Boys Hoops Tips Off on MHSAA.TV

December 17, 2013

More than 30 events covering five sports were loaded last week by the School Broadcast Program onto MHSAA.TV, including 17 games from the first week of boys basketball season.

Here's a look at the most recent of what's available on-demand now at MHSAA.TV:

  • Calumet vs. Hancock boys basketball
  • Mason vs. Haslett boys basketball
  • Boyne City vs. Onaway boys basketball
  • Cheboygan vs. Newberry boys basketball
  • Boyne Falls vs. Johannesburg-Lewiston boys basketball
  • East Lansing vs. DeWitt boys basketball
  • Lakeview vs. Montabella boys basketball
  • Central Lake vs. Ellsworth boys basketball
  • Atlanta vs. Hillman boys basketball
  • Posen vs. Rogers City boys basketball
  • Calumet vs. Ontonagon boys basketball
  • Lincoln Alcona vs. AuGres-Sims boys basketball
  • Montrose vs. Chesaning boys basketball
  • Watervliet vs. Marcellus boys basketball
  • Jackon Lumen Christi vs. Mason boys basketball
  • Grand Rapids West Catholic vs. Comstock Park boys basketball
  • Montrose vs. Lake Fenton boys basketball
  • Twining Arenac Eastern vs. Hillman girls basketball
  • East Lansing vs. DeWitt girls basketball
  • East Jordan vs. Charlevoix girls basketball
  • Hale vs. Rogers City girls basketball
  • Newberry vs. Cheboygan girls basketball
  • Newberry vs. Rudyard girls basketball
  • Hale vs. Oscoda girls basketball
  • Jackson Lumen Christi vs. Mason girls basketball
  • Posen vs. Rogers City girls basketball
  • Marcellus vs. Watervliet girls basketball
  • Lakeview, Kent City, Alma wrestling
  • Tawas vs. Oscoda wrestling
  • Jenison vs. Rockford boys swimming and diving
  • Calumet vs. Rochester United hockey
  • Detroit Catholic Central vs. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood hockey
  • Calumet vs. Farmington United hockey
  • Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood vs. Orchard Lake St. Mary's hockey

MHSAA Perspective: Our John Johnson discusses the MHSAA's ongoing efforts to make high school athletics safer, including a most recent step requiring CPR certification for high school varsity head coaches - Second Step

See Finals Live on MHSAA.TV and Fox

November 19, 2013

It’s a huge streaming weekend for MHSAA tournaments, with more than 70 hours of live audio and video coverage of three sports on the MHSAA Network and FOX Sports Detroit.

The MHSAA.TV website will host live video of the Girls Volleyball Semifinals and Finals, and the Finals of  the Lower Peninsula Girls Swimming & Diving Championships, on a subscription basis. A pass can be purchased for $14.95 to watch all three days of volleyball plus the swimming, or a daily pass is available at $9.95. These events will be available for free on-demand viewing beginning Nov. 27 at MHSAA.TV.

Prep Zone: It’s the last weekend of Prep Zone coverage on the FoxSportsDetroit.com website, with free live coverage of the 8-Player Football Final and four Semifinal games in the 11-Player Football Playoffs. All of these events will be archived at MHSAA.TV

On Friday, the championship game of the 8-Player Football Playoffs between Peck and Rapid River at Legacy Field in Greenville will take place at 7 p.m., with live streaming video on FoxSportsDetroit.com, and live audio streaming on MHSAANetwork.com. Because of conflicts with collegiate and professional games, the game will be on cable on a delayed basis. It will be shown on FOX Sports Detroit at 9 a.m. Saturday and again on Nov. 26 at 8 p.m. The on-demand video archive will be available shortly after the game’s conclusion at MHSAA.TV.

Below are Saturday's 11-player Prep Zone games. Three kick off at 1 p.m. and Ithaca/Montrose begins at 2 p.m. 

  • Detroit Catholic Central (10-2) vs. Detroit Cass Tech (12-0) at Troy Athens High School
  • Birmingham Brother Rice (12-0) vs. Detroit Martin Luther King (10-1) at Wayne State University
  • Ithaca (12-0) vs. Montrose (12-0) at Midland High School
  • Muskegon Catholic Central (10-2) vs. New Lothrop (12-0) at Greenville High School

Volleyball Finals: Coverage runs Thursday through Saturday, and free audio of the games is available at MHSAANetwork.com. Here’s the complete schedule with Tuesday Quarterfinal pairings shown:

Thursday – Nov. 21

Class D Semifinals
2 p.m. – Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart/Leland winner vs. Waterford Our Lady/Marine City Cardinal Mooney winner
3:45 p.m. – Brimley/Crystal Falls Forest Park winner vs. Battle Creek St. Philip/Hillsdale Academy winner

Class A Semifinals
5:30 p.m. – Northville/Traverse City West winner vs. Haslett/East Grand Rapids winner
7:15 p.m. – Temperance Bedford/Livonia Stevenson winner vs. Romeo/Bloomfield Hills Marian winner

Friday – Nov. 22

Class C Semifinals
2 p.m. – Unionville-Sebewaing/Grand Rapids Covenant Christian winner vs. Schoolcraft/Mendon winner
3:45 p.m. – Ottawa Lake Whiteford/Auburn Hills Oakland Christian winner vs. Beal City/Calumet winner

Class B Semifinals
5:30 p.m. – Berrien Springs/Grand Rapids South Christian winner vs. Saginaw Swan Valley/Cadillac winner
7:15 p.m. – Pontiac Notre Dame Prep/North Branch winner vs. Monroe St. Mary /Wayland winner

Saturday – Nov. 23

Class D Final – 10 a.m.
Class C Final – Noon
Class A Final – 2 p.m.
Class B Final – 4 p.m.

Swimming & Diving Finals: On Saturday, MHSAA.TV will be home of live streaming video of the Lower Peninsula Girls Swimming & Diving Finals beginning at Noon. The Division 1 Finals will take place at Oakland University; the Division 2 Finals are at Eastern Michigan University and the Holland Aquatics Center will be hosting the Division 3 event.

Last week's action: A number of football Regional Finals and a pair of volleyball Regional games were added oto MHSAA.TV by our partners with the School Broadcast Program:

  • Montrose vs. Madison Heights Madison football
  • St. Ignace vs. Beal City football
  • Melvindale vs. St. Clair football
  • Saginaw Swan Valley vs. Lansing Sexton football
  • Battle Creek Pennfield vs. Grand Rapids South Christian football
  • Comstock Park vs. Cadillac football
  • Battle Creek Harper Creek vs. Plainwell volleyball
  • Berrien Springs vs. Three Rivers volleyball

MHSAA Perspective: John Johnson spotlights the writings of a former coach and current athletic director who adjusted his perspective about officials by calling his own 30-second timeout - 30-Second Timeout