Post by nhsca123 on Mar 18, 2009 20:04:00 GMT -5
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March 18, 2009
2009 NHSCA Senior National High School Wrestling Championships Debuts Exclusively on ESPN360.com
Live Coverage of the NCAA Div. I Wrestling Championships Begins Friday
ESPN360.com and the National High School Coaches Association (NHSCA) have reached an agreement to offer wrestling fans live coverage the 2009 Senior National High School Wrestling Championships presented by U.S. Navy exclusively on ESPN's broadband sports network for the very first time. State title holders and top 4 finishers of the more competitive states will face off at the Virginia Beach Convention Center in this pinnacle competition event for high school wrestling.
The event will air live on ESPN360.com on Sunday April 5 from 7-9 p.m. ET, and will be followed by a 30-minute highlight show that will air on ESPNU in July.
“This is a great day for the NHSCA and scholastic wrestling,” said Bob Ferraro, executive director, NHSCA. “Our new relationship with ESPN360.com provides more opportunity to promote and celebrate the achievements of top caliber high school student-athletes and their coaches that will be participating in our championship events.”
“ESPN360.com is proud to offer exclusive live coverage of the NHSCA Senior National High School Wrestling Championships,” said John Lasker, senior director of programming for ESPN360.com. “We’re thrilled to be providing our platform for wrestling fans to catch some of their major events live online, on both the high school and college level.”
For the third year in a row, ESPN360.com will stream live coverage of the NCAA Div. I Wrestling Championships this Friday, March 20 by once again complementing the ESPNU HD, ESPN2 HD and ESPN HD telecasts with unparalleled access to all rounds of the championships. ESPN360.com will provide live simultaneous coverage of all four mats during the quarterfinals and both mats in the semifinals, offering users the option to select the match they want to see.
Dave Armstrong will serve as play-by-play announcer alongside analysts Tim Johnson and Olympic gold medalist Jeff Blatnick, with reporter Quint Kessenich, a former two-time county wrestling champion at New York’s Lynnbrook High School. For ESPN360.com coverage, 1981 NCAA 134-pound champion wrestler Jim Gibbons, who coached the 1987 Iowa State Cyclones to the national title, returns as analyst and will be joined by play-by-play announcer Shawn Kenney. Live coverage of the NCAA Div. I Wrestling Championships from the Scottrade Center in St. Louis is as follows:
Date Time (ET) Event Networks
Fri., Mar 20 11 a.m. Quarterfinals – Live ESPNU HD / ESPN360.com
7 p.m. Semifinals – Live ESPNU HD / ESPN2 HD / ESPN360.com
Sat., Mar 21 6:30 p.m. Finals – Live ESPN HD / ESPN360.com
About ESPN360.com
ESPN360.com is ESPN's broadband sports television network that gives fans a 24/7 online destination delivering more than 3,000 live, global sports events annually. It is available at no cost to fans who receive their high-speed Internet connection from an affiliated service provider. ESPN360.com is currently available in nearly 25 million homes via approximately 45 Internet service providers (ISPs) nationwide, up 40 percent in 2008 and more than triple its distribution just 2 years ago. Among the affiliated ISPs are AT&T, Verizon, RCN, Insight, Frontier, Cavalier, Charter, Mediacom, Conway, Grande Communications and many more. In addition, ESPN360.com is also available at no cost to approximately 18 million U.S. college students and U.S.-based military personnel via computers connected to on-campus educational networks and on-base military networks (those with “.edu” and “.mil” domains).
Go to www.nhsca.com
March 18, 2009
2009 NHSCA Senior National High School Wrestling Championships Debuts Exclusively on ESPN360.com
Live Coverage of the NCAA Div. I Wrestling Championships Begins Friday
ESPN360.com and the National High School Coaches Association (NHSCA) have reached an agreement to offer wrestling fans live coverage the 2009 Senior National High School Wrestling Championships presented by U.S. Navy exclusively on ESPN's broadband sports network for the very first time. State title holders and top 4 finishers of the more competitive states will face off at the Virginia Beach Convention Center in this pinnacle competition event for high school wrestling.
The event will air live on ESPN360.com on Sunday April 5 from 7-9 p.m. ET, and will be followed by a 30-minute highlight show that will air on ESPNU in July.
“This is a great day for the NHSCA and scholastic wrestling,” said Bob Ferraro, executive director, NHSCA. “Our new relationship with ESPN360.com provides more opportunity to promote and celebrate the achievements of top caliber high school student-athletes and their coaches that will be participating in our championship events.”
“ESPN360.com is proud to offer exclusive live coverage of the NHSCA Senior National High School Wrestling Championships,” said John Lasker, senior director of programming for ESPN360.com. “We’re thrilled to be providing our platform for wrestling fans to catch some of their major events live online, on both the high school and college level.”
For the third year in a row, ESPN360.com will stream live coverage of the NCAA Div. I Wrestling Championships this Friday, March 20 by once again complementing the ESPNU HD, ESPN2 HD and ESPN HD telecasts with unparalleled access to all rounds of the championships. ESPN360.com will provide live simultaneous coverage of all four mats during the quarterfinals and both mats in the semifinals, offering users the option to select the match they want to see.
Dave Armstrong will serve as play-by-play announcer alongside analysts Tim Johnson and Olympic gold medalist Jeff Blatnick, with reporter Quint Kessenich, a former two-time county wrestling champion at New York’s Lynnbrook High School. For ESPN360.com coverage, 1981 NCAA 134-pound champion wrestler Jim Gibbons, who coached the 1987 Iowa State Cyclones to the national title, returns as analyst and will be joined by play-by-play announcer Shawn Kenney. Live coverage of the NCAA Div. I Wrestling Championships from the Scottrade Center in St. Louis is as follows:
Date Time (ET) Event Networks
Fri., Mar 20 11 a.m. Quarterfinals – Live ESPNU HD / ESPN360.com
7 p.m. Semifinals – Live ESPNU HD / ESPN2 HD / ESPN360.com
Sat., Mar 21 6:30 p.m. Finals – Live ESPN HD / ESPN360.com
About ESPN360.com
ESPN360.com is ESPN's broadband sports television network that gives fans a 24/7 online destination delivering more than 3,000 live, global sports events annually. It is available at no cost to fans who receive their high-speed Internet connection from an affiliated service provider. ESPN360.com is currently available in nearly 25 million homes via approximately 45 Internet service providers (ISPs) nationwide, up 40 percent in 2008 and more than triple its distribution just 2 years ago. Among the affiliated ISPs are AT&T, Verizon, RCN, Insight, Frontier, Cavalier, Charter, Mediacom, Conway, Grande Communications and many more. In addition, ESPN360.com is also available at no cost to approximately 18 million U.S. college students and U.S.-based military personnel via computers connected to on-campus educational networks and on-base military networks (those with “.edu” and “.mil” domains).
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