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The High School Basketball Game of the Week Coming to Sports Webcasting Network

Sports Webcasting Network (www.sportswebnet.com) will be will be adding the High School Basketball Game of the Week, a seven game regular season package, which will feature New York City and Long Islands top teams to its winter schedule.

The internet based media company will launch its exclusive high school basketball coverage on Tuesday, February 8, when Lincoln High School, last year’s Federation State Champion, meet Canarsie High School. Other confirmed dates include Cardozo @ Campus Magnet on Tuesday, Jan.15, Frederic Douglas @ Lutheran (LUHI) on Saturday, Jan. 26, Canarsie @ Boys and Girls on Thursday, Jan 31, Wadleigh @ Wings on Friday, Feb. 1, Lincoln @ Boys and Girls on Tuesday, Feb 5, and Whitman @ Bay Shore on Wednesday, Feb, 8. Sports Webcasting Network is still in negotiations to add playoff action to the schedule.

“We are very excited to add High School Basketball to our schedule,” said play-by-play announcer and SWN’s Director Rob Goldenberg. “We targeted the best basketball that the area has to offer. Specifically with our coverage of the PSAL, we are featuring schools which have a plethora of talent, but are not being featured by other area media outlets,” he said.

The coverage marks Sports Webcasting Network’s involvement with Long Island Public Schools for the last 5 years and the PSAL for the second straight year. SWN featured the Suffolk County High School Championship as part of its 2005 Basketball package and last year SWN webcasted the 2006-07 PSAL Borough Championship highlighting its 2006 package.

"We are happy to continue our relationship with both entities,” said Director Thomas Bruno. The response thus far has bee n great from both school administration and fans.

For the last five years, Sports Webcasting Network, under the banner of T & D Sports Video Productions and Sports Radio Network, has been airing football and basketball games and other sports related content on radio, television and the internet. Sports Webcasting Network, a full service broadcasting outlet for high school, collegiate, amateur, and professional sports has emerged as the premiere media outlet in the northeast, and as an entity which recognizes student athletes and their achievements on the field. Offering the latest cutting edge broadcast solution with audio and video webcasts streamed live and/or on tape over the internet Sports Webcasting Network can reach a potentially limitless audience Among its viewership, SWN has boasted that fans in more than 15 countries, including Canada, Israel, Australia, France, Great Britain, Switzerland and Belgium watching to the webcasts.

Sports Webcasting Network will be finalizing plans to add a High School Lacrosse Game of the week starting this spring.