Contact:  John Johnson
517.332.5046 or [email protected]
 
 
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Feb. 1 – Just in time for the upcoming winter tournament season, the MHSAA.tv website is sporting a new look to help viewers better navigate the 5,000-plus (and growing) number of events available.

Powered by PlayON! Sports, visitors to MHSAA.tv will be able to quickly navigate between available MHSAA Network produced and school-produced content; look at upcoming events; and quickly head to live events as they take place.  During the winter tournament season, the MHSAA Network will produce nearly 350 hours of live streaming content on MHSAA.tv from the Finals of eight different tournaments.

One of the other new features of the redesigned website will give viewers the opportunity to let their friends know about an online event through Twittler, Facebook and Google+.

Game Night on the MHSAA Network this week features a Cascades Conference showdown from last week when Napoleon traveled to Michigan Center in girls basketball, and the Cardinals avenged a loss earlier in the season at the hands of the Pirates in a 44-36 victory.

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:

February 1
7 p.m. - Girls Basketball - Napoleon at Michigan Center - Taped 1-26-12 - MHSAA Game Night Coverage
9:30 p.m. - Boys Basketball - East Detroit at Utica - Taped 1-24-12

February 2
9 a.m. - Girls Basketball - Napoleon at Michigan Center - Taped 1-26-12 - MHSAA Game Night Coverage

February 3
9 a.m. - Boys Basketball - East Detroit at Utica - Taped 1-24-12

February 4
Noon - Boys Basketball - East Detroit at Utica - Taped 1-24-12
3 p.m. - Gibraltar Carlson at Taylor Truman - Taped 1-27-12
7 p.m. - Girls Basketball - Napoleon at Michigan Center - Taped 1-26-12 - MHSAA Game Night Coverage
9:30 p.m. - Wrestling - Hartland at Brighton - Taped 1-25-12

February 5
9 a.m. - Gibraltar Carlson at Taylor Truman - Taped 1-27-12
Noon - Wrestling - Hartland at Brighton - Taped 1-25-12
3 p.m. - Boys Basketball - Walled Lake Central at Walled Lake Northern - Taped 1-17-12
7 p.m. - Girls Basketball - Napoleon at Michigan Center - Taped 1-26-12 - MHSAA Game Night Coverage

February 6
9 a.m. - Wrestling - Hartland at Brighton - Taped 1-25-12

February 8
7 p.m. - Boys Basketball - Muskegon Heights at Romulus - Taped 2-3-12 - MHSAA Game Night Coverage
9:30 p.m. - Ice Hockey - Dearborn Divine Child v. Dearborn Unified - Taped 2-4-12

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 Xfinity Video On Demand service.  Here’s the current listings for MHSAA Network content on Xfinity Video On Demand:

Available January 27 Through February 13
Girls Basketball - Grand Haven at Grand Rapids Catholic Central
Girls Basketball - Rochester v. Rochester Adams
Boys Basketball - Hudsonville at Muskegon
Boys Basketball - Rochester v. Rochester Adams
Wrestling - Brighton v. Battle Creek Lakeview
Boys Basketball - Carsonville-Port Sanilac at Brown City
Ice Hockey - Trenton v. Detroit Catholic Central
Girls Basketball - Clawson at Sterling Heights

Weekdays at 3 p.m., you can tune in MHSAA action from past seasons on Comcast Channel 900.  Here’s the upcoming schedule for MHSAA Classics:

Feb. 1 - Ice Hockey - Detroit Catholic Central vs. East Kentwood - MHSAA 1999 Class A Finals
Feb. 2 - Boys Basketball - Flint Northern vs. Detroit Pershing - MHSAA 1995 Class A Finals
Feb. 3 - Ice Hockey - Houghton vs. Allen Park Cabrini - MHSAA 1995 Class B-C-D Finals

Feb. 6 - Girls Basketball - Redford Bishop Borgess vs. Lansing Catholic Central - MHSAA 1995 Class C Finals
Feb. 7 - Ice Hockey - Trenton vs. Marquette - MHSAA 1995 Class A Finals
Feb. 8 - Wrestling - 1996 MHSAA Division 3 Lower Peninsula Individual Finals
Feb. 9 - Boys Basketball - Southfield Lathrup vs. Saginaw - MHSAA 1996 Class A Finals
Feb. 10 - Girls Competitive Cheer - 1997 MHSAA Class A Finals

Feb. 13 - Girls Basketball - Birmingham Marian v. Grand Rapids Christian - MHSAA 1997 Class A Finals
Feb. 14 - Wrestling - 1996 MHSAA Division 1 & 2 Lower Peninsula Individual Finals
Feb. 15 - Wrestling - 1996 MHSAA Division 3 & 4 Lower Peninsula Individual Finals
Feb. 16 - Girls Competitive Cheer - 1998 MHSAA Class B Finals
Feb. 17 - Girls Basketball - Flint Powers Catholic vs. Detroit Country Day - MHSAA 1999 Class B Finals

Feb. 20 - Girls Competitive Cheer - 1998 MHSAA Class C-D Finals
Feb. 21 - Boys Basketball - Covert vs. Marion - MHSAA 2001 Class D Finals
Feb. 22 - Girls Basketball - Flint Powers Catholic vs. Detroit Country Day - MHSAA 2001 Class B Finals
Feb. 23 - Girls Basketball - Lansing Christian vs. Portland St. Patrick - MHSAA 2004 Class D Finals
Feb. 24 - Boys Basketball - Detroit Rogers vs. Bellaire - MHSAA 2005 Class D Finals

Feb. 27 - Boys Basketball - Ann Arbor Pioneer vs. Jackson - MHSAA 2009 Class A Districts
Feb. 28 - Girls Basketball - Benton Harbor vs. Lake Orion - MHSAA 2009 Class A Semifinals
Feb. 29 - Ice Hockey - Big Rapids vs. Pontiac Notre Dame Prep - MHSAA 2009 Division 3 Semifinals


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:

February 1
Wrestling – Grand Ledge at Holt

February 2
Girls Basketball – Onsted at Dundee

February 3
Boys Basketball - Muskegon Heights at Romulus – MHSAA Game Night Coverage

February 4
Ice Hockey – Dearborn Unified vs. Dearborn Divine Child


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:

Ice Hockey
Warren DeLaSalle at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood - http://www.mhsaa.tv/cranbrook/events/25340  
St. Clair Shores Lakeview v. Utica Stevenson - By period - http://www.mhsaa.tv/scslakeview/events/29001 http://www.mhsaa.tv/scslakeview/events/29003;  http://www.mhsaa.tv/scslakeview/events/29004
Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood v. Grosse Pointe North - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/25341

Girls Basketball
Flint Carman-Ainsworth at Davison - http://www.mhsaa.tv/davison/events/28728
Painesdale Jeffers at Calumet - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/28873
Plainwell at Paw Paw (Conclusion) - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/28768
Mason County Eastern at Brethren - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/28716
Baldwin at Bear Lake - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/28893
Grand Ledge at East Lansing - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/28667
Pentwater at Brethren – JV - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/28715
Chassel at Calumet - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/28672  
Grand Rapids Northview at Greenville - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/29077
Okemos at East Lansing - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/28668

Boys Basketball
Northview at Greenville - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/29080
Okemos at East Lansing - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/28669
Chesaning at North Branch - http://www.mhsaa.tv/northbranch/events/28974
Flint Carman-Ainsworth at Davison - http://www.mhsaa.tv/davison/events/28975
Calumet at Houghton - http://www.mhsaa.tv/calumet/events/28962
Lake Fenton at Montrose - http://www.mhsaa.tv/montrose/events/28929
Haslett at St. Johns – JV - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/28872
Haslett at St. Johns – Freshmen - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/28871
Pentwater at Brethren - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/28785
Baldwin at Bear Lake - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/28869
Baldwin at Beat Lake – JV - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/28884
Pentwater at Brethren – JV - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/28784
Paw Paw at Plainwell (1st Half) - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/28732
Paw Paw at Plainwell (2nd Half) - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/28746
Galesburg-Augusta at Kalamazoo Christian - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/28757
Watervliet at Bangor - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/28704
Watervliet at Bangor – JV - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/28701  

Wrestling
Jenison at Rockford - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/28842

Girls Competitive Cheer
Flint Metro Meet at Linden - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/28867

Bowling
Jenison vs. Rockford - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/28841  

In addition to these athletic events, there were 28 other school-produced events ranging from daily newscasts, to concerts, to school board meetings and an athletic hall of fame presentation were posted to the MHSAA.tv Website last week.  A total of 1,404 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 over 660,000 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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