Prep Zone Returns for Football Playoffs

October 28, 2015

By John Johnson
MHSAA communications director

For the fifth straight season, FOX Sports Detroit will provide live streaming video coverage of four games from each of the first four rounds of the MHSAA Football Playoffs – presented by the Michigan Army National Guard – on the PrepZone on FoxSportsDetroit.com.

Pre-District games on the PrepZone this Friday (Oct. 30) are:

  • Clarkston at Romeo
  • Farmington Hills Harrison at Birmingham Groves
  • Mason at St. Johns
  • Flint Powers Catholic at Goodrich

All PrepZone games will be live at 7 p.m. Fridays the first three weekends of tournament play, and the Semifinal games Nov. 21 starting at 1 p.m. will be part of a package with MHSAA.tv where all 16 games will be live on the Internet.

Fans can watch PrepZone games on their computer or handheld devices and follow these instructions:

On Your Desktop/Laptop Computer

  • Go to FOXSportsGo.com
  • Click on the “All Chs” menu at the bottom left of the page
  • Select “FOX Sports Go Extras”

On Your Handheld Device

  • Download the free FOX Sports Go app from your store
  • Click on the “All Channels” menu at the top of the app
  • Select “FOX Sports Go Extras”

All PrepZone games will be archived on MHSAA.tv.

A number of Football Playoff games will be covered by MHSAA members participating in the School Broadcast Program this week, including three Saturday (Oct. 31) games which will be available live on a subscription basis.  SBP produced games being shown live this week at 1 p.m. Saturday are:

  • Gaylord at Mt. Pleasant
  • Crystal Falls Forest Park at Lake Linden-Hubbell

A Day Pass to watch live on MHSAA.tv is $9.95.  A Month Pass is $14.95, and would also allow access to the full schedule of MHSAA Tournaments during the month of November:

  • Nov. 4 – Selected Boys Soccer Semifinals
  • Nov. 7 – Boys Soccer Finals
  • Nov. 7 – Selected Football Playoff District Finals
  • Nov. 14 – Selected Football Playoff Regional Finals
  • Nov. 19-20 – Girls Volleyball Semifinals & Finals
  • Nov. 21 – Lower Peninsula Girls Swimming & Diving Finals
  • Nov. 21 – Football Playoff Semifinals (12 games)

Other Football Playoff games available on an On Demand basis being produced by SBP schools this week are:

In its seventh 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 On-Demand - 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.

Launching at Midnight every Friday throughout the season is MHSAA Football Friday Overtime on FOX Sports Detroit.  Mickey York and Rob Rubick host the weekly 30-minute highlights show.  The show will re-air most Saturday and Sunday mornings – and will be archived on the FOX Detroit Website.  This week, FFOT will re-air at 6 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Saturday; and 10 a.m. Sunday on FOX Sports Detroit. 

The following games are scheduled to be highlighted this week on Football Friday Overtime:

  • Detroit Denby at Detroit Collegiate Prep
  • Marysville at Pontiac Notre Dame Prep
  • Bay City John Glenn at Orchard Lake St. Mary's
  • Riverview at Allen Park
  • Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett at Riverview Gabriel Richard
  • PLUS – Highlights from this week’s PrepZone games.

This week's School Broadcast Program highlights (see below) include football games with Otsego at Plainwell and Hudsonville at Rockford and a volleyball match, Bay City John Glenn at Pinconning.     

Schools interested in becoming a part of the School Broadcast Program should contact John Johnson at the MHSAA Office.

Selection Sunday Show Returns to FSD

October 22, 2019

By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties

The transition from high school football’s regular season to postseason play takes place at 7 p.m. this Sunday (Oct. 27) on FOX Sports Detroit-PLUS on the Selection Sunday Show with the announcing of qualifiers and pairings for the MHSAA Football Playoffs.

In addition to the statewide cable television broadcast, the Selection Sunday Show can be viewed on the internet through the FOXSportsDetroit.com Website and on handheld devices and television streaming devices like Roku through FOX Sports GO!

This year’s show will again originate from the FOX Sports Detroit studios in Southfield. Matt Shepard, Johnny Kane and Rob Rubick will handle the on-camera duties. 

The following headline this week’s football action among games on Friday (Oct. 25) with live streaming video on MHSAA.tv being produced by members of the School Broadcast Program

• A non-conference game between two 8-0 teams – Frankenmuth from the Tri-Valley Conference East and 2018 Division 7 champion New Lothrop from the Mid-Michigan Activities Conference.

• The Southwest Michigan Athletic Conference West crown will be decided when Portage Northern (7-1) hosts St. Joseph (6-2). Both teams are 4-0 in league play.

• And 5-3 teams which could clinch playoff spots during games being streamed this weekend are Cadillac, East Grand Rapids, Grand Blanc, Manchester and Warren De La Salle Collegiate.

Here’s the complete list of varsity-level events to be streamed live during the coming week:

Tuesday - Oct. 22
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer Regional Semifinal - Troy Athens v. Warren De La Salle Collegiate  - 5 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer Regional Semifinal - Grand Blanc v. Novi  - 5 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer Regional Semifinal – Clarkston Everest Collegiate v. Roscommon  - 5 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer Regional Semifinal Boys Soccer - Grand Blanc  v. Novi   - 5 PM
Girls Volleyball - Capac v. Harbor Beach  - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball - Coopersville v. Comstock Park  - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball – St. Clair Shores Lake Shore  v. Roseville   - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball - Fenton  v. Linden   - 6:15 PM
Girls Volleyball - Holly  v. Flint Kearsley   - 6:15 PM
Girls Volleyball – Central Lake v. Pellston – 6:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer Regional Semifinal – Clinton Twp. Chippewa Valley vs Rochester Adams  - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer Regional Semifinal - Detroit Catholic Central vs Clarkston  - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer Regional Semifinal - Bad Axe v. Memphis  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Big Rapids  v. Grant   - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Gladstone v. Marquette - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Novi  v. Canton   - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Saline  v. Ann Arbor Skyline   - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Wyoming v. Grand Rapids Christian  - 7 PM
 
Wednesday - Oct. 23
Girls Volleyball - Ovid-Elsie v. Montrose  - 4 PM
Girls Volleyball – Ann Arbor Greenhills v. Riverview Gabriel Richard  - 5 PM (CHSL Quarterfinal)
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer Regional Semifinal - Elk Rapids v. Gladwin  - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball – Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard v. Bloomfield Hills Marian  - 6 PM (CHSL Semifinal)
Girls Volleyball – CHSL Semifinal at Ann Arbor Greenhills  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Mason v. Fowlerville  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Williamston v. Haslett – 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Freeland  v. Frankenmuth   - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Hemlock  v. Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary  - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - St. Charles  v. Midland Bullock Creek   - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Bad Axe  v. Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker   - 7:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer Regional Semifinal – Muskegon Orchard View vs Ludington  - 8 PM
 
Thursday - Oct. 24
Girls Volleyball - Hartford v. Watervliet  - 11:55 AM
Girls Volleyball - Cedar Springs  v. Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills   - 4:45 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 Region 3 Boys Soccer Regional Finals - TBA vs TBA  - 6 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 4 Region 15 Boys Soccer Regional Finals - TBA vs TBA  - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball - Grand Rapids Catholic Central v. Grand Rapids West Catholic   - 6 PM
Swimming and Diving – Temperance Bedford v. Saline  - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball - Corunna  v. Owosso   - 6:15 PM
Girls Volleyball – Flint Kearsley v. Linden  - 6:15 PM
Girls Volleyball – Flint Bendle v. Flint Beecher   - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Pontiac Notre Dame Prep v. Flint Powers Catholic   - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Auburn Hills Oakland Christian v. Southfield Christian  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Whitmore Lake v. Bloomfield Hills Roeper  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Linden v. Flint Kearsley   - 6:45 PM
Girls Volleyball - Watersmeet v. Dollar Bay  - 6:50 PM
Football - Ishpeming  v. Bark River-Harris   - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian v. Wyoming Kelloggsville   - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - West Bloomfield  v. Ferndale   - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Holly  v. Swartz Creek   - 7:30 PM
 
Friday - Oct. 25
Football - Wyoming v. East Grand Rapids  - 6:30 PM 
Football - Howell v. Livonia Churchill  - 6:45 PM
Football - Whitehall v. Montrose  - 6:45 PM
Football – Troy Athens v. Pontiac Notre Dame Prep  - 7 PM
Football - Coloma v. Watervliet  - 7 PM
Football - Brighton  v. Dearborn Fordson   - 7 PM
Football - Calumet  v. L'Anse   - 7 PM
Football - Chesaning  v. Carrollton   - 7 PM
Football - Frankenmuth  v. New Lothrop   - 7 PM
Football – Maple City Glen Lake  v. Grayling   - 7 PM
Football – White Lake Lakeland  v. Milford   - 7 PM
Football - Norway  v. West Iron County   - 7 PM
Football - Novi  v. Westland John Glenn  - 7 PM
Football - Ovid-Elsie  v. Corunna   - 7 PM
Football - Portage Northern  v. St. Joseph   - 7 PM 
Football - Rockford  v. East Kentwood   - 7 PM
Football - Saline  v. Grand Blanc   - 7 PM – Traditional SBP Production
Football - Saline  v. Grand Blanc   - 7 PM - Pixellot
Football - South Lyon  v. South Lyon East   - 7 PM
Football - South Lyon  v. South Lyon East   - 7 PM
Football - Troy  v. Berkley   - 7 PM
Football – Brownstown Woodhaven v. Birmingham Groves   - 7 PM
Football - Comstock Park v. Grand Rapids Catholic Central  - 7 PM
Football - Kingsford v. Marquette - 7 PM
Football - Monroe v. Lake Orion  - 7 PM
Football - Pinckney v. Fowlerville  - 7 PM
Football - Sturgis v. Plainwell  - 7 PM
Football – Boyne City v. Kingsley – 7 PM
Football – Ludington v. Mason County Central – 7 PM
Football – Manchester v. Homer – 7 PM
Football – McBain v. Clare – 7 PM
Football – Traverse City West v. Petoskey – 7 PM
Football – Walled Lake Central v. Walled Lake Western – 7 PM
Football – Warren De La Salle Collegiate v. West Bloomfield – 7 PM
Football – Port Huron Northern v. Warren Fitzgerald – 7 PM
 
Saturday - Oct. 26
2019 MHSAA Div 3 Region 12 Boys Soccer Regional Finals - TBA vs TBA  - 1 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 Region 4 Boys Soccer Regional Finals - TBA vs TBA  - 12 PM
Girls Volleyball – Burton Bendle v. TBA  - 8:30 AM
Girls Volleyball - South Lyon East v. TBA  - 9 AM
Football – Traverse City Central v. Cadillac – 1 PM
 
Monday - Oct. 28
Girls Volleyball - Hancock v. Calumet  - 6:30 PM
 
Tuesday - Oct. 29
Girls Volleyball - Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian v. TBA  - 5 PM
Girls Volleyball - Ishpeming  v. Gwinn   - 5:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Highland Milford  v. Troy   - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball - Norway  v. Munising   - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball – Grand Rapids Forest Hills Eastern v. East Grand Rapids  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Allen Park Inter-City Baptist v. Bloomfield Hills Roeper  - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Bessemer v. Dollar Bay  - 6:50 PM
Girls Volleyball - Saline  v. Dexter   - 7 PM – Traditional SBP
Girls Volleyball - Saline  v. Dexter   - 7 PM - Pixellot
Girls Volleyball - Bad Axe  v. Unionville Sebewaing   - 7:30 PM
 
Now in its 11th 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 SBP 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. School Broadcast Program participants benefit as a portion of every subscription sold by a school goes to its program. 

A complete list of participating schools can be found on the School Broadcast Program page of the MHSAA Website.