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Contact: John Johnson or Geoff Kimmerly
517.332.5046 or [email protected]

EAST LANSING, Mich. – March 5 – Coverage of MHSAA championship events by Fox Sports Detroit and the MHSAA Network continues this week with live streams and television broadcasts from the Ice Hockey and Lower Peninsula Boys Swimming and Diving Finals.

All hockey Semifinals will be streamed live both at FoxSportsDetroit.com and MHSAA.tv. The Division 2 Semifinals are at 5 and 7:30 p.m. Thursday, with Division 3 Semifinals at noon at 2:30 p.m. Friday and Division 1 Semifinals later that day at 6 and 8:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Division 2 Final will air live on Fox Sports Detroit Plus channels, at 10 a.m., as will the Division 3 Final at 2 p.m. The Division 1 Ice Hockey Final will be streamed live at FoxSportsDetroit.com only, but then shown on Fox Sports Detroit’s primary channel at 11 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday. Fox Sports Detroit Plus channels include 664 for DirecTV, 444 for Dish Network, 901 or 707 for most Comcast subscribers and 88 or 762 for most Charter subscribers (click for a complete list).

All three Lower Peninsula Swimming and Diving Finals will be streamed live at FoxSportsDetroit.com and then archived at MHSAA.tv. All three begin at noon Saturday – Division 1 is at Eastern Michigan University, Division 2 at the Holland Aquatics Center and Division 3 at Oakland University.

Also, archived broadcasts of this past weekend’s Competitive Cheer and Individual Wrestling Finals are available on MHSAA.tv

Coming up on cable this week are a pair of hockey Pre-Regional Finals and two boys basketball games from the final week of the regular season. For media outlets in Comcast service areas, here are day-by-day listings for the coming week of MHSAA Network programming on Channel 900. We would appreciate if you could run at least the Wednesday and Thursday listings, as they are the first air times for new content each week.

Also listed are events that will be streamed live at MHSAA.tv and FoxSportsDetroit.com, and broadcast live on Fox Sports Detroit stations:

March 7
7 p.m. - Hockey - Pre-Regional Final - Ann Arbor Pioneer vs. Saline from Cube Arena - Taped 2-29-12
9:30 p.m. - Hockey - Pre-Regional Final - Lowell/Caledonia at East Kentwood - Taped 3-1-12

March 8
9 a.m. - Hockey - Pre-Regional Final - Ann Arbor Pioneer vs. Saline from Cube Arena - Taped 2-29-12
5 p.m. - Hockey - Division 2 Semifinals - LIVE on MHSAA.tv and FOXSportDetroit.com
8 p.m. - Boys Basketball - Dearborn at Dearborn Heights Robichaud - Taped 2-28-12

March 9
9 a.m. - Boys Basketball - Dearborn at Dearborn Heights Robichaud - Taped 2-28-12
12 p.m. - Hockey - Division 3 Semifinals - LIVE on MHSAA.tv and FOXSportDetroit.com
6 p.m. - Hockey - Division 1 Semifinals - LIVE on MHSAA.tv and FOXSportDetroit.com

March 10
10 a.m. - Hockey - Division 2 Final - LIVE on Fox Sports Detroit Plus
12 p.m. – Lower Peninsula Swimming and Diving – Division 1 Final - LIVE on MHSAA.tv and FOXSportDetroit.com
12 p.m. – Lower Peninsula Swimming and Diving – Division 2 Final - LIVE on MHSAA.tv and FOXSportDetroit.com
12 p.m. – Lower Peninsula Swimming and Diving – Division 3 Final - LIVE on MHSAA.tv and FOXSportDetroit.com
2 p.m. - Hockey - Division 3 Final - LIVE on Fox Sports Detroit Plus
3 p.m. - Boys Basketball - Dearborn at Dearborn Heights Robichaud - Taped 2-28-12
6 p.m. - Hockey - Division 1 Final - LIVE on FOXSportDetroit.com
9:30 p.m. - Boys Basketball - East Lansing at Lansing Catholic - Taped 2-28-12
11 p.m. - Hockey - Division 1 Final - Delayed, on Fox Sports Detroit

March 11
9 a.m. - Boys Basketball - East Lansing at Lansing Catholic - Taped 2-28-12
12 p.m. - Hockey - Pre-Regional Final - Lowell/Caledonia at East Kentwood - Taped 3-1-12
1 p.m. - Hockey - Division 1 Final - Delayed, on Fox Sports Detroit - Taped 3-10-12
3 p.m. - Boys Basketball - East Lansing at Lansing Catholic - Taped 2-28-12
7 p.m. - Hockey - Pre-Regional Final - Ann Arbor Pioneer vs. Saline from Cube Arena - Taped 2-29-12

March 12
9 a.m. - Hockey - Pre-Regional Final - Lowell/Caledonia at East Kentwood - Taped 3-1-12

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. 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:

March 7
Girls Basketball – Regional Semifinal – Richland Gull Lake vs. East Lansing, at DeWitt
Girls Basketball – Regional Semifinal – East Kentwood vs. Holt, at DeWitt

March 8
Ice Hockey – Division 2 Semifinals

March 9
Hockey – Divisions 1 and 3 Semifinals
Gymnastics – Team Finals

March 10
Ice Hockey – Divisions 1, 2 and 3 Finals
Lower Peninsula Boys Swimming and Diving – Divisions 1, 2 and 3 Finals
Gymnastics – Individual Finals

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 (hockey and girls basketball are postseason games):

Ice Hockey
Marysville vs. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/31617
Calumet vs. Houghton - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/31543
Portage Central vs. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern/Eastern - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/31536
L’Anse vs. Calumet - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/31542
Trenton vs. Wyandotte - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/31571
Grosse Pointe North vs. Clinton Township Chippewa Valley - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/31488
Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood vs. Auburn Hills Avondale - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/31482
Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central vs. Carleton Airport - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/31385
Brownstone Woodhaven vs. Trenton – first period http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/31449 second period http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/31425 third period http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/31451
Portage Northern vs. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern/Eastern http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/31410
Portage Central vs. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/31409
Detroit Catholic Central vs. Northville - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/31193
St. Clair Shores Unified vs. Grosse Pointe North - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/31259
Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central vs. Monroe Jefferson - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/30972
Utica Stevenson vs. Clinton Township Chippewa Valley - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/31258

Girls Basketball
South Lyon vs. Linden - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/31722
Trenton vs. Brownstown Woodhaven - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/31547
Bear Lake vs. Manistee Catholic - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/31490
Bear Lake vs. Frankfort - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/31304
Gibraltar Carlson vs. Brownstown Woodhaven - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/31487
Brethren vs. Manistee Catholic Central - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/31303
Saginaw Valley Lutheran vs. Montrose - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/31293
Brownstown Woodhaven vs. Southgate Anderson - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/31546
Onekama vs. Manistee Catholic Central - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/31546

Boys Basketball
Macomb L’Anse Creuse North at New Haven - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/31533
Okemos at St. Johns varsity - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/31514
Okemos at St. Johns junior varsity - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/31513
Otisville-Lakeville at Montrose - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/31502
Lansing Waverly at East Lansing - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/31327
Grosse Ile at Trenton, conclusion - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/31584
Grosse Ile at Trenton, part 1 - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/31575
Otisville-Lakeville at North Branch - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/31300
Holt at Eaton Rapids junior varsity - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/31566

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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