For immediate release: Updated Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2013
FOX Sports Indiana to televise the IHSAA Football Championships
The new home of IHSAA championship telecasts will air 18 hours of live coverage from Lucas Oil Stadium
Friday’s championships will air on FOX Sports Indiana Plus; Saturday’s games will air on FOX Sports Indiana
Games will also air throughout the country on FOX College Sports
The IHSAA Football Championships will be televised live by FOX Sports Indiana, the new home of IHSAA championships, on Thanksgiving Friday and Saturday.
Friday’s Class A, 3A and 5A championship games will air on FOX Sports Indiana Plus. Saturday’s Class 2A, 4A and 6A championships will air on FOX Sports Indiana. Coverage from Lucas Oil Stadium begins each day at 12 p.m. ET.
FOX Sports Indiana will deliver the IHSAA championships to most of the state, while FOX College Sports will carry the telecasts throughout the country. The telecasts will have the big- game graphic look and feel that FOX Sports broadcasts are known for, and have been promoted throughout the fall during FOX Sports Indiana’s Pacers telecasts (video ). The telecasts will be produced by the IHSAA.
Channel numbers for the IHSAA Football Championships are listed below. A schedule of live and tape delayed airings follows. Fans with questions about where to find the IHSAA Football Championship telecasts can email [email protected] or Tweet @FSIndiana .
FOX Sports Indiana is the new television home of IHSAA championships. Available in 1.2 million homes, FOX Sports Indiana is the TV home of the Indiana Pacers and Indiana Fever and broadcasts Cincinnati Reds baseball and St. Louis Blues hockey as well as Big East, Missouri Valley Conference, Big 12, Conference USA, ACC, Pac-12 and SEC events. Nationally, FOX Sports’ 22 owned-and-operated regional networks serve as the regional TV home to 46 MLB, NHL and NBA teams.
Founded in 1903, the Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) provides state championship tournament series in 20 sports. Approximately 160,000 student athletes participate at IHSAA’s 412 member schools.
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Channel numbers for IHSAA Football Championships
FOX Sports Indiana Plus FOX Sports Indiana Video Provider (Friday's games) (Saturday's games) AT&T U-verse SD: 692 SD: 749 HD: 1692 HD: 1749 Auburn Essential Services SD: 81 SD: 80 HD: 80 Bright House-Indianapolis N/A SD: 47 or 64 HD: 747 or 1411 Cinergy-Metronet SD: 3, 257 or 260s SD: 28, 29 or 30 HD: 828, 829 or 830 Comcast-Fort Wayne SD: 9, 81 or 82 SD: 8 HD: 1652 Comcast-Indianapolis, SD: 81 SD: 28 or 44 Shelbyville, Lafayette HD: 1673 DirecTV HD: 658-1 SD: 673 HD only (no SD) HD: 673-1 Dish SD: 450 | Hopper 412-38 SD: 445 | Hopper 412-33 HD: 9573 for 1A and 3A; HD: 9515 no HD for 5A Frontier FIOS N/A SD: 1526 HD: 1526 Mediacom-Auburn SD: 126 SD: 17 HD: 732 New Wave-Greencastle/Vincennes SD: 24/194 SD: 34 HD: 210 NineStar Connect SD: 128 SD: 31 HD: 931 Time Warner-Evansville SD: 505 SD: 47 HD: 929 Time Warner-Newburgh SD: 23 SD: 37
Time Warner-Terre Haute SD: 13 SD: 36
WOW SD: 7 or 103 SD: 31 HD: 828
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IHSAA Football Championships Telecast Schedule
LIVE Friday, Nov. 29 12 p.m. 1A Football Championship – Tri-Central vs. Eastern Hancock Live on FOX Sports Indiana Plus* Live on FOX College Sports Central
3:30 p.m. 3A Football Championship – Andrean vs. Brebeuf Jesuit Live on FOX Sports Indiana Plus Live on FOX College Sports Central
7 p.m. 5A Football Championship – Westfield vs. Indianapolis Cathedral Live on FOX Sports Indiana Plus Live on FOX College Sports Central
LIVE Saturday, Nov. 30 12 p.m. 2A Football Championship – Tipton vs. Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter Live on FOX Sports Indiana Live on FOX College Sports Pacific
3:30 p.m. 4A Football Championship – Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger vs. Columbus East Live on FOX Sports Indiana Tape Delay 10 p.m. on FOX College Sports Pacific
7 p.m. 6A Football Championship – Carmel vs. Warren Central Live on FOX Sports Indiana Live on FOX College Sports Atlantic
Replays Sunday, Dec. 1 6:15 p.m. 2A Football Championship – FOX Sports Indiana 8:15 p.m. 3A Football Championship – FOX Sports Indiana
Monday, Dec. 2 1 a.m. 1A Football Championship – FOX Sports Indiana and FOX Sports Midwest 8 a.m. 4A Football Championship – FOX Sports Indiana and FOX Sports Midwest 10 a.m. 5A Football Championship – FOX Sports Indiana and FOX Sports Midwest 7 p.m. 5A Football Championship – FOX Sports Indiana
Wednesday, Dec. 4 1 p.m. 6A Football Championship – FOX College Sports Atlantic
Friday, Dec. 6 10 a.m. 2A Football Championship – FOX Sports Indiana and FOX Sports Midwest 8 p.m. 4A Football Championship – FOX Sports Indiana and FOX Sports Midwest 10 p.m. 6A Football Championship – FOX Sports Indiana and FOX Sports Midwest
Monday, Dec. 9 1 p.m. 3A Football Championship – FOX Sports Indiana and FOX Sports Midwest
Thursday, Dec. 12 10 a.m. 5A Football Championship – FOX Sports Indiana and FOX Sports Midwest
*FOX Sports Indiana Plus is a channel used by FOX Sports Indiana to simultaneously show multiple events on two channels. Some providers carry FOX Sports Indiana Plus as a 24-hour full-time channel. Others choose to offer selected FOX Sports Indiana Plus programming and designate a local channel to show the events.