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The Valley Channel will air its final "Game of the Week" Friday after 39 years
The Game of the Week covered nearly 1,000 high school events
- 39 years
- of "The Game of the Week" on The Valley Channel
- Nearly 1,000
- high school sporting events covered
- More than 100
- collegiate sporting events produced
Source: Cache Valley Daily
If you've watched your school on TV, this is the last call. The Valley Channel will air its final "Game of the Week" on Friday: the Ridgeline-Highland 4A state football playoff game. The run started Nov. 20, 1987.
Station owner Earl Rouse says it was never about money: "I'm not doing it for money, I'm doing it for the kids." The Valley Channel isn't going anywhere, though. Rouse says his focus now is "showcasing Cache Valley."
- Where to watch: Xfinity Channel 17
- Play-by-play since 2004: Eric Olsen, with analyst Leigh Vaughn
- Also aired: USU football, basketball, hockey, volleyball and gymnastics
The Game of the Week runs from 1987 to Friday's finale
- Nov. 1987First broadcast: the Mountain Crest-Sky View 3A state football championship.
- 2004Eric Olsen takes over play-by-play duties.
- Nov. 6Final broadcast: the Ridgeline-Highland 4A state football playoff game.
Sources: Cache Valley Daily, The Herald Journal
