Watch 100 Hours of MHSAA Events
November 16, 2016
By John Johnson
MHSAA Communications Director
MHSAA Tournament action in three sports – with more than 100 hours of live streaming – will take place this weekend on the MHSAA.tv, FoxSportsDetroit.com and MHSAANetwork.com websites.
The weekend centers on MHSAA.tv wrapping up its Fall coverage with live video streaming of all Semifinals and Finals in Girls Volleyball, the Final Round of Lower Peninsula Girls Swimming & Diving and 12 Semifinal games in the MHSAA Football Playoffs powered by the Michigan Army National Guard. All games will be shown live on a subscription basis and will become available for free on-demand viewing by Nov. 23.
The 8-Player Football Final on Friday (Nov. 18) between Deckerville and Powers North Central will be streamed live on the FoxSportsDetroit.com website and shown on FOX Sports Detroit on Tuesday (Nov. 22) at 7 p.m. This is also the last week of the PrepZone, with four 11-Player Football Semifinal games being streamed live. All games will be archived at MHSAA.tv.
The MHSAANetwork.com website will carry live audio of all Volleyball Semifinal and Final matches Thursday through Saturday (Nov. 17-19), as well as the 8-Player Football Final.
Here is this week's video streaming schedule (all events live online):
Thursday - Girls Volleyball Semifinals - MHSAA.tv & MHSAANetwork.com
- Adrian Madison v. Brown City, Class C, 2 p.m.
- Bronson v. Calumet, Class C, 3:45 p.m.
- North Branch v. Buchanan, Class B, 5:30 p.m.
- Lake Odessa Lakewood v. Cadillac, Class B, 7:15 p.m.
Friday - Girls Volleyball Semifinals - MHSAA.tv & MHSAANetwork.com
- Rogers City v. Auburn Hills Oakland Christian, Class D, 2 p.m.
- Plymouth Christian v. Leland, Class D, 3:45 p.m.
- Novi v. Fenton, Class A, 5:30 p.m.
- Rockford v. Temperance Bedford, Class A, 7:15 p.m.
Friday - 8-Player Football Final - FoxSportsDetroit.com & MHSAANetwork.com
- Deckerville v. Powers North Central, 7 p.m. Delayed cable broadcast on FOX Sports Detroit, Tuesday, 7 p.m. Archived at MHSAA.TV.
Saturday - Girls Volleyball Finals - MHSAA.tv & MHSAANetwork.com
- Class D Final, 10 a.m.
- Class C Final, Noon
- Class A Final, 2 p.m.
- Class B Final, 4 p.m.
Saturday - L.P. Girls Swimming & Diving Finals - MHSAA.tv - Noon
- Division 1 – Oakland University
- Division 2 – Eastern Michigan University
- Division 3 – Holland Aquatics Center
Saturday - 11-Player Football Semifinals – Prep Zone on FoxSportsDetroit.com – 1 p.m.
- Detroit Catholic Central v. Utica Eisenhower, Division 1
- Detroit Martin Luther King v. Birmingham Groves, Division 2
- Orchard Lake St. Mary’s vs. Dearborn Divine Child, Division 3
- Detroit Country Day vs. River Rouge, Division 4
Saturday - 11-Player Football Semifinals on MHSAA.tv - All games 1 p.m.
- Utica Eisenhower v. Detroit Cass Tech, Division 1
- Walled Lake Western v. Lowell, Division 2
- Edwardsburg v. Muskegon, Division 3
- Hudsonville Unity Christian v. Grand Rapids Catholic Central, Division 4
- Frankenmuth v. Menominee, Division 5
- Algonac v. Grand Rapids West Catholic, Division 5
- Leroy Pine River v. Maple City Glen Lake, Division 6
- Jackson Lumen Christi v. Millington, Division 6
- Ubly v. Pewamo-Westphalia, Division 7
- Detroit Loyola v. Cassopolis, Division 7
- Muskegon Catholic Central v. St. Ignace, Division 8
- Ottawa Lake Whiteford v. Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary, Division 8
A subscription to MHSAA.tv is $9.95, and allows 30 days of viewing live content on the NFHS Network.
Be the Referee: Most Important Line
October 31, 2019
This week, MHSAA officials coordinator Sam Davis explains what the goal line means for offenses, defenses and special teams in high school football.
Be The Referee is a series of short messages designed to help educate people on the rules of different sports, to help them better understand the art of officiating, and to recruit officials.
Below is this week's segment - Most Important Line - Listen
There’s an old saying in football officiating that the most important line on the field is the goal line.
This is certainly true when it comes to touchdowns, as the high school rule is just like that at the college and pro level, where all the ball has to do is break the plane for the score.
One unique part of the goal line under high school rules deals with kicks. Whenever a kickoff or a punt breaks the plane of the goal line, it becomes a dead ball with an automatic touchback. Now, whenever the defense gets possession of the ball in the end zone, it can return a fumble or interception out of the end zone for advancement, except if it’s on an extra point or any time in overtime.
Past editions
Oct. 24: Automatic 1st Downs - Listen
Oct. 17: Catch Momentum - Listen
Oct. 10: Golf Rules Changes - Listen
Oct. 3: No Tackle Box - Listen
Sept. 26: You Make the Overtime Call - Listen
Sept. 19: Swimming Finishing Touch - Listen
Sept. 12: Curbing Gamesmanship By Substitution - Listen
Sept. 5: Football Safety Rules Changes - Listen
Aug. 29: 40-Second Play Clock - Listen