Contact: John Johnson
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EAST LANSING, Mich. – May 28 – Spring sports tournaments conclude over the next three weekends, and the MHSAA Network will provide live video coverage of championships of Girls and Boys Track & Field, Girls and Boys Lacrosse, Baseball, Lower Peninsula Girls Soccer, and Softball online at MHSAA.tv and FoxSportsDetroit.com.
Over the next three weekends, nearly 80 hours of live championship activity will be produced by PlayOn! Sports Midwest for internet viewing; with the championship games in Baseball, Lacrosse, Soccer and Softball also being shown on a delayed basis on Fox Sports Detroit and Fox Sports Detroit PLUS beginning in late June. Highlights of MHSAA Finals in Lower Peninsula Boys Golf, Upper Peninsula Girls and Boys Golf, Upper Peninsula Boys Tennis, and Track & Field will be shown during the summer on Fox Sports Detroit on the Spring Super Show.
Track coverage from East Kentwood High School in Lower Peninsula Division One, Houseman Field in Grand Rapids in Lower Peninsula Division 2, Comstock Park in Lower Peninsula Division 3, Jenison High School in Lower Peninsula Division 4, and Kingsford High School in the Upper Peninsula will begin at approximately 10 a.m. on Saturday (June 2).
Morning coverage in the Lower Peninsula will include the Finals of the 3,200 Relay; as well as the preliminaries and semifinals in the 100 and 200-Meter Dashes and the High Hurdles. Afternoon coverage begins at approximately 12:30 p.m. of all other running finals.
For the Upper Peninsula Finals, the 3,200-Meter Relay Finals begin at 10 a.m., and all other running Finals begin at Noon.
The MHSAA Network continues its coverage of spring sports tournaments this week on Comcast Channel 900. The Game Night Team will be at Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard on Tuesday (May 29) to cover a pair of Regional Semifinal games in the MHSAA Division 2 Boys Lacrosse Tournament – pitting Warren DeLaSalle (8-11) against the host Gabriel Richard (11-7) team; and Dexter (17-1) taking on Pontiac Notre Dame Prep (8-10). On Friday, Network crews will cover Lower Peninsula Girls Soccer District Championship games at Grand Rapids South Christian in Division 3 and Riverview Gabriel Richard in Division 4.
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 30
7 p.m. - Girls Lacrosse - Grand Blanc vs. Midland Dow - MHSAA Division 1 Regional at Lake Orion - Taped 5-24-12
9:30 p.m. - Girls Lacrosse - Clarkston vs. Waterford United - MHSAA Division 1 Regional at Lake Orion - Taped 5-24-12
May 31
9 a.m. - Girls Lacrosse - Grand Blanc vs. Midland Dow - MHSAA Division 1 Regional at Lake Orion - Taped 5-24-12
8 p.m. - Girls Soccer - Rochester Adams at Auburn Hills Avondale - Taped 5-17-12
June 1
9 a.m. - Girls Soccer - Rochester Adams at Auburn Hills Avondale - Taped 5-17-12
June 2
9 a.m. - Boys Swimming & Diving - MHSAA Lower Peninsula Division 2 Finals - Taped 3/10/12
10 a.m. - Track & Field - MHSAA Finals - LIVE VIDEO STREAM on MHSAA.tv and FoxSportsDetroit.com
L.P. Division 1 Finals - East Kentwood High School
L.P. Division 2 Finals - Houseman Field, Grand Rapids
L.P. Division 3 Finals - Comstock Park High School
L.P. Division 4 Finals - Jenison High School
Upper Peninsula Finals - Kingsford High School
Noon - Girls Soccer - Holland Christian at Hudsonville Unity Christian - O-K Conference Green Division Championship - Taped 5-21-12
3 p.m. - Girls Soccer - Rochester Adams at Auburn Hills Avondale - Taped 5-17-12
7 p.m. - Girls Lacrosse - Grand Blanc vs. Midland Dow - MHSAA Division 1 Regional at Lake Orion - Taped 5-24-12
9:30 p.m. - Girls Soccer - Holland Christian at Hudsonville Unity Christian - O-K Conference Green Division Championship - Taped 5-21-12
June 3
9 a.m. - Boys Swimming & Diving - MHSAA Lower Peninsula Division 1 Finals - Taped 3/10/12
Noon - Girls Lacrosse - Grand Blanc vs. Midland Dow - MHSAA Division 1 Regional at Lake Orion - Taped 5-24-12
3 p.m. - Girls Soccer - Holland Christian at Hudsonville Unity Christian - O-K Conference Green Division Championship - Taped 5-21-12
7 p.m. - Girls Lacrosse - Clarkston vs. Waterford United - MHSAA Division 1 Regional at Lake Orion - Taped 5-24-12
June 4
9 a.m. - Girls Lacrosse - Clarkston vs. Waterford United - MHSAA Division 1 Regional at Lake Orion - Taped 5-24-12
June 6
7 p.m. – Boys Lacrosse – Dexter vs. Pontiac Notre Dame Prep – MHSAA Division 2 Regional at Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard – Taped 5-29-12
9:30 p.m. – Boys Lacrosse – Warren DeLaSalle vs. Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard – MHSAA Division 2 Regional at Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard – Taped 5-29-12
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 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
Available May 25 to June 11
Girls Lacrosse - Grand Rapids Forest Hills Unified vs. Grand Rapids Catholic Central
Boys Lacrosse - Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central vs. Rockford
Baseball - Birmingham Brother Rice vs. Orchard Lake St. Mary's - Game 1
Baseball - Birmingham Brother Rice vs. Orchard Lake St. Mary's - Game 2
Boys Lacrosse - Troy Athens vs. Saline
Girls Lacrosse - Rockford vs. Grand Rapids Catholic Central
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 29
Boys Lacrosse – MHSAA Division 2 Regional at Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard
Warren DeLaSalle vs. Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard
Dexter vs. Pontiac Notre Dame Prep
May 30
Upper Peninsula Boys Tennis Finals at Marquette & Iron Mountain – Highlights on Spring Super Show on Fox Sports Detroit
May 31 & June 1
Upper Peninsula Golf Finals at Four Locations – Highlights on Spring Super Show on Fox Sports Detroit
June 1
Girls Soccer – Division 3 District Final at Grand Rapids South Christian
South Haven, Fennville or Grand Rapids South Christian vs. Hopkins, Kentwood Grand River Prep, Wyoming Kelloggsville or Otsego
Girls Soccer – Division 4 District Final at Riverview Gabriel Richard
Saline Washtenaw Christian, Ann Arbor Greenhills or Riverview Gabriel Richard vs. Taylor Baptist Park, Ann Arbor Rudolf Steiner or Newport Lutheran South
June 2
Lower Peninsula Girls Tennis Finals at Four Locations – Highlights on Spring Super Show on Fox Sports Detroit
Track & Field Finals at Five Locations – LIVE VIDEO STREAMING ON MHSAA.tv & FoxSportsDetroit.com
June 5
Girls Soccer – MHSAA Division 2 at Trenton
Warren Fitzgerald District Winner vs. Trenton District WinnerTecumseh District Winner vs. Livonia Ladywood Winner
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
Birch Run vs. Montrose - Game One - http://www.mhsaa.tv/montrose/events/35452
Birch Run vs. Montrose - Game Two http://www.mhsaa.tv/montrose/events/35454
Bloomingdale vs. Watervliet - http://www.mhsaa.tv/watervliet/events/35213
Girls Soccer
Lowell at Greenville - http://www.mhsaa.tv/greenville/events/35481
Lowell at Greenville – JV - http://www.mhsaa.tv/greenville/events/35479
Through Sunday (May 27), the Student Broadcast Program had posted 2,411 events of all types of athletic and non-athletic events occurring between the schools involved in the program. There were 53 productions last week – four of them athletic events; the remainder programs ranging from commencement and awards ceremonies, to 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 1.67 million pageviews during the 2011-12 school year as of May 27, 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 2,124,686. 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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