Watch Spring Finals on Comcast
June 7, 2013
Arrangements have been finalized to have MHSAA spring tournament finals in baseball, lacrosse, soccer and softball shown on a delayed basis on Comcast Channel 900.
The package starts with the airing of Saturday’s (June 8) Lacrosse Finals. The Boys Finals will be shown on Tuesday, with the Division 1 match-up of defending champion Birmingham Brother Rice and Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern/Eastern at 7 p.m. followed at 9:30 p.m. by the Division 2 title tilt between defending champion Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central and Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood. An encore presentation is set for June 15 in the same time slots.
The Girls Lacrosse Finals will debut on Wednesday at 7 p.m., with Rockford facing Bloomfield United in the Division 1 championship followed at 9:30 p.m. by the Division 2 finale pitting defending champion East Grand Rapids against Livonia Ladywood. Those games will get a second airing on June 16, with Division 1 at 3 p.m. and Division 2 at 6 p.m.
The Lacrosse Finals will be available on the Internet Saturday with live dedicated video (MHSAA.tv) and audio (MHSAANetwork.com) streams of the championship games at East Grand Rapids and Rockford. Here’s the complete live schedule:
Boys Lacrosse at East Grand Rapids
2 p.m. – Division 1 – Birmingham Brother Rice vs. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern/Eastern
4:30 p.m. – Division 2 – Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central vs. Bloomfield Hills Cranbroo-Kingswood
Girls Lacrosse at Rockford
2 p.m. – Division 2 – East Grand Rapids vs. Livonia Ladywood
4:30 p.m. – Division 1 – Rockford vs. Bloomfield United
Next weekend, MHSAA Network coverage will include live streaming audio of the Semifinals and Finals in baseball and softball and live streaming video of the Finals in both of those sports as well as girls soccer. All of the video also will be shown on Comcast Channel 900. The complete schedule can be found on the MHSAA Website.
Four Sports Featured on MHSAA.tv
May 8, 2013
The sunny weather has allowed teams to finally dust off their uniforms and begin catching up on April rain-outs. And it's allowed our School Broadcast Program producers to dust off their cameras as well.
Below are events uploaded to MHSAA.tv by schools over the last week:
- Montrose vs. Durand soccer
- Ludington vs. Shelby soccer
- Plainwell vs. Allegan soccer
- Ludington vs. Howard City Tri-County soccer
- Plainwell vs. Vicksburg soccer
- Ludington vs. Newaygo softball
- Rogers City vs. Onaway softball
- Rogers City vs. Onaway baseball
- Tawas vs. Oscoda baseball
- Ludington, Fremont, Grant track and field
- Indian River Indian Lakes Invitational track and field
Also, click here to catch highlights from last week's MHSAA.tv games.
MHSAA spring sports also debuted this week on HighSchoolSports.Xfinity.com and Comcast channel 900. Subscribers can view the May 2 girls soccer matchup of Rochester Adams and Rochester Hills Stoney Creek by clicking the above link. MHSAA events on channel 900 are broadcast the following Tuesday at 7 and 9:30 p.m., with replays most weeks at 8 and 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays, 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. Saturdays and 6 p.m. Sundays. Upcoming games are Sterling Heights Stevenson at Hudsonville baseball Friday, New Boston Huron at Carleton Airport baseball May 15 and the Kensington Lakes Activities Association softball championship game May 22.
This week's MHSAA Classic is the 1998 Division 2 Girls Soccer Final between Birmingham Groves and Portage Northern at Canton Community Schools. Jackie Rodney scored 4:35 into overtime to break a 1-1 tie and give Groves a 2-1 victory.