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EAST LANSING, Mich.  – Nov. 4 –  Fans unable to make it to Saturday’s (Nov. 6) Michigan High School Athletic Association Lower Peninsula Finals in Cross Country and Boys Soccer, will be able to access the action live and on demand through the MHSAA Network.

 A Finish Line Camera view from the Cross Country Finals at Michigan International Speedway will be streamed live on the FoxSportsDetroit.com and MHSAA.tv Websites.  There will also be audio commentary throughout each race from announcers around the course.  The morning session runs from 10 a.m. until Noon; and the afternoon session runs from 1:30 until 3:30 p.m.  Here’s the order of the races:
•  10 a.m. – Division 4 Boys
•  10:30 a.m. – Division 3 Boys
•  11 a.m. – Division 4 Girls
•  11:30 a.m. – Division 3 Girls
•  1:30 p.m. – Division 2 Boys
•  2 p.m. – Division 1 Boys
•  2:30 p.m. – Division 2 Girls
•  3 p.m. – Division 1 Girls

Spectators wishing to purchase tickets in advance for Saturday’s Cross Country Finals may do so through TicketLeap.  Visit the home page of the MHSAA Website for more information.  Cross Country is one of two fall sports advance ticketing is available through – the other is the Girls Volleyball Semifinals and Finals in Battle Creek later this month. 

Soccer Finals coverage begins at Noon with the Division 3 contest between Grand Rapids South Christian (24-2-1) and Lansing Catholic (20-2-1) at Crestwood Middle School in Kentwood, and the Division 2 finale with Grand Rapids Northview (23-0-1) against Bloomfield Hills Lahser (20-4-2) at Troy Athens High School.  The second games of the day at 3 p.m. will have Ann Arbor Greenhills (18-6-1) vs. Muskegon Western Michigan Christian (20-2-1) at Crestwood Middle School for the Division 4 title, and East Kentwood (24-1-1) taking on Sterling Heights Stevenson (20-4) at Troy Athens in Division 1.  Northview is looking to join Hudsonville Unity Christian in Division 2 in 2007 as the only undefeated champions since 2000.  There were a total of ten undefeated champions prior to 2000, and only on four occasions has an undefeated team lost in an MHSAA title game.

All of the video of the Cross Country and Soccer Finals will be archived for on-demand viewing on the MHSAA.tv Website.  FOX Sports Detroit-PLUS will show the four Soccer Finals on Nov. 14 on the following schedule:
•  Noon – Division 4
•  2 p.m. – Division 3
•  4 p.m. – Division 2
•  6 p.m. – Division 1

The games will also be available on Comcast Channel 900, visit the MHSAA.tv Website for a schedule of air times.

Fans without broadband connections can still keep up with the soccer action online with a radio broadcast of the games available at MHSAANetwork.com.

The MHSAA is a private, not-for-profit corporation of voluntary membership by over 1,600 public and private senior high schools and junior high/middle schools which exists to develop common rules for athletic eligibility and competition.  No government funds or tax dollars support the MHSAA, which was the first such association nationally to not accept membership dues or tournament entry fees from schools.  Member schools which enforce these rules are permitted to participate in MHSAA tournaments, which attract approximately 1.6 million spectators each year.

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