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.
Broadcasts Back on MHSAA.TV, FSD
August 28, 2013
The new school year begins on the MHSAA Network this week with school-created content on MHSAA.tv, the season launch of MHSAA Football Friday Overtime on FOX Sports Detroit, and a new season of MHSAA Perspective on a statewide radio network.
MHSAA.tv: The School Broadcast Program gives member schools an opportunity to create video programming, with students gaining skills in announcing, camera operation, and graphics using software provided by PlayOn! Sports. The program also gives schools the opportunity to raise money through advertising and viewing subscriptions. As many as 60 MHSAA member schools annually participate in the program, which is in its fifth year.
Here’s the schedule of School Broadcast Program members planning to cover Week One football games, some of which will be available at MHSAA.tv shortly after each game’s conclusion (as of Aug. 27):
- Atlanta/Fairview at Lincoln Alcona – Thursday
- Pickford at Central Lake/Ellsworth – Thursday
- Gaylord St. Mary at Hillman – Thursday
- Onaway at Indian River Inland Lake/Wolverine – Thursday
- Otisville Lakeville at Oscoda – Thursday
- AuGres-Sims/Arenac Eastern at Rogers City- Thursday
- Charlevoix at St. Ignace – Thursday
- Haslett at East Lansing – Thursday (Will be posted online Tuesday, Sept. 3)
- Reese at Montrose – Thursday
Schools interested in becoming a part of the School Broadcast Program should contact John Johnson at the MHSAA Office.
Friday Football Overtime: Beginning this Friday and running for 13 weeks at Midnight is MHSAA Football Friday Overtime on FOX Sports Detroit. Mickey York and Rob Rubick return to host the weekly 30-minute highlights show.
The following games are scheduled to be highlighted this week on Football Friday Overtime:
- Grand Rapids Christian at Grand Rapids South Christian
- Dearborn vs. Clinton Township Chippewa Valley
- Dearborn Fordson vs. Macomb Dakota
- St. Charles at Flint Hamady
- Flint Northwestern at Flint Beecher
- Orchard Lake St. Mary vs. Oak Park
- Detroit Cass Tech vs. Southfield
- Port Huron at Detroit King
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