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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -March 8, 2001
Contact: John Johnson or Andy Frushour-- 517.332.5046

EAST LANSING, Mich. - March 8 - The championship matches of the 2001 Michigan High School Athletic Association Girls Volleyball tournament will again be televised around the state on a tape-delayed basis on the MHSAA Championship Network, and highlights of the finals are scheduled to be shown on Fox Sports Net Detroit on May 6 at 2:00 p.m.

Five stations make up the network which will air championship matches in their entirety, with four of the five airing all four matches. The station and cable outlet lineup and match airtimes are as follows:

WLLA-TV (Channel 64) - Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids, Battle Creek
Class A - Temperance Bedford vs. Portage Northern -- March 19 - 6 p.m.
Class B - Marysville vs. Fruitport -- March 20 - 6 p.m.
Class C - St. Louis vs. Suttons Bay -- March 22 - 6 p.m.
Class D - Mendon vs. Adrian Lenawee Christian -- March 23 - 6 p.m.

WHTV (Channel 18) - Lansing, Jackson
Class D - Mendon vs. Adrian Lenawee Christian -- March 18 - 4 p.m. (Already aired)
Class C - St. Louis vs. Suttons Bay -- March 18 - 5:30 p.m. (Already aired)
Class A - Temperance Bedford vs. Portage Northern -- March 25 - 4 p.m.
Class B - Marysville vs. Fruitport -- March 25 - 5:30 p.m. (After conclusion of Class A match)

WLUC-TV (Channel 6) - Marquette
Class D - Mendon vs. Adrian Lenawee Christian -- March 25 - 11:30 a.m.
Class C - St. Louis vs. Suttons Bay -- March 25 - 1 p.m.
Class A - Temperance Bedford vs. Portage Northern -- March 31 - 1 p.m.
Class B - Marysville vs. Fruitport -- March 31 - 2:30 p.m. (After conclusion of Class A match)

WMKG-TV (Channel 40) - Muskegon
Class D - Mendon vs. Adrian Lenawee Christian -- March 20 - 7 p.m.
Class C - St. Louis vs. Suttons Bay -- March 20 - 8:30 p.m.
Class A - Temperance Bedford vs. Portage Northern -- March 27 - 7 p.m.
Class B - Marysville vs. Fruitport -- March 25 - 8:30 p.m. (After conclusion of Class A match)

WLMB-TV (Channel 40) - Toledo & Southeastern Michigan
Class D - Mendon vs. Adrian Lenawee Christian -- March 30 - 4:30 p.m. & Midnight
Class A - Temperance Bedford vs. Portage Northern -- March 31 - 5 p.m. & Midnight

This is the 10th consecutive year that the MHSAA has televised the Girls Volleyball Finals around the state. Mark Crawford and Tim Berkey will team to call two of the games, while Todd Arner and Lynn Rosendale will call the other two contests. Shireen Saski of Fox Sports Net will serve as the sideline reporter. The matches are also available to any cable system wishing to air them (Contact John Johnson at the MHSAA Office for more information).

In addition to the complete game coverage, a one-hour highlights program from this year's finals is also being prepared to air on Fox Sports Net Detroit during the month of April, to be hosted by Shireen Saski. The broadcast date is yet to be announced.

The MHSAA is a private, not-for-profit corporation of voluntary membership by over 1,300 public and private senior high schools and junior high/middle schools which exists to develop common rules for athletic eligibility and competition. No government funds or tax dollars support the MHSAA, which was the first such association nationally to not accept membership dues or tournament entry fees from schools. Member schools which enforce these rules are permitted to participate in MHSAA tournaments, which attract approximately 1.6 million spectators each year.

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