Contact:  John Johnson
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EAST LANSING, Mich.  – March 23 –  The Michigan High School Athletic Association will provide live and on demand audio and video of the Boys Basketball Semifinals and Finals this weekend at the Breslin Student Events Center in East Lansing through the MHSAA Network; FS Detroit; and the MHSAA.tv, MHSAANetwork.com and foxsportsdetroit.com Websites.

Semifinal coverage of the games begins at 12:55 p.m. on Thursday.  Here’s the complete Semifinals schedule:

Thursday, March 25
Class C
12:55 p.m. – Flint Beecher v. Melvindale ABT
2:50 p.m. (Time approximate after first game) – Suttons Bay v. Bridgman
Class D
6 p.m. -  Muskegon Western Michigan Christian v. Covert
7:50 p.m. (Time approximate after first game) – Marine City Cardinal Mooney v. Eben Junction Superior Central

Friday, March 26
Class A
12:55 p.m. – Ann Arbor Huron v. Southfield
2:50 p.m. (Time approximate after first game) – Kalamazoo Central v. Detroit Denby
Class B
6 p.m. -  Detroit Country Day v. Muskegon Heights
7:50 p.m. (Time approximate after first game) – Lansing Sexton v. Richland Gull Lake

Saturday’s Finals begin with the Class D championship at 10 a.m.; followed by Class C at Noon; Class A at 4 p.m.;  and the Class B finale wraps things up at 8 p.m.  FS Detroit will cover all games live, with the Class B game being shown on FS-Plus.  A complete reairing schedule of all games will be announced at a future date.

Video of all Semifinal games will be streamed live and archived on the MHSAA.tv Website.  The Finals will first be streamed live on the foxsportsdetroit.com Website, and archived on the MHSAA.tv Website. 

The Semifinal games will be shown to over one million cable households following the Finals on Comcast Channel 900 on the following schedule:

Saturday, April 3
12:30 p.m. – Class C Semifinal - Flint Beecher v. Melvindale ABT
3 p.m. – Class C Semifinal – Suttons Bay v. Bridgman
7 p.m. – Class D Semifinal – Muskegon Western Michigan Christian v. Covert
9:30 p.m. – Class D Semifinal – Marine City Cardinal Mooney v. Eben Junction Superior Central

Sunday, April 4
12:30 p.m. – Class A Semifinal - Ann Arbor Huron v. Southfield
3 p.m. – Class A Semifinal – Kalamazoo Central v. Detroit Denby
6:30 p.m. – Class B Semifinal – Detroit Country Day v. Muskegon Heights
9 p.m. – Class B Semifinal – Lansing Sexton v. Richland Gull Lake

Live and archived audio of all games will be available on the MHSAANetwork.com Website.  All of the games will also air in the Lansing area on MHSAA Championship Radio Network flagship station WVFN.  The following stations will also carry Saturday’s finals:  WABJ, Adrian; WQBX-FM, Alma; WATZ, Alpena; WBCK, Battle Creek; WATT, Cadillac; WTVB, Coldwater; WCHT/WGLQ/WCMM, Escanaba; WDBC/WYKX, Escanaba; WTRX, Flint; WMJZ, Gaylord; WBBL, Grand Rapids; WGRY/WQON, Grayling; WMPL/WKMJ, Hancock; WHTC/WYVN, Holland; WHKB, Houghton; WZNL, Iron Mountain; WIKB, Iron River; WJMS, Ironwood; WUPG, Ishpeming; WIBM, Jackson; WQLR, Kalamazoo; WKLA, Ludington; WMTE, Manistee; WTIQ, Manistique; WPIQ-WQXO-WRUP, Marquette/Munising; WLUN-FM, Midland; WMPX, Midland; WMMI/WCZY, Mt. Pleasant; WLCS, Muskegon; WMBN, Petoskey; WSOO, Sault St. Marie; WSJM, St. Joseph; WMSH, Sturgis; WKJC, Tawas City; and WPNW, Zeeland.  Consult your local listings for the games to be carried on these stations.

The MHSAA is a private, not-for-profit corporation of voluntary membership by over 1,600 public and private senior high schools and junior high/middle schools which exists to develop common rules for athletic eligibility and competition.  No government funds or tax dollars support the MHSAA, which was the first such association nationally to not accept membership dues or tournament entry fees from schools.  Member schools which enforce these rules are permitted to participate in MHSAA tournaments, which attract approximately 1.6 million spectators each year.

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