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

EAST LANSING, Mich. – May 7 –  When defending Division 1 MHSAA Baseball champ Hudsonville hosts Sterling Heights Stevenson Friday (May 10) at 5 p.m., the two highly-ranked teams will also do battle with another foe.

The two teams will be doing their part to promote Breast Cancer Awareness and raise money for this cause with a “Pink Game,” that PlayOn! Sports, an MHSAA Network television partner, will televise as part of its Xfinity Spring sports coverage.

Hudsonville is ranked fourth in the May 2 edition of the Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Association Division 1 rankings, and Sterling Heights Stevenson is ranked ninth.

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 most weeks on Wednesdays at 8 and 10:30 a.m.; Saturdays at 8 a.m. and 7 p.m.; and Sundays at 6 p.m.  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 Spring schedule:

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

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 third Classic of the Spring season is the 1998 Division 2 Girls Soccer Final between Birmingham Groves and Portage Northern at Canton Community Schools.  Jackie Rodney scores 4:35 into overtime  to break a 1-1 tie and give Groves a 2-1 victory.

Weekly Highlights of selected games produced by MHSAA members participating in the Student 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 1,989 events, helping to contribute to the 1.43 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 29 are a baseball game between Rogers City and Onaway; the Indian River Inland Lakes Track Invitational; and a girls soccer match between Montrose and Durand.

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, May 7
Softball – Posen at Onaway

Friday, May 10
Girls Soccer – Williamston at East Lansing
Girls Soccer – Portage Northern at Plainwell

Xfinity On Demand features highlights of regular season games produced by PlayOn! Sports, and content from selected MHSAA tournaments.  Here’s the complete list of events still available on Xfinity on Demand:

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

Available through June 10
Girls Soccer – Rochester Adams at Rochester Hills Stoney Creek

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