MHSAA Network Listings & Coverage – Week of September 19

posted on September 20, 2011 15:08

Contact: John Johnson
517.332.5046 or [email protected]

For the third straight week the MHSAA Network’s high school football coverage on Comcast Channel 900 and the MHSAA.tv Website features a high-scoring, dramatic-ending game. This week it’s Grand Rapids West Catholic’s 42-35 overtime win against previously undefeated Comstock Park.

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 21
7 p.m. - Football - Comstock Park at Grand Rapids West Catholic - MHSAA Game Night - Taped 9-16-11
9:30 p.m. - Boys Soccer - Birmingham Groves at Bloomfield Hills Andover - Taped 9-13-11

September 22
9 a.m. - Football - Comstock Park at Grand Rapids West Catholic - MHSAA Game Night - Taped 9-16-11
8 p.m. - Girls Volleyball - Lansing Christian at Hillsdale - Taped 9-13-11
10 p.m. – Football – Temperance Bedford at Adrian – Taped 9-9-11

September 23
9 a.m. - Girls Volleyball - Lansing Christian at Hillsdale - Taped 9-13-11
Noon - Boys Soccer - Birmingham Groves at Bloomfield Hills Andover - Taped 9-13-11
Midnight – MHSAA Football Friday Overtime – LIVE – FOX Sports Detroit

September 24
11 a.m. - MHSAA Football Friday Overtime – FOX Sports Detroit
3 p.m. - Girls Volleyball - Lansing Christian at Hillsdale - Taped 9-13-11
10 p.m. - Football - Comstock Park at Grand Rapids West Catholic - MHSAA Game Night - Taped 9-16-11

September 25
9 a.m. - Boys Soccer - Birmingham Groves at Bloomfield Hills Andover - Taped 9-13-11
Noon - Girls Volleyball - Lansing Christian at Hillsdale - Taped 9-13-11
7 p.m. - Football - Comstock Park at Grand Rapids West Catholic - MHSAA Game Night - Taped 9-16-11

September 26
9 a.m. - Boys Soccer - Birmingham Groves at Bloomfield Hills Andover - Taped 9-13-11

September 28
7 p.m. - Football – Jackson at Grand Ledge - MHSAA Game Night - Taped 9-23-11
9:30 p.m. – Boys Soccer – Muskegon Orchard View at Fruitport – Taped 9-22-11

September 29
9 a.m. - Football – Jackson at Grand Ledge - MHSAA Game Night - Taped 9-23-11
8 p.m. – Girls Volleyball – Fenton at Holly – Taped 9-20-11
10 p.m. - Football - Comstock Park at Grand Rapids West Catholic - Taped 9-16-11

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 September 14 through September 30
Boys Soccer – Hudsonville Unity Christian at Grand Rapids Northview – Taped 8-29-11
Football – Troy at Romeo – Taped 8-25-11
Football – Battle Creek Harper Creek at Portage Central – Taped 8-26-11
Football – Lansing Catholic at Madison Heights Madison – Taped 8-26-11
Football – Canton at Grand Blanc – Taped 9-1-11
Football – Mendon at Deckerville – Taped 8-26-11
Girls Volleyball – Ferndale at St. Clair Shores Lake Shore – Taped 8-29-11

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 20
Girls Volleyball – Fenton at Holly

September 22
Boys Soccer – Muskegon Orchard View at Fruitport

September 23
Football – Jackson at Grand Ledge – 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:

Girls Volleyball
Muskegon at Rockford - http://www.mhsaa.tv/rockford/events/21724
Birch Run at North Branch - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/21769
Houghton at Calumet - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/21696
Holt at East Lansing - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/21595
Hartford at Watervliet - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/21533

Girls Swimming & Diving
Utica Ford at St. Clair Shores Lakeview - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/21674

Boys Soccer
Flat Rock Woodhaven at Trenton - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/21349
Lansing Catholic at Fowlerville - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/21019
Lansing Catholic at Fowlerville – JV - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/21018

Cross Country
TVC Conference Meet at North Branch - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/21626
Flint Metro Conference Meet at Linden - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/21671

In addition to these athletic events, there were 18 other school-produced events ranging from daily newscasts, to interviews, to school board meetings posted to the MHSAA.tv Website last week. Nearly 100 events have been posted since the beginning of the school year. 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.tv and 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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