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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-October 16, 2003
Contact: John Johnson, Andy Frushour or Randy Allen
517.332.5046 or www.mhsaa.com

EAST LANSING, Mich. – Oct. 16 – The announcement of the 256 schools qualifying for the Michigan High School Athletic Association Football Playoffs and the first-round pairings will be unveiled beginning at 5:30 p.m. (EST) on October 26, through television and Internet venues.

Leading off at 5:30 is the Selection Sunday Show on Fox Sports Net, a 30-minute program which will carry the first announcement of the qualifiers and pairings. The MHSAA will produce the program, hosted by John Keating and Fred McLeod of Fox Sports Net.

At 6 p.m., all qualifiers and pairings will be posted to the MHSAA Web Site – www.mhsaa.com.
Host schools will provide game dates and times to the MHSAA for posting on its web site on October 27. Update times are approximately Noon and 4:30 p.m.

The MHSAA is a private, not-for-profit corporation of voluntary membership by over 1,200 public and private senior high schools and junior high/middle schools which exists to develop common rules for athletic eligibility and competition. No government funds or tax dollars support the MHSAA, which was the first such association nationally to not accept membership dues or tournament entry fees from schools. Member schools which enforce these rules are permitted to participate in MHSAA tournaments, which attract approximately 1.6 million spectators each year.

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