Contact:  John Johnson
517.332.5046 or [email protected]

EAST LANSING, Mich. – Oct. 14 –  For the first time, MHSAA.tv will have live streaming video from the Finish Line of the Upper Peninsula Cross Country Finals.  This year’s meet takes place Saturday (Oct. 18) at the Gentz Homestead Golf Course outside of Marquette, beginning at 11 a.m.

The stream will also include the start of each race, the first and last 400 to 800 meters, and interviews will also take place on the continuous coverage from 11 a.m. to approximately 2 p.m.  The live stream will be free and also be archived for On Demand viewing.  Here’s the complete schedule:

• 11 a.m. – Division 1 Boys Race
• 11:30 a.m. – Division 2 Boys Rave
• Noon – Division 3 Boys Race
• 12:30 p.m. – Division 1 Girls Race
• 1 p.m. – Division 2 Girls Race
• 1:30 p.m. – Division 3 Girls Race

Live coverage on MHSAA.tv of the MHSAA Boys Soccer Tournament begins Tuesday (Oct. 14), with District Semifinal activity at 4 sites.  Here’s the complete schedule:

• Div. 1 at St. Clair Shores Lakeview
  
  • Grosse Pointe South v. Fraser – 5 p.m.
  • Grosse Pointe North v. Warren DeLaSalle – 7 p.m.

• Div. 2 at Sparta
  
  • Muskegon v. Muskegon Reeths-Puffer – 5 p.m.
  • Spring Lake v. Fruitport  – 7 p.m.
• Div. 2 at Middleville Thornapple Kellogg
  
  • Plainwell v. Battle Creek Central – 5 p.m.
  • Hastings v. Battle Creek Harper Creek – 7 p.m.

• 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.

All live against are available on MHSAA.tv on a subscription basis.   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.

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:

• Detroit Cass Tech v. Detroit East English (PSL Semifinals)
• Detroit Renaissance v. Detroit King (PSL Semifinals)
• Walled Lake Western at Hartland
• Flushing at Fenton
• Oak Park at Southfield
• Farmington at Birmingham Groves
• Flint Beecher at Montrose (MHSAA School Broadcast Program Video)
• Manton at Lincoln Alcona (MHSAA School Broadcast Program Video)

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 49 events were streamed by schools last week, with activities ranging from daily announcements to school board meetings, live sporting events and pep rallies.   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:

• Oscoda at Lincoln Alcona – Girls Volleyball  –  Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.
• Fairview at Whittemore-Prescott – Girls Volleyball –  Tuesday, 7 p.m.
• Lawton at Watervliet – Girls Volleyball – Tuesday, 5:45 p.m.
• Manton at Lincoln Alcona – Football – Friday, 7 p.m.
• Tawas at Pinconning – Girls Volleyball – Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.
• Greenville at Cedar Springs – Football – Friday, 7 p.m.
• Allendale at Comstock Park – Football – Friday – 7 p.m.
• Whittemore-Prescott at Hillman – Football – Friday, 7 p.m.
• Coopersville at Comstock Park – Girls Volleyball – Oct. 21 – 7:30 p.m.

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

• Rogers City at Hillman – Girls Volleyball – Tuesday, 7 p.m.
• Holt at East Lansing – Girls Volleyball – Tuesday, 6 p.m.
• L’Anse at Calumet – Girls Volleyball – Thursday, 7 p.m.
• Atlanta at Rogers City – Girls Volleyball – Thursday, 7 p.m.
• Brimley at Posen – Football – Friday, 7 p.m.
• Oscoda 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):

• Football - Ishpeming at Negaunee
• Football - Three Rivers at Plainwell
• Boys Soccer - Mason at East Lansing (Full game available beginning Nov. 1)

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    Value...And Values  (Left click to listen, right click to save)  In this edition of Perspective, John Johnson talks about what a great value high school sports are and the lifetime values they teach young people.    

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 Oct. 14):

• Mattawan at Stevensville Lakeshore – Football – Friday – 6 p.m. – Broadcast by WSJM-FM, St. Joseph
• St. Joseph at Battle Creek Lakeview – Football – Friday – 6 p.m. – Broadcast by WSJM-AM, St. Joseph
• Bronson at Buchanan – Football – Friday, 7 p.m. – Broadcast by Southwest Michigan Sports, Niles
• Richland Gull Lake at Niles – Football – Friday, 7 p.m. – Broadcast by Southwest Michigan Sports, Niles
• Edwardsburg at Berrien Springs – Football – Friday, 7 p.m. – Broadcast by Southwest Michigan Sports, Niles
• Niles  Brandywine at New Buffalo – 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.

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