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.
Variety of Events LIVE on MHSAA.tv
January 7, 2015
By John Johnson
MHSAA communications director
One of the great features of the MHSAA School Broadcast Program is that there’s no limit to the different types of activities that can be covered, and some of that diversity will be on display this coming week on the MHSAA.tv website.
Haslett High School’s SBP students will be streaming live coverage of a wrestling dual with Lansing Waverly on Wednesday (Jan. 7) at 6 p.m. and a bowling match with East Lansing on Thursday (Jan. 8) at 3:30 p.m. That’s in addition to a boys basketball game Tuesday (Jan. 6) against Ionia and a girls basketball contest next Tuesday (Jan. 13) with Williamston.
On Saturday (Jan. 10), Montrose will live stream a bowling match with Byron at 2 p.m. Montrose, the SBP Program of the Year in 2013-14, also has a boys basketball varsity stream with Corunna on Tuesday, and a girls-boys hoop deuce with Mount Morris on Friday (Jan. 9).
Mason High School is planning coverage of a girls gymnastics meet on Wednesday with East Lansing at 6:30 p.m., which will be shown On Demand following the event.
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 at MHSAA.tv (As of Jan. 5). The following events will have live streaming video unless otherwise indicated:
Wednesday – January 7
Wrestling – Lansing Waverly at Haslett, 6 p.m.
Boys Basketball – Bay City All Saints at Pinconning, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday – January 8
Bowling – East Lansing at Haslett, 3:30 p.m.
Boys Basketball – Pellston at Mancelona, 7 p.m.
Friday – January 9
Girls Basketball – Mt. Morris at Montrose, 5:30 p.m.
Boys Basketball – Coopersville at Comstock Park, 6 p.m.
Boys Basketball – Mt. Morris at Montrose, 7 p.m.
Ice Hockey – Novi at Calumet, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Hale at AuGres-Sims, 7:15 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Coopersville at Comstock Park, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday – January 10
Girls Competitive Cheer – Comstock Park Invitational, 1 p.m.
Bowling – Byron at Montrose, 2 p.m.
Ice Hockey – Detroit Catholic Central at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood, 5:30 p.m.
Ice Hockey – Brighton at Calumet, 7 p.m.
Monday – January 12
Boys Basketball – Lincoln Alcona at Hillman, 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball – Ontonagon at Calumet, 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball – Atlanta at AuGres-Sims, 7:15 p.m.
Tuesday – January 13
Girls Basketball – Williamston at Haslett, 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball – Onaway at Mancelona, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Parchment at Plainwell, 7:15 p.m.
Boys Basketball – Goodrich at Montrose, 7:20 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.