Can’t go to the game, KCTU’s got you covered
July 31, 2008 @ 3:05 p.m. by jlongHere’s the tentative schedule of live high school broadcasts on KCTU, Local 5.
Friday Sept 5: Northwest at Kapaun-Mt. Carmel
Thursday, Sept. 11: North vs. West
Friday, Sept. 12: Dodge City at East
Friday, Sept. 19: Bishop Carroll at South;
Friday, Sept. 26: Bishop Carroll vs. North
Friday, Oct. 3: Northwest vs. Southeast
Friday, Oct. 10: Heights at South
Friday, Oct. 17: Derby vs. Southeast
Friday, Oct. 24: Campus at South
Friday, Oct. 31: Southeast vs. East
Any games jump out at you?
The biggest thing that jumps out to me is that they aren’t going to show Carroll at Heights, the first game of the season, Thursday September 4. This is a TENTATIVE schedule so I’m hoping that something clicks in the head of a decision maker over there and they add this game.
Not only is this the first game of the season, but it’s a marquee match-up. Both these teams should contend for a City League title and beside maybe NW vs. Kapaun I don’t see another game on the list that’s a better match-up.
But that’s just me going by what I’ve heard from others as far as who should be good this year and who won’t.
So let me know what you think of the schedule. What games should be added? What games have no business on T.V. whatsoever?
July 31st, 2008 at 4:29 pm
Northwest Vs Kapun is a good opener. Give people a chance to see how a very young NW team will fare this year against a always well coached Kapun team.
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July 31st, 2008 at 4:31 pm
But of course Heights and Carroll is pretty big!
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July 31st, 2008 at 5:08 pm
not at all…its the city league…who cares
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July 31st, 2008 at 6:44 pm
Lot of those are mis-matches. John, get off south broadway.
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July 31st, 2008 at 11:36 pm
If this were Heights at Carroll, it would be a no-brainer.
There’s one problem with doing a live broadcast from Heights… a patch of oil drums just south of K-96 that completely damper our digital microwave truck.
If Heights were to put internet access in at their stadium, we might consider it, if there is time (and sufficient sponsorships to cover two nights).
The other consideration is that we are obligated to do at least one game of every City League school… which is why while some of these games “don’t jump out at you”, we have parents and grandparents who buy DVDs, sponsors who traditionally buy games with certain high schools, and viewers all over the world who are alums of the various schools who watch the live streams of the games on the internet.
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August 1st, 2008 at 8:37 am
Considering Kapaun will only be televised once and most other teams are on the listing twice, you should leave the schedule how it is. Trust me Bishop Carroll never has trouble with newspaper or tv coverage.
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August 1st, 2008 at 11:57 am
October 31st (Holloween) - The best two running backs in the state. There will be some records broken that night. If you like offense, this is going to be the game of the year.
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August 1st, 2008 at 12:15 pm
why don’t they show some avctl games
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August 1st, 2008 at 1:53 pm
John, the reason we aren’t doing more AVCTL games is that we can’t get them rebroadcasted on the USD 259 cable channel. Since Cox wants $70,000 to put us on cable (and won’t charge anyone else), this is a major consideration.
The landscape will change in the next year with the entry of AT&T U-Verse in Wichita. We’d like to go to two nights of football in 2009, with a CL game on Thursday and a non-CL game on Friday.
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August 2nd, 2008 at 1:41 pm
Sounds like we might be moving foward around here in 2009 !
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