SBP Excellence Awards Accepting Entries
January 17, 2018
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
Applications are being accepted for the MHSAA’s fifth annual SBP Excellence Awards, which recognize the efforts of member schools participating in the School Broadcast Program for content produced during the 2017-18 school year.
SBP schools can submit up to two entries in each of six categories: best single-camera production, best multi-camera production, best use of graphics, best produced local commercials/features, best student play-by-play announcers and best highlight clip.
The SBP Excellence Awards will be used in selecting the Program of the Year. Other criteria for Program of the Year include quantity and quality of productions and sports covered, best command of graphics software, initiative to cover home and away athletic contests and initiative/creative in selling local advertising and subscriptions.
Montrose High School has won the Program of the Year award the past four years.
More details about the 2017-18 SBP Excellence Awards, and an online entry form, can be found on the School Broadcast Program page of the MHSAA Website. (For more details, CLICK HERE; to go to the entry form, CLICK HERE)
The deadline for submitting entries is Feb. 16, 2018, at 4 p.m.
More than 90 live sporting events are scheduled on MHSAA.tv this week, produced by SBP participants. A total of 55 games at the varsity level will be covered, with more to be added as the week progresses. Be sure to check “Upcoming Events” on the MHSAA.tv home page daily for last-minute additions.
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 – the NFHS Network’s automated streaming solution - is used by schools that wish to live stream games but lack the ability to staff the events. The 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 - January 16
- Freshman Boys Basketball - Chesaning at Otisville-Lakeville - 4 p.m.
- Freshman Girls Basketball - Comstock at Plainwell - 4:15 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Kent City at Comstock Park - 4:30 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball – Livonia Stevenson at Novi - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Genesee at Montrose - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Chesaning at Otisville-Lakeville - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Comstock at Plainwell - 5:45 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball – Lake Linden-Hubbell at Dollar Bay - 5:45 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Houghton at Calumet - 5:45 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Lake City at Harrison - 6 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Onaway at Rogers City - 6 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Stephenson at Norway - 6:30 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Onaway at Rogers City - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Kent City at Comstock Park - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Ferndale at Lake Orion - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Chesaning at Otisville-Lakeville - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Mason at Fowlerville - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball – Livonia Stevenson at Novi - 7 p.m.
- Boys Ice Hockey - Escanaba at Marquette - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Genesee at Montrose - 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball – Sault St. Marie at Negaunee – 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball – Bellaire at Onaway – 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Houghton at Calumet - 7:15 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Comstock at Plainwell - 7:15 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Grant at Fremont - 7:19 p.m.
- Girls Basketball – Lake Linden-Hubbell at Dollar Bay - 7:20 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Lake City at Harrison - 7:30 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Stephenson at Norway - 8 p.m.
Wednesday - January 17
- Wrestling - Paw Paw at Plainwell - 5:30 p.m.
- Cheerleading - Lake Fenton at Montrose - 6 p.m.
Thursday, January 18
- Freshman Boys Basketball - New Lothrop at Otisville-Lakeville - 4 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - New Lothrop at Otisville-Lakeville - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Burton Bendle at Montrose - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball – Howard City Tri County at Fremont - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Spring Lake at Comstock Park - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Hancock at Calumet - 5:45 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Beaverton at Harrison - 6 p.m.
- Girls Gymnastics – Lake Linden-Hubbell at Negaunee - 6 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball – Cooks-Big Bay de Noc at Norway - 6:30 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Southfield at Lake Orion - 7 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - New Lothrop at Otisville-Lakeville - 7 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball – Howard City Tri County at Fremont - 7 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Burton Bendle at Montrose - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Hancock at Calumet - 7:15 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Beaverton at Harrison - 7:30 p.m.
- Boys Basketball – Cooks-Big Bay de Noc at Norway - 8 p.m.
Friday – January 19
- JV Girls Basketball - Hartland at Novi - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Bessemer at Dollar Bay - 5:45 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Hillman at Rogers City - 6 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Spring Lake at Comstock Park - 6 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Lansing Catholic at Fowlerville - 6 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Traverse City at Alpena - 6 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - North Dickinson at Norway - 6:30 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Hartland at Novi - 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Hillman at Rogers City - 7 p.m.
- Boys Ice Hockey – Grand Rapids Catholic Central at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood - 7:15 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Bessemer at Dollar Bay - 7:15 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Lansing Catholic at Fowlerville - 7:30 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Spring Lake at Comstock Park - 7:30 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - North Dickinson at Norway - 8 p.m.
Saturday – January 20
- Cheerleading - Harrison Invitational - 9:45 a.m.
- Cheerleading - Freeland Invitational - 12 p.m.
- Boys Ice Hockey – Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood at Warren DeLaSalle - 2:30 p.m.
Monday – January 21
- Boys Basketball - Alma at Fowlerville - 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball – Painesdale-Jeffers at Lake Linden Hubbell - 7:20 p.m.
Tuesday – January 22
- Freshman Boys Basketball - South Haven at Plainwell - 4:15 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Allendale at Comstock Park - 5:30 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Otisville-Lakeville at Montrose - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Howell at Novi - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Montrose at Otisville-Lakeville - 5:30 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Jeffers at Calumet - 5:45 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - South Haven at Plainwell - 5:45 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Bessemer at Dollar Bay - 5:45 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Tawas Area at Rogers City - 6 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Whitehall at Fremont - 6 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball – Niagara (WI) at Norway - 6:30 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Whitehall at Fremont - 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball – Rochester Hills Stoney Creek at Lake Orion - 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Allendale at Comstock Park - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Otisville-Lakeville at Montrose - 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Montrose at Otisville-Lakeville - 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Howell at Novi - 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Tawas Area at Rogers City - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball – Painesdale-Jeffers at Calumet - 7:15 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Bessemer at Dollar Bay - 7:20 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - South Haven at Plainwell - 7:30 p.m.
- Boys Basketball – Iron Mountain at Negaunee – 7:30 p.m.
- Girls Basketball – Niagara (WI) at Norway - 8 p.m.
Wednesday – January 24
- Freshman Boys Basketball - Gabriel Richard at Macomb Lutheran North - 4 p.m.
- JV Boys Basketball - Gabriel Richard at Macomb Lutheran North - 5:30 p.m.
- Cheerleading - Allendale at Comstock Park - 6:30 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Sault Ste. Marie at Alpena - 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball – Riverview Gabriel Richard at Macomb Lutheran North - 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball – Escanaba at Negaunee – 7:30 p.m.
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 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 feature the following events:
- Ice Hockey – Detroit Catholic Central 6, Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood 3
- Boys Basketball – Mt. Pleasant 56, Midland 54
- Girls Basketball – Alpena 57, Traverse City West 45
Highlights can be found each week on the MHSAA.tv website, the home page of the MHSAA Website, and the MHSAASports Channel on YouTube.
With the winter sports season fully underway, StateChamps! High School Sports Show returns with new weekly editions debuting each Sunday at 9 a.m. on Fox Sports Detroit – featuring fresh editions of the MHSAA Minute.
The MHSAA Minute takes a look each week at different things happening in the life of the Association, from promoting educational programs to rules changes in high school sports. This week’s Minute promotes the upcoming Women In Sports Leadership Conference. Archived editions of MHSAA Minute can be found on the StateChamps! YouTube Channel.
Network Loaded with Playoff Action
November 3, 2020
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
To say there’s a lot of great high school action in the coming week on the MHSAA.tv, MHSAANetwork.com and FOXSportsDetroit.com websites is an understatement.
More Girls Volleyball Tournament action than ever before runs throughout a week culminating with more than 50 Football Playoff games, the Boys Soccer Finals and two days of Cross Country Finals.
The Lower Peninsula Cross Country Finals will take place Friday and Saturday (Nov. 6-7) at Michigan International Speedway, with a modified format. There will be two heats in each division for each gender. The first race will include third-place Regional team finishers and individual qualifiers, with the second race made up of teams that finished first or second at Regionals.
The Cross Country coverage is enhanced this year with an additional camera on the back of the course to better capture the first 800 meters, and the 1.5-mile and 2.25-mile marks of the race. The traditional Finish Line camera also will cover the action, with commentary from a crew of announcers.
Here’s the schedule:
Friday – Nov. 6
Division 1 Finals - Boys at 9:30 and 10 a.m. - Girls at 11 and 11:30 a.m.
Division 2 Finals - Boys at 1:30 and 2 p.m. - Girls at 3 and 3:30 p.m.
Saturday – Nov. 7
Division 3 Finals - Boys at 9:30 and 10 a.m. - Girls at 11 and 11:30 a.m.
Division 4 Finals - Boys at 1:30 and 2 p.m. - Girls at 3 and 3:30 p.m.
On Saturday the Boys Soccer Finals will have live audio and video streaming of its championship games from Novi and Comstock Park High Schools. Two games will be played at each site with the game times set for Noon and 3 p.m. The finalists will be determined following Semifinal play on Wednesday (Nov. 4), with all four of those games being streaming live video on MHSAA.tv and live audio on MHSAANetwork.com.
Lots of Football Playoff games will take place beginning Friday evening with three featured games as part of the FOX Sports Detroit “Game of the Week” and the FOX Sports Prep Zone. All of these games can be seen on FoxSportsDetroit.com and on FOX Sports Go! for handheld and streaming devices like Roku. Here are this weekend games:
- Hudsonville at Rockford – Prep Zone – Friday, 7 p.m.
- Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central at Muskegon Mona Shores – Prep Zone – Friday, 7 p.m.
- Clinton Twp. Chippewa Valley at Rochester Hills Stoney Creek – FOX Sports Detroit “Game of the Week” – Friday, 7:30 p.m.
MHSAA.tv will play host to more than 50 District Semifinal Football Playoff games over the weekend, most produced by participants in the School Broadcast Program with traditional student crews or Pixellot units. The NFHS Network is providing bonus coverage of one additional game on Friday – Bath at Laingsburg. Here’s the complete schedule:
Friday - Nov. 6
Suttons Bay vs. Whittemore-Prescott - 6 PM
Whitehall vs. Coopersville - 6 PM
Montrose vs. Chesaning - 6:40 PM
Adrian Lenawee Christian vs. Mayville - 6:50 PM
DeWitt vs. Lansing Waverly - 6:50 PM
Lowell vs. Caledonia - 6:55 PM
Belleville vs. Northville - 7 PM
Birmingham Seaholm vs. Birmingham Groves - 7 PM
Brownstown Woodhaven vs. Dearborn - 7 PM
Cadillac vs. Alma - 7 PM
Cass City vs. Sandusky - 7 PM
Charlevoix vs. Mancelona - 7 PM
Corunna vs. Richmond - 7 PM
Detroit Catholic Central vs. Novi - 7 PM
East Grand Rapids vs. Holland - 7 PM
East Lansing vs. Portage Central - 7 PM
Fenton vs. North Farmington - 7 PM
Frankenmuth vs. Almont - 7 PM
Freeland vs. Midland Bullock Creek - 7 PM
Grand Rapids Catholic Central vs. Belding - 7 PM
Ithaca vs. Ravenna - 7 PM
Laingsburg vs. Bath - 7 PM
Madison Heights Lamphere vs. Sterling Heights Chandler Park - 7 PM
Manistee vs. Grayling - 7 PM
Maple City Glen Lake vs. Boyne City - 7 PM
Mason vs. Fowlerville - 7 PM
Millington vs. Mt Morris - 7 PM
Muskegon Mona Shores vs. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central - 7 PM – FOX Sports Prep Zone
New Lothrop vs. Burton Bendle - 7 PM
Ortonville Brandon vs. Goodrich - 7 PM
Pontiac Notre Dame Prep vs. Detroit Country Day - 7 PM
Portage Northern vs. Battle Creek Lakeview - 7 PM
Redford Union vs. Livonia Clarenceville - 7 PM
Riverview Gabriel Richard vs. Jackson Lumen Christi - 7 PM
Rockford vs. Hudsonville - 7 PM – FOX Sports Prep Zone
Romulus Summit Academy North vs. Dearborn Heights Robichaud - 7 PM
Saline vs. Ann Arbor Huron - 7 PM
South Lyon vs. Walled Lake Western - 7 PM
St. Joseph vs. Battle Creek Harper Creek - 7 PM
Traverse City Central vs. Swartz Creek - 7 PM
West Bloomfield vs. Troy - 7 PM
White Lake Lakeland vs. Howell - 7 PM
Zeeland West vs. Middleville Thornapple Kellogg - 7 PM
Rochester Hills Stoney Creek vs. Clinton Twp. Chippewa Valley - 7:30 PM – FOX Sports Detroit Game of Week
Saturday - Nov. 7
Traverse City St. Francis vs. Harbor Springs - 12 PM
Hemlock vs. Bad Axe - 1 PM
Kinde North Huron vs. Peck - 1 PM
Kingsley vs. Gladwin - 1 PM
Midland vs. Midland Dow - 1 PM
Pewamo-Westphalia vs. North Muskegon - 1 PM
Reed City vs. Kingsford - 1 PM
Stevensville Lakeshore vs. Coldwater - 1 PM
Mount Pleasant vs. Marquette - 2 PM
Girls Volleyball District Semifinals and Finals take place Wednesday through Saturday (Nov. 3-7). Separate releases will be issued with detailed Semifinal and Final coverage.
This week, more 250 events at all levels in a variety of sports will be available on the NFHS Network/MHSAA.TV. Monthly subscriptions are $10.99. Click for a complete list of upcoming games, and for a complete list of on-demand games.
Fans also can type their school name into the search field on the MHSAA.tv page to search for events. Varsity games being streamed also have links from the MHSAA Website’s Score Center, and from the schedules on individual school pages. Clicking on the green TV set icon listed next to an event will take you directly to a game. You can also watch on Roku enabled devices.
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.