posted on March 10, 2014 12:11
Contact: John Johnson
517.332.5046 or [email protected]
EAST LANSING, Mich. – March 10 – The MHSAA Basketball Semifinals and Finals will have broadcast coverage on a variety of cable television, internet and radio platforms over the next two weekends.
The Girls Basketball Finals will take place Thursday through Saturday (March 13-15) at the Breslin Student Events Center in East Lansing. The Boys Finals will take place March 20-22.
The championship games will be televised live by FOX Sports Detroit. The Class D and A title games of the Girls Finals will air on FOX Sports Detroit, and the Class C and B games will be shown on FOX Sports Detroit-PLUS. FOX Sports Detroit-PLUS will carry the Finals of the Boys Tournament the following weekend.
Semifinal games will be streamed live on a subscription basis on MHSAA.tv. The Basketball coverage is part of six straight weekends of live MHSAA Championship coverage on MHSAA.tv and online viewers can catch both weekends of action for one low cost of $14.95. A Day Pass is available for $9.95. All events will be available for free on-demand viewing by Wednesday the week following their initial live airing.
Here is the complete live video streaming schedule for the Girls Basketball Semifinals this week:
Thursday – March 13 – Class C
Saginaw Nouvel/St. Louis Quarterfinal winner v. Gobels/Mendon winner – 1 p.m.
Blissfield/Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett winner v. McBain/St. Ignace winner – 2:50 p.m.
Thursday – March 13 – Class D
Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart/Frankfort winner v. Clarkston Everest Collegiate/Marine City Cardinal Mooney winner – 6 p.m.
Posen/Crystal Falls Forest Park winner v. Athens/Lansing Christian winner – 7:50 p.m.
Friday – March 14 – Class A
Canton/Flint Carman-Ainsworth winner v. Grand Ledge/Grand Rapids Christian winner – 1 p.m.
Romulus/Farmington Hills Mercy winner v. Port Huron Northern v. Bloomfield Marian winner – 2:50 p.m.
Friday – March 14 – Class B
Parchment/Grand Rapids South Christian winner v. Midland Bullock Creek/Sparta winner – 6 p.m.
Detroit Country Day/Flint Powers Catholic winner v. Ypsilanti Arbor Prep/Eaton Rapids winner – 7:50 p.m.
In addition, there will be free live video streams of all post-game press conferences, the post-game award ceremonies, and the Three Point and Free Throw Shooter’s Challenges. The FOX Sports Detroit telecasts will also be posted for on demand viewing following each contest.
The MHSAA Championship Radio Network will provide a live audio stream of all Semifinal and Final games, and the Final games will also be available on an over the air radio networks, with WVFN in East Lansing once again serving as the flagship station, carrying all Semifinal and Final games.
Here is a complete list of outlets carrying the Girls Basketball Finals. Consult local listings for the games to be broadcast in these markets:
Alpena – WATZ; Alpena – WHSB; Battle Creek – WBCK; East Lansing – WVFN (Flagship-Carrying Semifinals & Finals); Escanaba – WCHT; Escanaba – WDBC; Gaylord – WMJZ; Grand Haven – WGHN; Grand Rapids – WMAX; Houghton – WHKB; Ironwood – WJMS; Kalamazoo – WQLR; Ludington – WKLA; Ludington – WLDN-FM; Manistique – WTIQ; Midland – WLUN; Midland – WMPX; Mt. Pleasant – WCZY; Negaunee – WKQS; Newberry – WMJT; Sault Ste. Marie – WSOO; St. Joseph – WSJM; ThumbTailgater.com; and SWMSports.net.
Here is a complete list of outlets carrying the Boys Basketball Finals. Consult local listings for the games to be broadcast in these markets:
Adrian – WABJ; Alma – WQBX-FM; Alpena – WATZ; Alpena – WHSB; Battle Creek – WBCK; Cadillac – WATT; Coldwater – WTVB; East Lansing – WVFN (Flagship-Carrying Semifinals & Finals); Escanaba – WCHT; Escanaba – WDBC; Gaylord – WMJZ; Grand Haven – WGHN; Grand Rapids – WMAX; Holland – WHTC; Houghton – WHKB; Ironwood – WJMS; Jackson – WKHM; Kalamazoo – WQLR; Ludington – WKLA; Ludington – WLDN-FM; Manistique – WTIQ; Midland – WLUN; Midland – WMPX; Mt. Pleasant – WCZY; Muskegon – WLCS; Negaunee – WKQS; Newberry – WMJT; Petoskey – WMBN; Sault Ste. Marie – WSOO; St. Joseph – WSJM; Sturgis – WBET; Tawas City – WQLB; Zeeland – WPNW; ThumbTailgater.com; and SWMSports.net.
The championship coverage will be complimented by Student Broadcast Program on-demand productions of Boys Basketball Regionals and Girls Basketball Quarterfinal. Check the MHSAA.tv website for daily schedule updates.
A pair of boys basketball Districts are in this week’s package of highlights produced by schools in the School Broadcast Program are featured on the MHSAA.tv website and the MHSAA YouTube Channel.
This week’s package of School Broadcast Program Highlights for the Winter sports season is from the week of March 3, and includes the following events (click on links below to watch an event in its entirety):
Here’s the schedule of School Broadcast Program members planning to cover games in the coming week, some of which will be available at MHSAA.tv shortly after each game’s conclusion (All games varsity and delayed unless noted – Check daily for updates):
- Boys Basketball Regionals at Escanaba, Petoskey and St. Ignace
- Gobles v. Mendon – MHSAA Girls Basketball Quarterfinal at Watervliet
This is the last week of the 2013-14 school year for the weekly radio commentary MHSAA Perspective – presented by the Michigan Army National Guard. The network for this program has now grown to a total of 86 radio stations (80) and audio webcast sites (6) 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. Visit the MHSAA Perspective page of the MHSAA Website for a complete list of network affiliates.
This week’s MHSAA Perspective is titled: Nothing Like It (Right click to save, left click to play). In this week's edition of Perspective, John Johnson talks about the value of school sports and how the values they teach surpass anything that happens in other youth sports by other sponsors.
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