Contact:  John Johnson
517.332.5046 or [email protected] 
 
 
The second week of MHSAA Network high school sports coverage on Comcast Channel 900 and the MHSAA.tv Website features a barnburner on the gridiron – Canton’s last-minute 35-31 win over Grand Blanc.  For media outlets in Comcast service areas, here are the day by day listings for the coming week 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:

September 7
7 p.m. – Football - Canton at Grand Blanc – MHSAA Game Night Coverage – Taped 9-1-11
9:30 p.m. – Boys Soccer – Hudsonville Unity Christian at Grand Rapids Northview – Taped 8-29-11

September 8
9 a.m. – Football - Canton at Grand Blanc – MHSAA Game Night Coverage – Taped 9-1-11
8 p.m. – Girls Volleyball – Ferndale at St. Clair Shores Lake Shore – Taped 8-29-11
10 p.m. – Football - Canton at Grand Blanc – MHSAA Game Night Coverage – Taped 9-1-11

September 9
8 p.m. – Girls Volleyball – Ferndale at St. Clair Shores Lake Shore – Taped 8-29-11
Noon – Football - Canton at Grand Blanc – MHSAA Game Night Coverage – Taped 9-1-11
Midnight – MHSAA Football Friday Overtime – LIVE – FOX Sports Detroit

September 10
11 a.m. – MHSAA Football Friday Overtime – FOX Sports Detroit
3 p.m. – Girls Volleyball – Ferndale at St. Clair Shores Lake Shore – Taped 8-29-11
7 p.m. – Football - Canton at Grand Blanc – MHSAA Game Night Coverage – Taped 9-1-11
9:30 p.m. – Boys Soccer – Hudsonville Unity Christian at Grand Rapids Northview – Taped 8-29-11

September 11
9 a.m. – Football - Canton at Grand Blanc – MHSAA Game Night Coverage – Taped 9-1-11
Noon  – Girls Volleyball – Ferndale at St. Clair Shores Lake Shore – Taped 8-29-11
3 p.m. – Boys Soccer – Hudsonville Unity Christian at Grand Rapids Northview – Taped 8-29-11
7 p.m. – Football - Canton at Grand Blanc – MHSAA Game Night Coverage – Taped 9-1-11

September 12
9 a.m. – Boys Soccer – Hudsonville Unity Christian at Grand Rapids Northview – Taped 8-29-11

September 14
7 p.m. – Football – Temperance Bedford at Adrian – MHSAA Game Night – Taped 9-9-11
9:30 p.m. – Boys Soccer – Eaton Rapids at Onsted – Taped 9-6-11

September 15
9 a.m. – Football – Temperance Bedford at Adrian – MHSAA Game Night – Taped 9-9-11
8 p.m. – Girls Volleyball – Schoolcraft at Kalamazoo Christian – Taped 9-7-11
10 p.m. – Boys Soccer – Eaton Rapids at Onsted – Taped 9-6-11

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 August 19 through September 19

Girls Lacrosse
Ann Arbor Pioneer v. Brighton – 2011 MHSAA Division 1 Final
Grand Rapids Catholic Central v. Bloomfield Hills Academy of the Sacred Heart – 2011 MHSAA Division 2 Final

Boys Lacrosse
Grand Rapids Forest Hills Eastern/Northern v. Birmingham Brother Rice – 2011 MHSAA Division 1 Final
East Grand Rapids v. Detroit Country Day – 2011 MHSAA Division 2 Final

Girls Soccer
Hudsonville Unity Christian v. Flint Powers Catholic – 2011 MHSAA Division 3 Final
Troy v. Novi – 2011 MHSAA Division 1 Final

Softball
Petersburg-Summerfield v. Unionville-Sebewaing – 2011 MHSAA Division 4 Final
Mattawan v. New Baltimore Anchor Bay – 2011 MHSAA Division 1 Final
Stevensville Lakeshore v. Milan – 2011 MHSAA Division 2 Final
Frankenmuth v. Clinton – 2011 MHSAA Division 3 Final

MHSAA Spring Super Show – Highlights of MHSAA Finals from the Spring in Golf, Tennis and Track & Field

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.

 Here’s where the MHSAA Network cameras will be this week:

September 6
Boys Soccer – Eaton Rapids at Onsted

September 7
Girls Volleyball – Schoolcraft at Kalamazoo Christian

September 9
Football – Temperance Bedford at Adrian – MHSAA Game Night Coverage

The MHSAA.tv Website is being populated with content from member schools from both peninsulas participating in the Digital Broadcasting Program.  A total of 75 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.

Here are student-produced games posted to the MHSAA.tv Website from last week:

Football
Birch Run at North Branch - http://www.mhsaa.tv/northbranch/events/20838
Portland at Owosso - http://www.mhsaa.tv/owosso/events/21225
Durand at Montrose - http://www.mhsaa.tv/montrose/events/21162
Kalamazoo Loy Norrix at Kalamazoo Central - http://www.mhsaa.tv/kalamazoocentral/events/21154
Fennville at Watervliet - http://www.mhsaa.tv/watervliet/events/21119
East Kentwood at Zeeland East - http://www.mhsaa.tv/zeelandeast/events/21037

Boys Soccer
Williamston at East Lansing - http://www.mhsaa.tv/eastlansing/events/21057
Lansing Eastern at Fowlerville - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/20954

In addition to these athletic events, a variety of other school events ranging from concerts, to interviews, to school board meetings are being posted to the MHSAA.tv Website.  A record total of 1,479  student produced athletic and non-athletic event videos were posted to MHSAA.tv during the 2010-11 school year. 

The MHSAA.tv Website registered a record 1.48 million pageviews during the 2010-11 school year.  In addition, there were approximately 400,000 pageviews generated by MHSAA Network content being streamed live on FoxSportsDetroit.com.
 
Watch for more schools to begin posting more content in even more sports in the weeks ahead.  Schools interested in becoming a part of the Digital Broadcasting Program should contact John Johnson at the MHSAA Office.
 
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.tvand MHSAANetwork.com – where fans can click to view or listen to content; and a radio network of over 40  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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