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.

Live Stats, Games on MHSAA.tv

December 9, 2014

Another feature offered on the MHSAA.tv website is the availability of live basketball stats at member schools using the Digital Scout platform for their in-game statistics keeping.

Digital Scout is a division of PlayOn! Sports, which powers the NFHS Network.  Schools input statistics live using a handheld device. When connected to the Internet, those stats stream live on a school’s portal page and on the MHSAA portal page. For those games which have live streaming video and live stats, they are incorporated onto a single page to enhance the viewer’s experience.

Last week, live stats were available for over a dozen girls basketball games, along with a similar number of basketball and ice hockey games with live streaming video from MHSAA members participating in the School Broadcast Program; those numbers will only grow now that the boys basketball season has begun.

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 Dec. 8).  The following events will be shown live:

Monday – Dec. 8
Boys Basketball – Highland Milford at Gibraltar Carlson, 5:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Sault Ste. Marie at Escanaba, 6:30 p.m.
Boys Basketball – Pellston at Mackinaw City, 7 p.m. 

Tuesday – Dec. 9
Boys Basketball – Cassopolis at Dowagiac, 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball – Negaunee at Escanaba, 7:30 p.m. 

Friday – Dec. 12
Boys Basketball – Riverview at Gibraltar Carlson, 5:30 p.m.
Ice Hockey – Grand Rapids Catholic Central v. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood @ Gaylord, 6:15 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Atlanta at Hillman, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Boyne Falls at Mackinaw City, 7 p.m.
Ice Hockey – Rochester at Calumet, 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball – Kingsford at Escanaba, 7:30 p.m. 

Saturday – Dec. 13
Ice Hockey – Flint Powers Catholic v. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood @ Gaylord, 4:15 p.m.
Ice Hockey – Farmington Hills Harrison at Calumet, 7 p.m.

Monday – Dec. 15
Boys Basketball – Dollar Bay at Calumet, 7 p.m. 

Tuesday – Dec. 16
Girls Basketball – West Iron County at Calumet, 7 p.m.

The following events will be available on video following their completion on a delayed basis: 

Monday – Dec. 8
Boys Basketball – Fairview at Oscoda, 6 p.m.
Boys Basketball – Hale at Rogers City, 7 p.m. 

Tuesday – Dec. 9
Girls Basketball – Lansing Eastern at Mason, 7 p.m.

Thursday – Dec. 11
Boys Basketball – Hale at Oscoda, 6 p.m.

Friday – Dec. 12
Wrestling – Charlevoix at Rogers City, 1:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Posen at Rogers City, 7 p.m. 

Monday - Dec. 15
Boys Basketball – Oscoda at Rogers City, 7 p.m. 

Tuesday – Dec. 16
Girls Basketball - Okemos at Mason, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Rogers City at Oscoda, 6 p.m. 

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 school originating the broadcast. Subscriptions run either $9.95 for a Day Pass, or $14.95 for a Month Pass. Some schools are also offering 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 navigation 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. 

See below for highlights from last week's School Broadcast Program events on MHSAA.tv.