23

Contact:  John Johnson
517.332.5046 or
[email protected]

EAST LANSING, Mich. – Sept. 23 –  Weekly highlights, features and analysis of high school football games across the state on MHSAA Football Friday Overtime are now available for On Demand viewing on the Prep Zone page of the FOX Sports Detroit Website - http://www.foxsports.com/detroit/high-school  

The Prep Zone page will also be where fans can watch four live MHSAA Football Playoff games each week of the tournament.

Football Friday Overtime is in its fourth season on FOX Sports Detroit, airing at Midnight each Friday and running for 13 weeks.  Mickey York and Rob Rubick host this 30-minute highlights show.  The show reairs Saturdays at 11 a.m., and Sunday mornings – check your local listings.  (This week at 7 a.m.)

The following games are scheduled to be highlighted this week on Football Friday Overtime:

  • Clinton Township Chippewa Valley at Warren Mott
  • Madison Heights Madison at Warren Woods-Tower
  • Clinton at Whitmore Lake
  • Livonia Stevenson at South Lyon
  • Dearborn at Dearborn Fordson
  • Garden City at Dearborn Heights Robichaud 
  • Grand Rapids Northview at Cedar Springs – SBP Produced Video

Cedar Springs is one of a growing number MHSAA members participating in its School Broadcast Program.   A total of 45 events were streamed by schools last week, with activities ranging from daily announcements to school board meetings and live sporting events. 

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.   As many as 60 MHSAA member schools annually participate in the program, which is in its sixth year.

Here’s the schedule of School Broadcast Program members planning to cover varsity competition this week for broadcast at MHSAA.tv  (As of Sept. 23).  The following events will be shown live on a subscription basis:

  • Oscoda at Hillman – Girls Volleyball – Tuesday, 7 p.m.
  • Grand Rapids West Catholic at Comstock Park – Girls Volleyball – Tuesday, 7 p.m.
  • Grand Rapids Northview at Cedar Springs – Football – Friday, 7 p.m.
  • Oscoda at Lincoln Alcona – Boys Soccer – Sept. 29, 5 p.m.

The following events will be available following their completion via Video on Demand:

  • Fairview at Rogers City – Girls Volleyball – Tuesday, 7 p.m.
  • Lansing Sexton at East Lansing – Girls Volleyball - Thursday, 6 p.m.
  • Lincoln Alcona at Whittemore-Prescott – Football - Friday, 7 p.m.
  • Atlanta at AuGres-Sims – Football – Friday, 7 p.m.
  • Gwinn at Negaunee – Football – Friday, 7 p.m.
  • Hancock at Calumet – Football - Friday, 7 p.m.
  • St. Johns at East Lansing – Boys Soccer – Saturday, 11 a.m.
  • Sault Ste. Marie at Rogers City – Girls Volleyball – Sept. 30, 7 p.m.

Subscriptions support individual school programs; and many schools are now offering discounted annual passes through their portal pages, which will also allow for live viewing of nearly 300 live MHSAA post-season tournament events throughout the school year.

Weekly highlights from School Broadcast Program productions have returned for the new school year, and can be viewed on the home pages of MHSAA.com, MHSAA.tv, MHSAANetwork.com and the MHSAA Sports page on YouTube.  Here are the games in this week's highlights package (Link is to the entire game on MHSAA.TV):

To view all of last week's 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.

Now in its tenth season is the radio commentary MHSAA Perspective – presented by the Michigan Army National Guard, which airs on over 80 radio stations and audio outlets across the state, generally during the local broadcasts of high school games.  The program runs for 30 weeks through the end of the winter sports season.  MHSAA Perspective can also be accessed from the home page of the MHSAA Website. 

This week's Perspective:    It's Still A Pig  (Left click to listen, right click to save)  In this edition of Perspective, John Johnson talks about how some people try to dress up old arguments about national travel for high school sports - kind of like putting lipstick on a pig.

Visit the MHSAA Perspective page of the MHSAA Website for a complete list of affiliates and air times.

The MHSAA Internet Broadcast Network Website – MHSAANetwork.com – features audio broadcasts produced by local EZStream.com affiliates throughout the school year.  Games which can be heard this week are (as of Sept. 23):

  • Stevensville Lakeshore at Battle Creek Lakeview – Football – Friday – 6 p.m. – Broadcast by WSJM AM/FM, St. Joseph
  • Battle Creek Central at St. Joseph – Football – Friday – 6 p.m. – Broadcast by WSJM AM/FM, St. Joseph
  • Kalamazoo Central at Niles – Football – Friday, 7 p.m. – Broadcast by Southwest Michigan Sports, Niles
  • Cassopolis at Niles Brandywine – Football – Friday, 7 p.m. – Broadcast by Southwest Michigan Sports, Niles
  • Edwardsburg at Paw Paw – Football – Friday, 7 p.m. – Broadcast by Southwest Michigan Sports, Niles
  • Buchanan at Comstock – Football – Friday, 7 p.m. – Broadcast by Southwest Michigan Sports, Niles

All games are archived on the MHSAANetwork.com website.  Outlets interested in getting their games on MHSAANetwork.com  should contact John Johnson at the MHSAA Office.

-0-

RL15-015

Actions: E-mail | Permalink |