6:30PM New England Sports Tonight and 11PM Regional Sports Report to provide complete Thanksgiving high school football scores and highlights
WOBURN, MA – Fox Sports Net announced this morning that it will televise special editions of New England Sports Tonight at 6:30PM and Regional Sports Report at 11PM on Thanksgiving, providing extensive coverage of New England’s major Thanksgiving high school football match-ups. David Woodman, Senior Vice President/General Manager, Fox Sports Net New England made the announcement.
Fox Sports Net has arranged to work with local television outlets and cable affiliates throughout New England to obtain highlights and footage of Thanksgiving Day match-ups. Fox Sports Net will deliver scores and highlights from games across the region including New Hampshire and Rhode Island and will specifically highlight eight major rivalries scheduled to take place in Massachusetts:
| South Boston @ East Boston | Leominster @ Fitchburg |
| Boston English @ Boston Latin | Billerica @ Chelmsford |
| Brockton @ Waltham | Savio Prep @ Austin Prep |
| Reading @ Stoneham | Dedham @ Norwood |
“High school football match-ups in New England on Thanksgiving are some of the best in the country and we are excited to bring highlights of these games to millions of New England homes,” said Woodman. “Our extensive coverage of high school football is just the beginning of Fox Sports Net’s scholastic sports coverage. As New England’s premiere regional sports network for nearly 20 years, we will continue to feature future high school sporting events throughout New England.”
Highlighting Fox Sports Net’s Thanksgiving football news is one of the most anticipated high school football games of the year. Brockton Head Coach, Armond Colombo is on the verge of a Massachusetts state record for wins. If Brockton beats Waltham on Thanksgiving Day, Coach Colombo will log 304 wins and set a new record.
Additional New England Thanksgiving Day football highlights and scores will be featured on foxsports.com/newengland.
NOTE: Fox Sports Net is Channel 9 in most Boston Cablevision areas and Channel 52/59 in most Boston AT&T (MediaOne) areas.
FOX Sports Net reaches more than 3.5 million viewers in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. FOX Sports Net reaches more than 70 million households nationwide. FOX Sports Net is a service of National Sports Partners, equally owned by Cablevision’s Rainbow Media Holdings, Inc., and FOX Entertainment Group.
FOX Sports Net New England is a service of Rainbow Sports, a division of Cablevision’s Rainbow Media Holdings, Inc. Rainbow Sports has been dedicated to “Home Team” fans for nearly 20 years. Rainbow Sports incorporates all of Rainbow’s sports assets, including its 50 percent ownership of FOX Sports Net and FOX Sports National Advertising, the Madison Square Garden Properties, and the ownership and management of seven regional sports networks in six of the nation’s largest markets — Chicago, Florida, New England, New York, Ohio and San Francisco.
Contact:
Ryan Donovan
FOX Sports Net
781-994-3628