Contact:  John Johnson
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EAST LANSING, Mich. – Jan. 28 – This week, PlayOn! Sports, an MHSAA Network television partner, will feature two basketball games on Xfinity.  On Tuesday (Jan. 29),  it’s Downriver League boys action when Lincoln Park visits Wyandotte Roosevelt.  Then on Thursday (Jan. 31), the PlayOn! cameras pick up a key Huron League girls game as New Boston Huron travels to unbeaten and third-ranked  (Class B) Flat Rock.

The Lincoln Park-Wyandotte Roosevelt game will be shown on Sunday (Feb. 3) at 6 p.m.; and Feb. 6 at 8  a.m.  The New Boston Huron-Flat Rock game will be shown on Sunday at Noon; Feb. 5 at 9:30 p.m.; and Feb. 6 at 10:30 a.m.

Each week’s games, featuring schools from Wayne County and the O-K Conference in West Michigan, will generally be presented by Xfinity to viewers on Comcast Channel 900 on the following Tuesday at 7 and 9:30 p.m., with additional replays throughout the week.  The games will be online for Xfinity subscribers at HighSchoolSports.Xfinity.com, and highlights will also be available on the Xfinity on Demand service.  Here’s the remainder of the Winter schedule:

Michigan Interscholastic Hockey League Showcase – Feb. 6
    Wyandotte Roosevelt vs. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood
    Detroit Catholic Central vs. Grosse Pointe North
Detroit Public School League Boys Basketball Finals – Two Games – Feb. 15
Grand Rapids Christian at Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern – Girls & Boys Basketball – Feb. 19
MHSAA Class A Girls Basketball District Semifinal  at Grand Ledge – Feb. 27
    Grand Ledge-Lansing Everett winner vs. Lansing Waverly-DeWitt winner
    East Lansing-Lansing Eastern winner vs. Okemos

Highlights of selected games produced by MHSAA members participating in the Student Broadcast Program have returned to the MHSAA.tv Website for the Winter sports season.

Approximately 60 schools are involved in the School Broadcast Program, which is in its fourth year.  Since the beginning of the school year, Michigan schools have produced 1,264 events.  In 2011-12, student-produced events totaled 2,474 over the entire school year.

This week’s highlights package of games from the week of Jan. 21 include Boys Basketball between Hillman and Atlanta; an Ice Hockey game between fifth-ranked (Division 3) Calumet and Kingsford; and a dual Wrestling meet between Corunna and tenth-ranked (Division 2) Mason.

Here’s the schedule of schools planning to cover games this week, which will be available at MHSAA.tv shortly after each game’s conclusion:

Tuesday, Jan. 29
Boyne City at Cheboygan – Boys Basketball
Alanson at Ellsworth – Girls Basketball
Whittemore-Prescott at AuGres-Sims – Boys Basketball
St. Johns at East Lansing – Boys Basketball
Lake Linden-Hubbell at Calumet – Boys Basketball
Petoskey at Charlevoix – Girls Basketball

Thursday, Jan. 31
St. Ignace at Rogers City – Girls Basketball
Atlanta at AuGres-Sims – Girls Basketball
Tawas at Lincoln Alcona – Girls Basketball

Friday, Feb. 1
Sault Ste. Marie at Cheboygan – Girls Basketball
Mackinaw City at Ellsworth – Boys Basketball
Boyne City at Charlevoix – Boys Basketball
Traverse City Central at Petoskey – Boys Basketball

Saturday, Feb. 2
DeTour at Rogers City – Girls Basketball

Monday, Feb. 4
Traverse City Christian at Ellsworth – Boys Basketball
Chassell at Calumet – Girls Basketball
Hillman at Lincoln Alcona – Girls Basketball
Petoskey at Cheboygan – Boys Basketball

Tuesday, Feb. 5
Vanderbilt at Ellsworth – Girls Basketball
Edwardsburg at Plainwell – Boys Basketball
Chassell at Calumet – Boys Basketball
Cheboygan at Petoskey – Girls Basketball
Lincoln Alcona at Rogers City – Boys Basketball

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