Contact: Geoff Kimmerly
517.332.5046 or [email protected]
EAST LANSING, Mich. – March 5 – The MHSAA Network and Fox Sports Detroit will turn their cameras this week to Michigan State’s Breslin Student Events center for the Girls Basketball Finals. Coverage will include live online streaming of postgame press conferences after the Semifinals and all four championship games.
Coverage will begin with Thursday’s Class C Semifinals at 1 p.m. and 2:50 and Class D Semifinals at 6 p.m. and 7:50. All four will be streamed live online at MHSAA.tv and FoxSportsDetroit.com, as will Friday’s Class A and B Semifinals scheduled for the same times, respectively.
Saturday’s Class D, C and A Finals will be broadcast live on Fox Sports Detroit, with Class B live on Fox Sports Detroit Plus channels. All postgame press conferences will be viewable online at MHSAA.tv. All Finals also will be archived on MHSAA.tv – as are broadcasts of this past weekend’s Ice Hockey and Boys Lower Peninsula Swimming and Diving Finals. 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 Girls Basketball Finals also can be heard on the radio from MHSAA Network affiliates around the state (see list below). Semifinals will be broadcast in the Lansing area by WVFN 730.
For media outlets in Comcast service areas, here are day-by-day listings for the coming week of MHSAA Network programming on Channel 900, plus events that will be streamed live at MHSAA.tv and FoxSportsDetroit.com and broadcast live on Fox Sports Detroit stations:
March 14
7 p.m. - Girls Basketball - Regional Semifinal - Richland Gull Lake vs. East Lansing, at DeWitt - Taped 3-6-12
9:30 p.m. - Girls Basketball - Regional Semifinal - East Kentwood vs. Holt, at DeWitt - Taped 3-6-12
March 15
9 a.m. - Girls Basketball - Regional Semifinal - Richland Gull Lake vs. East Lansing, at DeWitt - Taped 3-6-12
1 p.m. - Girls Basketball - Class C Semifinals - LIVE on MHSAA.tv and FOXSportDetroit.com
6 p.m. - Girls Basketball - Class D Semifinals - LIVE on MHSAA.tv and FOXSportDetroit.com
8 p.m. - Girls Basketball - Regional Semifinal - East Kentwood vs. Holt, at DeWitt - Taped 3-6-12
March 16
9 a.m. - Girls Basketball - Regional Semifinal - East Kentwood vs. Holt, at DeWitt - Taped 3-6-12
1 p.m. - Girls Basketball - Class A Semifinals - LIVE on MHSAA.tv and FOXSportDetroit.com
6 p.m. - Girls Basketball - Class B Semifinals - LIVE on MHSAA.tv and FOXSportDetroit.com
March 17
10 a.m. - Girls Basketball - Class D Final (teams TBD) - LIVE on Fox Sports Detroit
12 p.m. - Girls Basketball - Class C Final (teams TBD) LIVE on Fox Sports Detroit
4 p.m. - Girls Basketball - Class A Final (teams TBD) - LIVE on Fox Sports Detroit
6 p.m. - Girls Basketball - Class B Final (teams TBD) - LIVE on Fox Sports Detroit Plus
7 p.m. - Girls Basketball - Regional Semifinal - Richland Gull Lake vs. East Lansing, at DeWitt - Taped 3-6-12
9:30 p.m. - Girls Basketball - Regional Semifinal - East Kentwood vs. Holt, at DeWitt - Taped 3-6-12
March 18
12 p.m. - Girls Basketball - Regional Semifinal - Richland Gull Lake vs. East Lansing, at DeWitt - Taped 3-6-12
7 p.m. - Girls Basketball - Regional Semifinal - East Kentwood vs. Holt, at DeWitt - Taped 3-6-12
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.
RADIO: All Girls Basketball Semifinal and Final games will be available online at MHSAANetwork.com and on the air in the Lansing area from WVFN 730. Saturday’s Finals also can be heard on these network affiliates:
Alpena – WATZ, Escanaba – WCHT, Escanaba – WUPF, Gaylord – WMJZ, Grand Haven – WGHN, Hancock – WKMJ, Hancock – WMPL, Houghton – WHKB, Ironwood – WJMS, Manistique – WTIQ, Marquette – WUPZ, Midland – WLUN, Mt. Pleasant – WMMI/WCZY, Muskegon – WLCS/WVIB, Newberry – WMJT, Niles – Swmsports.net, Norway – WMIQ/WZNL, Pickford – WNBY, Sault Ste. Marie – WSOO, South Haven – WCSY, St. Joseph – WSJM.
Here’s where the MHSAA Network cameras will be this week:
March 12
Boys Basketball – Regional Semifinal – Detroit Consortium vs. Madison Heights Bishop Foley, at Auburn Hills Oakland Christian
Boys Basketball – Regional Semifinal – Flint Beecher vs. Madison Heights Madison, at Auburn Hills Oakland Christian
March 15
Girls Basketball – Class C and D Semifinals – Teams TBD, at Breslin Student Events Center
March 16
Girls Basketball – Class A and B Semifinals – Teams TBD, at Breslin Student Events Center
March 17
Girls Basketball – Class D, C, A and B Finals – Teams TBD, at Breslin Student Events Center
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 Area 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 (all are postseason games):
Ice Hockey
Orchard Lake St. Mary vs. Utica Eisenhower - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/31646
Girls Basketball
Brownstown Woodhaven vs. Dearborn Edsel Ford - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/31847
Grand Rapids Northview vs. Holland West Ottawa - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/32023
Boys Basketball
Vassar vs. New Haven - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/32001
Albion vs. Homer - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/32086
Grand Rapids Northview vs. Rockford - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/32025
Niles Brandywine vs. Bridgman - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/32013
Trenton vs. Gibraltar Carlson - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/31985
Memphis vs. New Haven - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/31927
Brown City vs. Vassar - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/31926
Springport vs. Homer - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/31911
Taylor Kennedy vs. Gibraltar Carlson - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/31849
Albion vs. Leslie - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/31910
Montrose vs. Reese - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/31905
Southgate Anderson vs. Trenton - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/31848
Watervliet vs. Benton Harbor Dream Academy - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/31734
Wyandotte Roosevelt vs. Trenton - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/31736
Saginaw Valley Lutheran vs. Montrose - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/31659
Brownstown Woodhaven vs. Gibraltar Carlson - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/31737
Dansville vs. Leslie - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/31815
Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern vs. Rockford - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/32022
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 more than 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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