Prep Zone Returns for Football Playoffs

October 29, 2013

Live broadcasts of MHSAA football playoff games return Friday with the first edition of Prep Zone from Fox Sports Detroit. 

MHSAA Prep Zone on FOXSportsDetroit.com will stream live video of four games during each of the first four weeks of the postseason.This week's games kick off at 7 p.m. EDT:

  • Gogebic (Bessemer/Wakefield-Marinesco) at Crystal Falls Forest Park
  • Southfield at Birmingham Seaholm
  • Eaton Rapids at Charlotte
  • Taylor Truman at Allen Park 

On MHSAA.TV check out last week's broadcasts of four sports including a pair of football games that decided league titles:

  • East Lansing vs. Lansing Sexton volleyball 
  • Davison vs. Goodrich volleyball
  • AuGres-Sims vs. Rogers City volleyball
  • Hillman vs. Atlanta volleyball
  • Petoskey vs. Traverse City West volleyball
  • East Lansing vs. Grand Ledge volleyball
  • Mio vs. Rogers City volleyball
  • Calumet vs. Gladstone football
  • Oscoda vs. AuGres-Sims football
  • St. Ignace vs. Cheboygan football
  • Kalkaska vs. Elk Rapids football
  • Hale vs. Hillman football
  • Atlanta vs. Rogers City football
  • Berrien Springs vs. Plainwell football
  • East Lansing vs. Okemos football
  • Montrose vs. Lake Fenton football
  • East Kentwood vs. Rockford football
  • Mio vs. Lincoln Alcona football
  • Sparta vs. Comstock Park football
  • Boyne City vs. Grayling football
  • Rockford vs. Holland West Ottawa girls swimming and diving
  • East Lansing vs. Linden boys soccer

MHSAA Perspective: Our John Johnson talks about how the expectations of parents turned sweet possibilities into a sour season for their kids - Crushed by Parental Expectations

Watch Spring Finals on Comcast

June 7, 2013

Arrangements have been finalized to have MHSAA spring tournament finals in baseball, lacrosse, soccer and softball shown on a delayed basis on Comcast Channel 900.

The package starts with the airing of Saturday’s (June 8) Lacrosse Finals. The Boys Finals will be shown on Tuesday, with the Division 1 match-up of defending champion Birmingham Brother Rice and Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern/Eastern at 7 p.m. followed at 9:30 p.m. by the Division 2 title tilt between defending champion Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central and Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood. An encore presentation is set for June 15 in the same time slots.

The Girls Lacrosse Finals will debut on Wednesday at 7 p.m., with Rockford facing Bloomfield United in the Division 1 championship followed at 9:30 p.m. by the Division 2 finale pitting defending champion East Grand Rapids against Livonia Ladywood. Those games will get a second airing on June 16, with Division 1 at 3 p.m. and Division 2 at 6 p.m.

The Lacrosse Finals will be available on the Internet Saturday with live dedicated video (MHSAA.tv) and audio (MHSAANetwork.com) streams of the championship games at East Grand Rapids and Rockford. Here’s the complete live schedule:

Boys Lacrosse at East Grand Rapids

2 p.m. – Division 1 – Birmingham Brother Rice vs. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern/Eastern

4:30 p.m. – Division 2 – Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central vs. Bloomfield Hills Cranbroo-Kingswood

Girls Lacrosse at Rockford

2 p.m. – Division 2 – East Grand Rapids vs. Livonia Ladywood

4:30 p.m. – Division 1 – Rockford vs. Bloomfield United

Next weekend, MHSAA Network coverage will include live streaming audio of the Semifinals and Finals in baseball and softball and live streaming video of the Finals in both of those sports as well as girls soccer. All of the video also will be shown on Comcast Channel 900. The complete schedule can be found on the MHSAA Website.