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EAST LANSING, Mich. – June 25 – Softball action hits the air this weekend on FOX Sports Detroit-PLUS, with the MHSAA Finals from June 16 airing on Saturday and Sunday (June 30-July 1).
The Softball Finals will air on FOX Sports Detroit-PLUS on June 30, with Division 1 (Hudsonville vs. Mattawan) at Noon, Division 2 (Livonia Ladywood vs. Saginaw Swan Valley) at 2:30 p.m.; and on July 1 with Division 4 (Dansville vs. Petersburg-Summerfield) at 2 p.m. The Division 3 Final between Clinton and Gladstone will not be televised due to technical difficulties encountered at the site. FOX Sports Detroit-PLUS programming is available on cable statewide; satellite providers may not carry delayed programming, so consult your local listings.
Also on Sunday, the Division 3 Baseball Final between Madison Heights Bishop Foley and Lansing Catholic will air on FOX Sports Detroit-PLUS at Noon. The game had originally been scheduled to air on June 24, but did not because of technical difficulties.
The Girls Soccer Finals will air on FOX Sports Detroit’s main channel on July 7, with Division 1 (Okemos vs. Troy) at 10 a.m., Division 2 Bloomfield Hills Marian vs. Plainwell) at Noon, Division 3 (Hudsonville Unity Christian vs. Flint Powers Catholic) at 2 p.m., and Division 4 (Grandville Calvin Christian vs. Waterford Our Lady/Clarkston Everest) at 4 p.m.
This week on Comcast Channel 900, reairs of MHSAA Championships from this Spring continue with baseball action.
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:
June 27
7 p.m. - Baseball - Hudsonville vs. Warren DeLaSalle - MHSAA Division 1 Championship at Battle Creek - Taped 6-16-12
9:30 p.m. - Baseball - Grand Rapids Christian vs. Bay City John Glenn - MHSAA Division 2 Championship at Battle Creek - Taped 6-16-12
June 28
9 a.m. - Baseball - Hudsonville vs. Warren DeLaSalle - MHSAA Division 1 Championship at Battle Creek - Taped 6-16-12
8 p.m. - Baseball - Madison Heights Bishop Foley vs. Lansing Catholic - MHSAA Division 3 Championship at Battle Creek - Taped 6-16-12
10 p.m. - Baseball - Decatur vs. Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett - MHSAA Division 4 Championship at Battle Creek - Taped 6-16-12
June 29
9 a.m. - Baseball - Madison Heights Bishop Foley vs. Lansing Catholic - MHSAA Division 3 Championship at Battle Creek - Taped 6-16-12
Noon - Baseball - Grand Rapids Christian vs. Bay City John Glenn - MHSAA Division 2 Championship at Battle Creek - Taped 6-16-12
June 30
Noon - Softball - Hudsonville vs. Mattawan - MHSAA Division 1 Championship at Battle Creek - Taped 6-16-12 - FOX Sports Detroit-PLUS***
Noon - Baseball - Madison Heights Bishop Foley vs. Lansing Catholic - MHSAA Division 3 Championship at Battle Creek - Taped 6-16-12
2:30 p.m. - Softball - Saginaw Swan Valley vs. Livonia Ladywood - MHSAA Division 2 Championship at Battle Creek - Taped 6-16-12 - FOX Sports Detroit-PLUS*** (NOTE NEW TIME)
3 p.m. - Baseball - Decatur vs. Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett - MHSAA Division 4 Championship at Battle Creek - Taped 6-16-12
7 p.m. - Baseball - Hudsonville vs. Warren DeLaSalle - MHSAA Division 1 Championship at Battle Creek - Taped 6-16-12
9:30 p.m. - Baseball - Grand Rapids Christian vs. Bay City John Glenn - MHSAA Division 2 Championship at Battle Creek - Taped 6-16-12
***FOX Sports Detroit PLUS programming is available on cable statewide; satellite providers may not carry delayed programming, consult your local listings
July 1
9 a.m. - Baseball - Hudsonville vs. Warren DeLaSalle - MHSAA Division 1 Championship at Battle Creek - Taped 6-16-12
Noon - Baseball - Madison Heights Bishop Foley vs. Lansing Catholic - MHSAA Division 3 Championship at Battle Creek - Taped 6-16-12 - FOX Sports Detroit-PLUS*** (NOTE NEW DAY & TIME)
Noon - Baseball - Grand Rapids Christian vs. Bay City John Glenn - MHSAA Division 2 Championship at Battle Creek - Taped 6-16-12
2 p.m. - Softball - Dansville vs. Petersburg-Summerfield - MHSAA Division 4 Championship at Battle Creek - Taped 6-16-12 - FOX Sports Detroit-PLUS***
3 p.m. - Baseball - Madison Heights Bishop Foley vs. Lansing Catholic - MHSAA Division 3 Championship at Battle Creek - Taped 6-16-12
7 p.m. - Baseball - Decatur vs. Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett - MHSAA Division 4 Championship at Battle Creek - Taped 6-16-12
***FOX Sports Detroit PLUS programming is available on cable statewide; satellite providers may not carry delayed programming, consult your local listings
June 2
7 p.m. - Baseball - Decatur vs. Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett - MHSAA Division 4 Championship at Battle Creek - Taped 6-16-12
July 4
7 p.m. - Softball - Hudsonville vs. Mattawan - MHSAA Division 1 Championship at Battle Creek - Taped 6-16-12
9:30 p.m. - Softball - Saginaw Swan Valley vs. Livonia Ladywood - MHSAA Division 2 Championship at Battle Creek - Taped 6-16-12
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. 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.
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.
Athletic event coverage has concluded for the school year. Through Sunday (June 24), the Student Broadcast Program had posted 2,474 events of all types of athletic and non-athletic events occurring between the schools involved in the program. 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 1.85 million pageviews during the 2011-12 school year as of June 24, 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 470,539 pageviews have been generated by MHSAA Network content being streamed live on FoxSportsDetroit.com, bringing the total to date to 2,315,817. 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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