Contact: John Johnson
517.332.5046 or [email protected]
EAST LANSING, Mich. – June 27 – During July, MHSAA Finals in Girls Soccer, Baseball and Softball will be shown to cable television viewers statewide on FOX Sports Detroit.
The Girls Soccer Finals of June 18 will be shown on FOX Sports Detroit on July 9 on the following schedule:
10 a.m. - Girls Soccer - Troy v. Novi - MHSAA Div. 1 Final
Noon - Girls Soccer - Plainwell v. Livonia Ladywood - MHSAA Div. 2 Final
2 p.m. - Girls Soccer - Hudsonville Unity Christian v. Flint Powers Catholic - MHSAA Div. 3 Final
4 p.m. - Girls Soccer - Lansing Christian v. Madison Heights Bishop Foley - MHSAA. Div. 4 Final
The Girls Soccer Finals will receive their first airing on Comcast Channel 900 on July 13, with the Division 1 game at 7 p.m., and the Division 2 game at 9:30 p.m. On July 14, the Division 3 game will air at 8 p.m., followed by the Division 4 game at 10 p.m.
TheMHSAA.tv website now has many of the running events posted from the Upper and Lower Peninsula Track Finals on June 4 as individual on-demand offerings.
Spring sports coverage continues on Comcast Channel 900 and the MHSAA.tv Website. For media outlets in Comcast service areas, here are the day by day listings for the next two weeks of MHSAA Network programming on Channel 900. We would appreciate it if you could run at least the Wednesday and Thursday listings, as they are the first air times for new content each week:
June 29
7 p.m. - Boys Lacrosse - Birmingham Brother Rice v. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Eastern-Northern - MHSAA Div. 1 Final - Taped 6/11/11
9:30 p.m. - Boys Lacrosse - Detroit Country Day v. East Grand Rapids - MHSAA Div. 2 Final - Taped 6/11/11
June 30
9 a.m. - Boys Lacrosse - Birmingham Brother Rice v. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Eastern-Northern - MHSAA Div. 1 Final - Taped 6/11/11
8 p.m. - Girls Lacrosse - Ann Arbor Pioneer vs. Brighton - MHSAA Div. 1 Final - Taped 6/11/11
10 p.m. - Girls Lacrosse - Bloomfield Hills Academy of the Sacred Heart vs. Grand Rapids Catholic Central - MHSAA Div. 2 Final - Taped 6/11/11
July 1
9 a.m. - Girls Lacrosse - Ann Arbor Pioneer vs. Brighton - MHSAA Div. 1 Final - Taped 6/11/11
1 p.m. - Girls Lacrosse - Bloomfield Hills Academy of the Sacred Heart vs. Grand Rapids Catholic Central - MHSAA Div. 2 Final - Taped 6/11/11
July 2
3 p.m. – Girls Lacrosse - Ann Arbor Pioneer vs. Brighton - MHSAA Div. 1 Final - Taped 6/11/11
7 p.m. - Boys Lacrosse - Birmingham Brother Rice v. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Eastern-Northern - MHSAA Div. 1 Final - Taped 6/11/11
9:30 p.m. - Boys Lacrosse - Detroit Country Day v. East Grand Rapids - MHSAA Div. 2 Final - Taped 6/11/11
July 3
9 a.m. - Boys Lacrosse - Detroit Country Day v. East Grand Rapids - MHSAA Div. 2 Final - Taped 6/11/11
Noon - Girls Lacrosse - Ann Arbor Pioneer vs. Brighton - MHSAA Div. 1 Final - Taped 6/11/11
3 p.m. - Girls Lacrosse - Bloomfield Hills Academy of the Sacred Heart vs. Grand Rapids Catholic Central - MHSAA Div. 2 Final - Taped 6/11/11
7 p.m. - Boys Lacrosse - Birmingham Brother Rice v. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Eastern-Northern - MHSAA Div. 1 Final - Taped 6/11/11
July 4
9 a.m. - Girls Lacrosse - Bloomfield Hills Academy of the Sacred Heart vs. Grand Rapids Catholic Central - MHSAA Div. 2 Final - Taped 6/11/11
July 6
7 p.m. - Girls Lacrosse - Ann Arbor Pioneer vs. Brighton - MHSAA Div. 1 Final - Taped 6/11/11
9:30 p.m. - Girls Lacrosse - Bloomfield Hills Academy of the Sacred Heart vs. Grand Rapids Catholic Central - MHSAA Div. 2 Final - Taped 6/11/11
July 7
9 a.m. - Girls Lacrosse - Bloomfield Hills Academy of the Sacred Heart vs. Grand Rapids Catholic Central - MHSAA Div. 2 Final - Taped 6/11/11
8 p.m. - Boys Lacrosse - Detroit Country Day v. East Grand Rapids - MHSAA Div. 2 Final - Taped 6/11/11
10 p.m. - Boys Lacrosse - Birmingham Brother Rice v. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Eastern-Northern - MHSAA Div. 1 Final - Taped 6/11/11
July 8
8 p.m. - Boys Lacrosse - Detroit Country Day v. East Grand Rapids - MHSAA Div. 2 Final - Taped 6/11/11
Noon - Boys Lacrosse - Birmingham Brother Rice v. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Eastern-Northern - MHSAA Div. 1 Final - Taped 6/11/11
July 9
On FOX Sports Detroit
10 a.m. - Girls Soccer - Troy v. Novi - MHSAA Div. 1 Final - Taped 6/18/11
Noon - Girls Soccer - Plainwell v. Livonia Ladywood - MHSAA Div. 2 Final - Taped 6/18/11
2 p.m. - Girls Soccer - Hudsonville Unity Christian v. Flint Powers Catholic - MHSAA Div. 3 Final - Taped 6/18/11
4 p.m. - Girls Soccer - Lansing Christian v. Madison Heights Bishop Foley - MHSAA. Div. 4 Final - Taped 6/18/11
On Comcast Channel 900
3 p.m. - Boys Lacrosse - Detroit Country Day v. East Grand Rapids - MHSAA Div. 2 Final - Taped 6/11/11
7 p.m. - Girls Lacrosse - Bloomfield Hills Academy of the Sacred Heart vs. Grand Rapids Catholic Central - MHSAA Div. 2 Final - Taped 6/11/11
9:30 p.m. - Boys Lacrosse - Birmingham Brother Rice v. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Eastern-Northern - MHSAA Div. 1 Final - Taped 6/11/11
July 10
9 a.m. - Girls Lacrosse - Bloomfield Hills Academy of the Sacred Heart vs. Grand Rapids Catholic Central - MHSAA Div. 2 Final - Taped 6/11/11
Noon - Boys Lacrosse - Detroit Country Day v. East Grand Rapids - MHSAA Div. 2 Final - Taped 6/11/11
3 p.m. - Boys Lacrosse - Birmingham Brother Rice v. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Eastern-Northern - MHSAA Div. 1 Final - Taped 6/11/11
7 p.m. - Girls Lacrosse - Ann Arbor Pioneer vs. Brighton - MHSAA Div. 1 Final - Taped 6/11/11
July 11
9 a.m. - Girls Lacrosse - Bloomfield Hills Academy of the Sacred Heart vs. Grand Rapids Catholic Central - MHSAA Div. 2 Final - Taped 6/11/11
July 13
7 p.m. - Girls Soccer - Troy v. Novi - MHSAA Div. 1 Final - Taped 6/18/11
9:30 p.m. - Girls Soccer - Plainwell v. Livonia Ladywood - MHSAA Div. 2 Final - Taped 6/18/11
July 14
9 a.m. - Girls Soccer - Troy v. Novi - MHSAA Div. 1 Final - Taped 6/18/11
8 p.m. - Girls Soccer - Hudsonville Unity Christian v. Flint Powers Catholic - MHSAA Div. 3 Final - Taped 6/18/11
10 p.m. - Girls Soccer - Lansing Christian v. Madison Heights Bishop Foley - MHSAA. Div. 4 Final - Taped 6/18/11
Each week’s featured games will be available for on-demand viewing on the MHSAA.tv Website the day after their initial playback on Comcast; and a number of events will be available for Comcast subscribers to watch through its Video On Demand service. Here’s the current listings for MHSAA Network content on Comcast Video On Demand:
Available June 18 through July 18
- Girls Soccer - Kalamazoo Hackett at Richland Gull Lake
- Boys Lacrosse - Dexter at Saline
- Girls Soccer - Novi at Northville
- Boys Lacrosse - Northville at Holt
- Girls Lacrosse - Rochester at Bloomfield Hills United
- Boys Lacrosse - Ann Arbor Skyline at Grosse Ile
- Baseball - St. Clair at Port Huron Northern - Game 1
- Baseball - St. Clair at Port Huron Northern - Game 2
The complete schedule of upcoming MHSAA Network productions on Comcast Channel 900 and the MHSAA.tv website can be found exclusively online by clicking on MHSAA.tv and selecting TV Schedule. For a comprehensive schedule of MHSAA Finals coverage with all of its broadcasting partners can be found under the MHSAA Network heading on the MHSAA Website.
The MHSAA.tv Website is being populated with content from member schools from both peninsulas participating in the Digital Broadcasting Program. A total of 82 schools are involved in the program from the Big 8 Conference, Big 9 Conference, Detroit Catholic High School League, Charter School Conference, Downriver League, Flint Metro League, Genesee Athletic Conference, Huron League, Kalamazoo Valley Association, Kensington Lakes Activities Association, Macomb Area Conference, Michigan Interscholastic Hockey League, Northwest Conference, Oakland Activities Association, O-K Conference, Saginaw Valley League, Southeastern Conference, Southwestern Athletic Conference, Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference (Big 16), Tri-Valley Conference, West-Pac Conference and the Wolverine Conference.
Athletic coverage by participating schools is completed for the 2010-11 school year
In addition to these athletic events, a variety of other school events ranging from concerts, to interviews, to school board meetings have been posted to the MHSAA.tv Website. A total of 1,472 student produced athletic and non-athletic event videos have been posted to MHSAA.tv since the beginning of the school year, more than doubling last year’s total of 712.
Watch for more schools to begin posting more content in even more sports in the coming year. Schools interested in becoming a part of the Digital Broadcasting Program should contact John Johnson at the MHSAA Office.
The MHSAA.tv Website has generated 1.45 million pageviews recorded through June 26, surpassing last year’s total of 1.13 million views. During the 2008-09 school year, the site had 555,964 pageviews. In addition, there have been approximately 400,000 pageviews generated by MHSAA Network content being streamed live on FoxSportsDetroit.com.
Finally – check out the MHSAASPORTS Channel on YouTube. The channel is being populated with game highlights and feature videos from MHSAA Network telecasts.
The MHSAA Network delivers coverage of regular season and MHSAA Tournament competition across multiple platforms -- cable television, radio and the internet – to fans of high school sports across the state and around the world. In addition to providing content to cable partners Comcast Television and Fox Sports Detroit, the MHSAA Network features two websites – MHSAA.tv and MHSAANetwork.com – where fans can click to view or listen to content; and a radio network of nearly 50 stations statewide which annually carry the MHSAA Basketball Finals and the commentary MHSAA Perspective, which airs for 30 weeks during the school year.
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