM
Novi vs. Canton - 7 PM
Northville vs. Brighton - 7 PM
Niles vs. South Haven - 7 PM
Caro vs. Bad Axe - 7 PM
Manchester vs. Napoleon - 7 PM
Calumet vs. Gwinn - 7 PM
East Kentwood vs. Grandville - 7 PM
Troy vs. Walled Lake Central - 7 PM
Grand Rapids Catholic Central vs. Middleville Thornapple Kellogg - 7 PM
Kinde North Huron vs. Bay City All Saints - 7 PM
Birmingham Seaholm vs. Farmington - 7 PM
Haslett vs. Fowlerville - 7 PM
Zeeland West vs. Grand Rapids Union - 7 PM
Ovid-Elsie vs. Otisville LakeVille - 7 PM
Birmingham Groves vs. Rochester Adams - 7 PM
Ortonville Brandon vs. Goodrich - 7 PM
Gladstone vs. Negaunee - 7 PM
Saturday - Sept. 26
White Lake Lakeland vs. South Lyon East - 7 PM
Warren De La Salle Collegiate vs. Orchard Lake St. Mary Prep - 1 PM
Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood vs. Clarkston Everest Collegiate - 1 PM
Munising vs. Newberry - 7 PM
Boys Soccer
Tuesday - Sept. 22
Jackson Lumen Christi vs. Battle Creek Harper Creek - 5 PM
East Grand Rapids vs. TBA - 5:45 PM
Portage Northern vs. Portage Central - 6:30 PM
Grand Rapids Catholic Central vs. Ada Forest Hills Eastern - 6:45 PM
Northville vs. Brighton - 7 PM
Howell vs. Novi - 7 PM
Livonia Clarenceville vs. Allen Park Inter-City Baptist - 7 PM
West Bloomfield vs. Bloomfield Hills - 7 PM
Walled Lake Northern vs. Walled Lake Western - 7 PM
Waterford Kettering vs. Auburn Hills Avondale - 7 PM
South Lyon East vs. South Lyon - 7 PM
Clare vs. Taylor Prep - 7 PM
Walled Lake Central vs. Highland Milford - 7 PM
Troy Athens vs. Troy - 7 PM
East Kentwood vs. Grandville - 7:15 PM
Wednesday - Sept. 23
Saginaw Swan Valley vs. Freeland - 4:30 PM
Cass City vs. Bad Axe - 5:30 PM
Ithaca vs. Standish-Sterling - 5:30 PM
Romulus Summit Academy North vs. Garden City - 6 PM
Vicksburg vs. Otsego - 6 PM
Corunna vs. Ortonville Brandon - 6:15 PM
Saginaw Heritage vs. Midland Dow - 6:45 PM
Cedar Springs vs. Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills - 6:45 PM
Manchester vs. Hillsdale Academy - 7 PM
Clare vs. McBain Northern Michigan Christian - 7 PM
Pontiac Notre Dame Prep vs. TBA - 7:30 PM
Thursday - Sept. 24
Bay City John Glenn vs. Saginaw Swan Valley - 4:30 PM
Warren De La Salle Collegiate vs. Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice - 6 PM
Chesaning vs. Ovid-Elsie - 6 PM
Fenton vs. Clio - 6:15 PM
Portage Central vs. Kalamazoo Loy Norrix - 6:30 PM
St. Joseph vs. Battle Creek Central - 6:30 PM
Cadillac vs. Gaylord - 6:45 PM
Bloomfield Hills vs. Royal Oak - 7 PM
Troy vs. Dearborn Heights Crestwood - 7 PM
Birmingham Groves vs. West Bloomfield - 7 PM
Birmingham Seaholm vs. Rochester - 7 PM
Saline vs. Ann Arbor Skyline - 7 PM
Holt vs. Okemos - 7 PM
Riverview Gabriel Richard Catholic vs. Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard - 7 PM
White Lake Lakeland vs. Walled Lake Northern - 7 PM
Grand Rapids South Christian vs. Lansing Catholic - 7:15 PM
Friday - Sept. 25
Vicksburg vs. Parchment - 5:30 PM
South Lyon vs. Walled Lake Central - 7 PM
Saturday - Sept. 26
Multi-team Event @ Troy Athens - 10 AM
West Bloomfield vs. Rochester - 10 AM
Plainwell vs. Mattawan - 10:30 AM
St. Joseph vs. Paw Paw - 11:30 AM
West Bloomfield vs. Rochester - 11:45 AM
Holt vs. Grand Ledge - 12 PM
Warren De La Salle Collegiate vs. Grosse Pointe North - 12 PM
Mason vs. Haslett - 1 PM
Jackson Lumen Christi vs. Battle Creek Harper Creek - 1 PM
Saline vs. An Arbor Pioneer - 2 PM
Northville vs. Canton - 4:30 PM
Multi-team Event @ Troy - 6:30 PM
Monday - Sept. 28
Saginaw Swan Valley vs. Shepherd - 4:30 PM
Watervliet vs. Lawton - 4:30 PM
Cass City vs. Harbor Beach - 5:30 PM
Manchester vs. Grass Lake - 5:30 PM
Ithaca vs. Saginaw Nouvel - 5:30 PM
Bad Axe vs. Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker - 5:30 PM
Warren De La Salle Collegiate vs. Imlay City - 6 PM
Brownstown Woodhaven vs. Wyandotte Roosevelt - 6 PM
Holt vs. Lansing Waverly - 6 PM
Fenton vs. Lake Fenton - 6:15 PM
Plainwell vs. Edwardsburg - 6:30 PM
Grand Rapids South Christian vs. TBA - 6:45 PM
Saginaw Heritage vs. Grand Blanc - 6:45 PM
Cedar Springs vs. Lowell - 6:45 PM
East Kentwood vs. Ada Forest Hills Eastern - 6:45 PM
Walled Lake Western vs. South Lyon - 7 PM
Walled Lake Central vs. Waterford Mott - 7 PM
White Lake Lakeland vs. Royal Oak - 7 PM
Brighton vs. Northville - 7 PM
Waterford Kettering vs. South Lyon East - 7 PM
Clare vs. Roscommon - 7 PM
Tuesday - Sept. 29
Chesaning vs. Durand - 6 PM
Stevensville Lakeshore vs. St. Joseph - 6:30 PM
Grand Rapids Catholic Central vs. Grand Rapids West Catholic - 6:45 PM
Petoskey vs. Alpena - 6:45 PM
Troy vs. North Farmington - 7 PM
Freeland vs. Essexville Garber - 7 PM
Livonia Clarenceville vs. Oakland Christian - 7 PM
West Bloomfield vs. Oxford - 7 PM
Saline vs. Ypsilanti Community - 7 PM
Dearborn Divine Child vs. Detroit U Of D Jesuit - 7 PM
Birmingham Seaholm vs. Troy Athens - 7 PM
East Kentwood vs. Caledonia - 7:15 PM
Pontiac Notre Dame Prep vs. TBA - 7:30 PM
Detroit Catholic Central vs. Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice - 7:30 PM
Girls Volleyball
Tuesday - Sept. 22
Rockford vs. Caledonia - 5 PM
East Lansing vs. Grand Ledge - 6 PM
Romulus Summit Academy North vs. Detroit Community - 6 PM
Madison Heights Lamphere vs. Hazel Park - 6 PM
Grand Rapids Catholic Central vs. Cedar Springs - 6 PM
Holt vs. DeWitt - 6 PM
Grand Rapids South Christian vs. Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills - 6 PM
Dryden vs. Mayville - 6 PM
New Lothrop vs. Montrose - 6:15 PM
Ovid-Elsie vs. Byron Area - 6:15 PM
Otisville LakeVille vs. Durand - 6:15 PM
Chesaning vs. Mt Morris - 6:15 PM
Galesburg-Augusta vs. Parchment - 6:30 PM
Ishpeming vs. Manistique - 6:30 PM
Watervliet vs. Martin - 6:30 PM
Riverview Gabriel Richard vs. Clarkston Everest Collegiate - 6:30 PM
Frankfort vs. Onekama - 6:30 PM
Flint Powers Catholic vs. Saginaw Arthur Hill - 6:30 PM
South Lyon vs. Waterford Kettering - 6:30 PM
Petoskey vs. Alpena - 6:30 PM
Macomb L'Anse Creuse North vs. Sterling Heights Stevenson - 6:30 PM
Suttons Bay vs. Maple City Glen Lake - 6:30 PM
Zeeland West vs. Zeeland East - 6:30 PM
Painesdale Jeffers vs. Baraga Area - 6:30 PM
Oakland Christian vs. Plymouth Christian Academy - 6:30 PM
Howell vs. Northville - 6:30 PM
South Lyon East vs. Lakeland - 6:30 PM
Kalamazoo Christian vs. Delton Kellogg - 6:30 PM
Cadillac vs. Traverse City West - 7 PM
Bear Lake vs. Walkerville - 7 PM
Hart vs. Montague - 7 PM
Saline vs. Ypsilanti Community - 7 PM
Escanaba vs. Gladstone - 7 PM
Troy Athens vs. North Farmington - 7 PM
Lake Orion vs. Birmingham Seaholm - 7 PM
Pontiac Notre Dame Prep vs. Warren Regina - 7 PM
Marcellus vs. Mendon - 7 PM
St Charles vs. Coleman - 7 PM
Livonia Clarenceville vs. Brighton Charyl Stockwell Prep - 7:30 PM
Wednesday - Sept. 23
Holly vs. Flint Kearsley - 5:15 PM
Fenton vs. Linden - 5:15 PM
Niles vs. Bridgman - 6 PM
St. Joseph vs. Stevensville Lakeshore - 6:30 PM
Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood vs. Riverview Gabriel Richard - 6:30 PM
Hart vs. Mason County Central - 7 PM
Saginaw Swan Valley vs. Frankenmuth - 7 PM
Freeland vs. Birch Run - 7 PM
Bay City John Glenn vs. Essexville Garber - 7 PM
Hemlock vs. Carrollton - 7:30 PM
Clare vs. Harrison - 7:30 PM
Thursday - Sept. 24
Fremont vs. Shelby - 5:30 PM
Madison Heights Lamphere vs. St. Clair Shores South Lake - 6 PM
Vicksburg vs. Three Rivers - 6 PM
Mayville vs. Deckerville - 6 PM
DeWitt vs. Mason - 6 PM
Williamston vs. Portland - 6 PM
Sturgis vs. Allegan - 6 PM
South Lyon vs. Salem - 6:30 PM
Novi vs. Franklin - 6:30 PM
Westland Huron Valley Lutheran vs. Sterling Heights Parkway Christian - 6:30 PM
Brighton vs. Westland John Glenn - 6:30 PM
Northville vs. Livonia Stevenson - 6:30 PM
Highland Milford vs. Walled Lake Western - 6:30 PM
Watervliet vs. Kalamazoo Christian - 6:30 PM
Houghton vs. Ishpeming - 6:30 PM
White Lake Lakeland vs. Waterford Kettering - 6:30 PM
Negaunee vs. Gwinn - 6:30 PM
South Lyon East vs. Walled Lake Central - 6:30 PM
Harbor Beach vs. Capac - 6:45 PM
Dearborn Heights Robichaud vs. Romulus - 7 PM
Brownstown Woodhaven vs. Trenton - 7 PM
Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian vs. Wyoming Godwin Heights - 7 PM
Pentwater vs. Bear Lake - 7 PM
Troy Athens vs. Farmington - 7 PM
Traverse City West vs. Petoskey - 7 PM
Bloomfield Hills vs. Oxford - 7 PM
Cadillac vs. Gaylord - 7 PM
Escanaba vs. Marquette - 7 PM
Lake Orion vs. West Bloomfield - 7 PM
Birmingham Seaholm vs. Rochester Adams - 7 PM
Troy vs. Birmingham Groves - 7 PM
Kingston vs. Peck - 7:30 PM
Bad Axe vs. Pigeon Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port - 7:30 PM
Caro vs. Cass City - 7:30 PM
Friday - Sept. 25
Dollar Bay vs. Baraga Area - 6:25 PM
Westland Huron Valley Lutheran vs. Taylor Prep - 6:30 PM
Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood vs. Detroit Country Day - 6:30 PM
Dearborn Divine Child vs. Wixom St. Catherine - 7:15 PM
Saturday - Sept. 26
Northville vs. TBA - 8:30 AM
Williamston vs. TBA - 9 AM
Brownstown Woodhaven vs. TBA - 9 AM
Rockford vs. DeWitt - 9 AM
Niles vs. Stevensville Lakeshore - 9 AM
Grandville vs. Lowell - 9 AM
Flint Powers Catholic - 9 AM
Mt Morris vs. TBA - 2 PM
Monday - Sept. 28
Madison Heights Lamphere vs. Warren Fitzgerald - 6 PM
Romulus Summit Academy North vs. Canton Prep - 6 PM
Plainwell vs. Vicksburg - 6:30 PM
St. Joseph vs. Battle Creek Lakeview - 6:30 PM
Calumet vs. Ishpeming - 6:45 PM
Marquette vs. Gladstone - 7 PM
Pentwater vs. Big Rapids Crossroads Charter Academy - 7 PM
Linden vs. Hartland - 7 PM
Tuesday - Sept. 29
Part 1 | Durand Area vs. New Lothrop - 4:30 PM
Williamston vs. TBA - 5 PM
Norway vs. Bark River-Harris - 6 PM
Bear Lake vs. Manistee Catholic Central - 6 PM
DeWitt vs. East Lansing - 6 PM
North Huron vs. Akron-Fairgrove - 6 PM
Wayland Union vs. Ada Forest Hills Eastern - 6 PM
Fowlerville vs. Haslett - 6 PM
Peck vs. Deckerville - 6 PM
Holt vs. Lansing Waverly - 6 PM
Mayville vs. Genesee - 6 PM
St Johns vs. Grand Ledge - 6:05 PM
Montrose vs. Otisville LakeVille - 6:15 PM
Mt Morris vs. Ovid-Elsie - 6:15 PM
Dollar Bay vs. Ontonagon - 6:20 PM
St. Clair Shores Lake Shore vs. Warren Cousino - 6:30 PM
Kalamazoo Christian vs. Schoolcraft - 6:30 PM
Negaunee vs. Hancock - 6:30 PM
Westland Huron Valley Lutheran vs. Whitmore Lake - 6:30 PM
Northville vs. Brighton - 6:30 PM
Walled Lake Central vs. South Lyon - 6:30 PM
Novi vs. Howell - 6:30 PM
Walled Lake Western vs. Waterford Mott - 6:30 PM
Walled Lake Northern vs. South Lyon East - 6:30 PM
Watervliet vs. Parchment - 6:30 PM
Grand Blanc vs. Bay City Western - 6:30 PM
Southfield Christian vs. Oakland Christian - 6:30 PM
Manchester vs. Michigan Center - 6:30 PM
Hopkins vs. Wyoming Godwin Heights - 7 PM
Macomb Lutheran North vs. Algonac - 7 PM
Robichaud vs. Ferndale University - 7 PM
Troy vs. Farmington - 7 PM
Brownstown Woodhaven vs. Allen Park - 7 PM
Fremont vs. Grant - 7 PM
Escanaba vs. Menominee - 7 PM
St. Charles vs. Carson City-Crystal - 7 PM
Big Rapids vs. Reed City - 7 PM
Marcellus vs. White Pigeon - 7 PM
Bloomfield Hills vs. West Bloomfield - 7 PM
Riverview Gabriel Richard Catholic vs. TBA - 7:15 PM
Livonia Clarenceville vs. Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest - 7:30 PM
Pellston vs. Onaway - 7:30 PM
Bad Axe vs. Unionville Sebewaing - 7:30 PM
Kingston vs. Dryden - 7:30 PM
Part 2 | Durand Area vs. New Lothrop - 7:30 PM
Cass City vs. Reese - 7:30 PM
Now in its 12th 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 the events. The program also gives schools the opportunity to raise money through advertising and viewing subscriptions.
NFHS Network subscriptions begin at $10.99 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. A portion of every subscription sold by an SBP 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.
Grisdale to be Honored for 40 Seasons on Call for Cheboygan Football
By
Tom Spencer
Special for MHSAA.com
September 13, 2024
When Jason Friday was in high school, there were two types of football fans in Cheboygan.
Folks either went to watch the Cheboygan Chiefs play under the lights, or they listened to the game on the radio called by play-by-play announcer Mike Grisdale.
Well, not much has changed. Friday, a 1992 Cheboygan grad, is now the school’s athletic director. And Grisdale is in the middle of his 40th season on the air.
What is changing tonight, though, is Cheboygan will officially dedicate the stadium press box to Grisdale in a special pregame ceremony before the Chiefs (1-1) take on Elk Rapids (1-1).
Former Cheboygan coaches, Grisdale’s family and people who have worked with him on the radio over the years will be on hand for the ceremony.
“We were able to get Dan Miller, George Blaha, Ken Kal and Dan Dickerson — radio broadcasters for all four Detroit sports — to record statements that we will play over the public address system,” said Friday. “Mike will be presented a smaller version of the plaque that we will be hanging in the press box, and he will have a chance to talk.”
Naming the press box after Grisdale has been in the works for more than a year, Friday noted. Grisdale first learned of the plan when he was interviewing Friday during halftime of a football game last year.
“Jason surprised me on the air,” Grisdale recalled. “I was shocked, but honored and thankful.”
Grisdale, a 1979 Cheboygan grad, is humbled noting there are so many people who contribute to the radio broadcasts and football program. He remembers listening with his father to Jorden James and Bob Martin call Chiefs games when some of the older kids from the neighborhood were playing high school football.
“I have just been so fortunate to do it for this long and have become the go-to guy for historical information and perspective,” Grisdale said.
Grisdale, who has also done nearly 1,000 Chiefs basketball games on the air, along with some hockey and soccer, said his interest in sports goes back to his childhood.
Grisdale grew up in Cheboygan with three brothers in a neighborhood full of kids. Sports were a big part of their lives — collecting baseball cards, listening to the Detroit Tigers on the radio, and playing basketball, kickball and wiffle ball.
Grisdale, who also hosts a Saturday morning radio show from a local restaurant called “Coaches Corner,” vividly recalls trying to keep a scorebook while listening to high school basketball games on WCBY radio and dreaming of becoming the next Blaha, or Ernie Harrell, Bob Ufer, or Bruce Martin - four legendary broadcasters of Michigan professional and college sports.
While at Central Michigan University earning a broadcasting degree, Grisdale got extensive of on-air experience on student stations. He worked on Cheboygan radio stations during summers.
Some of his fondest memories of Chiefs broadcasts have come from the locations where they’ve played.
“I have enjoyed having the opportunity to cover games at places like the Pontiac Silverdome, Palace of Auburn Hills, Crisler Arena and the Breslin Center,” Grisdale said. “You remember the exciting moments and big games”
The 40 years on the air, along with earlier turns covering Marshall and Albion football and basketball games, are really just a blur to the highly-revered radio personality.
“The seasons just seemed to run together,” Grisdale said. “There were many, many times when the weather and the long road trips took their toll.”
Grisdale played football at Cheboygan High School and was an offensive end and a defensive safety on a 9-0 squad his senior year in 1978. He caught three touchdown passes that season. He also held for extra points, collecting snaps from his brother Mark, the Chiefs’ long-snapper.
Mike Grisdale doesn’t hesitate to point out the best player he covered was fullback Shannon Scarborough from the 1991 team that reached the Silverdome – “The all-stater was strong and fast and played both ways,” he noted. But Grisdale has loved all the players and teams over the years. “I do it because I enjoy promoting the kids, keeping the traditions alive, seeing the community come together, good sportsmanship, and being part of a team.”
Friday, who also has broadcast multiple games alongside Grisdale over the years, has enjoyed Grisdale’s efforts to promote every player.
“Kids always love to hear their name on the radio,” Friday said. “What I think he does better than anyone is to make sure the offensive and defensive linemen are consistently mentioned — those boys in the trenches often get overlooked, but not with Mike on the call.”
When Cheboygan installed NFHS Network cameras, the athletic department sought to successfully connect Grisdale’s radio broadcast through the video feed.
“That has been a huge bonus and something that many community members have told me they appreciate,” Friday said.
Grisdale, who also works part-time for Black Diamond Broadcasting in its Cheboygan studios and serves Mackinaw Health System based in St. Ignace as its marketing director, has no plans to end his broadcasting career.
“As long as our local radio station can keep the tradition alive and I am still around, it would be my privilege to keep it going,” Grisdale said.
Cheboygan High School games are carried on WCBY (Cheboygan) 1240 AM, 100.7 FM and 98.1 FM, and streaming at BigCountryGold.com.
Tom Spencer is a longtime MHSAA-registered basketball and soccer official, and former softball and baseball official, and he also has coached in the northern Lower Peninsula area. He previously has written for the Saginaw News, Bay County Sports Page and Midland Daily News. He can be reached at [email protected] with story ideas for Manistee, Wexford, Missaukee, Roscommon, Ogemaw, Iosco, Alcona, Oscoda, Crawford, Kalkaska, Grand Traverse, Benzie, Leelanau, Antrim, Otsego, Montmorency, Alpena, Presque Isle, Cheboygan, Charlevoix and Emmet counties.
PHOTOS (Top) Mike Grisdale, right, and partner Nate King broadcast a Cheboygan game from Central Michigan University. (Middle) The Cheboygan stadium press box will be dedicated to the longtime broadcaster. (Below) Grisdale is on the call for another Chiefs game. (Photos provided by Grisdale and the Cheboygan athletic department.)