Contact:  John Johnson
517.332.5046 or [email protected]
 
 
EAST LANSING, Mich. - Jan. 17 - Game Night on the MHSAA Network this week features an a basketball doubleheader from last week in the Oakland Activities Association when Rochester Adams faced Rochester High School in the annual Crosstown Showdown at Oakland University.

For media outlets in Comcast service areas, here are the day by day listings for the coming week of MHSAA Network programming on Channel 900.  We would appreciate it if you could run at least the Wednesday and Thursday listings, as they are the first air times for new content each week:

January 18
7 p.m. - Boys Basketball - Rochester v. Rochester Adams - Taped 1-13-12 - MHSAA Game Night Coverage
9:30 p.m. - Boys Basketball - Hudsonville at Muskegon - Taped 1-10-12

January 19
9 a.m. - Boys Basketball - Rochester v. Rochester Adams - Taped 1-13-12 - MHSAA Game Night Coverage
8 p.m. - Girls Basketball - Rochester v. Rochester Adams - Taped 1-13-12 - MHSAA Game Night Coverage

January 20
9 a.m. - Girls Basketball - Rochester v. Rochester Adams - Taped 1-13-12 - MHSAA Game Night Coverage

January 21
Noon - Girls Basketball- Rochester v. Rochester Adams - Taped 1-13-12 - MHSAA Game Night Coverage
3 p.m. - Boys Basketball - Hudsonville at Muskegon - Taped 1-10-12
10 p.m. - Boys Basketball - Walled Lake Central at Walled Lake Northern - Taped 1-16-12

January 22
9 a.m. - Boys Basketball - Hudsonville at Muskegon - Taped 1-10-12
Noon - Boys Basketball - Walled Lake Central at Walled Lake Northern - Taped 1-16-12
7 p.m. - Boys Basketball - Rochester v. Rochester Adams - Taped 1-13-12 - MHSAA Game Night Coverage

Each week’s featured games will be available for on-demand viewing on the MHSAA.tv Website the day after their initial playback on Comcast; and a number of events will be available for Comcast subscribers to watch through its Video On Demand service.  Here’s the current listings for MHSAA Network content on Comcast Video On Demand:

Available December 26 to January 20
Football - Birmingham Brother Rice v. Lowell - MHSAA Division 2 Final
Football - Orchard Lake St. Mary's v. Mt. Pleasant - MHSAA Division 3 Final
Football - Detroit Cass Tech v. Detroit Catholic Central - MHSAA Division 1 Final
Football - Flint Powers Catholic v. Lansing Catholic - MHSAA Division 5 Final

Available January 12 through January 30
Girls Basketball - Bloomfield Hills Andover at Royal Oak
Girls Basketball - Detroit Country Day at East Lansing
Boys Basketball - Holland at Grand Rapids Northview
Boys Basketball - Ypsilanti at Ann Arbor Huron
Boys Basketball - Flint Carman-Ainsworth at Grand Blanc
Boys Basketball - Grosse Pointe North at Warren DeLaSalle
Girls Basketball - Flushing at Flint Northwestern
Girls Basketball - Lincoln Park at Dearborn Heights Crestwood

The complete schedule of upcoming MHSAA Network productions on Comcast Channel 900 and the MHSAA.tv website can be found exclusively online by clicking on MHSAA.tv and selecting TV Schedule.  For a comprehensive schedule of MHSAA Finals coverage with all of its broadcasting partners can be found under the MHSAA Network heading on the MHSAA Website.

Here’s where the MHSAA Network cameras will be this week:

January 17
Boys Basketball – Walled Lake Central at Walled Lake Northern
Girls Basketball – Grand Haven at Grand Rapids Catholic Central

January 19
Girls Basketball – New Boston Huron at Grosse Ile

January 20
Ice Hockey – Jackson Lumen Christi v. Eastside All-Stars (Haslett, Williamston, Bath, East Lansing, Laingsburg co-op) at Suburban Ice, East Lansing– MHSAA Game Night Coverage
Ice Hockey – Oekmos v. DeWitt/St. Johns co-op at Suburban Ice, East Lansing – MHSAA Game Night Coverage

The MHSAA.tv Website is being populated with content from member schools from both peninsulas participating in the Digital Broadcasting Program.  A total of 65 schools are involved in the program from the Big 8 Conference, Big 9 Conference, Detroit Catholic High School League, Charter School Conference, Downriver League, Flint Metro League, Genesee Athletic Conference, Huron League, Kalamazoo Valley Association, Kensington Lakes Activities Association, Macomb Area Conference, Michigan Interscholastic Hockey League, Northwest Conference, Oakland Activities Association, O-K Conference, Saginaw Valley League, Southeastern Conference, Southwestern Athletic Conference, Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference (Big 16), Tri-Valley Conference, West Michigan D League, West-Pac Conference and the Wolverine Conference.

Here are student-produced games posted to the MHSAA.tv Website from last week:

Boys Basketball
Spring Lake at Fruitport - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/28200
Flint Beecher at Montrose - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/28098
Flint Beecher at Montrose – JV - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/28097
Martin at Bangor – JV - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/27979
Madison Heights Lamphere at St. Clair Shores Lakeview - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/28024
Mt. Clemens at New Haven - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/28041
Bay City Western at Bay City Central - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/27997
Mason County Eastern at Bear Lake - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/28078
Mason County Eastern at Bear Lake – JV - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/28108
Hemlock at Freeland - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/27928 & http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/27927
Hudsonville at East Kentwood - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/28285

Girls Basketball
Spring Lake at Fruitport - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/28197
Martin at Bangor – JV - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/27981
Mason County Eastern at Bear Lake - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/28076
Mesick at Brethren - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/28027
Mason County Eastern at Bear Lake – JV - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/28124
Mesick at Brethren – JV - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/28026
Ontonagon at Calumet - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/27970
Vicksburg at Plainwell - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/28007
Muskegon Mona Shores at Greenville - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/28225
Muskegon Mona Shores at Greenville – JV - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/28224
Muskegon Mona Shores at Greenville –Freshmen - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/28223
Bear Lake at Buckley - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/28072
Perry at Owosso – JV - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/27881
Bear Lake at Buckley – JV - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/28075
Perry at Owosso – JV - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/27880

Ice Hockey
Detroit U-D Jesuit at Calumet (1/14) - http://www.mhsaa.tv/calumet/events/27991
Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood at Detroit Catholic Central (1/14 CK production) - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/25337
Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood at Detroit Catholic Central (1/14 CC production) - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/28212
Detroit Catholic Central at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood (1/13 C production) - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/25336
Detroit U-D Jesuit at Calumet (1/13) - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/28098

Wrestling
Bangor Invitational – Championship Matches - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/27990

Girls Competitive Cheer
CAAC Red Competition at Owosso (Owosso, Haslett, Fowlerville, DeWitt, St. Johns) - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/28077

In addition to these athletic events, there were 37 other school-produced events ranging from daily newscasts, to concerts, to school board meetings and an presentation on bullying were posted to the MHSAA.tv Website last week.  A total of 1,271 events have been posted since the beginning of the school year.  A record total of 1,479  student produced athletic and non-athletic event videos were posted to MHSAA.tv during the 2010-11 school year.  

The MHSAA.tv Website registered a record 1.48 million pageviews during the 2010-11 school year.  In addition, there were approximately 400,000 pageviews generated by MHSAA Network content being streamed live on FoxSportsDetroit.com.  So far this year, MHSAA Network content has generated nearly 625,000 pageviews.
 
Watch for more schools to begin posting more content in even more sports in the weeks ahead.  Schools interested in becoming a part of the Digital Broadcasting Program should contact John Johnson at the MHSAA Office.
 
The MHSAA Network delivers coverage of regular season and MHSAA Tournament competition across multiple platforms  -- cable television, radio and the internet – to fans of high school sports across the state and around the world.  In addition to providing content to cable partners Comcast Television and Fox Sports Detroit, the MHSAA Network features two websites – MHSAA.tv and MHSAANetwork.com – where fans can click to view or listen to content; and a radio network of over 40  stations statewide which annually carry the MHSAA Basketball Finals and the commentary MHSAA Perspective, which airs for 30 weeks during the school year.

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