Contact: John Johnson
517.332.5046 or [email protected]
EAST LANSING, Mich - Nov. 1 - The second week of the Prep Zone, and the launch of MHSAA Finals audio on your handheld device highlight the upcoming week of MHSAA Network action.
Each week during the Football Playoffs, the MHSAA Network will produce four games to be streamed live on FoxSportsDetroit.com. District Final coverage this Friday (Nov. 4) at 7 p.m. has the following games on the schedule: Saranac at Pewamo-Westphalia, Grand Rapids Catholic Central at Zeeland West, Leslie at Grass Lake, and Pontiac Notre Dame Prep at Marine City.
The Prep Zone on FoxSportsDetroit.com last weekend drew over 12,000 live pageviews last Friday night, and those four games – Romeo at Troy Athens, South Lyon at Holly, Sturgis at Mason, and Saugatuck at Muskegon Catholic Central – will be available for on-demand viewing on the MHSAA.tv Website beginning this week.
Saturday’s (Nov. 5) coverage on MHSAA.tv and FoxSportsDetroit.com will feature all four championship game in the Lower Peninsula Boys Soccer Tournament and the Finish Line Camera at the Lower Peninsula Cross Country Finals. Two soccer games will launch at Noon, with two other games at 3 p.m. The actual schedule and sites will be announced following Wednesday’s (Nov. 2) Semifinal games.
The Boys Soccer Finals will be shown on FOX Sports Detroit-PLUS on Nov. 13 with the Division 4 game at Noon; the Division 3 match at 2 p.m.; the Division 2 finale at 4 p.m.; and the Division 1 championship at 6 p.m.
The Finish Line Camera returns at Michigan International Speedway, including audio commentary throughout the race from reporters around the course. Here’s the complete race schedule: 10 a.m. – Girls Div. 4; 10:30 a.m. – Girls Div. 3; 11 a.m. – Boys Div. 4; 11:30 a.m. – Boys Div. 3; 1:30 p.m. – Girls Div. 2; 2 p.m. – Girls Div. 1; 2:30 p.m. – Boys Div. 2; 3 p.m. – Boys Div. 1.
Audio of Saturday’s Boys Soccer Finals will also be available at MHSAANetwork.com, which now has a companion mobile site, making the games available for Android, Blackberry and iPhone users. The Mobile address is: m.mhsaanetwork.com.
Game Night on the MHSAA Network features Auburn Hills Avondale’s victory over Lapeer East in a Division 2 Boys Soccer Regional Final last Thursday at Fenton. We also had a Pre-District gridiron game in Division 2 between Muskegon and Mattawan; and the Capital Area Activities Conference Gold Cup championship volleyball match between Grand Ledge and Lakewood-Lake Odessa.
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:
November 2
7 p.m. - Boys Soccer - Auburn Hills Avondale v. Lapeer East - MHSAA Division 2 Regional Final at Fenton - Taped 10-27-11 - MHSAA Game Night
9:30 p.m. - Football - Muskegon at Mattawan - MHSAA Division 2 Pre-District - Taped 10-28-11
November 3
9 a.m. - Boys Soccer - Auburn Hills Avondale v. Lapeer East - MHSAA Division 2 Regional Final at Fenton - Taped 10-27-11 - MHSAA Game Night
8 p.m. - Girls Volleyball – Lakewood-Lake Odessa at Grand Ledge - Taped 10-27-11
November 4
9 a.m. - Girls Volleyball - Lakewood-Lake Odessa at Grand Ledge - Taped 10-27-11
7 p.m. - Football - PREP ZONE COVERAGE - LIVE Exclusively on FOXSportsDetroit.com - Archived at MHSAA.tv
- Saranac at Pewamo-Westphalia
- Pontiac Notre Dame Prep at Marine City
- Grand Rapids Catholic Central at Zeeland West
- Leslie at Grass Lake
Midnight - MHSAA Football Friday Overtime - FOX Sports Detroit – LIVE
November 5
10 a.m. - Cross Country - MHSAA Lower Peninsula Division 3 & 4 Finish Line Cam - LIVE VIDEO on MHSAA.tv & FoxSportsDetroit.com - Archived at MHSAA.tv
11 a.m. - MHSAA Football Friday Overtime - FOX Sports Detroit
Noon - Boys Soccer - MHSAA Lower Peninsula Finals - Two games - LIVE VIDEO on MHSAA.tv & FoxSportsDetroit.com - Archived at MHSAA.tv – LIVE AUDIO on MHSAANetwork.com
1:30 p.m. - Cross Country - MHSAA Lower Peninsula Division 1 & 2 Finish Line Cam - LIVE on MHSAA.tv & FoxSportsDetroit.com - Archived at MHSAA.tv
3 p.m. - Boys Soccer - MHSAA Lower Peninsula Finals - Two games - LIVE VIDEO on MHSAA.tv & FoxSportsDetroit.com - Archived at MHSAA.tv – LIVE AUDIO on MHSAANetwork.com
3 p.m. - Girls Volleyball – Lakewood-Lake Odessa at Grand Ledge - Taped 10-27-11
10 p.m. - Boys Soccer - Auburn Hills Avondale v. Lapeer East - MHSAA Division 2 Regional Final at Fenton - Taped 10-27-11 - MHSAA Game Night
November 6
9 a.m. - Boys Soccer - Auburn Hills Avondale v. Lapeer East - MHSAA Division 2 Regional Final at Fenton - Taped 10-27-11 - MHSAA Game Night
Noon - Girls Volleyball – Lakewood-Lake Odessa at Grand Ledge - Taped 10-27-11
3 p.m. - Football - Muskegon at Mattawan - MHSAA Division 2 Pre-District - Taped 10-28-11
7 p.m. - Boys Soccer - Auburn Hills Avondale v. Lapeer East - MHSAA Division 2 Regional Final at Fenton - Taped 10-27-11 - MHSAA Game Night
November 7
9 a.m. -Football - Muskegon at Mattawan - MHSAA Division 2 Pre-District - Taped 10-28-11
November 9
7 p.m. - Girls Volleyball - MHSAA Class A District Final at Chippewa Valley - Taped 11-3-11 - MHSAA Game Night
9:30 p.m. - Football - East Grand Rapids at Grand Rapids Christian - MHSAA Division 3 District Final - Taped 11-4-11
November 10
9 a.m. - Girls Volleyball - MHSAA Class A District Final at Chippewa Valley - Taped 11-3-11 - MHSAA Game Night
8 p.m. - Boys Soccer - Spring Lake vs. Mattawan - MHSAA Division 2 Semifinal at Plainwell - Taped 11-2-11
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 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 24 through November 14
Girls Volleyball – Monroe Jefferson vs. Carleton Airport – Taped 10-5-11
Boys Soccer – Warren DeLaSalle vs. Birmingham Brother Rice – Taped 10-4-11
Football – Dearborn Divine Child vs. Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard – Taped 10-8-11
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:
November 2
Boys Soccer – MHSAA Division 2 Semifinal – Spring Lake vs. Mattawan at Plainwell
November 3
Girls Volleyball – MHSAA Class A District Final at Chippewa Valley – MHSAA Game Night Coverage
November 4
Football – PREP ZONE COVERAGE LIVE ON FOXSportsDetroit.com – 7 p.m.
- Saranac at Pewamo-Westphalia
- Leslie at Grass Lake
- Grand Rapids Catholic Central at Zeeland West
- Pontiac Notre Dame Prep at Marine City
Football – East Grand Rapids at Grand Rapids Christian – MHSAA 11-Player Division 3 Football Playoffs District Final
November 5
Boys Soccer – MHSAA Lower Peninsula Finals – Sites, times and divisions to be announced
Cross Country – MHSAA Lower Peninsula Finals – Finish Line Camera – 10 a.m. & 1:30 p.m.
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
St. Joseph at Zeeland East - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/23808
Decatur at Watervliet - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/23849
Holland West Ottawa at Rockford - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/23847
St. Johns at East Lansing - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/23662
Croswell-Lexington at Marine City - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/23598
St. Charles at Montrose - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/23658
Cross Country
MHSAA Regional at Linden - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/24083
SAC Boys Championships at Bangor - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/23292
SAC Junior Varsity Championships at Bangor - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/23291
SAC Girls Championships at Bangor - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/23290
Girls Volleyball
Flint Kearsley at Linden – JV - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/23862
Flint Kearsley at Linden – Freshmen - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/23894
Millington at North Branch - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/23798
Wyandotte Roosevelt at Trenton - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/23825
Flat Rock v. Milan - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/23729
Kalamazoo Hackett at Kalamazoo Christian - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/23552
Linden at Fenton - Freshmen - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/23737
Portland at Fowlerville - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/23828
In addition to these high school athletic events, there were 65 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 565 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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