PCN ANNOUNCES PIAA STATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP COVERAGE

The 2011 fall sports championship season will conclude on the Pennsylvania Cable Network (PCN) with exclusive LIVE coverage of the PIAA football championships. The excitement begins Thursday, December 15 at 7:00 p.m. with a special two-hour LIVE football preview program.

Guest host for the Thursday night program will be Mike Zambelli, sports analyst for Service Electric TV2 Sports. During the two-hour special, Zambelli will be joined by a panel of sports reporters from around the state to discuss the upcoming state championships. Joining Zambelli will be Kevin Cooney of Phillyburbs.com, Tom Elling of PA Football News, Chris Shovlin of Comcast Sports Pittsburgh, Eric Thomas of the Harrisburg Patriot-News and Jim Wills of Service Electric TV2 Sports.

Encore presentations of this preview will be shown at 10:00 p.m. Thursday and at 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. on Friday, December 16.

PCN will air LIVE coverage of the PIAA football championships on Friday, December 16 and Saturday, December 17.

The following is the network schedule.

“A” Football Final
Clairton vs. Southern Columbia (Catawissa)
Friday, December 16 – 1:00 p.m. LIVE
Encore presentation – December 16 at 4:00 p.m.
and December 31 at 2:00 p.m.

“AAA” Football Final
Bishop McDevitt (Harrisburg) vs. Archbishop Wood (Warminster)
Friday, December 16 – 7:00 p.m. LIVE
Encore presentation – December 16 at 10:00 p.m.
and December 31 at 8:00 p.m.

“AA” Football Final
Tyrone vs. Lancaster Catholic
Saturday, December 17 – 12:00 p.m. LIVE
Encore presentation – December 17 at 3:00 p.m.
and December 31 at 5:00 p.m.

“AAAA” Football Final
Central Dauphin (Harrisburg) vs. North Penn (Lansdale)
Saturday, December 17 – 6:00 p.m. LIVE
Encore presentation – December 17 at 9:00 p.m.
and January 1 at 3:00 p.m.



To learn more about the PIAA and the teams advancing to the finals, visit their website at www.piaa.org.



LIVE streaming will also be made available for each game. For details about this viewing option, visit www.pcntv.com. PCN’s channel designations can also be found on the network’s site.



PCN is a nonprofit, noncommercial news organization created and supported by cable television companies. PCN receives no state or federal funding. Network programming is distributed on more than 150 cable systems in Pennsylvania serving more than 10 million Pennsylvanians in 3.3 million homes.

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