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EAST LANSING, Mich. – May 14 – MHSAA Network coverage of spring sports action continues this week on Comcast Channel 900.
Here are the day by day listings for MHSAA Network programming in the coming week. All programs are on Comcast Channel 900 unless otherwise indicated:
May 16
7 p.m. - Baseball - Birmingham Brother Rice at Orchard Lake St. Mary's-Game 1 - Taped 5-9-12 - MHSAA Game Night Coverage
9:30 p.m. - Baseball - Birmingham Brother Rice at Orchard Lake St. Mary's-Game 2 - Taped 5-9-12 - MHSAA Game Night Coverage
May 17
9 a.m. - Baseball - Birmingham Brother Rice at Orchard Lake St. Mary's-Game 1 - Taped 5-9-12 - MHSAA Game Night Coverage
8 p.m. - Boys Lacrosse - Rockford at Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central - Taped 5-8-12
May 18
9 a.m. - Boys Lacrosse - Rockford at Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central - Taped 5-8-12
May 19
Noon - Girls Lacrosse - Grand Rapids Forest Hills Unified at Grand Rapids Catholic Central - Taped 5-9-12
3 p.m. - Boys Lacrosse - Rockford at Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central - Taped 5-8-12
7 p.m. - Baseball - Birmingham Brother Rice at Orchard Lake St. Mary's-Game 1 - Taped 5-9-12 - MHSAA Game Night Coverage
7:30 p.m. -Individual Wrestling - MHSAA Division 3 Finals - FOX Sports Detroit
9:30 p.m. - Girls Lacrosse - Grand Rapids Forest Hills Unified at Grand Rapids Catholic Central - Taped 5-9-12
May 20
9 a.m. - Girls Lacrosse - Grand Rapids Forest Hills Unified at Grand Rapids Catholic Central - Taped 5-9-12
Noon - Baseball - Birmingham Brother Rice at Orchard Lake St. Mary's-Game 1 - Taped 5-9-12 - MHSAA Game Night Coverage
3 p.m. - Boys Lacrosse - Rockford at Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central - Taped 5-8-12
7 p.m. - Baseball - Birmingham Brother Rice at Orchard Lake St. Mary's-Game 2 - Taped 5-9-12 - MHSAA Game Night Coverage
May 21
9 a.m. - Baseball - Birmingham Brother Rice at Orchard Lake St. Mary's-Game 2 - Taped 5-9-12 - MHSAA Game Night Coverage
Noon - MHSAA Winter Super Show - Highlights of MHSAA Finals in Bowling, Girls Gymnastics, Skiing, and Upper Peninsula Swimming & Diving - FOX Sports Detroit
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 May 7 to May 21
Boys Swimming & Diving - MHSAA Lower Peninsula Division 1 Finals
Individual Wrestling - MHSAA Division 1 Finals
Individual Wrestling - MHSAA Division 2 Finals
Individual Wrestling - MHSAA Division 3 Finals
Individual Wrestling - MHSAA Division 4 Finals
Available May 21 to June 5
Boys Swimming & Diving - MHSAA Lower Peninsula Division 2 Finals
Boys Swimming & Diving - MHSAA Lower Peninsula Division 3 Finals
Girls Soccer - Troy vs. Rochester Adams
Girls Soccer - Grandville vs. East Kentwood
Softball - Mason vs. Eaton Rapids - Game 1
Softball - Mason vs. Eaton Rapids - Game 2
Boys Lacrosse - Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central vs. Troy Athens
Boys Lacrosse - Detroit Catholic Central vs. Birmingham Brother Rice
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.
Spring sports coverage is underway. Here’s where the MHSAA Network cameras will be in the coming week:
May 14
Girls Lacrosse – Okemos at Brighton
Girls Soccer – Armada at Richmond
May 15
Boys Lacrosse – Troy Athens at Holt
Girls Soccer – Rockford at Grandville
The MHSAA.tv Website is being populated with content from member schools from both peninsulas participating in the Digital Broadcasting Program. Over 50 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:
Baseball
Goodrich vs. Monrtose - Game Two - http://www.mhsaa.tv/montrose/events/34860
Goodrich vs. Montrose - Game One - http://www.mhsaa.tv/montrose/events/34859
Girls Soccer
Okemos at East Lansing - http://www.mhsaa.tv/eastlansing/events/34833
Essexville Garber at North Branch - http://www.mhsaa.tv/northbranch/events/34908
Track & Field
Eaton Rapids at Mason - http://www.mhsaa.tv/mason/events/34020
Through Sunday (May 13), the Student Broadcast Program had posted 2,293 events of all types of athletic and non-athletic events occurring between the schools involved in the program. There were 64 productions last week – ten of them athletic events; the remainder programs ranging from daily announcements and news; to concerts, and school board meetings. Last year’s student-produced events totaled 1,479 over the entire school year.
The MHSAA.tv Website has already set a new viewership record through the Fall and Winter sports seasons with 1.63 million pageviews during the 2011-12 school year as of May 13, surpassing the previous record of 1.48 million pageviews during the entire 2010-11 school year. Over 950,000 pageviews took place during Winter tournaments, when live streaming of the Upper Peninsula Swimming & Diving Finals, Team Dual Wrestling Finals, Individual Wrestling Finals, Girls Competitive Cheer Finals, Ice Hockey Semifinals, Girls Basketball Semifinals and Boys Basketball Semifinals took place.
In addition, a record 456,260 pageviews have been generated by MHSAA Network content being streamed live on FoxSportsDetroit.com, bringing the total to date to 2,084,507. For the entire 2010-11 school year, there were approximately 400,000 pageviews of live streaming MHSAA Network content on FoxSportsDetroit.com, bringing the total for that year to 1.88 million. In 2009-10, MHSAA.tv had 1.13 million pageviews.
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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