Contact:  John Johnson or Geoff Kimmerly
517.332.5046 or [email protected] 

EAST LANSING, Mich. – April 23 –  The video vaults of the MHSAA Network will be opened weekly during the regular season to feature a Classic contest from years past on the MHSAA.tv Website.

The first Classic of the Spring season is the 2008 Division 4 Baseball Final between Bay City Saints and Lutheran Westland from Bailey Park in Battle Creek.  All Saints got a complete game pitching effort from Adam Pijaszek, who scattered seven hits, in a 2-1 victory.  Kevin Gwizdala drove in the game-winner with an RBI single in the fourth inning.

PlayOn! Sports, an MHSAA Network television partner, begins its Spring sports coverage next week.  Four games will be featured in the package.

Each week’s featured game will 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 complete Spring schedule:

May 2 – Rochester Adams at Rochester Hills Stoney Creek – Girls Soccer
May 10 – Sterling Heights Stevenson at Hudsonville – Baseball
May 15 – New Boston Huron at Carleton Airport – Baseball
May 22 – Kensington Lakes Activities Association Championship - Softball

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

Over 60 schools are involved in the School Broadcast Program, covering athletic contests and other school events ranging from daily announcements and school board meetings to commencements and awards convocations.  Since the beginning of the school year, Michigan schools have produced 1,902 events, helping to contribute to the 1.42 million pageviews that MHSAA.tv has received.  In 2011-12, student-produced events totaled 2,474 over the entire school year.  To get involved, contact John Johnson at the MHSAA office.

Student-produced game highlights from the week of April 15 are girls soccer match-ups between Plainwell and Coloma, and East Lansing and Oxford. 

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:

Friday, April 26
Girls Soccer – Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern at Plainwell

A variety of single-event videos from winter MHSAA are available now on the MHSAA.tv website and for Comcast subscribers through Xfinity On Demand.  Here’s the complete list of events available in April on Xfinity on Demand:

Available Through April 25
Division 3 Lower Peninsula Boys Swimming Finals – All events

Available Through April 28
Division 2 Lower Peninsula Boys Swimming Finals – All events

Available Through April 30
Boys Basketball Semifinals – Highlights of all eight semifinal contests
Division 1 Lower Peninsula Boys Swimming Finals – All events

Available through May 8
Division 3 & 4 Individual Wrestling Finals – Championship match in each weight class

Available through May 13
Division 1 & 2 Individual Wrestling Finals – Championship match in each weight class

 

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