HERMITAGE, Tenn. (May 21, 2012) – The TSSAA announces coverage of the 2012 BlueCross Spring Fling championships events in track and field, soccer, baseball and softball live starting Thursday, May 24 at www.TSSAANetwork.com and rebroadcast across the Tennessee Public Television Council stations the following week.

“The BlueCross Spring Fling events are a series of highly competitive events for Tennessee student athletes,” said Bernard Childress, Executive Director for TSSAA. “It is an amazing opportunity to have the events broadcast live for families and fans of the student athletes that are not able to make it to the events.”

The TSSAA Network is a partnership between the TSSAA and PlayOn! Sports that features live and on-demand coverage of high school sports in Tennessee across television and the Internet. The TSSAAnetwork.com video portal is one component of the partnership and gives fans access, at no charge, to a wide variety of events including the recent BlueCross Basketball Championships and BlueCross Bowl this past fall.

“We are excited to stream the BlueCross Spring Fling again events this year,” said David Rudolph, President and CEO of PlayOn! Sports. “Our coverage will provide fans complete access to these events wherever they are while also creating lasting memories for the participants and their families.”

The events listed below will are available for live and on demand viewing on the www.TSSAAnetwork.com video portal:

BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Thursday, May 24 Division II – A 10:00 a.m. CT | 11:00 a.m. ET

Thursday, May 24 Division II – AA 12:30 p.m. CT | 1:30 p.m. ET

Friday, May 25 Division I – A 11:00 a.m. CT | Noon ET

Friday, May 25 Division I – AA 2:00 p.m. CT | 3:00 p.m. ET

Friday, May 25 Division I – AAA 5:00 p.m. CT | 6:00 p.m. ET

SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIPS

Thursday, May 24 Division II–A 4:30 p.m. CT | 5:30 p.m. ET

Division II–AA 7:00 p.m. CT | 8:00 p.m. ET

Friday, May 25 Division I–A-AA 4:30 p.m. CT | 5:30 p.m. ET

Division I-AAA 7:00 p.m. CT | 8:00 p.m. ET

GIRLS TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS – Running Events Only

Thursday, May 24 All Classes 6:00 p.m. CT | 7:00 p.m. ET

BOYS TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS – Running Events Only

Friday, May 25 All Classes 5:00 p.m. CT | 6:00 p.m. ET

The BlueCross Spring Fling events will rebroadcast the following week on the Tennessee Channel. The Tennessee Channel is a joint effort between all six of Tennessee’s PBS stations to bring the best programming related to life in Tennessee to all residents. Each week, the Tennessee Channel features a four-hour block of programs and short subjects produced by public television stations across the state. The Tennessee Channel broadcasts simultaneously throughout Tennessee on each station’s additional digital channel on Saturdays from 5:00 - 9:00 p.m. CT (6:00 - 10:00 p.m. ET), and Sundays, 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. CT (2:00 - 6:00 p.m. ET)

Check your local listings for the specific channel numbers and line up for the Tennessee Channel. The tentative chedule for the rebroadcast of BlueCross Spring Fling events on the Tennessee Channel is:

GIRLS TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS – Running Events Only

Saturday, June 2

BOYS TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS – Running Events Only

Sunday, June 3

SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIPS

Saturday, June 9 & Sunday, June 10

BASEBALL & SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Saturday, June 16 & Sunday, June 17

The 2012 BlueCross Spring Fling events are presented by the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (TSSAA), BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, the Tennessee Governor’s Highway Safety Office and the TSSAA Network.

For additional information about broadcast schedules for BlueCross Spring Fling events, please visit the PlayOn! Sports Play List at www.TSSAANetwork.com/BlueCrossSpringFling

The TSSAA Network is a partnership between the TSSAA and PlayOn! Sports that features live and on-demand coverage of high school sports in Tennessee across television and the Internet. The TSSAAnetwork.com video portal is one component of the partnership and gives fans access, at no charge, to a wide variety of events including the recent TSSAA Wrestling Championship.

PlayOn! Sports is the largest rights holder, producer, and aggregator of high school sports events distributed across television, the Internet, and IP-video enabled mobile devices. By combining State Athletic Associations’ postseason content with the regular season events of member schools, PlayOn provides marketers with a unique multi-media platform solution to reach teens, young adults and families. PlayOn is headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., with offices in the Southeast, Midwest and California. For more information, contact PlayOn! Sports at info@playonsports.com, or visit www.playonsports.com.

(E-mail Stan Crawley at wscrawley@earthlink.net)