Contact: John Johnson
517.332.5046 or [email protected]
EAST LANSING, MI - Nov. 7 - MHSAA tournament action on FOX Sports Detroit this coming week features last Saturday’s Boys Soccer Finals games, and the third week of Prep Zone football coverage.
On Sunday (Nov. 13), the Boys Soccer Finals will air on FOX Sports Detroit PLUS on the following schedule:
Noon – Division 4 – Allen Park Inter-City Baptist vs. Muskegon Western Michigan Christian
2 p.m. – Division 3 – Detroit Country Day vs. Hudsonville Unity Christian
4 p.m. – Division 2 - Auburn Hills Avondale vs. Spring Lake
6 p.m. – Division 1 – Canton vs. Grand Haven
These games will then air on Comcast Channel 900 beginning the following week. Division 1 will first air on Nov. 16 at 7 p.m.; followed by Division 2 at 9:30 p.m. The Division 3 will first be shown on Nov. 17 at 8 p.m.; and the Division 4 finale is on at Nov. 19 at 7 p.m.
The Prep Zone is into its third week of MHSAA Football Playoff coverage on FOXSportsDetroit.com. Regional Final coverage this Friday (Nov. 11) at 7 p.m. has the following games on the schedule: Walled Lake Central at Utica Eisenhower; Detroit Cass Tech at Warren DeLaSalle; Dowagiac at Lansing Catholic and Harbor Beach at Saginaw Nouvel.
Game Night on the MHSAA Network features a Class A District Final from last week between Fraser and Clinton Township Chippewa Valley. Other games on Comcast Channel 900 is the rematch of East Grand Rapids and Grand Rapids Christian for a District title in the MHSAA Football Playoffs; and a boys soccer semifinal showdown between Spring Lake and Mattawan.
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 9
7 p.m. - Girls Volleyball - Fraser vs. Clinton Township Chippewa Valley - MHSAA Class A District Final at Chippewa Valley - Taped 11-3-11 - MHSAA Game Night Coverage
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 - Fraser vs. Clinton Township Chippewa Valley - MHSAA Class A District Final at Chippewa Valley - Taped 11-3-11 - MHSAA Game Night Coverage
8 p.m. - Boys Soccer - Spring Lake vs. Mattawan - MHSAA Division 2 Semifinal at Plainwell - Taped 11-2-11
November 11
9 a.m. - Boys Soccer - Spring Lake vs. Mattawan - MHSAA Division 2 Semifinal at Plainwell - Taped 11-2-11
7 p.m. - Football - PREP ZONE COVERAGE - LIVE Exclusively on FOXSportsDetroit.com - Archived at MHSAA.tv
•Walled Lake Central at Utica Eisenhower
•Detroit Cass Tech at Warren DeLaSalle
•Dowagiac at Lansing Catholic
•Harbor Beach at Saginaw Nouvel
Midnight - MHSAA Football Friday Overtime - FOX Sports Detroit - LIVE
November 12
11 a.m. - MHSAA Football Friday Overtime - FOX Sports Detroit
10 p.m. - Girls Volleyball - Fraser vs. Clinton Township Chippewa Valley - MHSAA Class A District Final at Chippewa Valley - Taped 11-3-11 - MHSAA Game Night Coverage
November 13
9 a.m. - Girls Volleyball - Fraser vs. Clinton Township Chippewa Valley - MHSAA Class A District Final at Chippewa Valley - Taped 11-3-11 - MHSAA Game Night Coverage
Noon - Football - East Grand Rapids at Grand Rapids Christian - MHSAA Division 3 District Final - Taped 11-4-11
Noon - Boys Soccer - Allen Park Inter-City Baptist vs. Muskegon Western Michigan Christian - MHSAA Division 4 Final - Taped 11-5-11 - FOX Sports Detroit PLUS
2 p.m. - Boys Soccer - Detroit Country Day vs. Hudsonville Unity Christian - MHSAA Division 3 Final - Taped 11-5-11 - FOX Sports Detroit PLUS
3 p.m. - Boys Soccer - Spring Lake vs. Mattawan - MHSAA Division 2 Semifinal at Plainwell - Taped 11-2-11
4 p.m. - Boys Soccer - Auburn Hills Avondale vs. Spring Lake - MHSAA Division 2 Final - Taped 11-5-11 - FOX Sports Detroit PLUS
6 p.m. - Boys Soccer - Canton vs. Grand Haven - MHSAA Division 1 Final - Taped 11-5-11 - FOX Sports Detroit PLUS
7 p.m. - Girls Volleyball - Fraser vs. Clinton Township Chippewa Valley - MHSAA Class A District Final at Chippewa Valley - Taped 11-3-11 - MHSAA Game Night Coverage
November 14
9 a.m. - Football - East Grand Rapids at Grand Rapids Christian - MHSAA Division 3 District Final - Taped 11-4-11
November 16
7 p.m. - Boys Soccer - Canton vs. Grand Haven - MHSAA Division 1 Final - Taped 11-5-11
9:30 p.m. - Boys Soccer - Auburn Hills Avondale vs. Spring Lake - MHSAA Division 2 Final - Taped 11-5-11
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 11
Football – PREP ZONE COVERAGE LIVE ON FOXSportsDetroit.com – 7 p.m.
- Walled Lake Central at Utica Eisenhower
- Detroit Cass Tech at Warren DeLaSalle
- Dowagiac at Lansing Catholic
- Harbor Beach at Saginaw Nouvel
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
Okemos at Fenton - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/24396
Holland at Zeeland East - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/24336
Grand Ledge at Rockford - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/24330
Lawton at Watervliet - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/24305
Ithaca at Montrose - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/24060
Girls Volleyball
Brethren vs. Frankfort - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/24315
Yale at Croswell-Lexington - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/22981
Flushing at Owosso - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/24235
Flint Northern vs. Flint Carman-Ainsworth - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/24233
Greenville at Rockford - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/24237
Lansing Waverly at East Lansing - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/24076
L’Anse at Calumet - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/24068
Onekama vs. Brethren - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/24104
Manistee Catholic at Bear Lake - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/24020
Flushing vs. Flint Carman-Ainsworth - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/24417
Summit Academy at Flat Rock - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/23730
Frankford at Bear Lake - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/24103
Girls Swimming & Diving
Downriver League Diving Finals - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/24300
In addition to these high school athletic events, there were 45 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 620 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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