Playoff Broadcasts Continue Online
November 6, 2018
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
Plenty of Regional tournament activity takes place this week on MHSAA.tv and FoxSportsDetroit.com in football and girls volleyball.
Volleyball coverage begins Tuesday (Nov. 6) with the School Broadcast Program at Lake Orion High School streaming Division 1 matches, and the SBP at Fowlerville streaming a Division 2 match. Here’s the schedule:
- Lake Orion v. Troy – 5:30 p.m.
- Walled Lake Northern v. Rochester Hills Stoney Creek – 7 p.m.
- Marshall v. Fowlerville – 7:30 p.m.
On Friday (Nov. 6), five games will be shown at 7 p.m. – three on the PrepZone on Fox Sports Detroit and two on MHSAA.tv. Here’s the PrepZone schedule:
- Dearborn Fordson at Clinton Township Chippewa Valley
- Clarkston at Lapeer
- Warren DeLaSalle at Port Huron Northern
Viewing of Prep Zone games is free on the FoxSportsDetroit.com website. Authentication may be required to view on the FOX Sports app. All Prep Zone games also will be available for free on-demand viewing on the MHSAA.tv website.
The Prep Zone is part of the “Football Week In Michigan” promotion by FOX Sports Detroit, which is offering a $2,500 cash prize for the best photo posted on Instagram showing what Football Week In Michigan means to that individual. Tag the photo @FOXSportsDetroit and include the hashtag #FWIMPHOTOCONTEST. Submissions will be accepted until Nov. 13.
Here is Friday’s schedule on MHSAA.tv:
- Cedar Springs v. Muskegon at Grand Haven, 7 p.m.
- Pewamo-Westphalia v. New Lothrop at Chesaning, 7 p.m.
Saturday’s games on MHSAA.tv will be:
- Detroit Southeastern at Reading, 12:30 p.m.
- Rockford at Saline, 1 p.m.
- Montrose at Flint Hamady, 2 p.m.
NFHS Network subscriptions begin at $9.95 a month, which allows access to a number of MHSAA Tournaments during the month of November:
- Nov. 9-10 – Selected Football Playoff Regional Finals
- Nov. 15-17 – Girls Volleyball Semifinals & Finals
- Nov. 17 – Lower Peninsula Girls Swimming & Diving Finals
- Nov. 17 – Football Playoff Semifinals (13 games)
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.
Spring Finals, Instant Downloads Launch
May 29, 2018
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
Fans watching live video streams of MHSAA Spring Championships will be able to take advantage of a new feature on the NFHS Network beginning with Saturday’s coverage of the MHSAA Track & Field Finals – powered by the Michigan Army National Guard.
Instant downloads of events taking place across the NFHS Network – including MHSAA Championships games on MHSAA.tv – will be available shortly following the conclusion of each stream. Just click on the blue Digital Copy button beneath the video player of the broadcast to order. Downloads will be the same resolution as live broadcasts, and are priced at $19.95. DVDs also will be available for $24.95.
Saturday’s Track Finals kicks off three straight weekends of MHSAA Spring Championships action on MHSAA.tv. All of the action can be viewed by purchasing a Month Pass for just $9.95.
Track action begins on Saturday at 10 a.m. (EDT) at Lower Peninsula sites in the greater Grand Rapids area at East Kentwood (Div. 1), Zeeland (Div. 2), Comstock Park (Div. 3) and Hudsonville (Div. 4); as well as at the Upper Peninsula Finals in Kingsford. Here’s the complete schedule (Boys run first in all events in 2018):
Lower Peninsula Finals
- 10 a.m. – 3,200-Meter Relay Final; Round One – 100-Meter Dash, 110 & 100-Meter Hurdles, 200-Meter Dash
- 1 p.m. – Running Finals (110 & 100 Hurdles, 100 Dash, 800 Relay, 1,600 Run, 400 Relay, 300 Hurdles, 800 Run, 200 Dash, 3,200 Run, 1,600 Relay)
Upper Peninsula Finals (All event times approximate & EDT)
- 10 a.m. – 3,200 Relay
- 11:45 a.m. – 110 & 100 Hurdles
- 12:15 a.m. – 100 Dash
- 12:45 a.m. – 800 Relay
- 1:15 p.m. – 1,600 Run
- 1:45 p.m. – 400 Relay
- 2:15 p.m. – 400 Dash
- 2:45 p.m. – 300 Hurdles
- 3:15 p.m. – 800 Run
- 3:45 p.m. – 200 Dash
- 4:15 p.m. – 3,200 Run
- 5:15 p.m. – 1,600 Relay
Field events will not be shown, and awards presentations in all events will be shown when not in conflict with running events taking place at the same time.
Click for the Track Finals page at MHSAA.tv.
Over the following weekends, MHSAA Finals in Boys and Girls Lacrosse (June 9), Girls Soccer (June 15-16) and Semifinals and Finals in Baseball and Softball (June 14-16) will be streamed live. All events will be archived for free on-demand viewing, beginning three days after their completion. Subscriptions must be cancelled before the 30-day period is over to avoid recurring charges.
The Lacrosse, Baseball-Softball and Girls Soccer events also will have live streaming audio at MHSAANetwork.com.