Video 2/3/16: Basketball, Hockey
February 3, 2016
By John Johnson
MHSAA Communications Director
Each week, MHSAA.tv features highlights of events produced by schools involved in the MHSAA School Broadcast Program.
This week's package includes clips from the Paw Paw/Plainwell and Pellston/Onaway girls basketball and Detroit Catholic Central/Trenton ice hockey games.
Two of the top Class C girls basketball teams in the Upper Peninsula square off in their only regular-season meeting to lead the schedule of the games that can been seen over the next week on a subscription basis on MHSAA.tv, produced by students involved in the MHSAA’s School Broadcast Program.
Defending Class C champion Calumet, the top-ranked team statewide, will host Negaunee next Tuesday (Feb.9) at 7:30 p.m. Both are undefeated in league play. Calumet entered this week 11-0 overall, 4-0 in the West PAC Conference; while Negaunee was 10-2 overall and 7-0 in the Mid-Peninsula Conference. The two teams could meet again in the MHSAA Regional Semifinals at Marquette on March 8.
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
Here’s the schedule of events School Broadcast Program members plan to stream this week for broadcast at MHSAA.tv. On-Demand listings may be available as soon as one hour following an event’s completion.
Wednesday – Feb. 3
- OK Conference Quad at Comstock Park – Wrestling – 5 p.m. – LIVE
- OAA Quad at Lake Orion – Wrestling – 5 p.m. – LIVE
Thursday – Feb. 4
- Coopersville at Comstock Park – Freshman Boys Basketball – 4 p.m. – LIVE
- Coopersville at Comstock Park – JV Boys Basketball – 5:30 p.m. – LIVE
- L’Anse at Calumet – Girls Basketball – 7:20 p.m. – LIVE
- Farmington at Lake Orion – Ice Hockey – 7:45 p.m. – LIVE
Friday – Feb. 5
- Northville vs. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood @ MIHL Showcase – Ice Hockey – 4 p.m. – LIVE
- Durand at Montrose – Girls Basketball – 5:25 p.m. – LIVE
- West Branch Ogemaw Heights at Alpena – JV Girls Basketball – 5:30 p.m. – LIVE
- Mason at Haslett – Girls Basketball – 6 p.m. – LIVE
- Coopersville at Comstock Park – Girls Basketball – 6 p.m. – LIVE
- Durand at Montrose – Boys Basketball – 6:55 p.m. – LIVE
- Dowagiac at Edwardsburg – Boys Basketball – 7 p.m. – On-Demand
- West Branch Ogemaw Heights at Alpena – Girls Basketball – 7 p.m. – LIVE
- Mason at Haslett – Boys Basketball – 7:30 p.m. – LIVE
- Coopersville at Comstock Park – Boys Basketball – 7:30 p.m. – LIVE
Saturday – Feb. 6
- Rochester vs. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood @ MIHL Showcase – Ice Hockey – 2:30 p.m. – LIVE
Monday – Feb. 8
- South Haven at Dowagiac – Boys Basketball – 7 p.m. – LIVE
- Lake Linden-Hubbell at Calumet – Girls Basketball – 7:20 p.m. – LIVE
Tuesday – Feb. 9
- Hopkins at Comstock Park – Freshman Boys Basketball – 4 p.m. – LIVE
- Hopkins at Comstock Park – JV Boys Basketball – 5:30 p.m. – LIVE
- West Bloomfield at Lake Orion – Girls Basketball – 7 p.m. – LIVE
- Holt at Haslett – Girls Basketball – 7 p.m. – LIVE
- Hopkins at Comstock Park – Boys Basketball – 7 p.m. – LIVE
- Dowagiac at Allegan – Boys Basketball – 7 p.m. – On-Demand
- Negaunee at Calumet – Girls Basketball – 7:30 p.m. – LIVE
Wednesday – Feb. 10
- Holt at Haslett – Girls Gymnastics – 6:30 p.m. – LIVE
Schools interested in becoming a part of the School Broadcast Program should contact John Johnson at the MHSAA Office.
MHSAA.tv on NFHS Network Surpasses Decade of Providing Fans Another Way to Watch
By
Jon Ross
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
August 30, 2024
The way high school sports fans in Michigan follow their favorite teams changed forever 11 years ago.
MHSAA Championships began airing on the NFHS Network in 2013, and one of the oldest games archived was the season-opening varsity football game between Adrian and Carleton Airport on Aug. 30, 2013. Adrian would go on to win that game 26-7. John Koehn of WLEN in Adrian provided the play-by-play. (Watch the entire game here.)
The second, third, and fourth oldest archived streams were also Adrian football games. The first MHSAA basketball game to air was Cheboygan vs. Newberry on Dec. 10, 2013.
Since that start, more than 172,000 events in Michigan have been broadcast on the NFHS Network. Last school year alone, more than 50,000 events aired. This includes games from all levels – freshman, JV, and varsity. It includes regular-season matchups, all the way through MHSAA Finals. Most games are produced with automated cameras installed in gyms and stadiums. Schools also use student crews to produce broadcasts – providing hands-on learning opportunities for future broadcasters.
More than 600 of the MHSAA’s 752 member schools are partners of the NFHS Network. A monthly subscription to watch is $11.99 – and a portion of that goes back to schools in Michigan. To date, the NFHS Network has shared nearly $1.5 million with partner schools.
If you can’t attend a game in person, watching on the NFHS Network is a great way to support your favorite school.