Prep Zone to deliver 12th straight season of livestreaming
— LOS ALAMITOS — Bally Sports SoCal, in partnership with Southern California Ford Dealers and the CIF Southern Section, announced last week the telecast and Prep Zone streaming schedule for the first five weeks of the 2022 football season beginning Friday, Aug. 19. Unfortunately, no area teams were featured, but there will be some semi-local action to be viewed.
With the Big VIII League and Southwestern League merging for football in 2022, forming two new leagues, there will be a new outlook spread through southwest Riverside County. Corona Centennial, Norco, Roosevelt, Vista Murrieta, Chaparral and Murrieta Valley will make up one of the leagues and King, Santiago, Corona, Temecula Valley, Great Oak and Murrieta Mesa will make up the other.
Every team will play the others in their league and then there will be two crossover games between teams from different leagues. The crossover games will not count as league games. Corona Centennial, who will be featured during one of the telecasted games, is slated to play Santiago and Temecula Valley in their crossover games.
Bally Sports SoCal will kick off the network’s Week 0 football schedule Friday, Aug. 19, at 7:30 p.m. with the “CIF-SS FORD Game of the Week” featuring Santa Margarita at San Juan Hills. Complementing the linear TV offering, the Prep Zone streaming lineup will present Serra vs. Orange Lutheran at Orange Coast College and St. Bonaventure at Inglewood, all kicking off at 7 p.m. as well. All Prep Zone games will again stream live on the Bally Sports app and at www.BallySports.com.
Game of the Week telecasts will feature play-by-play announcer Steve Quis alongside 247Sports national recruiting analyst Greg Biggins, while Anna Connelly will provide sideline reports. Prep Zone will present play-by-play announcer Tony Moskal joined by analyst Chris Rix. All other talent pairings and assignments will be revealed later.
Week 1 coverage begins Friday, Aug. 26 at 7:30 p.m. with the “CIF-SS FORD Game of the Week” showcasing Serra vs. Long Beach Poly at Veterans Stadium, while Prep Zone streaming games feature Norco vs. Santa Margarita at Saddleback College and Bishop Amat at La Habra, both starting at 7 p.m.
The Week 2 “CIF-SS FORD Game of the Week” Friday, Sept. 2 presents Mater Dei at Centennial (Corona) at 7:30 p.m., while the Prep Zone streaming games include Long Beach Poly at Mission Viejo and Rancho Cucamonga at Norco, both kicking off at 7 p.m.
The Week 3 offering has the “CIF-SS FORD Game of the Week” Friday, Sept. 9 at 7:30 p.m. with Servite vs. Los Alamitos at Cerritos College, while Prep Zone streaming games highlight Warren at Serra and San Clemente vs. Corona Del Mar at Newport Harbor High School, both kicking off at 7 p.m.
The Week 4 lineup presents a Saturday, Sept. 17 matchup with the “CIF-SS FORD Game of the Week” featuring Kahuku (HI) at St. John Bosco, while Prep Zone streaming games Friday, Sept. 16 showcase Santa Margarita vs. Los Alamitos at Cerritos College and Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks) vs. Orange Lutheran at Orange Coast College, both starting at 7 p.m.
Fans can stay updated on all things related to CIF-SS coverage on Bally Sports SoCal and Prep Zone by following @PrepZone on Twitter.
Bally Sports SoCal, a Sinclair Broadcast Group-owned regional sports network, is the local destination for the Anaheim Ducks, Los Angeles Clippers and the California Interscholastic Federation-Southern Section. The CIF-SS is the governing body for high school athletics in most of Southern California and is the largest of the 10 sections that comprise the California Interscholastic Federation.
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