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

MHSAA Finals One Click Away on Xfinity

April 9, 2013

Single-event videos from winter MHSAA Championships in Individual Wrestling and Lower Peninsula Boys Swimming & Diving will become available soon on the MHSAA.tv website and for Comcast subscribers through Xfinity On Demand.

All of the individual events from the Lower Peninsula Boys Swimming & Diving Finals, and the title match in each weight class from the Individual Wrestling Finals in March will be available on both platforms, allowing viewers to focus on their favorite team or individual.  Among the highlights of those videos are:

  • Adam Coon of Fowlerville of St. Johns won his fourth MHSAA Individual Wrestling title; and Ben Whitford of St. Johns captured a fourth straight state association championship with his second Michigan crown after winning Illinois honors as a freshman and sophomore.
  • Hartland teammates Austin Eicher and Jacob Gorial squaring off in the 130-pound Division 1 championship match at the Individual Wrestling Finals.
  • Brothers Kanen at 103 pounds and Zehlin Storr at 135 pounds of Leslie finishing their respective seasons undefeated with titles at the Division 3 Individual Wrestling Finals.
  • Josh Ehrman of Saline setting all-division records at the Lower Peninsula Boys Swimming & Diving Finals in the 200-Yard Individual Medley and the 100-Yard Breaststroke; and swimming a leg of a record-setting 200-Yard Medley Relay.
  • A record-breaking photo finish victory for Holland over Ann Arbor Pioneer in the 200-Yard Medley Relay at the Division 2 Lower Peninsula Boys Swimming & Diving Finals.

In addition to the latest VOD selections, Xfinity on Demand viewers can catch MHSAA action in Girls and Boys Basketball, Girls Competitive Cheer, Lower Peninsula Boys Swimming and Ice Hockey.  Here’s the complete list of events available in April on Xfinity on Demand:

Available Through April 18

Girls Competitive Cheer Finals – Full-length coverage of all four divisions

Available Through April 21

Ice Hockey Finals – Highlights of championship games in all three divisions

Girls Basketball Semifinals – Highlights of all eight semifinal contests

Available Through April 25

Division 3 Lower Peninsula Boys Swimming Finals – All events

Available Through April 28

Division 2 Lower Peninsula Boys Swimming Finals – All events

Available Through April 30

Boys Basketball Semifinals – Highlights of all eight semifinal contests

Division 1 Lower Peninsula Boys Swimming Finals – All events

Available through May 8

Division 3 & 4 Individual Wrestling Finals – Championship match in each weight class

Available April 12 through May 13

Division 1 & 2 Individual Wrestling Finals – Championship match in each weight class