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February 2009
MCCC Television Students to Broadcast
Mercer County High School Basketball Championships Live Feb. 27
West Windsor, NJ – MCTV, the cable channel of Mercer County Community College (MCCC), will provide live, county-wide coverage of the 2009 Mercer County High School Basketball Tournament Championships on Friday, February 27. The doubleheader will feature the girls’ game at 5:30 p.m. and the boys’ game at 7 p.m. The games will be broadcast on cable channel 26 and FiOS channel 20.
The entire television event will be produced as an extra-curricular project by MCCC students enrolled in the Television A.A.S degree program. Students will serve as producer, director, and instant replay and camera operators. Coverage will also feature MCCC History Professor Craig Coenen as the play-by-play announcer and former MCCC coach Ben Stentz as in-game analyst. Studio segments will be anchored by Jim Giglio, freshman girls basketball coach at Steinert High School.
This is the fourth consecutive year Mercer students have broadcast the event on MCTV. Previous broadcasts have earned national awards including a Silver Telly Award and Videographer Award of Distinction.
MCTV reaches an excess of 88,000 households in Mercer County, NJ. Its programming includes original student work such as live news, sports, culinary shows, community affairs, documentaries, musical performances and theater events.
Boys Bracket:
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Tues, Feb 17
1st Round |
Fri, Feb 20
2nd Round |
Wed, Feb 25
Semi-Finals |
Fri, Feb 27
Championship
**LIVE ON MCTV** |
| West Windsor South___________ |
West Windsor South 44-41_____ |
West Windsor South |
Pennington
Champion |
| (1) |
West Windsor South |
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BYE____________ |
| (9) |
Nottingham_______ |
Hightstown 52-40_ |
| (8) |
Hightstown_______ |
| (5) |
Notre Dame______ |
Notre Dame 55-34 |
Notre Dame 63-52 |
| (12) |
Robbinsville______ |
| (13) |
West Windsor North |
Lawrence 65-57__ |
| (4) |
Lawrence________ |
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| (3) |
Pennington_______ |
Pennington 62-41_ |
Pennington 56-43 |
Pennington |
| (14) |
Hopewell_________ |
| (11) |
Ewing___________ |
Trenton 49-43____ |
| (6) |
Trenton__________ |
| (7) |
Steinert__________ |
Hamilton 29-26___ |
Princeton 65-36 |
| (10) |
Hamilton West____ |
| (15) |
Allentown________ |
Princeton 87-41___ |
| (2) |
Princeton________ |
Girls Bracket:
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Tues, Feb 17
1st Round |
Fri, Feb 20
2nd Round |
Wed, Feb 25
Semi-Finals |
Fri, Feb 27
Championship
**LIVE ON MCTV** |
| Hamilton 65-19____ |
Hamilton63-42_ |
Hamilton__ |
Trenton
Champion |
| (1) |
Hamilton West____ _ |
| (16) |
Hightstown________ |
| (9) |
Stuart Prep________ |
Stuart 63-55______ |
| (8) |
West Windsor North_ |
| (5) |
Steinert___________ |
Princeton 43-41___ |
Allentown 57-44 |
| (12) |
Princeton__________ |
| (13) |
Ewing____________ |
Allentown 61-45___ |
| (4) |
Allentown_________ |
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| (3) |
Hopewell__________ |
Hopewell 49-35___ |
Hopewell 41-26_ |
Trenton___ |
| (14) |
Lawrence_________ |
| (11) |
Pennington________ |
West Windsor South 60-52______ |
| (6) |
West Windsor South_ |
| (7) |
Notre Dame________ |
Nottingham 50-39__ |
Trenton 53-37__ |
| (10) |
Nottingham________ |
| (15) |
Robbinsville________ |
Trenton 79-24_____ |
| (2) |
Trenton___________ |
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