Live Finals Continue on MHSAA.tv

March 10, 2015

By John Johnson
MHSAA communications director

It’s another big weekend of live MHSAA Finals video on the MHSAA.tv website with coverage of Girls Gymnastics, Ice Hockey and Lower Peninsula Boys Swimming & Diving Finals beginning Thursday.

The championship coverage will be complimented by Student Broadcast Program on-demand productions of Boys Basketball Districts and Girls Basketball Regionals. Check the MHSAA.tv website for daily schedule updates.

Live streaming this week begins at 5 p.m. Thursday with the first of two Division 2 Semifinal games in the Ice Hockey Tournament. Division 3 and 1 Semifinals follow on Friday with all Finals on Saturday.

Here’s the complete Ice Hockey coverage schedule:

Thursday – Division 2 Semifinals
Escanaba/Traverse City Central Quarterfinal winner v. Livonia Stevenson/Novi winner – 5 p.m.
Romeo/Grosse Pointe South Quarterfinal winner v. Hartland/Birmingham Brother Rice winner – 7:30 p.m.

Friday – Division 3 Semifinals
Wyandotte Roosevelt/Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood Quarterfinal winner v. Riverview/Okemos winner – 11 a.m.
Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central/Flint Powers Catholic Quarterfinal winner v. Houghton/Sault Ste. Marie winner – 1:30 p.m.

Friday – Division 1 Semifinals
Salem/Detroit U-D Jesuit Quarterfinal winner v. Troy/Detroit Catholic Central winner – 5 p.m.
Jackson/Bay City Central Quarterfinal winner v. Traverse City West/Grandville winner – 7:30 p.m.

Saturday – Finals
10 a.m. – Division 2
2 p.m. – Division 3
6 p.m. – Division 1

Girls Gymnastics coverage begins at 2 p.m. Friday with Team Finals competition at Rockford High School and will be followed Saturday with the Individual Finals beginning at noon.  There will be a dedicated camera on each apparatus (Bars, Balance Beam, Floor Exercise, Vault), with an announcer providing information on each channel regarding who is competing in each event at a given time.

Lower Peninsula Boys Swimming and Diving coverage begins at noon Saturday at three locations, with the consolation and championship heats in each swimming event, plus the final round of the diving. 

The continued Gymnastics, 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 $14.95. 

A Month Pass on MHSAA.tv for $14.95 will give a viewer access to events over a 30-day period from the time it is purchased. Over the next two weekends of live winter championship coverage, the following events will be featured: 

  • Girls Basketball Semifinals – March 19-20
  • Boys Basketball Semifinals – March 26-27 

A Day Pass is available for $9.95. All events will be available for free on-demand viewing by Wednesday the week following their initial live airing. 

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.

Here’s the schedule of School Broadcast Program members planning to cover games in the coming week, which will be available at MHSAA.tv shortly after each game’s conclusion (All games are Video on Demand – Check daily for updates): 

Monday, March 9
Boys Basketball District Quarterfinal – Lansing Sexton at Haslett, 6 p.m.
Boys Basketball District Quarterfinal – Midland Bullock Creek vs. Gladwin at Pinconning, 6 p.m.
Boys Basketball District Quarterfinal – Wyoming Lee at Comstock Park, 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball District Quarterfinal – Lowell at Cedar Springs, 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball District Quarterfinal – Fowlerville vs. Lansing Catholic at Haslett, 7:30 p.m.
Boys Basketball District Quarterfinal – Standish-Sterling vs. Essexville Garber at Pinconning, 7:45 p.m.

Wednesday, March 11
Boys Basketball District Semifinal – Grand Rapids Catholic Central vs. Grand Rapids West Catholic at Comstock Park, 6 p.m.
Boys Basketball District Semifinal – Midland Bullock Creek/Gladwin winner vs. Bay City John Glenn at Pinconning, 6 p.m.
Boys Basketball District Semifinal – Lansing Catholic/Fowlerville winner vs. Williamston at  Haslett, 6 p.m.
Boys Basketball District Semifinal – Haslett/Lansing Sexton winner vs. Perry at Haslett, 7:30 p.m.
Boys Basketball District Semifinal – Standish-Sterling/Essexville Garber winner at Pinconning, 7:45 p.m.
Boys Basketball District Semifinal – Grand Rapids Forest Hills Eastern vs. Wyoming Lee/Comstock Park winner at Comstock Park, 8 p.m.

Friday, March 13
Boys Basketball District Final at Comstock Park, 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball District final at Pinconning, 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball District final at Haslett, 7 p.m.

Team Wrestling Live On MHSAA.TV

February 24, 2015

By John Johnson
MHSAA Communications Director

Two weekends of Wrestling Finals coverage begin on Friday (Feb. 27), when the MHSAA.tv cameras will be at Kellogg Arena in Battle Creek for the Team Wrestling Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Finals.

The Quarterfinals take place on Friday, beginning at 1 p.m., followed by the Semifinals at 9:30 a.m. and Finals at 4 p.m. on Saturday (Feb. 28). The events are available on a subscription basis. Video subscriptions run $9.95 for a Day Pass, and $14.95 for a Month Pass.

The purchase of a Month Pass during the Team Wrestling Finals will allow live viewing of the remainder of the Winter tournament schedule:  Individual Wrestling Finals (March 5-7), the Girls Competitive Cheer Finals (March 6-7), the Ice Hockey Semifinals and Finals (March 12-14), the Girls Gymnastics Finals (March 13-14), the Lower Peninsula Boys Swimming & Diving Finals (March 14), the Girls Basketball Semifinals (March 19-20) and the Boys Basketball Semifinals (March 26-27). All events become available for free On-Demand viewing 72 hours after their conclusion. 

Here’s the complete Team Wrestling Finals schedule for this weekend:

Division 4 Quarterfinals – Feb. 27 – 1 p.m.
New Lothrop v. Cass City
Manchester v. LeRoy Pine River
Hudson v. Norway
Decatur vs. Climax-Scotts/Martin 

Division 1 Quarterfinals – Feb. 27 – 3:15 p.m.
Brighton v. Oxford
Detroit Catholic Central v. Davison
Hartland v. Monroe
Anchor Bay v. Grand Haven

Division 3 Quarterfinals – Feb. 27 – 5:30 p.m.
Dundee v. Mason County Central
Saginaw Swan Valley v. Grand Rapids Catholic Central
Remus Chippewa Hills v. Allegan
Richmond v. Birch Run 

Division 2 Quarterfinals – Feb. 27 – 7:45 p.m.
Lowell v. Comstock Park
Gaylord v. Flint Kearsley
Niles v. Tecumseh
Eaton Rapids v. Warren Lincoln 

Division 4 Semifinals – Feb. 28 – 9:30 a.m.
New Lothrop-Cass City winner v. Manchester-Pine River winner
Hudson-Norway winner v. Decatur-Climax-Scotts winner 

Division 1 Semifinals – Feb. 28 – 9:30 a.m.
Brighton-Oxford winner v. Detroit Catholic Central-Davison winner
Hartland-Monroe winner v. Anchor Bay-Grand Haven winner 

Division 3 Semifinals – Feb. 28 – 11:45 a.m.
Dundee-Mason County Central winner v.  Saginaw Swan Valley-Grand Rapids Catholic Central winner
Remus Chippewa Hills-Allegan winner v. Richmond-Birch Run winner 

Division 2 Semifinals – Feb. 28 – 11:45 a.m.
Lowell-Comstock Park winner v. Gaylord-Flint Kearsley winner
Niles-Tecumseh winner v. Eaton Rapids-Warren Lincoln winner 

Finals – Feb. 28 – 4 p.m.
Division 1
Division 2
Division 3
Division 4

The regular season is winding down for School Broadcast Program members, which will again have cameras at numerous sporting events.

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.

Here’s the schedule of School Broadcast Program members planning to cover varsity competition this week for broadcast on MHSAA.tv  (as of Feb. 23). The following events will have live streaming video unless otherwise indicated:

Tuesday, February 24
Girls Basketball – Saginaw Arts & Sciences at Montrose, 5:30 p.m.
Boys Basketball – Painesdale-Jeffers at Calumet, 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball – Posen at Rogers City, 7 p.m. (VOD)
Boys Basketball – Oscoda at AuGres-Sims, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Grand Ledge at East Lansing, 7 p.m. (VOD)
Boys Basketball – Grandville at Rockford, 7 p.m. (VOD)
Boys Basketball – Saginaw Arts & Sciences at Montrose, 7:15 p.m.

Wednesday, February 25
Boys Basketball – Indian River Inland Lakes at Mancelona, 7 p.m.
Ice Hockey – Muskegon Reeths-Puffer at Rockford, 7 p.m. (Video On Demand after game)
Boys Basketball – Pickford at Rogers City, 7 p.m. (VOD) 

Thursday, February 26
Girls Basketball – Saginaw Arts & Sciences at AuGres-Sims, 6 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Lake Linden-Hubbell at Calumet, 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball – Hillman at Posen, 7 p.m.
Ice Hockey – Marquette at Calumet, 7 p.m. (VOD)
Boys Basketball – Saginaw Arts & Sciences at AuGres-Sims, 7:30 p.m. 

Friday, February 27
Boys Basketball – Owosso at Haslett, 6 p.m. (HD)
Boys Basketball – Okemos at East Lansing, 6 p.m. (VOD)
Girls Basketball – Holland West Ottawa at Rockford, 6 p.m. (VOD)
Boys Basketball – Lake Linden-Hubbell at Calumet, 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball – Gaylord St. Mary’s at Mancelona, 7 p.m. (VOD)
Ice Hockey – Trenton at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood, 7:15 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Owosso at Haslett, 7:30 p.m. (HD)
Girls Basketball – Okemos at East Lansing, 7:30 p.m. (VOD)
Boys Basketball – Holland West Ottawa at Rockford, 7:30 p.m. (VOD) 

Tuesday, March 3
Boys Basketball – Wolverine at Posen, 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball – Houghton at Calumet, 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball – Midland Bullock Creek at Pinconning, 7:30 p.m.

Live stats of select basketball games are also available on MHSAA.tv. Check out the MHSAA.tv website on game night to see which schools are streaming live stats, or stop by to view stats following games on an On-Demand basis.  A Day Pass to view live stats is $1.95.

All sporting events – live or delayed - are available on MHSAA.tv on a subscription basis for their first 72 hours online. A portion of each subscription is returned to schools originating the broadcast. Video subscriptions run $9.95 for a Day Pass and $14.95 for a Month Pass.  Some schools are also offering Annual Passes at a discounted rate. 

To view all of the recent School Broadcast Program productions, go to MHSAA.tv, click On-Demand on the nav bar of the left side of the page, and on the Filters tab at the top of next page, click on All States and then select Michigan.