Top Students to Broadcast Finals
March 26, 2015
By John Johnson
MHSAA communications director
Saturday’s MHSAA Boys Basketball Finals will have live streaming audio at MHSAANetwork.com from student broadcasters who took top honors in the 2014-15 Michigan Student Broadcast Awards Sports Play-By-Play category sponsored by the Michigan Association of Broadcasters Foundation.
Kyle Marino and Riley Holder from Lake Orion took first place in the television play-by-play category and will announce the Class C and B title tilts. Dylan Wittenberg and Foster Stubbs will represent Bloomfield Hills High School in calling the Class A championship game. The duo were part of crews that took the top two places in the play-by-play radio category.
There also will be two student-produced public service announcements airing this weekend. A radio message on parental sportsmanship, produced by Kent Davis of Bloomfield Hills High School and a television message on sportsmanship by Caleb Gulledge and Trace Clinton of Davison High School will air in their respective mediums Saturday.
In addition, approximately 50 aspiring student broadcasters from MHSAA members participating in the School Broadcast Program will participate in a Breslin Center field trip program Friday, listening to industry professionals and peer student broadcasters in a morning workshop, before afternoon tours of broadcast facilities at the Breslin Center, WKAR-TV at Michigan State University and the FOX Sports Detroit remote unit covering the Finals. The students also will engage in their own coverage of the games. The field trip is conducted in cooperation with the Student Broadcast Foundation and Herff Jones.
Highlights Return to MHSAA.tv
January 14, 2015
By John Johnson
MHSAA communications director
Weekly highlights from games produced by MHSAA members participating in the School Broadcast Program return this week to the MHSAA.tv website.
This week’s highlights package features a showdown game from last week in the Michigan Interscholastic Hockey League between undefeated Detroit Catholic Central (No. 1 in Div. 1 coaches association rankings) and once-beaten Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood (No. 1 in Div. 3 coaches association rankings), which ended in a 1-1 tie.
A rivalry boys basketball game with Dowagiac defeating Niles, 58-55, and a North Star League girls basketball game which saw Posen top Hillman, 48-42, are the other SBP produced games from last week in the highlights package, which can be viewed below.
Last week was a busy back-to-school week for SBP schools, with video from 46 events in eight sports and another 41 games with live basketball stats, all taking place on the MHSAA.tv portal.
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 over the next week for broadcast at MHSAA.tv (as of Jan. 12). The following will have live streaming video unless otherwise indicated:
Wednesday – January 14
Wrestling – Owosso at Haslett, 6 p.m.
Thursday – January 15
Boys Basketball – West Iron County at Calumet, 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball – AuGres-Sims at Posen, 7 p.m.
Friday – January 16
Boys Basketball – Lansing Waverly at Haslett, 6 p.m.
Ice Hockey – Detroit U-D Jesuit at Calumet, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Baraga at Calumet, 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball – Midland Dow at Mt. Pleasant, 7 p.m.
Ice Hockey – Warren DeLaSalle at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood, 7:15 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Posen at AuGres-Sims, 7:15 p.m.
Boys Basketball – Lansing Waverly at Haslett, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday – January 17
Wrestling – Mancelona Invitational, 10 a.m.
Ice Hockey – Detroit U-D Jesuit at Calumet, 7 p.m.
Ice Hockey – Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood at Orchard Lake St. Mary’s, 7:30 p.m.
Monday – January 19
Competitive Cheer – O-K Conference Competition @ Comstock Park, 6:30 p.m.
Boys Basketball – Atlanta at Hillman, 7 p.m.
Tuesday – January 20
Girls Basketball – Goodrich at Haslett, 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball – Fife Lake Forest Area at Mancelona, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Byron Center at Comstock Park, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Hemlock at Montrose, 7 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.
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 the school originating the broadcast. Subscriptions run either $9.95 for a Day Pass or $14.95 for a Month Pass. Some schools also offer Annual Passes at a discounted rate. All sporting events become available for free On Demand viewing three days after they have been posted.
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. Schools interested in becoming a part of the School Broadcast Program should contact John Johnson at the MHSAA Office.