Contact:  John Johnson
517.332.5046 or [email protected]
 
 
Game Night on the MHSAA Network features this week a come-from-behind victory by Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard over Dearborn Divine Child in a Detroit Catholic High School League football game last Saturday.  We also have a CHSL showdown in boys soccer between Birmingham Brother Rice and Warren DeLaSalle, and a Huron League volleyball match between Monroe Jefferson and Carleton Airport.

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:

October 12
7 p.m. - Football - Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard at Dearborn Divine Child - MHSAA Game Night - Taped 10-8-11
9:30 p.m. - Birmingham Brother Rice vs. Warren DeLaSalle - Taped 10-4-11

October 13
9 a.m. - Football - Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard at Dearborn Divine Child - MHSAA Game Night - Taped 10-8-11
8 p.m. - Girls Volleyball - Monroe Jefferson at Carleton Airport - Taped 10-5-11
10 p.m. - Football - Detroit U-D Jesuit at Detroit Catholic Central - Taped 10-2-11

October 14
9 a.m. - Girls Volleyball - Monroe Jefferson at Carleton Airport - Taped 10-5-11
Noon - Birmingham Brother Rice vs. Warren DeLaSalle - Taped 10-4-11
Midnight – MHSAA Football Friday Overtime – LIVE – FOX Sports Detroit

October 15
11 a.m. - MHSAA Football Friday Overtime – FOX Sports Detroit
10 p.m. - Football - Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard at Dearborn Divine Child - MHSAA Game Night - Taped 10-8-11

October 16
9 a.m. - Football - Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard at Dearborn Divine Child - MHSAA Game Night - Taped 10-8-11
Noon - Girls Volleyball - Monroe Jefferson at Carleton Airport - Taped 10-5-11
3 p.m. - Birmingham Brother Rice vs. Warren DeLaSalle - Taped 10-4-11
7 p.m. - Football - Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard at Dearborn Divine Child - MHSAA Game Night - Taped 10-8-11

October 17
9 a.m. - Birmingham Brother Rice vs. Warren DeLaSalle - Taped 10-4-11

October 19
7 p.m. - Football – Detroit Kettering v. Detroit Douglass - Detroit Public School League Division 2 Semifinal - Taped 10-14-11 - MHSAA Game Night
9:30 p.m. - Football – Detroit Renaissance v. Detroit King - Detroit Public School League Division 1Semifinal - Taped 10-14-11 - MHSAA Game Night

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 26 through October 30
Football – Temperance Bedford at Adrian – Taped 9-9-11
Football – Comstock Park at Grand Rapids West Catholic – Taped 9-16-11

Available October 7 through October 24
Girls Volleyball – Fenton at Holly – Taped 9-20-11
Football – Jackson at Grand Ledge – Taped 9-23-11
Girls Volleyball – Lansing Christian at Hillsdale – Taped 9-13-11
Boys Soccer – Birmingham Groves at Bloomfield Hills Andover – Taped 9-13-11
Football – Comstock Park at Grand Rapids West Catholic – Taped 9-16-11
Boys Soccer – Muskegon Orchard View at Fruitport – Taped 9-22-11

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:

October 10
Boys Soccer – Detroit Country Day at Macomb Lutheran North

October 13
Girls Volleyball – Caledonia at Grand Rapids Forest Hills Eastern

October 14
Football – Detroit Public Schools League Semifinals at Detroit Northwestern High School – Detroit Kettering v. Detroit Douglass and Detroit Renaissance v. Detroit King – 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
North Branch at Lake Fenton - http://www.mhsaa.tv/northbranch/events/22522
Comstock at Plainwell - http://www.mhsaa.tv/plainwell/events/22766
Kalamazoo Central at Portage Northern - http://www.mhsaa.tv/kalamazoocentral/events/22726
Decatur at Watervliet - http://www.mhsaa.tv/watervliet/events/22685
Clintondale at St. Clair Shores Lakeview - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/21706
Flint Beecher at Montrose - JV - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/22698
Saginaw Arthur Hill at Bay City Central - JV - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/22708
Dearborn Edsel Ford at Eaton Rapids - Freshmen - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/22653
Saugatuck at Bangor - JV - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/22530
Ionia at Owosso - Freshmen - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/22700
DeWitt at Fowlerville - JV - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/22606
 
Girls Volleyball
West Iron County at Calumet - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/22704
Flint Powers Catholic at Davison - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/22455
Swartz Creek at Linden - JV - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/22714
L'Anse at Calumet - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/22490
Ionia at Fowlerville - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/22605
Gobles at Bangor - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/22529
St. Clair Shores Lake Shore at St. Clair Shores Lakeview - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/21705
Brownstown Woodhaven at Trenton - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/22594
Mason at Eaton Rapids - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/22447
 
Boys Soccer
Armada at Croswell-Lexington - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/22565
Warren DeLaSalle v. Birmingham Brother Rice - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/22575
Warren DeLaSalle v. Birmingham Brother Rice - JV - Second Half - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/22574
Birch Run at North Branch - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/22520
DeWitt at East Lansing - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/22482

Cross Country
Muskegon and Grand Haven at Rockford - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/22816

In addition to these athletic events, there were 40 other school-produced events ranging from daily newscasts, to interviews, to school board meetings posted to the MHSAA.tv Website last week.  A total of 312 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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John R. Johnson
Communications Director
Michigan High School Athletic Association
1661 Ramblewood Drive
East Lansing, MI  48823
517-332-5046
517-332-4071 - Fax
517-202-1192 - Cell