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Live Playoff Action Begins On MHSAA.TV Next Week

posted on October 07, 2014 13:57

Contact:  John Johnson
517.332.5046 or [email protected]

EAST LANSING, Mich. – Oct. 7 –  The first of over 300 live streaming MHSAA Tournament games for the 2014-15 school year will take place next week when MHSAA.tv begins its coverage of playoff action with District Semifinal play in the Boys Soccer Tournament.

Leading up to the Finals on Nov. 1, MHSAA.tv will carry eight District and eight Regional Semifinal games in the Boys Soccer Tournament, plus two Semifinal round games.  Pre-finals coverage during the Fall will also take place during the Girls Volleyball Tournament and the Football Playoffs.

Subscriptions run either $9.95 for a Day Pass, or $14.95 for a Month Pass.  Games will become available for free On Demand viewing three days after they have been played.

Here’s a rundown of the District, Regional and Semifinal Boys Soccer Tournament coverage over the next three weeks:

Districts
  • Oct. 14 – Div. 1 at St. Clair Shores Lakeview
    • Grosse Pointe South/Roseville winner v. Fraser/St. Clair Shores Lakeview winner – 5 p.m.
    • Grosse Pointe North/ East Detroit winner v. Warren DeLaSalle – 7 p.m.
  • Oct. 15 – Div. 2 at Sparta
    • Muskegon/Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills winner v. Coopersville/Muskegon Reeths-Puffer winner – 5 p.m.
    • Spring Lake/Sparta winner v. Fruitport/Fremont winner – 7 p.m.
  • Oct. 15 – Div. 2 at Middleville Thornapple Kellogg
    • Plainwell v. Middleville Thronapple Kellogg/Battle Creek Central winner – 5 p.m.
    • Hastings/Richland Gull lake winner v. Battle Creek Harper Creek/Wayland Union winner – 7 p.m.
  • Oct. 16 – Div. 1 at Novi
    • Walled Lake Central v. West Bloomfield/Northville winner – 5 p.m.
    • Detroit Catholic Central/Walled Lake Western winner v. Novi/Livonia Stevenson winner – 7 p.m.
Regionals
  • Oct. 21 – Div. 2 at Ortonville Brandon
    • Linden District Winner v. St. Clair Shores Lake Shore District Winner – 5 p.m.
    • Marysville District Winner v. Auburn Hills Avondale Winner – 7 p.m.
  • Oct. 21 – Div. 4 at Lawton
    • Jackson Christian District Winner v. New Buffalo District Winner – 5 p.m.
    • Grandville Calvin Christian Winner v. Marcellus District Winner – 5 p.m.
  • Oct. 22 – Div. 1 at Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central
    • Brighton District Winner v. Hudsonville District Winner – 5 p.m.
    • Caledonia District Winner v. Jackson District Winner – 7 p.m.
  • Oct. 22 – Div. 3 at Clare
    • Grayling District Winner v. Big Rapids District Winner – 5 p.m.
    • Manistee District Winner v. Oscoda District Winner – 7 p.m.
Semifinals
  • Oct. 29 – Div. 2 at Plainwell
    • Richland Gull Lake Regional Winner v. East Lansing Regional Winner – 6 p.m.
  • Oct. 29 – Div. 4 at Cedar Springs
    • Lawton Regional Winner v. Muskegon Catholic Central Winner – 6 p.m.

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.   A total of 66 events were streamed by schools last week, with activities ranging from daily announcements to school board meetings, live sporting events and Powder Puff football games inductions.   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 Oct. 6).  The following events will be shown live on a subscription basis:

  • Belding at Comstock Park – Girls Volleyball – Tuesday, 7 p.m.
  • Lincoln Alcona at Whittemore-Prescott – Girls Volleyball – Tuesday, 7 p.m.
  • Rogers City at Posen – Girls Volleyball – Tuesday, 7 p.m.
  • Roscommon at Clare – Boys Soccer – Thursday, 7 p.m.
  • Posen at Hillman – Girls Volleyball – Thursday 7 p.m.
  • Hale at Lincoln Alcona – Football – Friday , 7 p.m.
  • Three Rivers at Plainwell – Football – Friday, 7 p.m.
  • Oscoda at Lincoln Alcona – Girls Volleyball – Oct. 14, 7:30 p.m.
  • Fairview at Whittemore-Prescott – Girls Volleyball – Oct. 14, 7 p.m.

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

  • Jackson at East Lansing – Girls Volleyball – Tuesday, 6 p.m.
  • Standish-Sterling at Pinconning – Boys Soccer – Wednesday, 5 p.m.
  • Lincoln Alcona at Rogers City – Girls Volleyball – Wednesday, 7 p.m.
  • L’Anse at Calumet – Football – Friday, 7 p.m.
  • Ishpeming at Negaunee – Football – Friday, 7 p.m.
  • Lansing Sexton at East Lansing – Football – Friday, 7 p.m.
  • Whittemore-Prescott at Rogers City – Football – Friday, 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.

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:

  • Novi at Northville
  • Plymouth at Canton
  • Detroit Catholic Central at Orchard Lake St. Mary’s
  • Walled Lake Western at Walled Lake Central
  • Williamston at Lansing Catholic
  • Ishpeming at Negaunee (MHSAA School Broadcast Program Video)
  • Three Rivers at Plainwell (MHSAA School Broadcast Program Video)

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 A Game - Not A War  (Left click to listen, right click to save)  In this edition of Perspective, John Johnson features the comments of a pregame speech encouraging the players to keep the upcoming contest in perspective.   

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. 30):

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.

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