Contact: John Johnson 517.332.5046
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EAST LANSING, Mich. - Dec. 5 - MHSAA tournament action on FOX Sports Detroit this coming week features full meet coverage of the Lower Peninsula Girls Swimming & Diving Finals from November 19 in all three divisions of activity.
On Sunday (Dec. 11), the Lower Peninsula Girls Swimming & Diving Finals will air on FOX Sports Detroit PLUS on the following schedule:
Noon – Division 3 – Finals at Oakland University
2:30 p.m. – Division 2 – Finals at Holland Aquatics Center
5 p.m. – Division 1 - Finals at Eastern Michigan University
The swimming & diving broadcasts will be available to cable subscribers only. DISH Network and Directv do not air FOX Sports Detroit PLUS tape-delayed programming.
These events will then air on Comcast Channel 900 beginning the following week. Division 1 will first air on Dec. 14 at 7 p.m.; followed by Division 2 at 9:30 p.m. The Division 3 will first be shown on Dec. 15 at 8 p.m. Additional reairs will take place on Dec. 17-18. Visit the MHSAA.tv Website for a schedule.
The MHSAA Football Finals from Thanksgiving weekend will be shown on Comcast Channel 900 this week on the following schedule:
Division 1 – Detroit Cass Tech v. Detroit Catholic Central – Wednesday (Dec. 7) – 7 p.m. – Thursday (Dec. 8) – 9 a.m.
Division 2 – Birmingham Brother Rice v. Lowell – Wednesday – 9:30 p.m. – Friday (Dec. 9) – 9 a.m.
Division 3 – Orchard Lake St. Mary’s v. Mt. Pleasant – Saturday (Dec. 10) – 9 a.m.
Division 4 – Zeeland West v. Marine City – Saturday – Noon – Sunday – 3 p.m.
Division 5 – Flint Powers Catholic v. Lansing Catholic – Saturday – 3 p.m. – Sunday - Noon
Division 6 – Ithaca v. Constantine – Saturday – 7 p.m.
Division 7 – Saginaw Nouvel v. Pewamo-Westphalia – Saturday – 9:30 p.m. – Sunday – 9 a.m.
Division 8 – Mendon v. Fowler – Sunday – 7 p.m.
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.
The MHSAA.tv Website is being populated with content from member schools from both peninsulas participating in the Digital Broadcasting Program. A total of 65 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 Basketball
Kalamazoo Loy Norrix v. Benton Harbor DREAM Academy - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/26056
Bear Lake v. Traverse City Home Schoolers - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/26057
Kalamazoo Christian v. Galesburg-Augusta - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/26008
Brethren v. McBain Northern Michigan Christian - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/26059
Rochester v. Rochester Hills Stoney Creek - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/26048
Bear Lake v. Grand Traverse Academy – JV - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/26103
Brethren v. Cadillac - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/26058
Bangor v. Saugatuck – JV - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/25771
Greenville v. Cedar Springs - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/25883
Greenville v. Cedar Springs – JV - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/25881
Greenville v. Cedar Springs – Freshmen - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/25879
Ice Hockey
Trenton v. Orchard Lake St. Mary’s - http://www.mhsaa.tv/stmarysprep/events/26087
Warren DeLaSalle v. Detroit Catholic Central - http://www.mhsaa.tv/detroitcc/events/26068
Calumet v. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood (- http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/25331
Orchard Lake St. Mary’s v. Detroit Catholic Central (12/3) - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/26064 & http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/26031
Calumet v. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood (12/2) - http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/25330
There were a total of 64 school-produced events last week ranging from daily newscasts, to interviews, to school board meetings and sporting events posted to the MHSAA.tv Website last week. A total of 829 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. So far this year, MHSAA Network content has generated over 510,000 pageviews.
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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