CSN Chicago to air IHSA Playoff Pairing Show on CSN

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2011 IHSA FOOTBALL PLAYOFF PAIRING RELEASE SHOW TO AIR THIS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22 ON COMCAST SPORTSNET PLUS (CSN)

Chicago, IL (October 19, 2011)The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) will broadcast its 2011 Football Playoff Pairing Release Show on Comcast SportsNet Chicago Plus (CSN), live from Comcast SportsNets downtown Chicago studios on Saturday, October 22 from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.

In the Chicago area, the show will air on CLTV for Comcast Cable and RCN subscribers. Satellite subscribers (i.e. DirecTV, Dish Network, etc.) in the Chicago area, throughout Illinois, and in surrounding states will access to the show via CSN (Click here to view CSNs channel finder to find out where you can see CSN in your area). The show will also be available via live interactive stream on the internet at IHSA.tv and CSNChicago.com

Fans can interact with the show in a real-time chat on Saturday by visiting CSNChicago.com, where they can make comments or ask questions that may be read on the air. Questions and comments can also be submitted ahead of air time on the IHSA Facebook Playoff Pairing Show Page. Fans looking to interact with the show via Twitter should include the hashtag IHSAonCSN to have their tweets included on the show. If your team or school is hosting a playoff party on Saturday, send us a photo via email (mtroha@ihsa.org, csnchicagowebsite@comcastsportsnet.com) or Twitter using the hashtag above. Your photo will be included in CSNChicago.coms online gallery and may even be used during the show.

The show will be hosted by Comcast SportsNet anchorreporter and former IHSA standout student-athlete Sarah Kustok, along with longtime IHSA TV Network personality Dave Bernhard, renowned CSNChicago.com prep sports writer Taylor Bell and NBC 5 ChicagoWSCR 670 The Score personality Matt Rodewald.

The show will feature the following highlights:

The release of the 32-team brackets in all eight classes, as all 256 playoff qualifiers find out their first round playoff opponents and path to Champaign for the first time.

Highlights from nearly 100 schools from around the state

Analysis from experts on nearly 100 teams from across Illinois

Live look-ins from schools hosting playoff pairing parties

Feature stories and interviews

CSN Interactive segments with fans

Rodewald will host IHSA on CSN Interactive, a live web stream and chaton CSNChicago.com and IHSA.tvthat will offer viewers the opportunity to interact directly with Rodewald, Kustok, Bernhard and Bell. Viewer questions and comments will be featured throughout the show and posted on CSNChicago.com. Viewers are encouraged to use hashtag IHSAonCSN to deliver Tweets to the live chat and show.

Coaches scheduled to appear on the show include:

Chris Andriano, Montini; Ric Arand, Lena-Winslow; Don Beebe, Aurora Christian; John Belskis, Downers Grove South; Todd Hutchinson, Greenville; Ray Kauling, Centralia; Frank Lenti, Chicago Mt. Carmel; Ken Leonard, Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin; Ken Piron, Batavia; Keith Pogue; Mahomet-Seymour; Rich Thompson, Triopia; Rob Zvonar, Lincoln-Way East and many more.

Media members scheduled to appear on the show include:

Aaron Bennett, WCIA-TV Champaign; Mike Clark, Chicago Sun Times; Marty Maciaszek, Chicagoland Daily Herald; Jim Mattson, WHOI-TV Peoria; Scott Mees, Carbondale Southern Illinoisian; Ken Roberts, St. Louis Post-Dispatch; Steve Soucie, Kankakee Daily Journal; Joe Stevenson, Crystal Lake Northwest Herald and Emily Tropp, Rockford Register-Star.

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