Contact:  John Johnson
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EAST LANSING, Mich. - Oct. 30 - The MHSAA Network begins its live streaming coverage of Fall championship events on Saturday (Nov. 3) at the Lower Peninsula Boys Soccer Finals and the Lower Peninsula Cross Country Finals.

The Cross Country coverage will again have a finish line camera, with audio commentary throughout each race from reporters around the course at Michigan International Speedway; and for the first time, live coverage of the awards ceremonies.  The morning session begins with racing at 10 a.m. in Divisions 3 and 4; followed by the awards at about 12:30 p.m.  The afternoon session begins at about 1:30 p.m. in Divisions 1 and 2; with the awards at about 3:30 p.m.

The Boys Soccer coverage will feature all four games, with two games starting at Noon, and two at 3 p.m.  There will also be audio coverage of the games on the MHSAANetwork.com Website.

All of the coverage will be archived for on-demand viewing at MHSAA.tv, and highlights of the Soccer will be available on Xfinity On Demand.   Neither event will be shown on cable television.

Prep Zone Coverage In Second Week

The highly successful Prep Zone coverage of the MHSAA Football Playoffs returns on the FOX Sports Detroit Website for a second season, with four games being streamed live each week for the first four weeks of the tournament.

This week’s coverage at 7 p.m. on Friday (Nov. 2) on FoxSportsDetroit.com will feature the following games:  Traverse City Central at Midland; Constantine at Schoolcraft; Macomb L’Anse Creuse North at Macomb Dakota; and Plymouth at Livonia Churchill. 

All of the Prep Zone games will be archived on the MHSAA.tv website the week after they are played for on-demand viewing.  Last week's games - Leslie at Portland, Lapeer West at DeWitt, Farmington Hills Harrison at Fenton, and Howell at Walled Lake Northern, are now available for viewing..

 

Friday Football Overtime On FOX Sports Detroit

The Prep Zone games will also be featured each week on MHSAA Football Friday Overtime on FOX Sports Detroit at 11:30 p.m. Friday.  An encore presentation takes place Saturday at 10 a.m.   Here’s where the FFOT cameras are scheduled to be this week:

Grosse Ile at Dearborn Heights Robichaud
Wyandotte Roosevelt at Taylor Truman
Grand Blanc at Clarkston
Utica Eisenhower at Lake Orion
Dewitt at Linden
Walled Lake Western at Fenton
Southfield at Oak Park
Almont at River Rouge
Tecumseh at Milan
Ann Arbor Pioneer at Saline

 

More Playoffs Games on MHSAA.tv

Each week during the Football Playoffs, the MHSAA Network and its television partner PlayOn! Sports, will produce a contest that will be available for viewing the following Tuesday on the MHSAA.tv and on Comcast Channel 900.

This week’s game is a Division 1 match-up with Utica Eisenhower at Lake Orion.  The game will be shown on Comcast Channel 900 the following Tuesday at 7 and 9:30 p.m.; Wednesday at 8 and 10:30 a.m.; Saturday at 8 a.m. and 3 p.m.; and Sunday at Noon and 6 p.m.  The game will also be available online for Xfinity subscribers at Xfinity.com/HighSchoolSports, and highlights will also be available on the Xfinity on Demand service. 

Last week's Pre-District game - Detroit Catholic Central at Hartland - is now available for viewing.

 

Highlights Programs on MHSAA.tv

MHSAA.tv will also feature highlights programs of MHSAA Fall Championships in Cross Country, Golf and Tennis.  The Upper Peninsula Girls Tennis Finals can now be viewed on MHSAA.tv.  Lower Peninsula Championship highlights in Girls Golf and Boys Tennis; as well as the Upper and Lower Peninsula Cross Country Finals will be available online beginning in November.

 

MHSAA Perspective

Now in its eighth season is the radio commentary MHSAA Perspective, which will air on over 60 radio stations across the state, generally during the local broadcasts of high school games.  The program runs for 30 weeks through the end of the winter sports season.  MHSAA Perspective can also be accessed from the home page of the MHSAA Website. 

This week’s show:  Emotional Excuses.   This week's edition of Perspective discusses how emotional responses need to be appropriate in school sports.

Stations carrying MHSAA Perspective are:

Adrian - WABJ-AM (1490) – Halftime of game broadcasts, Fridays at 7:45 a.m.
Alma - WQBX-FM (104.9) - Halftime of game broadcasts
Alpena - WATZ-AM (1450) – Wednesdays, 6 p.m.; Saturdays, 8 a.m.; Halftime of basketball game broadcasts
Alpena – WKJZ-FM (94.9) - Halftime of game broadcasts
Bay City – Great Lakes Sports Network – GreatLakesSportsNetwork.com – Halftime of game broadcasts
Cadillac - WATT-AM (1240) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Cadillac - WKAD-FM (93.7) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Coldwater – WTVB-AM (1590) – Halftime of game broadcasts; Saturday morning weeks of no games
Dearborn — Press & Guide - MIPrepZone.com/Dearborn - Halftime of game broadcasts
Deckerville - ThumbTailgater.com - Halftime of game broadcasts
East Lansing - WVFN-AM (730) – Between football game broadcasts and scoreboard show
Escanaba – WCHT-AM (600) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Escanaba – WDBC-AM (680) – Halftime of Escanaba High School games
Escanaba – WYKX-FM (104.7) – Halftime of Escanaba High School games
Escanaba – WUPF-FM (107.3)
Ferrysburg – WMPA-FM (93.1) - 6:40 p.m. on Football Fridays; approximately 5:50 and 7 p.m. prior to basketball games
Gaylord - WMJZ-FM (101.5)
Grand Haven – WGHN-FM (92.1) - 6:40 p.m. on Football Fridays; approximately 5:50 and 7 p.m. prior to basketball games
Grand Haven – WGHN-AM (1370) - 6:40 p.m. on Football Fridays; approximately 5:50 and 7 p.m. prior to basketball games
Grand Rapids - WBBL-FM (107.3) – Between games broadcast and scoreboard show
Grand Rapids - WTKG-AM (1230) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Grand Rapids – MichiganSportsRadio.com – Halftime of game broadcasts
Grayling - WGRY-FM (100.3)
Hancock – WMPL-AM (920) – Pregame of football, halftime of basketball, first intermission of hockey game broadcasts
Hancock – WKMJ-FM (93.5) – Pregame of football, halftime of basketball, first intermission of hockey game broadcasts
Holland - WHTC-AM (1450) - Halftime of game broadcasts
Holland - WYVN-FM (92.7) - Halftime of game broadcasts
Houghton - WHKB FM (102.3) - Halftime of game broadcasts
Houghton – WCCY-AM (1400)- Halftime of game broadcasts
Iron Mountain – WZNL-FM (94.3) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Ironwood -- WJMS-AM (590) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Ishpeming – WUPG-FM (96.7)
Jackson - WIBM AM (1450) - 8:35 a.m. Saturday mornings; Halftime of game broadcasts
Jackson - WKHM AM (970) - 8:35 a.m. Saturday mornings; Halftime of game broadcasts
Kalamazoo – WQLR-AM (1660) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Manistique - WPIQ-FM (92.7) – 6 p.m. on game nights
Manistique - WTIQ-AM (1490) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Marquette - WUPT-FM (100.3)
Marquette – WNGE-FM (99.5) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Midland – WMPX-AM (1490) - Halftime of game broadcasts
Mt. Clemens — Macomb Daily- MIPrepZone.com/Macomb - Halftime of game broadcasts
Mt. Pleasant – WCZY-FM (104.3) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Mt. Pleasant – WMMI-AM (830) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Munising – WRUP-FM (98.3) - Pregame of game broadcasts
Munising – WQXO-AM (1400) - Pregame of game broadcasts
Muskegon - WLCS-FM (98.3) - Pregame of game broadcasts
Muskegon - WVIB-FM (100.1) - Pregame of game broadcasts
Negaunee - WKQS-FM (101.9) – Pregame of game broadcasts
Newberry - WMJT-FM (96.7)
Newberry – WNBY-AM (1450) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Niles – Southwest Michigan Sports.com
Pinconning - WLUN-FM (100.9) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Pontiac - The Oakland Press - MIPrepZone.com/Oakland – Halftime of game broadcasts
Roscommon – WQON-FM (101.1)Sault Ste. Marie – WMKD-FM  – (105.5) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Sault Ste Marie – WSOO-AM (1230) – Saturdays at 11:30 a.m.
South Haven – WCSY-FM (103.7) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Southgate — The News-Herald - MIPrepZone.com/Downriver - Halftime of game broadcasts
St. Joseph – WSJM-AM (1400) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Sturgis - WBET-AM (1230)  – Halftime of game broadcasts; during Sportstalk Saturday
Sturgis - WBET-FM (99.3)  – Halftime of game broadcasts
Tawas City - WKJC-FM (104.7) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Tawas City – WQLB-FM (103.3) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Zeeland - WPNW-AM (1260) – Halftime of football, pregame of basketball game broadcasts, Saturdays at 7:30 a.m.

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