Watch Hockey, Swimming MHSAA TV
March 8, 2017
By John Johnson
MHSAA Communications Director
The action moves from the mats to the ice and pools this week on MHSAA.tv with live video streams of the MHSAA Ice Hockey and Lower Peninsula Boys Swimming & Diving Championships.
The streaming this week begins at 5 p.m. Thursday (March 9) with the first of two Division 2 Semifinal games in the Ice Hockey Tournament. Division 3 and 1 Semifinals follow on Friday (March 10), with the Finals on Saturday (March 11).
Here’s the complete Ice Hockey coverage schedule:
- Thursday – Division 2 Semifinals
Saline vs. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern/Eastern – 5 p.m.
Birmingham Brother Rice vs. Hartland – 7:30 p.m.
- Friday – Division 3 Semifinals
Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central/Flint Powers Catholic Quarterfinal winner vs. Calumet/Big Rapids winner – 11 a.m.
Detroit Country Day/Warren DeLaSalle Quarterfinal winner vs. Dearborn Divine Child/Chelsea winner – 1:30 p.m.
Friday – Division 1 Semifinals
Macomb Dakota/Northville Quarterfinal winner vs. Lowell/Brighton winner – 5 p.m.
Rockford/Grandville Quarterfinal winner vs. Bay City Central/Detroit Catholic Central winner – 7:30 p.m.
Saturday – Finals
10 a.m. – Division 2
2 p.m. – Division 3
6 p.m. – Division 1
Lower Peninsula Boys Swimming & Diving coverage begins at noon Saturday at three locations, with the consolation and championship heat in each swimming event, plus the final round of the diving.
The continued Ice Hockey and Swimming coverage is part of six straight weekends of live MHSAA Championship coverage on MHSAA.tv, and online viewers can catch every weekend of action for one low cost of $9.95. Over the next two weeks of live winter championship coverage, the following events will be featured:
- Girls Basketball Quarterfinals – March 14 – ALL 16 GAMES
- Girls Basketball Semifinals – March 16-17
- Boys Basketball Quarterfinals – March 21 – ALL 16 GAMES
- Boys Basketball Semifinals – March 23-24
All events become available for free, on-demand viewing approximately 72 hours following their completion.
The MHSAA Championship Radio Network begins three straight weekends of winter tournament coverage this weekend at the Ice Hockey Semifinals and Finals. The audio stream is available at MHSAANetwork.com. Over the following two weekends, the MHSAA Championship Radio Network also will carry the Semifinals and Finals of the Girls and Boys Basketball Tournaments for distribution on an over-the-air network of radio stations, and on the internet.
In addition to all of the MHSAA Network coverage of tournament action, participants in the MHSAA’s School Broadcast Program will bring a dozen playoff contests into homes over the coming week.
Here’s this week’s MHSAA.tv schedule of live video streams available and produced by SBP members (All times Eastern Standard):
Tuesday, March 7
- Girls Basketball Regional – St. Ignace vs. West Iron County @ Marquette, 6 p.m.
- Girls Basketball Regional – Marquette at Midland Dow, 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball Regional – Negaunee at Calumet, 8 p.m.
Wednesday, March 8
- Boys Basketball District – Pontiac vs. Waterford Kettering @ Lake Orion, 5:30 p.m.
- Boys Basketball District – Grand Rapids Wellspring Prep at Comstock Park, 6 p.m.
- Boys Basketball District – Marquette at Traverse City Central, 6 p.m.
- Ice Hockey Quarterfinal – Bay City vs. Detroit Catholic Central, 6:40 p.m.
- Boys Basketball District – Clarkston at Lake Orion, 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball District – Grand Rapids Catholic Central vs. Ada Forest Hills Eastern, 8 p.m.
Thursday, March 9
- Girls Basketball Regional – Final @ Marquette, 7 p.m.
Friday, March 10
- Boys Basketball District – Final @ Comstock Park, 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball District – Final @ Lake Orion, 7 p.m.
Be sure to check the Upcoming Events page at MHSAA.tv for schedule additions every day.
In its eighth 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. 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.
Fans also can access scores of games in-progress on the NFHS Network website via ScoreStream. Click on the Scores button in the upper right corner.
A weekly staple on the MHSAA.tv website and the MHSAASports Channel on YouTube is back for another year with highlights of selected games last week produced by members of the Association’s School Broadcast Program.
This week’s highlights package includes Girls Basketball District Final games between DeWitt and East Lansing and Waterford Kettering and Clarkston.
Schools interested in becoming a part of the School Broadcast Program should contact John Johnson at the MHSAA Office.
Watch XC, Football, Soccer Online
November 2, 2016
By John Johnson
MHSAA Communications Director
A pair of top-10 showdowns on the gridiron, four championship games on the soccer pitch, and the return of the Finish Line Cam at cross country will provide MHSAA Championships followers with plenty of live content online this weekend.
The weekend begins with four games in the MHSAA Football Playoffs – powered by the Michigan Army National Guard – on the PrepZone on FoxSportsDetroit.com and FOX Sports GO! on Friday (Nov. 4) at 7 p.m.:
- Allendale at Grand Rapids Catholic Central
- Grand Rapids West Catholic at Portland
- Sand Creek at Hudson
- Mendon at Climax-Scotts
Portland was the top-ranked team in the final Associated Press Division 5 poll, while Grand Rapids West Catholic was sixth. The last three meetings between these two teams were in the playoffs: West Catholic won the most recent, in 2013, 27-14 in a Pre-District game after the Raiders had downed the Falcons 12-9 in the 2012 Division 5 Final; and West Catholic won a 2010 District Final game, 38-13.
Hudson finished sixth in the Division 7 rankings, while Sand Creek was 10th. The last two meetings in this series were also in playoff settings, with Hudson winning both – 42-0 in a 2004 District Final and 29-6 in a 2003 Semifinal.
Grand Rapids Catholic Central was fifth in the final Division 4 rankings and defeated Allendale in Week 2, 35-20. Climax-Scotts is the second-ranked team in Division 8 and has played Mendon in the Pre-District or District Final in each of the past five seasons, with the Panthers winning last year’s Pre-District game, 8-6, after Mendon won the previous four meetings. The two schools were rivals in the old St. Joseph Valley League for many years.
All PrepZone games will be archived on MHSAA.tv.
Saturday’s Boys Soccer Finals will be Live on MHSAA.tv with games at Noon and 3 p.m. The games will be played at Rochester Hills Stoney Creek and Comstock Park High Schools, with matchups at each site to be announced after the Semifinals on Wednesday (Nov. 3). All games also will have live streaming audio at MHSAANetwork.com.
One Soccer Semifinal game will be Live on MHSAA.tv on Wednesday – a Division 3 matchup at Cedar Springs between Grand Rapids Catholic Central and Charlevoix, at 6 p.m.
MHSAA.tv also will offer a free live video stream Saturday of the finish line at the Lower Peninsula Cross Country Finals at Michigan International Speedway. The stream will include audio commentary from announcers around the course throughout each race. The morning session with the boys and girls races in Division 3 and 4 begins at 10 a.m., and the afternoon session with races in Divisions 1 and 2 starts at 1:30 p.m. Live timing of each race will be available on the Cross Country page of the MHSAA Website.
A subscription to watch live on MHSAA.tv is $9.95 and allows access to the full schedule of MHSAA Tournaments during the month of November:
- Nov. 5 – Boys Soccer Finals
- Nov. 5 – Selected Football Playoff District Finals
- Nov. 12 – Selected Football Playoff Regional Finals
- Nov. 17-19 – Girls Volleyball Semifinals & Finals
- Nov. 19 – Lower Peninsula Girls Swimming & Diving Finals
- Nov. 19 – Football Playoff Semifinals (12 games)
Live coverage of three Football District Finals and a pair of Girls Volleyball District games produced by SBP schools takes place this week as well on MHSAA.tv:
- Volleyball - Oxford vs. Clarkston at Lake Orion – Wednesday, 5:30 p.m.
- Volleyball - Waterford Kettering at Lake Orion – Wednesday, 7 p.m.
- Football – Montrose at Millington – Friday, 7 p.m.
- Football – Calumet at Negaunee – Friday, 7 p.m.
- Football – Escanaba at Alma – Saturday, 1 p.m.
In its eighth 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 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.
Weekly highlights from games produced by participants in the MHSAA's School Broadcast Program are back for another school year on MHSAA.tv. This week's highlights include playoff football games with Clarkston Everest at Waterford Our Lady and Traverse City Central vs. Traverse City West, and a Division 2 Boys Soccer Regional Final between East Lansing and Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern.
Schools interested in becoming a part of the School Broadcast Program should contact John Johnson at the MHSAA Office.